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Two friends found dead by hanging in Narsingdi, police say

Dhaka, March 18 -- Police in Narsingdi have recovered the bodies of two men hanging in their homes in a Palash neighbourhood. They were identified as Musanna Galib Mim, 28, and Sheikh Sharif, 27. Pa... Read More


Two missing teens from Chattogram rescued in Teknaf hills, three Rohingya arrested

Dhaka, March 18 -- Police have rescued two missing teenagers from the hills of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar and arrested three Rohingya men, alleging the victims were trafficked to Malaysia. The operation t... Read More


3 of a family die as truck rams motorcycle in Lalmonirhat

Dhaka, March 17 -- Three members of a family travelling on a motorcycle have been killed in Lalmonirhat's Pagram Upazila after a freight truck ploughed into their vehicle. The accident occurred on Tu... Read More


Traffic slows on Gazipur highways as Eid exodus gains steam

Dhaka, March 17 -- The pressure of homebound travellers and vehicles has increased on the Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways in Gazipur as people begin leaving for their village homes ahead o... Read More


Government withdraws Hatia UNO over social media video scandal

Dhaka, March 17 -- The government has made Hatia Upazila administrator (UNO) Md Alauddin an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) following the leak of an explicit video. The decision was communicated in a n... Read More


Rakib, devoted to street children, brutally killed at his cherished Shaheed Minar

Dhaka, March 17 -- Rakibul Islam Rakib, a 25-year-old honours student and friend to countless street children, was viciously shot and hacked to death at Shahbagh's central Shaheed Minar -- the very pl... Read More


SHUJAN urges politicians to honour July Charter mandate in restoring caretaker govt

Dhaka, March 17 -- Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (SHUJAN) has called for constitutional amendments in line with the July Charter to restore an effective and functional non-party caretaker government syst... Read More


Bangladesh seeks UK support on police reform, Rohingya crisis at Vienna talks

Dhaka, March 17 -- On the sidelines of the Vienna Global Fraud Summit, Bangladesh and UK home ministers have held talks, pledging closer collaboration on security, law-enforcing reforms, and the human... Read More


Week-long Eid holidays begin

Dhaka, March 17 -- After spending the night of Lailat-ul Qadr in prayers, people working in different sectors and their families have started travelling to their ancestral homes to see friends and rel... Read More


98% factories in Gazipur clear wages, 99% bonuses paid ahead of Eid, police say

Dhaka, March 17 -- Nearly all factories in Gazipur's industrial belt have cleared workers' dues ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, with 98 percent paying wages and 99 percent disbursing bonuses, police said. Indu... Read More