Two more patients have succumbed to dengue fever whilst undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), taking the total death toll from the mosquito-borne viral infection at the facility to 18 this year. The deceased have been identified as Rashida Khatun, aged 42, and Jafar Ali, aged 70. Rashida, a resident of Bhaluka Upazila […]

Residents of several areas in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur have been living without piped gas for nearly three months, forcing households to rely on costly and less convenient alternatives for cooking. Mohammadia Housing, Nobodoy Housing, Adabor and Dhaka Udyan are among the areas where gas supplies have reportedly remained disrupted for an extended period. The prolonged shortage […]

Four more children admitted with measles symptoms have died in Sylhet over the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll linked to the viral outbreak in the division to 164. The Divisional Health Directorate confirmed the fatalities on Monday morning. The deceased—identified as Emran, Shafayet, Khadija, and Obaydullah—succumbed to their illness while undergoing treatment […]

Police in Jamalpur have revealed horrifying details behind the murder of a seven-year-old girl, whose body was discovered buried beneath the floor of a neighbour’s home days after she went missing. The primary school pupil vanished on Thursday morning after leaving for classes at a local government primary school. Police investigations have now established that […]

Police in Gopalganj Sadar Upazila have recovered the decomposing body of a 65-year-old woman from a location adjacent to her home in Satpar Bedbhita village. The discovery was made on Monday morning, ending a agonizing three-day search after she vanished without a trace under mysterious circumstances. The victim, identified as Pari Rani Hazra, had been […]

Seven rented rooms in the Salimpur Banglabazar area of Sitakunda, Chattogram, were reportedly vandalised and looted after the owner refused to pay Tk 1.3 million in extortion money. The incident took place on Sunday (13 September), with the occupants and owner alleging that an armed group cut through doors, windows and corrugated iron sheets before […]

India’s non-life insurance sector recorded a sharp deterioration in underwriting performance in the 2025–26 financial year, with aggregate underwriting losses rising by around 50% from the previous year despite continued growth in premium income. Underwriting losses across the sector increased from INR302.88 billion in 2024–25 to INR452.79 billion in 2025–26. The rise highlights growing pressure […]