Police have recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a wooded area inside the Jhilmil Residential Project in South Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka, after local boys stumbled upon the remains while searching for a football on Friday morning. According to police, the body has been sent to the morgue at Sir Salimullah […]

Police have arrested eight people, including a local leader of the Jubo Dal, during a raid on an alleged gambling den in Dimla upazila of Nilphamari. Dimla police confirmed the arrests on Thursday (30 July), following an overnight operation carried out in the Shalhati area of the upazila on Wednesday (29 July). The arrested Jubo […]

The vice-president of Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (RACSU) has threatened action against news outlets and journalists over reports on the alleged assault of three students at Rajshahi University. Moustakur Rahman Zahid made the remarks at a press conference held at the RACSU office on Tuesday evening, accusing several media organisations of presenting the incident […]

The Rajshahi University Teachers’ Network has expressed concern over alleged acts of violence and other unlawful activities involving Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (Raksu) General Secretary Salauddin Ammar and leaders and activists of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir. In a statement issued to the media on Wednesday afternoon, the organisation alleged that three students had been […]

Salahauddin Ammar, general secretary of the Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (RACSU), has become the focus of mounting controversy following a series of allegations involving clashes, threats, confrontations with university officials and interference in administrative affairs. The latest incident, reported on Monday, has intensified calls for action against him. Ammar and several others have been […]

Four more children have died after developing measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths linked to measles and suspected cases to 835 since 15 March. The latest figures were released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in its regular measles surveillance report on Thursday, 30 […]

A 45-year-old schoolteacher was found dead inside a toilet tank in Ekdanta area of Atgharia upazila in Pabna on Thursday morning, with police suspecting that she may have been strangled before her body was dumped there. The deceased was identified as Gita Rani, 45, wife of Nanda Das, from Baroipara village in Ekdanta union. She […]