A day labourer from Noakhali endured a terrifying ordeal after being abducted by criminals who wrongly assumed he was a man of substantial means. The abductors demanded a ransom of 350,000 taka, unaware that their victim, Nazim Uddin, struggled even to earn enough to support his family. Their plan ultimately collapsed when his family alerted […]

A heart-rending incident has emerged from Kinoudi Khairabad village in Uttar Pradesh’s Aliganj region, where a retired police officer died after being attacked by a swarm of bees. The victim, 62-year-old Atar Singh, had gone to tend to his agricultural land when the tragedy unfolded. Singh, accompanied by his two sons, was engaged in irrigating […]

A large labour gathering and torch procession were held in Chattogram to demand the cancellation of recently proposed lease agreements concerning key facilities of the Chattogram Port. The protest, organised on Friday evening in the Sagarika industrial zone, centred on two major grievances: the suspension of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) lease process and […]

Tensions along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border have intensified once again following the reported abduction of six fishermen by the Arakan Army from the Naf River near Teknaf. The incident, which took place on Wednesday at the Jhimongkhali point, highlights the growing insecurity faced by fishing communities living along the frontier. According to local accounts, two fishing […]

Bangladesh’s foreign employment sector, which contributes billions in remittances annually and sustains millions of families, is now grappling with its most serious crisis in decades. Once regarded as a stable engine of economic growth, the overseas labour market is rapidly contracting for Bangladeshi workers, driven by syndicate dominance, weak policy implementation, bureaucratic red tape and […]

The Government of Bangladesh is preparing to undertake one of the most sweeping reforms in its land administration history, with a view to eliminating fraud, enforcing accountability and establishing absolute transparency in land records. According to a formal announcement issued by the Ministry of Land, six categories of land deeds will be completely invalidated by […]

A man posing as a supernatural “Jinn Master” has been arrested in Bogura on allegations of swindling large sums of money from unsuspecting individuals under the guise of spiritual rituals. The suspect, identified as Mahidul Islam, aged 35, was detained after reportedly deceiving a retired army officer and extracting Tk 12 lakh by drugging him […]

Police in Bogura have recovered the body of a young female college lecturer from her rented apartment in the Chak Farid area of the district town. The deceased, identified as Fabia Tasnim Sidhi, aged 29, was a lecturer in the Zoology Department at Bogura Government Shah Sultan College. Her death has triggered shock and concern […]