A fault in the transmission line of the Shitalakkhya 132kV Grid Substation has left large parts of Narayanganj city and surrounding areas without electricity, disrupting daily life and causing widespread suffering amid intense heat. The outage began on Sunday morning without any prior notice. Kam
Police have recovered the hanging body of a chef from the residential quarters of a restaurant in Patuakhali. The deceased has been identified as Md Sayem, 20, a resident of Bhandaria in Pirojpur district. On Sunday around 10am, police recovered his body from a staff accommodation room at Poura P
CHANDPUR, June 6: More than 50,000 residents of six villages under Nayergaon Dakhshin Union in Matlab Dakhshin Upazila have been suffering for the last four years due to the poor condition of two roads with a combined length of three kilometres. According to the Local Government Engineering Depart
A man driving a tractor has died after the vehicle overturned and fell into the Padma River in Faridpur’s Charvadrasan Upazila while ploughing a paddy field. The body of the driver was recovered from the banks of the Padma River in Balurghat village of Char Jhaukanda Union around 11am on Fri
Superintendent of Police (SP) of Jhenaidah Md Mahafuj Afzal has been withdrawn. An order, issued by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Ali Hossain Fakir on Thursday, instructed him to hand over his responsibilities to a senior district police officer and report to Police Headquarters by Friday.
Four people, including a woman and her son, were killed in separate road accidents in Sadar and Sarail upazilas of Brahmanbaria district on Friday morning. According to local and hospital sources, Kawsar Mia, a resident of Bahadurpur village in Kasba upazila, was travelling towards Sarail Bishwa R
A massive fire burnt down 95 shops in a bazaar in Bhurungamari upazila headquarters in Kurigram on Friday morning. Local sources said the fire broke out at a clothes shop on the southern side of Bhurungamari Bazar around 6:30 am. Within moments, the flames spread to adjacent shops, triggering pan
At least three people were killed and another injured in a road accident in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj early Friday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, said Amirul Islam, duty officer at Belkuchi Police Station. The accident occurred around 6:00 am in the Meghulla a
A university student drowned while bathing in a pond in Jamalpur on Thursday afternoon. Victim Tahmid Hasan Rafi, 23, was a second-year student of Islamic Studies at Kabi Nazrul Government College under Dhaka Central University. The incident occurred around 1:30pm when Rafi went to bathe in the p
MANIKGANJ, June 03: The historic Ghior Market and weekly bazar in Ghior Upazila, Manikganj, established nearly 200 years ago on the banks of the Ichamati River, is facing severe infrastructure challenges. The absence of a proper drainage system, frequent waterlogging, deteriorating roads, and inade
Menstrual Hygiene Day is more than a global observance; it is a reminder that health and education are deeply connected for millions of girls worldwide. In Bangladesh, period poverty continues to create barriers to education, particularly in rural communities. One in four girls are absent from scho
A woman has been killed along with an ambulance driver in a road crash in Narail while returning home with her husband's body from a hospital in Dhaka. Four other people have been injured in the collision. On Wednesday, around 9:00 am, the ambulance collided head-on with a bus near Badshar Garage
Sylhet, June 02: The long-awaited irrigation project using surface water in Sylhet division has made little progress even one and a half years after its launch. The five-year project, which began in January 2025 and is scheduled for completion by December 2029, has so far made unsatisfactory progr
