920 bodies recovered from Bangladesh rivers over past 20 months

IANS | September 28, 2026 4:12 PM

Dhaka, Sep 28 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with a deteriorating law and order situation, police has recovered 920 bodies from rivers across the country over the 20 months until August this year, with incidents of murder, rape, abduction and robbery continuing to surface, local media reported.

Bangladesh police seize bomb-making materials in Dhaka, arrest one

IANS | September 27, 2026 9:15 PM

Dhaka, Sep 27 (IANS) Days after an explosion near the Jatrabari Police Station in Dhaka, explosive materials used for making crude bombs and 9,000 paper masks were recovered by police, leading to the arrest of one individual, during a raid in the Bangladeshi capital's South Keraniganj area, media reports said.

Unrest in another private university of Punjab over 'rumours'; students block highway

IANS | September 27, 2026 9:57 AM

Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) Hundreds of students at a private university on the outskirts of Punjab’s Jalandhar protested late on Sunday over rumours circulating on social media that a student had been raped on campus by an outsider, damaging property, setting fires and blocking a national highway, officials and students said.

19 dead in Nagaland after suspected hooch consumption; police arrest 19

IANS | September 26, 2026 1:53 PM

Kohima, Sep 26 (IANS) At least 19 people have died in Nagaland’s Mokokchung and Tuensang districts over the past two days after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor, prompting police to launch a probe into the source and supply chain of the illicit alcohol, officials said on Saturday. As many as 19 people have been arrested in connection with the hooch tragedy till now.