Shaheen Mollah

A routine firefighting mission in Tongi’s Sahara Market took a deadly turn, all because of false information.

Despite repeated assurances of tougher action and the interim government’s zero-tolerance stance, incidents of mob violence show no sign of stopping.

For Karwan Bazar hardware shop manager Mizanur Rahman, life has not been the same since the night his world turned to ashes. His wife Nadira Akter Popy, 32, and their three-year-old son Yeasin were among four people killed when arsonists set fire to the Dhaka-bound Mohanganj Express in Tejgaon on December 19, 2023.

With the national election approaching, police have sped up the process of identifying officers who played “commanding roles” in the three previous controversial polls or had strong political affiliations during that period.

Around 2:30pm Tuesday, a 40-year-old man stood silently at Adabor’s Road-10 Balur Math, staring at some shanties.

Adabor incident has sparked fear among law enforcers, who are now wary of responding to such emergencies.

More and more people are now relying on potatoes and papaya to feed their families as the prices of other vegetables continue to rise in Dhaka’s kitchen markets.

Tanvir, 8, died at DMCH after losing all four limbs; parents allege a misdiagnosis in Bhola

Prices of locally grown onions have started to fall in Dhaka, as Bangladesh has resumed importing the kitchen staple from India after a long break.

The only fault of Rabbi, a resident of the capital’s Jafrabad area, was that he questioned two unknown young men loitering near his home late at night on May 15.

With fear, grief, and uncertainty, a family from Barguna’s Bamna spends every single day of their lives in an agonising wait.

Abdul Malek went to Sukrabad kitchen market to buy vegetables, only to be shocked to find that a kilogramme of both okra and pointed gourd was selling for Tk 100.

After a brief respite over the past few months, the prices of onions, vegetables, eggs and fish have risen again in the capital’s kitchen markets, placing additional financial strain on low- and fixed-income families.

A large red banner reading “International Fascism and Genocide Research Institute” now hangs in front of the abandoned central office of the Bangladesh Awami League in the capital’s Gulistan area.

At the height of the July uprising, many hospitals turned their backs -- some out of fear, others silenced or forced into complicity. State forces roamed halls of healing, seizing CCTV footage, erasing patient records, and threatening doctors not to treat the wounded.

The government has decided to increase the monthly risk allowance by 20 percent for police personnel from the ranks of constable to sub-inspector.

Of the five missing families, four provided DNA samples from both parents, while one family submitted samples from the mother, father, and a brother

The protests were loud, defiant, and spreading fast. But behind them was a quieter resistance

Death toll now 32; Aryan Nasraf Nafi, 9, died at 12:15am; Eldest sister, Nazia Tabassum Lizu, 13, died Monday

Barely 300 metres from Milestone School and College, Sharif Ul Anwar Sazzan was waiting for his son Srijon Sattik, a sixth grader, to come out so they could return home for lunch.