Firefighters executed a dramatic four-hour rescue operation along the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Feni, extracting a lorry driver who was trapped inside his crushed vehicle after it overturned on Thursday morning. The incident occurred at dawn in the Khaiyara area near Fazilpur, opposite the Zenith Petrol Station. The driver, 25-year-old Md Shamim, son of Idris Akon […]

Police officers in Fatullah, Narayanganj, have arrested a 28-year-old madrasa teacher, Md Rafiqul Islam, following allegations of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old student. The suspect was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon from Tahsinul Quran Madrasa, situated in the Muslimnagar area. Islam, a native of Tongibari Upazila in Munshiganj district, served as a resident instructor at […]

DHAKA, 3 September 2026 (BSS) — In a major operation, customs authorities and intelligence agencies intercepted and seized 9,331 grams—approximately 9.33 kilograms—of gold from a Flydubai passenger flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The illicit consignment, valued at an estimated 200 million taka, was recovered in an abandoned state hidden deep within the aircraft cabin. […]