A precarious web of electrical extension leads dangling directly above patients lying on the floor has highlighted severe overcrowding and acute safety hazards at Chittagong Medical College Hospital. On Tuesday afternoon, a visit to the third floor of the region’s primary government healthcare facility revealed a troubling scene between the medicine and radiology wards. With […]

A young man lost his life on Tuesday after being apprehended and assaulted by security personnel and staff while allegedly attempting to break into the Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) office in the Tejgaon Industrial Area of Dhaka. The deceased, estimated to be around 25 years of age, remains unidentified. The incident unfolded at approximately […]

Police have arrested Mayjuddin Hamid, the former general secretary of Maheshpur Upazila Awami League and former chairman of Maheshpur Upazila Parishad, in Jhenaidah. Officers apprehended him at approximately 7:32 pm on Monday, 7 September, from the Kitchen Market area of Maheshpur Municipality. According to sources within Maheshpur Police Station, the arrest was executed in connection […]

Health authorities have confirmed two additional child fatalities linked to measles and associated symptoms, bringing the total national death toll from the ongoing outbreak to 999. According to the latest daily bulletin issued by the Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Tuesday, 8th September, a further 1,236 patients tested positive […]

The government has approved a fresh price hike for low-tier cigarettes, raising the minimum retail price for a pack of ten sticks to 65 taka, up from 62 taka. The decision was reached during the 20th Cabinet meeting held on Monday, 7 September, at the National Parliament Building. According to an official press release issued […]

A long-standing feud over local dominance erupted into deadly violence in Narail’s Lohagara upazila on Tuesday morning, leaving a 36-year-old man dead and at least ten others wounded. The deceased has been identified as Miskan Sardar, son of Lokman Sardar, a resident of Matiadangha village under Kotakol Union. Tensions between rival factions over regional influence […]