Hena Begum, the sister of the late freedom fighter Manik Pashari, has been forced to flee her village home alongside her relatives following alleged threats from local Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists. The intimidation came after she publicly identified party members involved in attempting to halt her brother’s state-honoured burial. The victim fled her […]

Bangladesh has recorded a historic slump in Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examination results, with the overall pass rate plunging to just 52.12 per cent. The figures mark the lowest success rate in two decades, drawing direct comparisons to the dismal 47 per cent pass rate recorded back in 2004. Out of 1,240,798 candidates […]

Twenty-eight police officers across the Khulna Division have been withdrawn from their active posts simultaneously following severe allegations of accepting unauthorised financial benefits and engaging in professional misconduct. The disciplinary directive, issued by the Khulna Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) office on Friday, 30 October, targets personnel spanning multiple ranks, from constable and auxiliary support […]

In an extensive police operation spanning the capital, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 538 individuals and registered 29 distinct cases within a 24-hour period. The citywide drives targeted various criminal offences, leading to significant seizures of illegal narcotics, weapons, and stolen property. Confirming the figures on Saturday, the Deputy Commissioner of Police for the […]

A tranquil Friday afternoon turned into a scene of distress in the Chhagalnaiya sub-district of Feni after a group of children playing near a local pond stumbled upon the floating body of an unidentified man. The incident occurred near the Shaheed Minar, adjacent to the Court Ground in Chhagalnaiya. A group of local children had […]

The mortal remains of seven Bangladeshi migrant workers who tragically lost their lives in a devastating factory fire in Saudi Arabia returned home on Saturday morning. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the caskets landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 8:00 am, bringing a grim closure to a months-long period of agonising […]