Two-day Sachin Mela begins today at Sachin Dev Burman’s ancestral home
A two-day ‘Sachin Mela-2026’ begins in Cumilla today in memory of Sachin Dev Burman, the subcontinent’s celebrated singer and master composer. The Cumilla district administration is organising the fair on 30 and 31 October in the…
Polythene smothering breathing roots, microplastics in wildlife: Sundarbans choking on plastic
The breathing roots of the Sundarbans are being covered in plastic waste. Discarded fishing nets and polythene are stunting the growth of new saplings. Where plastic is piling up most, crabs, snails and other aquatic creatures are being seen less often.…
Garment worker killed as septic tank of under-construction building explodes in Gazipur
A young man named Sakib has died after the septic tank of an under-construction building exploded in Naojor area of Gazipur city. Two others were reportedly injured. Sakib was from Bauphal upazila in Patuakhali. The explosion took place this morning…
490 arrested, 45 cases filed in a day of drives in the capital
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 490 people in the capital in regular drives over the past 24 hours, and 45 cases were filed during the period. The DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division gave the figures in a press release on Friday…
Posing as patients, NSI team exposes fake doctor in Babuganj; Tk 50,000 and Tk 1 lakh fines imposed
A mobile court drive in Babuganj, Barishal, has fined a fake doctor Tk 50,000 and a diagnostic centre operating without a pathologist Tk 1 lakh. Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Executive Magistrate Asma Ul Husna said the fines were imposed at the end of the…
Body of former flight lieutenant Tahsif found in Turag, cousin claims ‘murder’
Police have recovered the body of former Air Force flight lieutenant KM Tahsif from the Turag river. The body was pulled out of the river near Rajabari Ghat at 4:30pm yesterday (Wednesday). Claiming that Tahsif’s death was a murder, his cousin…
SRB raid in Mongla’s Balurmath: 15kg of cannabis seized, four arrested
The Special Response Battalion (SRB-6) Khulna Sadar Company has arrested four drug traders with 15kg of cannabis from the Balurmath area under Mongla police station in Bagerhat. The special drive was conducted around 11:30pm on Wednesday in the Balur…
Thakurgaon-1 by-election: orderly voting at 185 centres, Faisal Amin hopes for landslide win
Voting in the by-election to the Thakurgaon-1 constituency, which began simultaneously at 8am on Thursday, is going on in an orderly atmosphere. Votes will be cast until 4pm at 185 centres in the Sadar, Ruhia and Bhulli areas. In this five-candidate…
All refuelling fuel for Rooppur Unit-1 arrives, shipments for Unit-2 begin
All shipments of the new nuclear fuel needed for the first refuelling of Unit-1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant have arrived in Bangladesh. At the same time, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has also begun supplying fuel for the…
Body of former Air Force Flight Lieutenant Tahsif found in Turag
The body river police recovered from the Turag River is that of former Bangladesh Air Force Flight Lieutenant Tahsif.