A key infrastructure project intended to bring relief to thousands of commuters in Rajshahi has instead sparked public outrage. Cracks have begun appearing along newly laid reinforced concrete sections of the Baya-Kashim Bazar-Tanore highway just weeks after pouring, raising urgent concerns over construction standards and oversight. The stretch, spanning over nine kilometres across Poba and […]

Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is preparing to seek a formal travel ban against Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, a spokesperson for the National Citizen Party (NCP) and former adviser to the interim government, amid fears that he may flee the country while facing widespread graft investigations. Senior officials at the anti-graft watchdog confirmed that the preventative […]

A eighteen-year-old motorcyclist has lost his life following a collision with an unidentified battery-powered auto-van in the Lalpur upazila of Natore district. The victim, identified as Abdullah, was the son of the late Shahiduzzaman, a resident of Uttar Lalpur village. The incident took place at approximately 10:45 am on Thursday near the Shimultala police checkpoint. […]

Police have arrested SM Humayun Kabir Ujjal, general secretary of the Panchagarh municipal Awami League, in connection with several cases filed with Panchagarh Sadar Police Station. Ujjal was arrested from his home in the Dhakaiyapatti area of Panchagarh town on Wednesday (16 September), police said. He was later produced before a court in the afternoon, […]

Meherpur district Awami League general secretary M A Khalek was arrested at the Darshana immigration checkpost on Thursday while he was preparing to travel to India for medical treatment. Khalek went to the immigration checkpost on the morning of 17 September with a medical visa. During routine verification of his travel documents, immigration police reportedly […]