PABNA — Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) has initiated work on a deep exploration well in Pabna, raising hopes for Northern Bangladesh’s first fully functional gas field. The Mobarakpur Deep-1 project, situated across Santhia and Sujanagar upazilas, holds the potential to supply at least 20 million cubic feet of natural gas per […]

RAJSHAHI — The Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi University (RU), Professor Dr Faridul Islam, has vowed to step back from public leadership if his administration fails to address the core challenges facing students over his four-year tenure. Speaking on Saturday, 29 August, at the central orientation ceremony for the 2025–26 academic session held at the Kazi Nazrul […]

A 22-year-old street vendor died from electrocution on Saturday evening after attempting to sever a live electrical cable using his teeth during an alleged theft in the capital’s Dhanmondi area. The victim, identified as Md Russel, was discovered unconscious outside a residential property in Madhubazar around 7:00 pm on 29 August. Local residents who witnessed […]

Tensions over leadership appointments to the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in Noakhali Sadar erupted into violence on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least ten political activists injured. Clashes broke out between two opposing factions of the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) across Ashwadia Union, turning local thoroughfares into chaotic battlegrounds and bringing regional […]

Sanitation workers operating across the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) are coming under violent assault from armed groups attempting to seize control of the lucrative local waste management trade. Armed men carrying weapons have been spotted patrolling residential lanes, threatening municipal staff, and vandalising refuse vehicles. As a result, primary waste collection across at least […]

Public life across Bangladesh has been plunged into severe distress as an unrelenting heatwave collides with a worsening energy crisis. A lethal combination of diminishing gas supplies, plummeting output at major coal-fired power stations, and an acute shortage of liquid fuel pushed the nation’s power deficit past the 3,500-megawatt (MW) mark on Saturday afternoon. From […]