The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted dry weather with temporary partly cloudy skies across the country for the next 24 hours, starting from 9am today (Dec 26). The weather is expected to remain dry as the ridge of the sub-continental high extends over West

LGRD Adviser Asif Mahmud has vowed that those behind a conspiracy to sabotage the interim government will not be spared, following a massive fire that destroyed multiple ministry offices at the Bangladesh Secretariat early this morning. In a Facebook post, Asif Mahmud confirmed that

Home Affairs Adviser Lt. Gen. (retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said only a thorough investigation will determine whether the fire at the Bangladesh Secretariat was an act of sabotage or an accident. Speaking to journalists outside the Secretariat around 9 am on Thursday (December

A firefighter succumbed to his injuries after being struck by a truck during efforts to extinguish a fire at Dhaka's Secretariat early Thursday. The victim, identified as Sohanur Zaman Nayan, was part of a special team from the Tejgaon Fire Station.  Another firefighter,

A fire that broke out early Thursday in Secretariat building number 7 in the capital's Segunbagicha area, was brought under control after six hours. Shahjahan Shikder, acting officer (Media Cell) of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters, confirmed the matter. He said

Dr. Jamal Anwar Basu, the second son of renowned poet Jasim Uddin, passed away on Wednesday morning at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. He was 82.  He is survived by one son, two daughters, and numerous well-wishers. Dr. Anwar, an arsenic specialist, previously worked in Germany

Four Bangladeshi workers died, and two others were critically injured in a collision between a truck and a trailer in Suwaydrah Province of Madinah, at 11 AM local time.  The truck, carrying 21 Bangladeshi workers from Al Riah Company, was struck head-on, causing four to be

Inspector Md Jahangir Arif of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (DB) has been temporarily suspended for attempting to submit final reports clearing former ministers Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq in two murder cases without proper authorization. The cases involve the

Two people were detained by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) for attempting to illegally cross into India through the Birampur border in Dinajpur.  The detainees, Shahjahan Bhuiyan, 34, from Netrokona's Kendua and Masum Billah, 35, from Patuakhali's Kalapara, were arrested on

A man was killed in a road accident in Katakhali area of Magura Sadar upazila on Wednesday (Dec 25) afternoon. The deceased was identified as Naosher, 65, a resident of Sitarampur village in Magura Sadar, was cycling to his tea shop at Katakhali Bazar when a Jessore-bound pickup van

A human hauler, locally named as Nosiman driver was killed in a road accident on the Bhurungamari-Bagvander road in Bhurungamari upazila of the district this morning.   The deceased was Tufan Islam Rusel, 25, son of Aziz Miah, a resident of Purba Bagvander village of the upazila.

The rescue and rehabilitation operations continue on Wednesday in Bangladesh after a massive fire left hundreds of Rohingya families homeless in Cox’s Bazar amid rough winter weather. Bangladesh is hosting over 1.2 million Muslim Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar, most of whom fled

A youth died after being electrocuted while handling an electric motor in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali on Wednesday (Dec 25). Jahed Hossain, 35, died around 11:30 am.  The incident occurred at Yusuf Ali's residence in Ward 1 of Char Clark union. Jahed, son of Md Hanif

Bangladeshi businessman Prashanta Kumar Halder, known as PK Halder, was freed from Presidency Jail after securing bail from a special Kolkata court in a money laundering case. On December 20, the court also granted bail to his associates, Swapan and Uttam Mistry, requiring a bond of Rs

Officials from the administration cadre have protested the Public Administration Reform Commission’s proposal to allocate 50% of deputy secretary-level promotions to administration cadre officers and the remaining 50% to officers from other cadres. Terming the recommendation as

Khaled Hasan, the central coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and a student of Dhaka University’s Arabic Department, returned to his dormitory on Tuesday night after being missing for four days. Abdul Quader, another coordinator of the movement, said that

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspect linked to the murder of seven individuals aboard the cargo vessel MV Al Bakhera in the Meghna River in Chandpur’s Haimchar upazila. RAB-11 confirmed the arrest of Akash Mondol, also known as Irfan, in the Chitalmari upazila of

Twenty-six Bangladeshi citizens who had been sentenced to three years in prison for intrusion into India returned home through the Benapole check post on Tuesday night. The group comprised seven women, eight children, and eleven men, according to Benapole Port Police Station’s

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast mostly dry weather with a partly cloudy sky across the country for the next 72 hours, beginning 9 am on Wednesday (Dec 25).  According to the BMD's update, the weather is expected to remain dry, with a temporary

The government has formed a seven-member independent commission to reinvestigate the 2009 Pilkhana massacre, which occurred on February 25-26.  Led by former BGB chief ALM Fazlur Rahman, the commission was announced through a gazette notification on Tuesday (December 24).