The Prime Minister nominated Mamaching as the Chairman of Bandarban Zilla Parishad In gratitude to Tariq Rahman, a huge joyous procession was held in Bandarban and a public reception was given to Chairman Mamaching of the newly formed Bandarban Hill District Council. On this occasion, Bandarban district BNP organized a colorful procession and reception in Bandarban.On Sunday ...more

The Mohanpur upazila administration in Rajshahi has formed a three-member committee to investigate allegations that Sheikh Md Munzur Rahman, headteacher of Amrail High School, is addicted to drugs. A drug test will also be conducted to verify the allegation.The issue came to the attention of the upazila administration after a report on the allegation was ...more

An Ansar Battalion member foiled an attempted theft at the Matarbari Thermal Power Plant and recovered around 250 kilograms of copper electrical wire worth an estimated Tk 4.5 lakh.The incident took place at around 9:30pm on Saturday when Constable Md Sohag Hossain, a member of Cox’s Bazar Ansar Battalion (1 BN), was on duty at ...more

A suspected hospital broker was detained at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday for allegedly luring patients to private clinics outside the hospital for medical tests in exchange for extra payments.The detainee was identified as **Sudhangshu Mondal, 38**. He was later handed over to police for legal action.According to the Bangladesh Ansar and Village ...more

The Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair 2026 concluded at Bells Park in Barishal on Sunday, with sales exceeding Tk 50 lakh, according to organisers.The closing ceremony was organised by the Barishal district administration and the Social Forestry Division under the theme, “Let’s Beautify the Country Through Tree Plantation, Bangladesh First.”**Additional Divisional Commissioner Md Ahsan ...more

Officials and employees of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) have called for promotion decisions to be made strictly in line with existing government service rules, arguing that an ongoing inquiry or investigation should not, by itself, prevent an otherwise eligible official from being considered for career advancement.The demand was raised in a memorandum ...more

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has undertaken a major initiative to improve rural connectivity in Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi, with strict conditions imposed to ensure the quality of road rehabilitation works.Under the “Rural Road Maintenance and Preservation” programme for the 2026-27 fiscal year, nine roads covering 6.605 kilometres have been approved in the upazila, ...more

Allegations have surfaced that some union parishad members collected Tk 3,000 to Tk 5,000 from poor residents in Matarbari Union in exchange for government-provided sanitary toilets that were supposed to be distributed free of charge.According to local residents, around 500 toilets are being distributed under a sanitation programme in the union. Beneficiaries allege that some ...more

Police have uncovered an alleged illegal arms manufacturing workshop in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar and detained a man along with a large quantity of tools and equipment used to make firearms.The detainee was identified as Rahmat Ullah alias Bashi, 30, of Mohammadpur-Telipara in Chhota Maheshkhali.According to police, a team led by Sub-Inspector Mohammad Iqbal ...more

A court in Faridpur Sadar Upazila has sentenced two youths to life imprisonment for gang-raping a madrasa student. Each of them was also fined Tk 1 lakh and ordered to serve another year of rigorous imprisonment in default of payment. Another accused was acquitted as the charges in the case were not proven.​On Sunday (August ...more