The body of Albert Jeong, a teenager from New Zealand who went missing following a boat capsizing incident off Cox’s Bazar, has been recovered a day after the tragic accident. Local residents spotted his body floating near the Samiti Para coastal shoreline on Wednesday afternoon, 26 August, and immediately alerted the authorities. Police officers arrived […]

Police in Savar recovered three bodies, including that of an unidentified woman, from separate locations across the sub-district early on Wednesday. The sudden discoveries have sparked concern among local residents, whilst law enforcement agencies have initiated preliminary investigations to determine the exact circumstances surrounding each death. Police teams conducted operations in the early hours and […]

Police have arrested Rajyeswar Das, the 65-year-old finance secretary of the Satkhira district Awami League, in connection with an ongoing criminal case. Following his arrest late on Tuesday night, 25 August, law enforcement officers produced him before a local court on Wednesday, 26 August, which ordered his immediate remand in judicial custody. The operation was […]

A senior local leader of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has been arrested in Nandigram, Bogra, after elite crime-busting unit Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) intercepted him with a consignment of 1,200 Yaba tablets. The suspect, identified as 36-year-old Robiul Islam, served as the Vice-President of the Nandigram Upazila unit of the student organisation affiliated with […]

A sophisticated forgery syndicate operating inside the Dhaka lower court premises has been exposed following the theft of official case files directly from courtroom benches. Police investigations into the disappearing files uncovered a scheme where stolen court documents were used as templates to compose fraudulent acquittal orders and forged judicial verdicts at local computer shops. […]

Faced with severe natural gas shortages, escalating grid tariffs, and mounting pressure from international buyers to shrink carbon footprints, major Bangladeshi conglomerates are turning heavily towards rooftop solar installations. Over the past three years, private sector investment in renewable self-generation has surged, effectively transforming empty industrial roofs into vital power-generating assets that generate over 600 […]

A chilling pattern of violent crime has gripped Bangladesh, highlighted by a series of horrific incidents where multiple members of the same household have been brutally targeted. The shockwaves from the gruesome killings in Machhuapara, Rangpur—where retired schoolteacher Ganapati Chakraborty was murdered alongside his wife, son, and daughter—had barely subsided when another tragedy unfolded in […]

A flight operated by the national flag carrier, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, bound for Chittagong from Jeddah, was forced to execute an emergency landing at Muscat International Airport in Oman after a female passenger suddenly became critically ill during transit. Despite the flight crew taking immediate steps to seek urgent medical intervention on the ground, attending […]