Joint enforcement agencies in Bangladesh have launched a drive on Fuang Club, a well-known establishment in the capital’s Tejgaon Industrial Area, amidst an intensifying crackdown on revenue irregularities and financial misconduct. Officers from the Special Response Battalion (SRB) and the VAT Audit, Intelligence and Investigation Directorate of the National Revenue Board (NBR) initiated the operation […]

In the early hours of Saturday, an armed gang staged a daring robbery aboard an inter-district passenger bus on the Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road, stripping at least 25 passengers of their cash and mobile phones at knifepoint. The incident unfolded at approximately 3:00 am in the Bhuigarh Bus Stand area under the jurisdiction of the Fatullah […]

Firefighters in Gazipur continue to battle a major blaze that broke out at a readymade garment factory on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least 70 workers hospitalised after inhaling toxic smoke. The incident occurred around 3:00 pm at Matrix Garments, situated in the Fakir Market area of Deger Chala. According to fire service officials, the flames […]

Police in Shariatpur’s Damudya upazila have recovered the body of a three-year-old boy packed inside a sack in a ditch, six hours after he was reported missing. The gruesome discovery on Saturday afternoon sparked intense local anger, culminating in an enraged mob setting fire to a neighbour’s homestead following allegations of a feud-driven murder. The […]

Bangladesh’s public health authorities have recorded six additional deaths from dengue fever within a single 24-hour window, pushing the nation’s total fatality count for the current year to 249. Alongside these casualties, 1,608 new patients were admitted to hospitals across the country, underscoring the relentless pressure on the national healthcare infrastructure during this peak transmission […]

Eight more individuals displaying symptoms of measles have died across Bangladesh in the 24 hours leading to Saturday morning, highlighting the increasing severity of the ongoing public health crisis. Official statistics reveal that all eight latest fatalities were reported within the capital city, Dhaka. According to the regular health bulletin issued by the Directorate General […]

A total of 402 people have been arrested during routine operations conducted by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) across the capital over the past 24 hours. Police also filed 50 cases during the same period, according to a DMP statement issued on Saturday (3 October). The information was disclosed in a statement sent by Mohammad […]

Police in Dhaka have apprehended three men for allegedly posing as personnel from the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) to extort money from a local resident. The arrests were carried out by a patrol team from the Uttara East Police Station following an emergency response initiated via the national emergency helpline, 999. The Extortion […]

Three men have been arrested in Dhaka’s Uttara East area for allegedly posing as members of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) and extorting money from a resident, police said. The suspects allegedly threatened a flat owner by claiming that he was facing a criminal case and demanded Tk 1 million in exchange for […]

A seventeen-year-old youth was found dead beside a dragon fruit orchard in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district on Saturday morning, following an encounter with an illegal live wire trap set up around the agricultural field. The deceased has been identified as Jihad Hossain, 17, son of Delwar Hossain, a resident of Chunniait village within the […]