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Masum Hossain

  • Bogura district correspondent

Unplanned growth of clinics, diagnostic centres in Bogura
Unplanned growth of clinics, diagnostic centres in Bogura

Unplanned growth of clinics, diagnostic centres in Bogura

A large number of clinics and diagnostic centres have been established in an unplanned manner in Bogura city. Most of these facilities lack designated parking spaces. While a few have garages, they are practically of no use. As a result, traffic congestion has become a regular and distressing issue for the public.

Bogura: A city of crime
Bogura: A city of crime

Bogura: A city of crime

A young man's unidentified body found floating in a river. A father beaten to death for refusing to marry off his teenage daughter to a 42-year-old man. Two police officers stabbed while attempting to arrest a convict. A family fleeing their home on Eid day with their sacrificial animal to escape a teenage gang’s wrath. Incidents of theft, abduction, and stabbings continue unabated. Even court premises are not safe. Altogether, Bogura appears increasingly trapped in a growing web of lawlessness and crime.

"They are village elders, but inhuman"
"They are village elders, but inhuman"

"They are village elders, but inhuman"

It was 9:00 pm., and a light drizzle had begun. At the sound of a knock on the door, Shapla Begum stepped out of her house, still shaken and gripped by fear. Her young son, Shakil, had been forcibly taken from her and subjected to brutal abuse. The horrifying cries and pleas of her seven-year-old still haunt her.

Teenage gangs out of control: Who will rein them in?
Teenage gangs out of control: Who will rein them in?

Teenage gangs out of control: Who will rein them in?

A growing wave of fear is sweeping through both cities and villages as teenage gangs emerge as a new face of lawlessness across Bangladesh. Once confined to urban backstreets, these groups have now spread their influence into rural communities, leaving ordinary people, law enforcement, and journalists increasingly vulnerable to violence.

Case filed over torture of Natore BCL leader
Case filed over torture of Natore BCL leader

Case filed over torture of Natore BCL leader

Chhatra League (BCL) leader Faisal Hossain Kador had stepped out of his house just to check whether TCB (Trading Corporation of Bangladesh) products were being sold. He had no idea what was about to happen to him. As he reached the main road, Chhatra Dal leader Zubair saw him — and what followed was horrifying.

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