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May 24, 2026

One held in CoU Lecturer abduction case

Police have arrested one person and seized a vehicle used in the abduction and robbery of a lecturer from the Department of Mass Communication and...

May 24, 2026

Govt employees to get welfare board support

Government officials and employees can receive financial assistance from the Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board for medical treatment, children’s education, burial and funeral expenses, among other...

May 24, 2026

Sylhet Metropolitan Women’s Jamaat’s holds human chain

Professor Mahfuza Siddika Hannan MP, a member of the reserved seat of the National Parliament and a member of the central unit of the women’s...

May 24, 2026

Blacksmith industry faces crisis amid rising costs and imports

In the age of modern industrialisation and the influx of cheap imported steel products, the indigenous traditional blacksmith industry is facing multiple challenges. Rising prices...

May 24, 2026

KHULNA: Divisional Commissioner Md Abdullah Harun speaks at a workshop on awareness of services provided by the Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board and promoting good governance through stakeholder participation held at the Khulna Divisional Commissioner’s Office on Saturday.

May 24, 2026

ISHWARDI (PABNA): Railway police arrests a woman with 200 grams of heroin during a special anti-narcotics drive on the Dhaka-bound Dhumketu Express at Harian Railway Station in Rajshahi on Friday.

May 24, 2026

BAUPHAL (PATUAKHALI): Panel Chairman Md. Jamal Hossain Howladar of Boga Union Parishad presides over a monthly law and order meeting was held at Boga Union Parishad in Bauphal, Patuakhali on Saturday. Bauphal Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Sirajul Islam attended the programme as the chief guest.

May 24, 2026

CHATTOGRAM: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman hands over the check for Tk 1.63 crore 50 thousand to the sanitation workers of the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) to CCC Mayor Dr. Shahadat Hossain at the political office of the BNP chairman in Gulshan in the capital on Friday.

May 24, 2026

SYLHET: A human chain in Sylhet organised by a central unit member of the Women’s Division of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was held demanding justice for child Ramisa and Fahima and raising concerns over rising violence against women and children.

May 24, 2026

SINGRA (NATORE): Human chain and protest rally held in Singra demanding exemplary punishment for child Ramisa’s killer and protesting the harassment of journalists across the country on Saturday. Journalists, teachers, political leaders, and civil society representatives joined the programme.

May 24, 2026

SAGHATA (GAIBANDHA): Member of Parliament Abdul Warez speaks at a Partner Congress program organised by the Department of Agricultural Extension held at the Upazila Parishad auditorium in Saghata, Gaibandha on Saturday.

May 24, 2026

NAIKHONGCHHARI (BANDARBAN): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized nearly one lakh Yaba tablets worth around Tk 2.99 crore in Naikhongchhari, Bandarban, during an anti-drug operation on Friday. No arrests were made in the incident.