A special chartered flight carrying 172 undocumented Bangladeshi nationals repatriated voluntarily from Misrata, Libya, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka during the early hours of Thursday, 29 October. The charter aircraft, operated by Buraq Air under flight number UZ-222, arrived at 4:51 am local time, bringing home migrants who had been stranded under […]

A tribunal in Netrokona has set 11 November for the verdict in a case involving the rape and subsequent pregnancy of an 11-year-old girl by her madrasa teacher. Judge Abdus Salam of the Netrokona Prevention of Violence Against Children Tribunal fixed the date following the completion of final arguments on Wednesday. During the court proceedings, […]

The interim administration of Bangladesh has approved a substantial recruitment drive for the national police force, sanctioning the intake of 14,000 new personnel alongside plans for a special civil service examination to address critical vacancies in superior ranks. Approved during a meeting of the Secretaries Committee on Administrative Development at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday, […]

A 45-year-old farmer has been stabbed to death on the rooftop of his home in Paba upazila, Rajshahi, with police investigating the circumstances surrounding the killing. The incident took place on Wednesday night in Madhusudanpur Madhyapara, an area within the upazila. Police arrived at the scene at around 2am on Thursday and recovered the victim’s […]

Electricity has improved living standards for marginalised communities in Bangladesh, but high bills and unreliable supplies remain major concerns. A survey by the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has found that 69 per cent of households surveyed were dissatisfied with the burden of electricity bills relative to their income growth. Meanwhile, 55 per cent rated […]