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 […]

A horrific head-on collision between a passenger bus and a compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh has left seven people dead, wiping out four members of a single family from Jamalpur. The fatal accident occurred on Friday afternoon in the Dapunia Hargujir Par area along the Rahmatpur Bypass Road in Mymensingh city. According to […]

Law enforcement agencies in Cumilla have launched a large-scale crackdown on youth-led crime, detaining 363 individuals suspected of involvement in juvenile gang activities during a single night-long operation across the district. The coordinated drive, executed by the Detective Branch (DB) and Cumilla District Police, commenced on Friday evening, 2 October, and continued past midnight until […]

Three young men have been arrested in Rupganj, Narayanganj, following allegations that they intercepted a motorcycle, confined a young man and sexually assaulted a teenage girl who was travelling with him. Police said the teenager was rescued after her friend managed to contact Bangladesh’s national emergency service, 999. The three suspects were subsequently arrested during […]

Two young girls lost their lives in a heartbreaking drowning accident at Anwarkhali village under Pakundia municipality, Kishoreganj, on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as two-year-old Nusaiba, daughter of Siddique Hossain, and her three-year-old cousin Adiba, daughter of Mariam Begum. The toddlers were playing together near their home at around 9:00 am when they […]

Pabna has emerged as a major centre of an alleged adulterated milk trade, with artificial milk reportedly being produced from soybean oil, glucose, saccharin, urea fertiliser, detergent powder, caustic soda and other chemicals. The liquid, produced without any cows being involved, is allegedly being supplied to milk collection and chilling centres used by well-known companies. […]

A uranium fuel consignment for Bangladesh’s Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has begun its journey from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to the plant in Pabna under tight security arrangements. The convoy, carrying fuel for the plant’s first unit, left the airport at around 7.15am on Saturday (3 October). Three lorries are transporting the consignment, with security […]

Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief and publisher of online news outlet bdnews24.com, has died at a London hospital at the age of 59. He died on Friday, 2 October, after suffering a brain haemorrhage while on a personal visit to the United Kingdom. According to bdnews24.com and reports from Bangladeshi media, Khalidi was taken to St […]