Government agencies and commercial organisations across several countries have reportedly taken websites offline following warnings about two potentially critical security vulnerabilities in PHP, one of the world’s most widely used programming languages for web development. The flaws could allegedly allow cybercriminals to gain complete control of vulnerable servers without requiring passwords or other authentication credentials. […]

A local leader of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in Natore has been expelled from his organisational position following controversy over a video circulating on social media that allegedly shows him consuming drugs. The expelled leader, Md Shahriar Mahmud Swadhin, served as the member secretary of the Bagatipara upazila unit of Chhatra Dal, the […]

A 42-year-old man died after being electrocuted while helping transport a Durga idol for immersion in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh on Wednesday night (21 October). The deceased, identified as Sanjib Chouhan, was a member of the Jhalak Masterpara Puja Committee. He was the son of Shyamlal Chouhan, a resident of the Masterpara neighbourhood in Gouripur […]

Prolonged inflation, declining private investment and a worsening employment crisis have pushed between eight million and 10 million people below the poverty line in Bangladesh, according to Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance and Planning. Citing findings from a recent World Bank report, Titumir said persistent increases in living costs had […]