A Job prospect turned into a horrifying ordeal for a young man from Mymensingh’s Ishwarganj upazila, who was abducted, violently assaulted, and left with a broken leg after his captors failed to extract a five-lakh-taka ransom from his impoverished family. Anisuzzaman Jaman, the son of the late Joynal Abedin from Kashipur village in Sarisha Union, […]

A high-stakes confrontation unfolded at the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) headquarters on Tuesday night after officers from Khulshi Police Station attempted to arrest Wakil Hossain, alias Boga, a listed local gang leader and former joint convenor of the Chittagong Metropolitan Swechchhasebak Dal. The incident, which saw police withdraw after a tense stand-off lasting nearly an […]

Contractors in Bangladesh will now bae held legally and financially accountable for any severe structural defects or damage that occur within three years of completing public infrastructure projects. The directive, issued during an Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday, mandates […]

Classes have been suspended at Jhenaidah Government Keshab Chandra (KC) College following intense friction between student factions affiliated with the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir. In response to the worsening atmosphere, the college administration has instituted an indefinite ban on all political activities across the campus. The preventive measures were […]

A twenty-five-year-old prisoner from Narayanganj District Jail has died whilst undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). The deceased, identified as Mohammad Sajib Ahmed, passed away on Wednesday evening, 7 October, following a prolonged period of illness behind bars. The death was formally confirmed by Abdul Kuddus, the Superintendent of Narayanganj District Jail. Sajib […]