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Man held after 'attempting to torch bus' in Azimpur bus

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Police have detained a 40-year-old man over an alleged attempt to set fire to a bus in Dhaka's Azimpur area early on Sunday. The man, identified as Aminul Islam Shaon, was detained... Read More


4 die with measles symptoms, 88 test positive

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Four more people died with measles symptoms across Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, while 88 new measles cases were confirmed. In its Sunday bulletin, the Directorate General of ... Read More


Tuhin hit Apratim with a bamboo stick first: SP

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Prime suspect Saiful Islam Tuhin was the first to strike Cumilla schoolboy Ishayat Shahriar Apratim on the head with the intention of killing him in order to snatch the iPhone he wa... Read More


3 crude bomb explosions in Gaibandha

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Three crude bombs have exploded in front of a house, in front of a school, and on the side of a road in Gaibandha's Sundarganj Upazila. Although the loud noise stirred panic in the... Read More


US, India hold M777 howitzer demonstration

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Indian and US military personnel have conducted a live fire demonstration involving the M777 Ultra Light Howitzer in Rajasthan as part of Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2026. The demonstrati... Read More


Parked bus set on fire in Pallabi

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- A parked bus has been set on fire in Dhaka's Pallabi area, adding to a series of bus fires and crude bomb explosions reported in Dhaka since Friday. The Paristan Paribahan bus caug... Read More


Apratim killed only for iPhone: police official

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Cumilla school student Ishayat Shahriar Apratim had been killed in order to snatch the iPhone he was carrying, police say. Cumilla Police Superintendent Mohammad Anisuzzaman shared... Read More


Apratim murder to be tried quickly, like Ramisa's: minister

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has vowed that the murder of Ishayat Shahriar Apratim, the son of Comilla University teacher Nahida Begum, will be tried quickly. He said four people... Read More


Police rescue baby after father's 'sale attempt'

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- A young man in Chattogram has allegedly attempted to sell his own 20-month-old daughter to get money for drugs. Police later rescued the child after the mother called the national ... Read More


Mosque meeting aimed to form 'extremist group': minister

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Among those arrested on suspicion of militancy from the Tejgaon College Mosque in Dhaka, 12 had planned to establish an extremist organisation called "Ittehadul Ummah" to form a cal... Read More