A 24-year-old woman was shot dead in front of her mother outside their home in Khulna city on Thursday evening (22 October), in an attack that also reportedly involved sharp weapons. The victim, identified as Khushi Begum, was attacked near Tower Goli on Road No. 7 in the Jinnahpara area under Labanchara Police Station. Police […]

A video apparently showing a firearm, shared through the Facebook story of a National Citizen Party (NCP) leader in Pabna’s Santhia municipality, has sparked widespread controversy and prompted calls for police action. The footage appeared on the Facebook account of Mujahid Fakir, member secretary of the Santhia municipal unit of the NCP, on Thursday (22 […]

Four more patients succumbed to dengue fever across Bangladesh in the 24 hours leading up to Thursday, 22 October, as healthcare authorities reported 1,512 new hospital admissions linked to the mosquito-borne virus. Data released by the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirms that the national […]

Police in Kaliganj, Gazipur, have arrested three men in connection with the gang rape and forced abortion of a 12-year-old girl. The victim, a fourth-grade pupil at a local primary school, is currently undergoing treatment at a tertiary hospital after suffering severe medical complications from the ordeal. According to police sources and the formal complaint […]

A tragic cooking gas explosion in Gazipur has claimed the lives of a husband and wife, whilst leaving their teenage daughter fighting for her life in hospital. The couple succumbed to severe burn injuries on Wednesday night, 21 October, while undergoing emergency treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka. The […]

Bangladesh Bank has released the official foreign exchange rates, offering clear guidance for commercial institutions, traders, and individual remitters navigating the foreign currency market. According to the latest data updated on 18 October, the Bangladeshi Taka continues to demonstrate relative stability across major international currencies. For transactions involving the US Dollar, the central bank set […]

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) has arrested Md Nayan Hossain, the convener of the Adabar Thana unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), following explicit allegations of extortion and disrupting public infrastructure development in the capital’s Adabar area. The arrest took place on Wednesday, 21 October, following complaints that Nayan had actively obstructed ongoing drainage […]