Thousands of residents took to the streets in Savar on Friday, protesting allegations that three local union parishads—Tetuljhora, Aminbazar and Bhakurta—are set to be detached from Savar Upazila and incorporated into neighbouring Keraniganj Upazila. The demonstration, held in the Hemayetpur area, also caused severe traffic congestion along both sides of the busy Dhaka–Aricha Highway, leaving […]

Two more children have died after developing symptoms consistent with measles in Bangladesh’s Sylhet Division, raising the total number of deaths among patients treated for confirmed or suspected measles to 122, according to local health authorities. Mohammad Nure Alam Shamim, Assistant Director of the Sylhet Health Department, said the two children died at Shaheed Shamsuddin […]

Police have recovered the severed head and two detached hands of an unidentified woman from the Madertek area in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh on Thursday morning, prompting an intensive investigation to establish her identity and determine the circumstances surrounding the killing. According to police, local residents alerted officers after spotting suspicious remains near a canal in the […]