Police in Jhikargachha, Jessore, have recovered the decomposing body of a missing engine-driven van driver from the Kopotakkho River, ending a frantic three-day search by his family. The victim, identified as 26-year-old Eklas Hossain, was the son of Sanaul Hossain, a resident of Madhabpur village within the Swarupdaha Union of Chaugachha Upazila. Eklas went missing […]

An elderly man lost his life on Thursday morning following a road traffic collision along the Naogaon-Rajshahi highway in the Manda upazila of Naogaon district. The victim, identified as 65-year-old Abdus Sobhan, was struck by an unidentified passenger bus while travelling to visit his daughter. The fatal incident took place around 9:00 am in the […]

Bangladesh’s Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has suspended three officials following widespread outrage over major structural irregularities in bridge construction projects across Noakhali and Tangail districts. The disciplinary measures, signed by LGED Chief Engineer Md Belal Hossain, follow media revelations exposing the use of sub-standard materials—including bamboo substituted for steel reinforcement bars—in public infrastructure works. […]

Tension erupted at Daudkandi Model Police Station in Cumilla after 28 teenagers were detained as suspects during a police operation targeting alleged involvement in youth gangs. The situation escalated on Wednesday night when 22 of the teenagers reportedly broke through the door of a room where they were being held and left the station. The […]

A prominent politician in central Bangladesh has been sentenced to prison following a law enforcement raid that uncovered a clandestine pharmaceutical manufacturing facility producing unregulated health products and expired drugs. Md Bayezid Hossain Shahed, 40, who holds the post of senior joint convener within the National Citizen Party’s (NCP) Faridpur district unit, received a six-month […]

A controversial out-of-court settlement has been reached following the death of a speech- and hearing-impaired construction worker, who was fatally struck by an oncoming vehicle on a pavement in Dhaka’s affluent Baridhara neighbourhood. The victim, 24-year-old Mehedi Hasan Mim, was resting on the footpath when a motor vehicle mounted the curb and ran over him. […]