A long-standing and structurally vulnerable Bailey bridge has finally collapsed in the Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh, bringing road communication with the district headquarters to a complete halt and exposing years of alleged neglect in infrastructure maintenance. The 25-year-old bridge, situated over the fast-flowing Kangs River in the village of Goatla, had been classified as risky […]

A tragic road accident in Madhukhali claimed the life of a 25-year-old woman who was travelling to her ancestral home after receiving news of her mother’s death. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday (7 June), around 6:00 a.m., on the Dhaka–Khulna Highway in the Gondardia area near the Maleka Eye Hospital. The […]

A collision between the Sylhet-bound Paharika Express and a pickup truck in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram district brought rail services on the Dhaka–Chattogram corridor to a temporary standstill on Sunday morning, though no casualties were reported. The incident occurred at around 8:55 am in the Middle Sonapahar area of Jorarganj Union. According to railway officials […]

Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), in coordination with multiple law enforcement units, has intensified a large-scale special operation targeting terrorism, extortion, and drug-related offences, resulting in the arrest of 39 individuals between Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Authorities confirmed that this latest wave of detentions brings the total number of arrests to 223 within four days […]

A 22-year-old woman was found dead at her family home in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj, prompting an investigation by local police into the circumstances surrounding her death. The deceased, identified as Sabia Khatun, was the daughter of Shafiqul Islam of Nadosaidpur Bahirpara village under Magura Binod Union. Her body was recovered from the family residence […]

A tribunal in Dhaka has sentenced Sohail Rana and his wife, Swapna Akter, to death for the brutal killing of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter in the capital’s Pallabi area. The verdict was delivered on Sunday, 7 June, by Judge Masrur Salekeen of the Dhaka Metropolitan Children Violence Prevention Tribunal. Reacting to the judgment, Ramisa’s father, Abdul […]