Police in Shyamnagar, Satkhira, have launched a man-hunt for a madrasa teacher and two male students after a Year 6 schoolgirl was found to be pregnant following repeated sexual assaults. The victim’s maternal grandmother lodged a formal rape complaint on Monday at Shyamnagar Police Station, naming 36-year-old teacher Noor Alam Sardar alongside two students from […]

A suspected drug trafficker facing at least 15 criminal charges was shot dead in broad daylight in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj. The deceased, identified as 50-year-old Saheb Ali, was attacked on Monday afternoon between 5:30 pm and 5:40 pm in the Boubazar area of Ati WAPDA Colony, situated within Ward 4 of the Narayanganj City Corporation. Police […]

Police officers in Goalanda Upazila, Rajbari, seized a substantial quantity of illicit liquor during a targeted two-hour raid on the Daulatdia brothel complex on Monday, 12 October. The operation, which ran from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, resulted in the recovery of 60 bottles of commercially produced local spirits alongside five litres of home-brewed liquor. […]

Residents and business owners across Ulipur upazila in Kurigram will experience a temporary seven-hour power outage on Tuesday due to crucial infrastructure maintenance and vegetation management along high-voltage transmission lines. The interruption, scheduled to run from 8:00 am until 3:00 pm, was formally announced by the Ulipur Zonal Office under the Kurigram-Lalmonirhat Palli Bidyut Samity […]

A conservancy worker employed by the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) was fatally stabbed in Sylhet after confronting a youth who was taking photographs of his wife without her consent. The brutal attack occurred on Sunday evening at approximately 8:00 pm in the Kastaghar area, adjacent to the local Sweeper Colony. The victim, identified as 35-year-old […]

A notorious gang leader was shot dead in broad daylight on Monday evening following an internal dispute with his close associates in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj. The deceased, identified as Saheb Ali, faced at least 20 criminal cases across various police stations, primarily involving armed robbery, extortion, and violent crimes. The fatal incident occurred around 6:00 pm […]

A tribunal in Sylhet has sentenced a young man to death for raping a teenage girl at her home in Gowainghat upazila. Judge Rubaiya Yasmin of the Sylhet Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict in a packed courtroom on Monday afternoon in the presence of the accused. The convict, identified as Abdullah […]