Unofficial payments demanded for grid connections in Patuakhali For generations, families residing in the remote villages of Islampur and Dakshin Charpara within the Mithaganj Union of Kalapara Upazila have navigated daily life without access to a reliable electricity supply. Recently, however, hope for electrification arrived in the region following administrative directives facilitated through local parliamentary […]

A local leader of the Jubo Mohila League has been arrested in Mymensingh’s Ishwarganj after allegedly organising food distribution for disadvantaged people on the 51st death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and promoting the event on social media. Rifat Jahan, general secretary of the Ishwarganj municipal unit of the Jubo Mohila League, was taken […]

Police have arrested Russell Mia, 27, president of the Chhatra League unit in Chunargat Upazila of Habiganj, in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. He was arrested from the Aiton-Syedabad area of Chunargat at around 1.45am on Tuesday, following an operation based on information received by police. According to police sources, a […]

A devastating head-on collision between a rod-laden heavy truck and a pickup van on the Dhaka-Pabna highway has claimed two lives and left another person injured. The tragedy unfolded in the early hours of Tuesday, at approximately 4:30 AM, near Patdhari village within the Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district. The victims have been identified as […]

The fatal incident occurred at dawn on Tuesday near the Paikaramoor area within Rajbari district. Nazrul hailed from Bakal village in Agailjhara upazila of Barishal district, where he was the son of Abdul Malek Miah. Earning his living behind the wheel, he had set out on a routine transit assignment. According to local witnesses and […]

An 82-year-old woman died after allegedly being pushed by her son during an argument over family land in Haluaghat, Mymensingh. Police have detained her son and daughter-in-law for questioning in connection with the incident. The incident took place on Monday afternoon in Bariakanda village of Haluaghat upazila. The deceased, Rezia Khatun, was the wife of […]

A tragic incident unfolded in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila, where a 19-year-old mother has been taken into police custody following the death of her 14-day-old newborn son. Investigators suspect the infant was drowned because his crying disrupted the mother’s sleep, casting a dark shadow over a local community grappling with the shock of the event. The […]