Toll may rise; around 170 injured, many critically; ISPR says ‘mechanical failure’ caused BAF training plane to plunge into Uttara school
At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a Bangladesh Air Force F-7 aircraft crashed into the Milestone College campus in Uttara
Gripped by fear, many residents of Haddipatti in Dhaka’s Darus Salam area have fled their homes, even after the arrest of a notorious gang leader, Babu Khan -- locally known as “Tunda Babu”.
Data from the Police Headquarters presents a grim picture of violent crimes, including murder, mugging, robbery, extortion, and mob violence, in the first six months of 2025.
The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) filed over 1.22 lakh drug-related cases in a little over five years, but only 11 percent of those have been disposed of.
Md Selim, a grocer from Beltoli Bazar in Mymensingh’s Phulbaria, has been listed as dead in a murder case filed over last year’s July uprising.
Several recent mugging incidents, some taking place in broad daylight, have also rattled residents
Police have arrested over 48,400 people across the country over the last one month, according to data from the Police Headquarters.
The ghastly fire at the Churihatta intersection in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area leaves some with the last moments of their lives in agony, while others are left with a horrific memory that will haunt them forever.
“Fire!”, “Leave immediately!” -- such screams were ricocheting off the walls and echoing down the corridors of the children's ward at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, as frenzied patients started running for safety, moments after Thursday's fire broke out at the hospital.
The hope for justice for a college girl, who was sexually assaulted during an Awami League rally last year, has turned bleak as police have appealed to close the case claiming they could not identify the culprits.
Three sons of presidents are running for parliament from Kishoreganj and people are saying it's the district of the VIPs.
Voters in Netrokona-4 had high hopes for a tough race as three women with graduate degrees were running for parliament from there.
About 200 teenagers were found shouting slogans near the IBA Hostel in Farmgate on Sunday to drum up public support for Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Awami League candidate for Dhaka-12.
Around noon yesterday, prison vans entering the court premises rang alive with party slogans being shouted by those inside.
Since the Rohingya influx, around 70 percent of school-age children and youth are yet to have access to any educational facility. There is also a scarcity of space in the camps.
Teenage gang feud was behind the murder of 17-year-old Mehedi Hasan Shuvo, who was killed by his rivals in the capital's Dakkhin Khan area on August 31, said police.
Dr Mong Sano Marma initiated the genome sequencing and proposed it to Prof Haseena Khan, who led the research. Mong also convinced his neighbour in the US, Dr Peter Ianakiev, who facilitated the genome sequencing at his research organisation for free.
