A written complaint has been submitted to the Police Headquarters and the Ministry of Home Affairs in Bangladesh alleging physical assault, bribery, and implication in a false case against Md. Jabbarul Islam, former Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shreepur Police Station in Magura District and currently serving with the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) in Dhaka. According […]

A Union Parishad member in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria upazila has been accused of eloping with a married woman and subsequently entering into a marriage contract with her, according to local sources and statements from the affected family. The individual in question is Mizanur Rahman, a member of Ward No. 7 under the Surajpur–Manikpur Union Parishad. […]

A bomb-like object along with a handwritten note has been recovered by police from the banks of the Mathabhanga River in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district, prompting precautionary concern among local residents. The incident occurred on Sunday morning (3 May) in the Char Goal village area, where the objects were found near a river ghat. […]

A 65-year-old woman was reportedly killed and her gold ornaments and cash were allegedly stolen by a group of hired agricultural labourers in Chandina upazila of Cumilla, an incident that has caused widespread concern in the locality. The incident took place around 1:00 am on Saturday (2 May) in the Alipur village under Suhilpur Union […]

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has issued a warning forecasting temporary gusty or squally winds accompanied by thunderstorms across 13 regions of the country. The advisory was issued on Sunday (3 May) for inland river ports, covering the period from 5:00 am to 1:00 pm. According to the forecast, wind speeds may reach between 45 and […]

In Boro­hanuddin upazila of Bhola district, police have arrested a married couple in possession of Yaba tablets during a targeted anti-narcotics operation. The arrests were made on Saturday (2 May) in the evening at Moulaipattan area under Ward No. 9 of Tabgi Union. Acting on specific information, a police team conducted the operation at the […]

Eight people were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a pickup van in Sylhet on Sunday morning, according to local police. The accident took place at around 6:00 am in the Talibazar area of South Surma, Sylhet. All those killed were construction workers travelling in the pickup van, although their identities had […]

A Bangladeshi farmer collapsed and died in his own waterlogged paddy field after witnessing the devastation of his ripened rice crop submerged by floodwaters, in a heartbreaking incident in the Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district. The deceased, 55-year-old Ahad Miah, a resident of Rampur village under Goalgon Union, had gone to his six-bigha rice field […]

A Union Parishad (UP) member and his associates have been accused of illegally cutting down over a hundred trees from both sides of an irrigation canal under the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) in Harinakundu upazila of Jhenaidah district. Following the incident, the BWDB authorities have lodged a formal complaint at the local police station, […]