Eight more individuals displaying symptoms of measles have died across Bangladesh in the 24 hours leading to Saturday morning, highlighting the increasing severity of the ongoing public health crisis. Official statistics reveal that all eight latest fatalities were reported within the capital city, Dhaka. According to the regular health bulletin issued by the Directorate General […]

A total of 402 people have been arrested during routine operations conducted by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) across the capital over the past 24 hours. Police also filed 50 cases during the same period, according to a DMP statement issued on Saturday (3 October). The information was disclosed in a statement sent by Mohammad […]

Police in Dhaka have apprehended three men for allegedly posing as personnel from the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) to extort money from a local resident. The arrests were carried out by a patrol team from the Uttara East Police Station following an emergency response initiated via the national emergency helpline, 999. The Extortion […]

Three men have been arrested in Dhaka’s Uttara East area for allegedly posing as members of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) and extorting money from a resident, police said. The suspects allegedly threatened a flat owner by claiming that he was facing a criminal case and demanded Tk 1 million in exchange for […]

A seventeen-year-old youth was found dead beside a dragon fruit orchard in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district on Saturday morning, following an encounter with an illegal live wire trap set up around the agricultural field. The deceased has been identified as Jihad Hossain, 17, son of Delwar Hossain, a resident of Chunniait village within the […]

A horrific head-on collision between a passenger bus and a compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh has left seven people dead, wiping out four members of a single family from Jamalpur. The fatal accident occurred on Friday afternoon in the Dapunia Hargujir Par area along the Rahmatpur Bypass Road in Mymensingh city. According to […]

Law enforcement agencies in Cumilla have launched a large-scale crackdown on youth-led crime, detaining 363 individuals suspected of involvement in juvenile gang activities during a single night-long operation across the district. The coordinated drive, executed by the Detective Branch (DB) and Cumilla District Police, commenced on Friday evening, 2 October, and continued past midnight until […]