Current Affairs
Roads and Highways engineer killed in Naogaon road crash
A Roads and Highways Department (RHD) sub-assistant engineer was killed and his seven-year-old daughter seriously injured when a truck rammed over their CNG-run autorickshaw in Naogaon on Saturday night (September 19).
Nila Roy murder: Six years on, trial still ongoing
Six years after 10th-grade student Nila Roy was abducted and stabbed to death in Savar, the trial in the murder case is still underway, with only half of the prosecution witnesses having testified so far.
Heavy rain sweeps Dhaka, disrupting morning commute
Heavy rain accompanied by gusty winds and occasional thunder has lashed Dhaka since early Sunday (September 20), disrupting the morning commute and causing inconvenience to pedestrians and office-goers.
Missing Khilkhet boy’s family gets call claiming he is being held
A 12-year-old boy has gone missing from Dhaka’s Khilkhet area, with his family later receiving an anonymous phone call claiming that he was being held captive and abused.
Another youth accuses Oprotim murder suspect Tuhin took his motorcycle
Another young man has alleged that Tuhin, who was detained in connection with the killing of 13-year-old Eshiyat Shahriar Oprotim in Cumilla, previously lured him away and took his motorcycle.
Police recover Oprotim’s iPhone, to hold press conference today
Police have recovered the iPhone belonging to 13-year-old Eshiyat Shahriar Oprotim, who was found dead in Cumilla a day after he went missing, from the home of a detained suspect.
Mother, daughter among four killed in Patuakhali road crash
Four people, including a mother and her daughter, were killed when a passenger bus rammed over an autorickshaw in Patuakhali.
Anthropic opens bio lab to explore AI-driven drug discovery
AI company Anthropic has opened its own biology laboratory in the San Francisco Bay Area as it expands into experimental life-science research and explores how artificial intelligence could accelerate drug discovery for rare and hard-to-treat diseases.
Oprotim suffered severe head injury and other wounds: Police
Police have found evidence of a severe head injury and wounds on other parts of the body of Oprotim, 13, whose body was recovered from a wooded area near Cumilla University.
Rain, thundershowers likely in several parts of country
Bangladesh Weather Observation Team (BWOT) has informed that due to favourable weather conditions there is a possibility of light to moderate rain as well as heavy rainfall with thunder in 37 districts and surrounding areas of the country. Rain in multiple spells with gusty winds may occur in various regions from Saturday night to Sunday noon.