Twelve police officers sustained injuries after being ambushed by an armed extortion syndicate during a late-night raid in Raozan upazila, Chittagong. Law enforcement personnel returned fire, capturing an injured suspect at the scene along with a significant haul of firearms, military-grade ammunition, and edged weapons. The violence erupted at around 11:45 pm on Wednesday, 30 […]

A tragic drowning incident claimed the life of a 13-year-old girl, Anisa Akhtar, in Sotti village under Chala Union of Harirampur upazila in Manikganj district on Thursday morning, 1 October. Anisa was the daughter of Anwar Hossain, a native of Sotti village who works at a hotel in Cox’s Bazar. Having resided with her family […]

Police in Shibaloy, Manikganj, have arrested a 27-year-old man after seizing 600 Yaba tablets during a targeted anti-narcotics operation along the busy Dhaka-Aricha highway. Acting on specific intelligence, a team from Shibaloy Police Station conducted a raid on Wednesday afternoon, 30 September, at around 5:45 pm. The operation took place directly in front of Madhumati […]

A popular travel content creator and dental surgeon, Dr Orakatul Jannat, has voiced deep frustration over severe mismanagement at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka after being forced to wait nearly three hours for her luggage and a baggage trolley. Returning to Bangladesh on Thursday, 1 October, following the Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, Dr […]

A violent clash between two rival factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) over a smuggled consignment of drugs has left one man dead and at least seven others injured in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia. The victim, 60-year-old Tengur Mondal, succumbed to a fatal spear wound during the clash, which also involved several rounds of […]

An illegal soil extraction syndicate operating along the Dhaleshwari River in Fatullah, Narayanganj, faced a major disruption when detective police raided a clandestine meeting convened to revive the illicit trade. The gathering, organised at the residence of a local Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, brought together local figures from both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and […]