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Voters in Bandarban's Lama and Alikadam upazilas say BNP leader Jabed Reza is their preferred candidate for the 300th parliamentary constituency, citing his record of standing by ordinary people during the party's difficult years.
Police in Bandarban's Rowangchhari upazila arrested Rupam Kanti Tanchangya, 35, on charges of sexually assaulting a widow at her home Wednesday night, an officer said.
Police recovered the body of a 35-year-old Bom man, Lalram Sang Bom, from a jungle in Bandarban's Ruma upazila Monday, with injuries to the head and neck suggesting he was killed three to four…
Thousands of Muslims joined Friday prayers at a divisional ijtema in Feni, where worshippers from 11 districts and several countries assembled at a field on the Feni-Chhagalnaiya road.
Two men were killed and a third was injured Thursday afternoon when a bus struck their motorcycle in the Baitul Izzat area of Bandarban, a hospital official said.
Border Guard Bangladesh has opened a primary school in the remote village of Bulu Para in Bandarban's Thanchi upazila, serving about 70 to 80 children from three nearby hamlets, the unit's commander said.
Three customers from the same family at the Amir Uddin Munshirhat branch of Rupali Bank in Feni's Sonagazi say more than Tk 19 lakh has been transferred from their accounts without their knowledge, and…
The superintendent of a madrasa in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari upazila faces allegations of sexually harassing female students, while families say protesters were attacked on their way to a demonstration. The superintendent denies the allegations.
The BNP's Jaylashkar union committee and its affiliates carried out a cleanup drive at Jaylashkar High School in Dagonbhuiyan to mark Nov. 7 National Revolution and Solidarity Day, organizers said.
A photo of a child holding a gun in Feni's Sonagazi, posted by the boy's Saudi Arabia-based uncle on Facebook, drew widespread attention before being taken down, the child's father said.
A bogus microfinance outfit collected deposits from more than 100 villagers in Feni's Chhagalnaiya promising low-interest loans, then vanished before the scheduled disbursement.
A joint army-police operation in Jashore's Abhaynagar upazila detained a 35-year-old woman accused of drug dealing along with 22 bottles of the codeine-based cough syrup Phensedyl.
Jamaat-e-Islami's parliamentary candidate for Cumilla-9, Dr. Sayed A.K.M. Sarwar Uddin Siddiqui, said his party would consign corruption to the museum and establish a drug-free, justice-based society if elected.
A man in Cumilla's Barura upazila was found selling jackal meat openly in the local market, claiming it cured ailments such as joint pain, residents and witnesses said.
A 10-year-old boy in Cumilla's Nangalkot upazila has become a hafiz by memorizing all 30 paras of the Quran in just 11 months, his madrasa said.
BNP standing committee member Khondkar Mosharraf Hossain accused the previous government of diverting votes from Meghna to Cumilla in the 2018 election to ensure his defeat.
More than 100,000 residents of 40 villages in Cumilla's Titas upazila are crossing the Gumti river by motorized boat after a temporary bridge collapsed in floods and has not been rebuilt.
Saiful Islam, a resident of Cumilla's Sadar Dakshin upazila, has lifted his family of seven out of poverty by building decorative coops for chickens and ducks from colored tin and wood.
Livestock farmers in Cumilla's Monohorganj upazila are struggling to feed their animals as the area produces only one rice crop a year, leaving them dependent on increasingly scarce rice straw and husk.
Despite dozens of foot overbridges built at a cost of crores of taka along the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, pedestrians break through median grilles and cross the busy route on foot, fueling deadly accidents.
CUMILLA — A private car struck and killed Abdul Wahab, a former union parishad member, on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla's Burichang upazila on Monday night, police said.
CUMILLA — A child was killed when a government car belonging to the assistant commissioner (land) ran over her at an upazila administration complex in Homna on Wednesday morning, witnesses said.
CUMILLA — Residents of Golaper Char village in Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila are using bamboo poles to hold up a failing 30-year-old bridge that carries about 12,000 people daily, raising fears of a major accident,…
CUMILLA — There is no alternative to uncompromising BNP leader Khaleda Zia in Bangladesh, said Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad, a BNP vice chairman and the party's nominee for Cumilla-4.
CHATTOGRAM — Police arrested a 37-year-old man wanted in 15 criminal cases, including theft, robbery, abduction and extortion, and recovered weapons, ammunition, drugs and cash from him, officials said Sunday.
CHATTOGRAM — The body of a young man, a Bangladesh Navy sailor, was recovered from a road in Hathazari on Monday morning, with police saying he was likely killed in a traffic accident.
CUMILLA — People have come to see Jamaat-e-Islami as a symbol of trust, said Mobarak Hossain, the party's candidate for Cumilla-5 and a former central president of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir.
RANGAMATI — A wild elephant and her calf died during birth in Rangamati's Rajasthali upazila on Tuesday, the forest department said.
RANGAMATI — A 65-year-old widow long battling poverty in a remote village in Rangamati's hill district has been given a new home by the Bangladesh Army, restoring hope to her life, officials said.
CHATTOGRAM — Forest officials rescued an injured migratory Himalayan vulture in Satkania after the bird fell from the sky, exhausted from a long flight, the forest department said.
Police arrested a 38-year-old man with a locally made firearm and three rounds of ammunition in the Karnaphuli area of Chattogram early Friday, the local police chief said.
A third person has died after being burned in a gas cylinder explosion at an illegal refilling depot in Chandanaish, Chattogram, hospital officials said Monday.
A 42-year-old garment worker who had returned home for a visit was killed when a dry tree branch fell on his head in the Boalkhali area of Chattogram on Wednesday, doctors said.
Farmers in Bangladesh's Banshkhali upazila have profited from planting tomatoes two months earlier than usual, with a 415-hectare harvest now reaching markets, agriculture officials said.
A 35-year-old Patiya municipality still has no dumping station, leaving thousands of tons of waste piled along a major highway and putting residents at health risk, officials said.
India's Border Security Force shot dead a 28-year-old Bangladeshi at the Bakherali border in Chapainawabganj early Wednesday, the Border Guard Bangladesh said.
A bustling rural market in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila bears the name of a 20th-century shopkeeper renowned for his honesty and personal cleanliness, locals said.
Police recovered a Chinese-made rifle looted from the Chatkhil police station during the unrest of Aug. 5 from a pond on the station's premises Thursday, officials said.
For workers living far from family in Noakhali, a roadside pitha vendor named Milon offers more than rice cakes — his steaming offerings bring back memories of mothers' kitchens, customers said.
The IFSD Foundation distributed blankets to 250 underprivileged people in the Charbata union of Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila on Wednesday, organizers said.
A mobile court fined three plants in Noakhali's Begumganj a total of 130,000 taka for bottling tap water and selling it as mineral water in unsanitary conditions and without proper licenses.
More than 800 students took part in a 'Run for Unity' marathon at Noakhali Science and Technology University on Saturday, organized by the campus Chhatra Shibir unit despite the bitter cold.
Abul Kalam Sumon passed the 16th teachers' registration exam and ranked 65th on the national merit list, but never got a job. The Noakhali man now farms by day and sells jhalmuri by night…
Humayra Noor, joint member secretary of the National Citizen Party and a Supreme Court lawyer, will contest the Noakhali-5 seat on the party's water lily bud symbol.
Islami Chhatra Shibir central president Jahidul Islam said politics of killing people by stoning will no longer be tolerated in Bangladesh, citing major changes since the fall of Sheikh Hasina.
The Roads and Highways Department has begun repairs on the Debidwar section of the Cumilla-Sylhet highway, after NCP leader Hasnat Abdullah threatened a blockade over the road's poor condition.
About 20,000 people from at least seven villages in Cumilla's Lalmai upazila have crossed a rickety bamboo bridge over the Dakatia river for 19 years, the only way to reach schools and the main…
The National Citizen Party announced its first-phase nominees for 125 seats in the 13th national parliamentary election on Wednesday.
A human chain was held in Langadu upazila to mark International Anti-Corruption Day 2025, jointly organized by the Anti-Corruption Commission and the upazila anti-corruption prevention committee.
Border Guard Bangladesh has delivered benches, chairs, tables and other school supplies to a primary school in the remote Prongjang Para village of Bilaichhari upazila in Rangamati.
Border Guard Bangladesh detained six people, including two Indian nationals, in Rangamati for illegally entering Bangladesh by river from India's Mizoram state.
The 27 BGB Battalion's Marishya zone seized a large quantity of Indian cigarettes and a mini truck worth about 30 lakh taka during a raid in Rangamati's Baghaichhari upazila.
A fisherman in Rangamati's Kaptai upazila caught a 23-kilogram catla fish in the Karnaphuli river and sold it for 23,000 taka.
The Rangamati Hill District Council postponed a teacher recruitment exam after the Anti-Quota Unity Alliance called a 36-hour shutdown over hiring quotas. The group later withdrew the strike.
One person was killed and at least 50 injured when two rival groups clashed over local dominance in Habiganj's Ajmiriganj upazila, police said.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's condition is stable at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, party officials said. A medical board will meet Monday night to decide on any change in her care.
Chandpur authorities raided illegal soil cutting on farmland in Shahrasti upazila after complaints from local farmers worried about crop damage.
Betel leaf farmers in Chandpur's coastal Haimchar upazila sell about 50 crore taka of leaves a year but say they have never received any government support after natural disasters or disease.
A schoolteacher was killed and another person seriously injured when a vegetable-laden truck struck them during a morning walk on the Dhaka-Sylhet regional highway in Habiganj's Bahubal.
A 5-year-old boy from Chandpur whose dribbling skills and rainbow flicks have gone viral on social media dreams of becoming a footballer like Lionel Messi.