A dramatic shift has emerged in the investigation into the gruesome triple murder at a residence in Sylhet’s Raynagar area, as the primary suspect confessed before a magistrate that the killings were triggered by a botched burglary rather than a spurned romantic liaison. Babul Mia, 40, who was arrested shortly after the crimes, admitted in […]

A sudden fire broke out on the ground floor of Royal Aid Hospital in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area late on Saturday night, triggering temporary panic among patients, attendants, and medical staff. Two operational firefighting units rushed to the healthcare facility and brought the flames under control within twenty minutes, successfully averting what could have been a […]

A 27-year-old soldier serving with the Bangladesh Army died by suicide inside his residential quarters at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project site in Ishwardi, Pabna, on Saturday evening. The deceased soldier has been identified as Sajib Molla, a resident of Snigdha Building within the official military barracks compound in the Pakshi Paper Mill area. […]

Widespread power cuts hit Dhaka and districts across Bangladesh on Saturday, disrupting what is usually a low-demand weekend as generation plummeted at multiple coal-fired power stations and cross-border import volumes fell. By late afternoon, national transmission data revealed a deficit exceeding 1,900 megawatts (MW), leaving consumers in several neighbourhoods of the capital grappling with two […]

Narcotics control officers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka have arrested an Indian national attempting to smuggle three kilograms of kush, a premium grade of cannabis, into Bangladesh. The seizure follows a separate incident days earlier where two other Indian nationals abandoned over four kilograms of the same illicit substance before fleeing the terminal. […]

Police in Rangpur have recovered the decomposing bodies of a retired schoolteacher, his wife, and their two children from different parts of their locked multi-storey residence. The deceased have been identified as Ganapati Chakraborty Jewel, 65, his wife Pritilata Chakraborty Bala, 50, their daughter Prarthi Chakraborty, 25, and their 12-year-old son, Priyam Chakraborty. The family […]

Intelligence agencies and law enforcement authorities in Bangladesh have stepped up security measures following a direct terror threat against the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka. The threat, delivered via email on Wednesday night in the name of an extremist organisation, prompted senior counter-terrorism officials and police headquarters to hold emergency security appraisals with Chinese Ambassador Yao […]

An armed gang held five factory employees hostage during an audacious night-time heist at a textile knitting facility in Gazipur, making off with 7,350 kilograms of processed yarn and cash valued collectively at around 3.15 million taka. The raid unfolded in the early hours of Saturday at Mirza Apparels Limited, situated in the Bara Bhabanipur […]

A veterinary practitioner was assaulted, his clinic ransacked, and a substantial sum of money looted by a group allegedly led by a local student political leader in Mymensingh. The victim claimed the violent attack was carried out after he refused to pay an extortion demand of 500,000 taka. In the wake of the incident and […]