Frustrated by relentless power cuts and worsening grid instability, residents in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh resorted to an unusual form of protest against local utility authorities. A large group of villagers converged on the Katra Bazar electricity substation carrying copies of the Hanuman Chalisa, a revered Hindu devotional hymn, demanding accountability from […]

After spending a decade evading justice, a 41-year-old fugitive sentenced to 21 years in prison for a high-profile arms offence has finally been captured. Law enforcement officials apprehended Md Solaiman Howlader from the capital’s Mohammadpur area, bringing an end to his long period in hiding. The operation unfolded late Saturday night at approximately 1:45 AM. […]

Dhaka is braced for the highest concentration of power cuts this evening as national grid authorities project a total load-shedding deficit of 1,939 megawatts across the country during peak evening hours. Data released by Power Grid Bangladesh PLC at noon highlights a slight regional variation in power distribution challenges. The capital and its surrounding metropolitan […]

A speeding pick-up truck collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw along a busy regional highway on Sunday, leaving one passenger dead and two women seriously injured before the offending driver fled the scene. The tragedy occurred at approximately 1:45 PM on the Tongi-Ghorashal regional highway within the municipal limits of Kaliganj upazila, specifically near the Bagher […]

Law enforcement officers in Cox’s Bazar intercepted a consignment of illegal weapons, seizing eight locally made firearms and arresting two suspects following a high-speed vehicle pursuit in the Maheshkhali upazila. The operation culminated late on Saturday night when police set up a strategic checkpoint at the Thakurtala crossroads. Authorities acted on a tip-off indicating that […]

Border Security Force personnel stationed along the India-Bangladesh frontier intercepted a major smuggling attempt, seizing roughly 15 kilograms of gold valued at approximately thirty-two crore taka. The operation unfolded during the early hours of Sunday near the Banipur border outpost in West Bengal’s Nadia district, close to the Darshana border. Troopers from the 32nd Battalion […]

Police have arrested six people, including five Chhatra League activists, in separate operations in Tongi, Gazipur, with the arrests taking place at two police stations in the area. Five people were arrested at Tongi West Police Station, while another was arrested at Tongi East Police Station on Sunday (30 August). The arrests were made as […]

An allegation has emerged in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka, that several local leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jubo Dal demanded money from shop owners by using the names of the Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Assistant Commissioner (Land). The alleged demands were made in connection with an ongoing government […]

Police have arrested Abul Kashem Pallab, a two-time former chairman of the Beanibazar Upazila Parishad in Sylhet and joint general secretary of the Beanibazar unit of the Awami League, from the Bashundhara residential area of the capital. Pallab was arrested by police from Vatara Police Station at around 11pm on Saturday, 29 August. An investigation […]