A tragic accident in south-western Bangladesh has claimed the lives of two young girls, leaving a local community in profound grief. Jannati Akhtar, aged eleven, and her eight-year-old cousin, Lamiya Akhtar, drowned on Sunday morning after slipping into the deep water of a local commercial fish enclosure (ghere) in Dariayla village, situated within the Mollahat […]

An ongoing border dispute between neighbours in the Hazratpur Madhya Baluchar area of Keraniganj, Dhaka, descended into violence after an armed group destroyed three homes and felled fruit-bearing trees on disputed land. The victim family reported that long-standing friction over property boundaries with local residents Aslam and Salam Miah had been navigating legal channels for […]

Police have arrested 72 people in connection with a sudden rally involving Awami League and affiliated organisations in Dhaka’s Gulshan area, with 40 more arrests reported in the latest round of action. The arrests stem from an anti-terrorism case filed over the rally held on Friday. Police had previously arrested 32 people in connection with […]

Search and rescue teams in Indonesia are engaged in a race against time after a passenger vessel carrying 243 people foundered in the Java Sea during severe weather. Operation officials confirmed on Sunday that whilst 103 survivors have been pulled from the water, at least one person has died and 140 passengers remain unaccounted for. […]

A severe domestic conflict in Kishoreganj’s Pakundia upazila culminated in tragedy on Saturday night when a young man was fatally stabbed by his elder brother following a bitter dispute regarding the physical abuse of their mother. around Saturday night in the Chardeokandi area of Mathkhola, situated within Pakundia upazila. The deceased has been identified as […]

A seven-year-old girl who went missing in Jamalpur’s Madarganj Upazila has been found dead, with her body buried inside a neighbour’s house three days after she disappeared. The body of Mariam Akter was recovered from a house in the Charlotabor area at around 1am on Saturday, according to Snehashish Roy, officer-in-charge of Madarganj Model Police […]

Police in Habiganj’s Bahubal have detained two people, including a former Chhatra Dal leader, over allegations that they stopped a lorry carrying cumin and demanded Tk 500,000 from its owner. The lorry, carrying cumin purchased through a government auction, was later recovered during a police operation. The two detainees have been identified as Helal Mahaldar, […]