Police have arrested SM Humayun Kabir Ujjal, general secretary of the Panchagarh municipal Awami League, in connection with several cases filed with Panchagarh Sadar Police Station. Ujjal was arrested from his home in the Dhakaiyapatti area of Panchagarh town on Wednesday (16 September), police said. He was later produced before a court in the afternoon, […]

Meherpur district Awami League general secretary M A Khalek was arrested at the Darshana immigration checkpost on Thursday while he was preparing to travel to India for medical treatment. Khalek went to the immigration checkpost on the morning of 17 September with a medical visa. During routine verification of his travel documents, immigration police reportedly […]

A 25-year-old local grocer was brutally hacked with machetes in broad daylight before being robbed of his motorbike and cash in the capital’s Mohammadpur area on Thursday morning. The victim, identified as Md Hridoy Mia, was intercepted by a gang of at least five armed muggers around 7:45 am on Sadek Khan Road. Hridoy, a […]

A quiet morning in Khaliyar Baid ended in devastation on Thursday when a three-and-a-half-year-old boy was hacked to death, allegedly by his own mother, in Sakhipur upazila, Tangail. The violent incident also left an eight-year-old girl critically injured, casting a deep pall of shock and grief over the local community. The deceased child has been […]

A quiet evening in Koyra upazila turned tragic on Wednesday night after a pedestrian lost his life in a high-speed collision with a motorcycle. The incident, which also left three motorcyclists injured, occurred around 8:00 pm at the busy Islampur Chowrasta intersection under Bagali Union. The deceased has been identified as 45-year-old Rafiqul Islam, son […]

A swift response by emergency services contained a sudden fire that broke out at a textile warehouse in the busy New Market area of Chattogram on Thursday morning. No casualties or injuries have been reported in connection with the incident. The blaze originated at approximately 10:15 am on the second floor—designated as Block B—of the […]

A high-profile operation by the Special Response Battalion (SRB)—the specialized police unit that recently replaced the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)—has resulted in the arrest of Atiq, alias ‘Chora Atiq’, a key figure in the violent youth gang known as the ‘Bhoira-De’ group. The suspect was apprehended late on Tuesday night near the Mohammadiya Market in […]

A eighteen-year-year-old motorcyclist lost his life on Thursday afternoon following a fatal multi-vehicle collision on the Dhaka-Tangail highway. The incident occurred near the Ashuka CNG fueling station in the Hijaltali area, highlighting the persistent danger of heavy traffic and reckless driving on one of Bangladesh’s busiest transport corridors. The victim has been identified as Shamim […]