The fire that broke out at a footwear accessories factory in the port city’s Bayezid Bostami Police Station area this afternoon was brought under control after two hours effort of the firefighters. The fire was originated from second floor of the five-storey building of the

A fire broke out at a factory adjacent to Textiles intersection under the port city’s Bayezid Bostami Police Station on Friday. The incident was reported from second floor of the six-storey building of Korean Garments factory around 4:00pm, according to local fire officials.

At least two persons were killed in two separate road accidents in Kalihati and Shakhipur areas on Friday (March 29). According to police a covered van driver succumbed to his injuries and two others were injured as a lorry and the covered van collided head on at Kalihati upazila

A student of class nine was hacked to death by his alleged classmates in Natore on Thursday. In this incident police have arrested four teenagers named Partho, Mehedi, Sojun and Shimul. The deceased was Md Himel Hossain, 15, a class nine student at Patul-Hampania High School in

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a person along with six gold bars weighing 700 gram from Putkhali border area under Benapole port police station. Monor Uddin, 31, son of Kodor Ali was detained by BGB near Putkhali Moshjidbari check post on early Friday (March 29).

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted  rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over four divisions in the next 24 hours begins from 9am today. According to the BMD bulletin, rain or thundershowers

The Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Guwahati, Assam, has announced the establishment of Bangladesh Visa Application Centres in Guwahati, Bongaigaon, and Silchar in India.  This initiative aims to streamline the visa application process for individuals seeking to visit

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Friday (March 29) arrested 40 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

A Cumilla court on Thursday (March 28) rejected the bail plea of former proctor Deen Islam for the second time in Jagannath University student Fairuz Sadaf Abantika suicide case. Acting District and Sessions Judge of Comilla Nasrin Jahan denied bail to Deen after his lawyer submitted

Bangladesh faces alarming levels of pollution and environmental health risks that disproportionately harm the most vulnerable people – the poor, children under five, the elderly, and women, says a new World Bank report. The 2023 Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) finds air

Three passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and three others injured after being hit by a bus on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway under Trishal upazila of the district today (March 28). The deceased were identified as CNG-run auto driver Shariful Islam, 34, son of late Abdus

Rapid Action Battalion-3 (RAB) arrested three members of a fake currency making racket from Naria upazila in Shariatpur on Thursday. RAB counterfeit notes of around Tk20.46 lakh from their possession.  The arrestees are Arif Bepari, 20, son of Ratan Bepari of Charmohon in Naria

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP’s) crime investigation department (CID) members arrested five people for their alleged involvement in laundering Tk 400 crore through digital ‘hundi’. The unidentified people were arrested on Wednesday (March 27) night. CID

Democracy International has awarded certificates to 25 women journalists and politicians who successfully completed a training program focused on safer digital platform usage. This initiative, supported by tech giant Meta, saw participation from women journalists representing 17 media

A Dhaka court today (March 28) set May 8 for submitting the probe report in a case lodged over the escape of two death row militants from a Dhaka court's police custody. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim fixed the new date allowing a time plea of the prosecution as the

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted  rain or thundershowers accompanied  by temporary gusty or squally wind  is likely to occur at one or two places over seven divisions in the next 24 hours begins from 9am today. According to the BMD bulletin, rain

A 19-year-old Bangladeshi, who was reportedly in mental distress and called 911 seeking help, was fatally shot by the police in his Queens home on Wednesday. But his brother, who witnessed the shooting, contradicted aspects of the police account of events, saying his mother was

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Thursday (March 28) arrested 34 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

India's Border Security Force (BSF) last night returned the body of a Bangladeshi youth who died in BSF firing along the Dighaltari border in Lalmonirhat. Liton Parvez, 22, was shot by BSF early Tuesday morning and died in an Indian hospital the same night. Indian Border

The Ministry of Youth Sports (MoYS) and UNICEF Child Protection Section have joined forces in a swift and coordinated response to the devastating fire outbreak that occurred on March 24 at Karail Bede Slum in the capital. Recognizing the urgent need to provide support to the affected