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A court has rejected the bail petition of former Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Cantonment Police Station in the capital, Md Rakibul Hasan, in a sedition case filed over spreading anti-state and provocative remarks on social media.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested 439 people in raids in various police station areas of the capital in the last 24 hours. At the same time, 31 cases were filed.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested 40 active members of the banned Awami League during raids across the capital over the past 24 hours, police said Wednesday (September 30).
Saju Hossain, a resident of Fultala area of Bogura metropolis, said, “There has been no work for several days. Sometimes there is rice at home, sometimes not. There is no money in hand either. The price of rice is rising, the price of gas is rising. The electricity bill comes to a lot of money. The household does not run with what I earn in a month. On some days the income is such that, will I buy rice or put money in the meter? I am running the household somehow by taking loans.”
The files piled up in the corridors of the courts seem like layers of time pressing down on people’s long wait for justice. A single case can involve an entire family, a property, or questions of freedom and justice. With the aim of easing that burden of waiting, the rate of case disposal increased in both divisions of the Supreme Court in 2026. In the first eight months of the year alone, the Appellate Division disposed of 11,136 cases, while the High Court Division disposed of 87,596. As the number of disposed cases exceeded the number of newly filed cases, the overall backlog also declined.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Argentina began life beyond Lionel Messi with a commanding 4-0 victory over Bolivia, as new captain Cristian Romero led the world champions to a comfortable win at the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium.
Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets in a rain-shortened men’s cricket semifinal at the Asian Games on Thursday (October 1), ending Litton Das’s side’s hopes of reaching the final.
Although Bangladesh lost 1-0 to Singapore, Hamza Choudhury sees signs of improvement in the team's performance. In his view, through the ups and downs of the past one and a half years, Bangladesh is becoming a team capable of competing on the field against big teams. Now the only need is to improve in a few areas and complete their own game.
Shree Charani, India’s left-arm spinner, has set a new world record in women’s T20 cricket. She has left Australia’s pacer Megan Schutt behind to take possession of the highest rating points among T20 bowlers.
Four Bangladeshi cricketers have registered for the International League T20 (ILT20) auction for the upcoming season. The four going under the hammer are Taskin Ahmed, Shariful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Mehidy Hasan Miraz. The tournament authorities have already published their base price list.
Bangladesh advanced to the men’s cricket semi-finals at the Asian Games without playing a single ball after their quarter-final against Malaysia was abandoned due to rain in Nisshin, Japan, on Tuesday (September 29).
US President Donald Trump has announced plans for nearly $200 billion in investment in various projects in the United States. He made the announcement at the Oval Office on Wednesday. However, South Korea said a final decision has not yet been made on the construction of a $54 billion pipeline for Alaska's liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which is a key part of the investment plan.
A firefighter in the United Kingdom has won a £40,000 case against his ex-girlfriend with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) as he could not afford a lawyer's fees. Craig Titchener, 40, represented himself in court. He took ChatGPT's help to understand the various stages of the legal process.
At least 22 people were killed in two separate Pakistani airstrikes targeting Afghanistan’s Helmand and Kunar provinces.
Dhaka Metropolitan North BNP, Jubo Dal and Metropolitan West Chatra Dal committees have been declared dissolved. At the same time 14 persons of various levels of BNP, Chatra Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Sramik Dal have been expelled.
Salauddin Ammar, general secretary of Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (RUCSU), lost the ‘Sathi’ post of Islami Chhatra Shibir one year ago over allegations of moral degradation including ‘post-trading’.
Bangladesh Youth Union has strongly condemned an "attack" at the central office of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD during a representatives' meeting and the subsequent arrest of 289 leaders, activists and supporters in a police operation.
Mirza Faisal Amin, the BNP-nominated candidate for the Thakurgaon-1 by-election, filed his nomination papers on Sunday (September 27), entering the race for the seat vacated after his elder brother, President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, left Parliament to assume the presidency.
The files piled up in the corridors of the courts seem like layers of time pressing down on people’s long wait for justice. A single case can involve an entire family, a property, or questions of freedom and justice. With the aim of easing that burden of waiting, the rate of case disposal increased in both divisions of the Supreme Court in 2026. In the first eight months of the year alone, the Appellate Division disposed of 11,136 cases, while the High Court Division disposed of 87,596. As the number of disposed cases exceeded the number of newly filed cases, the overall backlog also declined.
Bangladesh produces thousands of engineers every year, but too few are trained to answer a basic question for the country’s progress: how do we stop important systems from breaking down?
Bangladesh does not need to win the global race for computing power. It needs to rediscover its own strength: organising people so that technology creates shared prosperity.
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has described the overall state of Bangladesh-India relations as "completely positive". He also expressed hope that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's visit to India will take place at a mutually convenient time for both countries.
Bangladesh has stepped up efforts to attract technology investment and build strategic partnerships with Silicon Valley companies, with a high-level delegation holding talks with leading CEOs, entrepreneurs and investors in California.
The long journey of 'Koffee with Karan', one of Bollywood's most popular celebrity talk shows, is now coming to an end. Host and producer Karan Johar has said that the ninth season of the show, which has been entertaining audiences for nearly 22 years, will be its final season.
International Coffee Day is being observed on October 1, celebrating one of the world’s most popular beverages and recognising the millions of farmers, workers, producers, traders and others whose efforts bring coffee from farms to consumers.
Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said no fee will be charged for Bangla QR code-based transactions to build a cashless Bangladesh and a digital economy. Under the government's initiative, any transaction through QR code can be done completely free of cost.
