Bangladesh has crossed a grim milestone in its ongoing public health crisis as total hospital admissions due to dengue fever surpassed the 100,000 mark. According to the latest data released on Monday, 12 October, by the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), four more patients succumbed […]

An unpaid debt of 10 lakh taka escalated into lethal violence in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila late on Monday night, leaving a 72-year-old woman dead and two others critically injured. The victim, identified as Maksuda Begum, widow of the late Nazir Uddin, was fatally attacked in the Mahmudnagar area following a confrontation over overdue business payments. […]

Police have arrested Mohammad Harun Or Rashid, general secretary of the Awami League’s Phulbaria upazila unit and a former upazila chairman, at his residence in Phulbaria, Mymensingh. He was arrested at around 10am on Tuesday, 13 October, from his home near the Palli Bidyut office in Ward No. 2 of Phulbaria Municipality, according to police. […]

In a striking admission during a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, former US President Donald Trump suggested that Washington may have pushed its aggressive strategy against Iran’s leadership too far, leaving American officials uncertain about whom to approach for diplomatic negotiations. Addressing a crowd on Tuesday, 12 October, Mr Trump candidly acknowledged the practical complications […]

Selina Hayat Ivy, former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation and senior vice-president of the Narayanganj district Awami League, has been granted bail again in a murder case over the death of rickshaw puller Tuhin during the 2024 mass uprising. After the court proceedings on Tuesday, Ivy raised the slogan ‘Joy Bangla’ as she left the […]