Residents across the capital are facing renewed disruption as frequent power cuts re-emerge during both day and night. The electricity crisis has hit peak evening hours particularly hard, with supply failing to keep pace with surging consumer demand across residential and commercial sectors. Figures released by Power Grid Bangladesh PLC (PGBPLC) highlight a sharp deterioration […]

Farmers across Joypurhat district have expressed growing frustration over the inflated costs of non-urea chemical fertilisers during the ongoing Aman rice cultivation season. Local agriculturalists report that although supplies remain available in the market, retail traders are charging between 300 and 400 Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) above government-fixed prices per 50-kilogram bag. The sharpest price gouging […]

Panic gripped residents and shopkeepers in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali on Saturday night when a group of masked gunmen stormed a busy local market, detonating crude bombs and opening fire indiscriminately. The violent rampage left three people injured, including a senior assistant headmaster of a local high school and two shop workers. The incident took […]

A distressing scene unfolded in Jamalpur town on Sunday morning when police recovered the body of a 30-year-old homemaker from a locked flat, shortly after local residents rescued her two young children who were trapped inside another room begging for water through a window. The deceased has been identified as Israt Jahan. The harrowing incident […]

A poignant tragedy has struck the educational community of Ullapara in Sirajganj, where a 45-year-old primary schoolteacher lost his life following a severe road traffic accident on Sunday morning. The deceased, identified as Mosharaf Hossain, was a assistant teacher at Suja Government Primary School in Ullapara. A resident of Kaliyakair village within the sub-district, he […]

A trivial dispute over a domestic duck escalated into a fatal violent clash in Kachua Upazila of Bagerhat, leaving a 65-year-old elderly man dead and his son injured. The incident has sent shockwaves through the local community, raising fresh concerns over how minor neighborhood disagreements can rapidly spiral into irreversible tragedies. The confrontation took place […]