The National Citizen Party has issued a scathing assessment of the current administration’s performance, asserting that the government has utterly failed to deliver on the three core commitments it pledged to address within its first six months in power. Nahid Islam, convener of the political platform, delivered the critique during a formal press briefing held […]

A deep sense of unease and bewilderment has settled over the Machhuapara neighbourhood in Rangpur following the grim discovery of four murdered members of the same family. While police swiftly detained two local youths, mounting contradictions between initial police briefings and formal post-mortem findings—alongside bizarre discrepancies regarding clothing, a severed power supply, and missing handsets—have […]

A criminal case has been lodged against Md Arman Uddin, the personal assistant to Chattogram-15 lawmaker and Jamaat-e-Islami central working committee member Shahjahan Chowdhury, over allegations of demanding 2 million Taka in extortion, alongside commercial property occupation and looting. The petition was filed on Sunday by expatriate businessman Amir Hossain before the court of Chattogram […]

Tragedy struck the capital’s academic community on Monday morning after police recovered the body of Dhirendra Kumar Roy, a 71-year-old former teacher of Notre Dame College, from his residence in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area. Authorities suspect the retired educator committed suicide by hanging himself at his family home. The incident occurred at house number 188 on […]

Bangladesh is eyeing a broader energy partnership with neighbouring India to bolster its national grid and secure stable electricity supplies. Following high-level discussions held in New Delhi earlier this month, Power Division Secretary Md. Habibur Rahman (referred to locally as Mirana Mahrukh) affirmed Dhaka’s intention to scale up electricity imports beyond the current baseline of […]