Rafiul Islam

Bhashantek house fire: ‘Why haven’t my parents come to see me yet?’

Lying on a hospital bed, nine-year-old Sujan kept asking for his parents and two sisters whenever relatives visited him in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

2d ago

'Why haven't my parents come to see me?'

9-year-old keeps asking while being treated at burn institute

2d ago

'Genuine' SSC, HSC certificates for sale!

System analyst at technical education board admits to selling over 5,000 of those in a couple of years

2w ago

Learning from YouTube, he sells them on Facebook

The gang planned to circulate Tk 50 lakh worth of fake currency before Eid

3w ago

End extortion to curb Ramadan price hikes

Traders have urged the government to put an end to extortion during the transportation and sales of essential goods for the greater interest of consumers during Ramadan.

Worried your vehicle may be requisitioned? Here's what you should know

Law enforcers are requisitioning vehicles as they need a large number of transport to carry out election duties and to carry voting equipment

She held on to her child as they burned to death

As soon as other passengers on Mohanganj Express screamed “fire”, Nadira Akhter Popy grabbed her three-year-old son, held him to her chest and ran in an attempt to get out of the train carriage and escape the fire

May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023

Boy's death from falling rod: Site manager sues expressway worker

Hasib Hasan, the Banani and Mohakhali site manager, filed the case with Dhaka Railway Police Station, accusing Md Hasan, 32

May 6, 2023
May 6, 2023

Blast at N’ganj steel Mill: It ran without valid papers, safety measures

The steel mill factory in Narayanganj, where an explosion killed four workers and injured three others on Thursday, had been melting iron for the last six months without approval from the authorities, said officials.

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023

Explosions from accumulated gas: How to keep your homes safe

But when there is a leak and gas accumulates inside a closed space or room, it is akin to a ticking time-bomb. And when that accumulated gas comes in contact with a spark from an electric short-circuit or when someone lights a matchstick, an explosion rips through the room.

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023

‘How would I console my father?’

Mansur Hossain, 42, and his cousin Al Amin, 20, had gone to Siddikbazar of Gulistan to buy sanitary ware for Mansur’s new flat

March 1, 2023
March 1, 2023

‘Why can’t law enforcers catch escaped militants?’

Wife of slain publisher Dipan asks as 2 escaped death-row militants still at large after more than 3 months

February 28, 2023
February 28, 2023

Fanfare as train tickets available a day before journey

"It is like a dream that AC tickets are available online even just a day before the departure date ... Earlier, we had to book tickets four to five days before the departure date to travel to and from Chattogram"

February 12, 2023
February 12, 2023

Freedom fighter killed not by robbers but by son

Police Bureau of Investigation came up with the findings after arresting Rubel and inspecting CCTV footage that they recovered

January 24, 2023
January 24, 2023

From a postal worker to top militant

Working as a post office worker till 2007, Mashukur Rahman started out on his path to serious crime committing robberies.

December 16, 2022
December 16, 2022

‘I am innocent, why is my bail being delayed?’

She was arrested by Rampura police on November 10 in a case filed over the death of Buet student Fardin Noor Parash. On Wednesday, DB said they found that Bushra was not involved in his death.

December 7, 2022
December 7, 2022

‘Why is my father not talking to me anymore?’

When eight-year-old Mithila Akter saw her father's body at Dhaka Medical College Hospital mortuary, she kept asking other family members, "Why is my father not talking to me anymore?"

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