Two muggers held with bloodstained knife and autorickshaw after driver killed in Rupganj
An autorickshaw driver named Rajan, 25, has been stabbed to death with a sharp knife by muggers snatching his autorickshaw in Rupganj, Narayanganj. The incident took place on Monday night on the road beside Rupshi Bagbari Bridge. Shortly afterwards,…
CID arrests one in case over sending two youths to Italy on fake visas for Tk 40 lakh
According to the allegations, a human trafficking ring lured two young men with the promise of jobs and a better life in Italy, took Tk 40 lakh from them and then sent them to Italy on fake visas. An accused in the case filed over the incident has been…
Autorickshaw drivers lift blockade on police assurance, Mohammadpur-Bosila road reopens after one and a half hours
Traffic has resumed on the Mohammadpur-Bosila road after it remained closed for about one and a half hours. The drivers left the road after police gave them assurances regarding their demands. Following the withdrawal of the blockade, vehicles are now…
Crowds throng both banks of the river: two-day boat race in ward 75 of Dhaka south
A two-day boat race competition has been held in a festive atmosphere in ward No 75 of Dhaka Metropolitan South in the capital. The competition was organised under the leadership of Niamat Ali, convener of ward No 75 Jubo Dal. The chief guest of the…
Kolkata tops air pollution list, Dhaka sixth with a score of 166
Air pollution levels in cities around the world keep rising day by day. Against this backdrop, Kolkata in India has risen to the top in air pollution among 126 countries of the world, while the capital Dhaka is in sixth position on the list. According to…
Exam suspended over question leak allegation: job seekers block roads, demand director general’s resignation
Angry examinees staged protests at various centres in the capital at the news that the recruitment examination for the post of assistant upazila youth development officer of the Department of Youth Development had been suspended. They had come to the…
Ink smeared on graffiti on wall in front of Shilpakala: Two including A N M Ayas detained at Shahbagh Police Station
Police have detained two people, including Rashtra Sanglap Forum president A N M Ayas. The allegation against them is that they smeared ink on the graffiti of writers and filmmakers of West Bengal, including Rabindranath Tagore, painted on the wall in…
Gopalganj’s Sunirmal has made over a hundred local musical instruments by hand, quietly safeguarding folk instruments
The small room of Sunirmal Das Bapi, a young man from Gandiasur village in Boultali union of Gopalganj Sadar upazila, is like a living museum of Bengal’s folk culture. Musical instruments are arranged in rows on the floor: a dotara here, an ektara…
Fishing with permanent dam on Kumar river: illegal structure removed in administration drive in Kashiani
The administration has removed a structure for catching fish illegally by building a permanent dam on the Kumar river. The drive was conducted on Friday (9 October) afternoon in that part of the river at Balugram Dakshinpara village in Maheshkhali union…
Tax Lawyers Association gets new 31-member committee led by Ramizuddin Ahmed and Mazam Ali Khan
A new executive committee of the Bangladesh Tax Lawyers Association (BTLA) has been formed with Ramizuddin Ahmed elected president and Md Mazam Ali Khan secretary general. The committee’s term is 2026-29. The 39th general meeting of the BTLA was…