Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested Sohag Fakir, an assistant director at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), for his alleged involvement in leaking question papers for an official recruitment examination. A specialized team from the CID’s Cyber Police Centre conducted an overnight raid on Tuesday, 20 October, taking Fakir into custody […]

A passenger train derailed in the Azgara area of Laksam upazila in Cumilla on Wednesday afternoon, leading to a temporary suspension of northbound train operations on the busy Chittagong-Dhaka route. Three carriages of the Dhaka-bound Karnaphuli Express jumped the tracks at around 12:30 pm while navigating the Down line. No injuries or fatalities were reported […]

Angry commuters staged a demonstration at Chattogram Railway Station on Wednesday morning after the Sylhet-bound Paharika Express was delayed for nearly three hours due to an ongoing locomotive shortage. The service, originally scheduled to depart from Chattogram at 7:50 am, finally left the station at 10:50 am. The extended wait sparked fury among several hundred […]

A local political figure and transport worker in Magura was found dead under suspicious circumstances early Wednesday morning, prompting a formal homicide investigation after ritual washing uncovered what appears to be a gunshot wound to the back of his head. Shaker Hossain, 39, senior joint convenor of the Magura Poura Jubo Dal—the youth wing of […]