Bangladesh’s National Poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam, is being remembered today on the 50th anniversary of his death. The poet died in Dhaka on 12 Bhadra 1383 in the Bengali calendar, bringing to an end the life of one of Bengal’s most influential literary figures. Five decades after his death, his poetry and songs continue to […]

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has claimed a major breakthrough in unraveling the murder of 29-year-old gold trader Al-Amin Hossain in Jessore. Officers arrested one of the primary suspects, 30-year-old Golam Rasul, during a targeted early-morning raid on Wednesday, 26 August, in Gopalganj district. The arrest took place at around dawn inside the residence […]

Kylian Mbappé delivered a masterclass at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday, scoring a brilliant hat-trick to lead Real Madrid to a resounding 4-1 victory over Real Sociedad. Despite an unsteady patch in the first half caused by defensive lapses and bad luck, the Spanish giants asserted total control after the interval. Vinícius Júnior also found […]

Officers from the District Detective Branch (DB) of Police apprehended a 42-year-old man and confiscated 400 grams of processed cannabis during an evening operation in the Mirapara neighbourhood of Munshiganj Sadar Upazila on Wednesday, 26 August 2026. The tactical raid was carried out at roughly 8:20 pm as part of an expanding, district-wide anti-narcotics initiative […]

A minor disagreement over seating arrangements during a cultural programme escalated into series of violent clashes and vandalism between students of Rajshahi University’s Management Studies and Chemistry departments on Wednesday night. The violent confrontations, which swept across student residential areas and academic buildings, left at least four students from the Chemistry department injured, two of […]

Former minister, President of JaSaD (Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal), and veteran freedom fighter Hasanul Haq Inu completes two full years behind bars on Wednesday, 26 August 2026. Security forces originally arrested the high-profile political figure on 26 August 2024 from Uttara in the capital city of Dhaka. Over the subsequent 24 months, authorities have implicated him […]

Manufacturing output across the major industrial belts of Savar, Ashulia, and Dhamrai has contracted sharply due to acute shortages of natural gas and electricity. Factory managers and operational executives report that low gas pressure and persistent load-shedding have forced production cuts of 15 to 20 per cent, whilst reliance on costly alternative fuels has driven […]

Police in Comilla’s Muradnagar Upazila have arrested six activists belonging to Bangladesh Chhatra League and its associate organisations while they were reportedly preparing to hold an unauthorised political procession and showdown. The arrests took place on Tuesday afternoon, 25 August, in the Alirchar area under Muradnagar Sadar Union. Following the operation, law enforcement officers filed […]

An expatriate Bangladeshi journalist has lodged a formal complaint with the police after receiving a chilling death threat at his ancestral home in Kushtia’s Bheramara Upazila. The victim, Hassan Imam Ibne Habib, reported that an anonymous letter signed under the banner of “Tawhidi Janata” was dropped at his residence, warning him to cease his journalistic […]

A joint operation by administrative officials and law enforcement personnel has led to the seizure of 217 bags of illegally stockpiled chemical fertiliser from a rice mill warehouse in Dinajpur Sadar Upazila. Following the raid, a mobile court sentenced the mill owner, 65-year-old Monohar Alam, to one month and 15 days of simple imprisonment alongside […]