Commerce, Industry, Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said that when industries remain operational, employment is created, the local economy remains active and government revenue increases. "Every industry is not just an establishment but is connected to the emotions and livelihoods of the people in the surrounding areas," he said.
A gruesome mass killing in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila has sent shockwaves across the area after five members of the same family—including three children—were found murdered inside a rented house. Police have identified fugitive household head Forkan Mia as the prime suspect in the killings.
At least four people, including a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member, were killed and 15 others injured in a devastating road accident on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila on Saturday afternoon (May 9).
An 18-year-old madrasa student drowned while bathing in a pond at Pekua upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday morning (May 9).
A member of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot dead in an armed attack in Baghaichhari of Rangamati’s Sajek area on Saturday morning.
The number of patients admitted with measles-like symptoms at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) has fallen below 100, with no new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, hospital authorities said on Saturday (May 9).