1+ day, 15+ min ago   (594+ words) Two years after former Rajshahi University Chhatra League leader Abdullah Al Masud was beaten to death by a mob, there has been no visible progress in the investigation, and no one has been arrested in the case. On September 11, Masud's…...

23+ hour, 33+ min ago   (260+ words) A local leader of Jubo League, an organisation whose activities remain banned, was hacked to death by a group that allegedly entered his house in Muradnagar upazila of Cumilla early yesterday. The incident took place around 4:00am in Uttar Pennai village,…...

23+ hour, 22+ min ago   (353+ words) Three teachers of a madrasa in Gazipur have been arrested for allegedly beating two students and burning them with a hot iron. The arrestees are Mawlana Shoyeb Hossain, 26, director of Al-Madrasatu Darut Taqwa madrasa; Habibur Rahman, 26, of Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila;…...

20+ hour, 3+ min ago   (133+ words) Three children, including two siblings, drowned in rainwater accumulated in a field in Pabna Sadar upazila today. The incident occurred around 2:00pm in Dashpara village under Chartarapur union. The deceased were identified as Sumi Khatun, 7; Khalid Hossain, 8, and his sister Afia…...

20+ hour, 20+ min ago   (284+ words) The state is unable to provide safe water to its citizens, and in some cases, imposing VAT on elements required to access it, speakers said at a discussion today. Providing safe water is the state's responsibility, yet it is shirking…...

1+ day, 4+ min ago   (338+ words) A pistol, two magazines and 20 rounds of ammunition looted from Araihazar Police Station during the mass uprising in August 2024 were found in a mosque near the police station today. The weapons and ammunition were recovered from Araihazar Bazar Mosque this…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (846+ words) The third session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, although shorter than the first two, offered several indications of the difficulties ahead. Tensions between the treasury and opposition benches became evident as the ruling party pushed through bills despite objections and denied…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (370+ words) President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today laid the foundation stone of Thakurgaon University, fulfilling a decades-old demand for a public university in the district. He laid the foundation stone at Maheshali village in Jamalpur union of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila around…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (442+ words) National Citizen Party (NCP) spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain today rejected allegations that he had laundered around Tk 11,000 crore to several destinations, including Australia, Dubai and Singapore, saying he was prepared to face them. “These are allegations of corruption over…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (381+ words) A local BNP leader has been accused of assaulting a shop owners’ association president in Narayanganj in his shop based on what his family described as “false allegations of links to the Awami League”, whose activities are banned. The victim,…...