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DMP chief vows to wipe out 'Kishore Gang' in Mohammadpur

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has declared that Mohammadpur, an area repeatedly in the spotlight over law and order since 2024 July Uprising, will soon be free of teenage... Read More


24 sent for 10 days of interrogation over 'Joy Bangla' slogan march in Gulshan

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- A Dhaka court has ordered 24 people arrested in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act, over a "Joy Bangla" slogan march in Dhaka's Gulshan, to be grilled in custody for 10 ... Read More


From BRICS to Makkah, Bangladesh misses two buses in one week

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- Bangladesh's foreign policy establishment has had quite the week. After spending a good part of a month talking up Dhaka's desire to join the Makkah Defence Alliance, the whole... Read More


Two die, 1,056 hospitalised with dengue fever in a day

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- Dengue keeps claiming lives across Bangladesh, with two more deaths recorded in the past 24 hours alongside 1,056 hospital admissions. Both fatalities were reported from hospi... Read More


Woman's dismembered, decomposed body found in Adabor canal

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- Police have recovered the dismembered body of a woman from a canal in Dhaka's Adabor. The body was recovered around 5pm on Saturday after police received information about it,... Read More


The electric rickshaw as a gauge of moral and aesthetic decline

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- Since Dhaka authorities launched localised bans on electric rickshaws, the capital has been plunged into a testy stand-off. Drivers of the vehicles -- under the banner of Jatiy... Read More


Bangladeshi filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain wins Venice award for 'The Difficult Bride'

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- Bangladeshi filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain has won the Premio Bisato d'Oro, the Best Director award from the independent film critics' panel, at the 83rd Venice International Film ... Read More


Bangladesh reports 7 more deaths with measles symptoms

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- Bangladesh has recorded seven more deaths among people with measles symptoms in a 24-hour period. The Directorate General of Health Services said 39 people tested positive for... Read More


'Busy on phone': Chandpur doctor accused of negligence after patient's death

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- A woman has died at a government hospital in Chandpur amid allegations of medical negligence from her family over a doctor's alleged failure to attend to her as her condition w... Read More


Unidentified man's remains found in three sacks in Faridpur

Bangladesh, Sept. 12 -- Police have recovered the dismembered body of an unidentified man from three plastic sacks found beside a paddy field in Faridpur's Madhukhali Upazila. The sacks were discover... Read More