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The government has now appointed BNP leader Dr Sahadat Hossain, who became the mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) following a court verdict, as the full-time administrator of the same city corporation.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 598 people and filed 41 cases during raids across the capital over the past 24 hours, according to a press release issued today.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 518 people in 24 hours through regular drives in various police station areas of the capital. Fifty-eight cases were filed during the same period.
A government-built scenic complex that serves as a vital source of safe drinking water for thousands of people in Gabura Union, Shyamnagar upazila, Satkhira, is at risk of being lost to river erosion and saltwater intrusion because of years of neglect.
Urgent state intervention is essential to confront the disturbing culture of child sexual abuse, rape and institutional cover-ups concealed behind the sanctity of religious education.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Bangladesh national football team head coach Thomas Dooley has finalised a 28-member preliminary squad for the upcoming SAFF Championship.
Lionel Messi will receive the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, becoming the first footballer to win it individually.
Bangladesh will host the West Indies for a two-match red-ball series under the ICC World Test Championship, with the first Test scheduled to begin in Dhaka on 28 October and the second in Sylhet from 5 November.
Bangladesh's vulnerable batting once again let them down as they endured a crushing seven-wicket defeat to Afghanistan, which ended their hopes to reach the tri-nation ODI series final.
The ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup will begin on January 21 next year in Bangladesh and Nepal. Sixteen teams will take part in this tournament being organised for the third time. Host Bangladesh’s World Cup campaign will start on the opening day itself. Their opponent in the first match will be the United Arab Emirates.
Bangladesh made a disappointing start to the tri-nation ODI series in the United Arab Emirates. On Saturday (17 October) at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the Tigers lost to Zimbabwe by a big margin of 99 runs. Chasing 272, Bangladesh were bowled out for just 172 in 33.4 overs.
Police in France have arrested nearly 1,000 people during ongoing nationwide protests over the rising cost of living, fuel prices and problems in the education sector. Most of Saturday’s (24 October) demonstrations were peaceful during the day, but clashes between protesters and police broke out at night in Paris and several other cities.
Israeli forces pushed into the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday and displaced around 2,000 residents, vowing to exact a heavy price for an attack the day before in which two Palestinians killed two soldiers before being gunned down.
Security forces deployed massively in Italy on Saturday for protests in which thousands rallied despite a sweeping crackdown in the wake of violent clashes last weekend.
BNP will interview female aspirants seeking the party's nomination for the by-election to reserved women's seats in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on October 19.
Mahfuz Alam, a former adviser to the interim government, has remarked that the country has boarded the far-right train. In his view, the political environment is being shaped through coordinated campaigns and character assassination on social media, pushing many people from the right towards the far right.
Cocktail bombs were thrown in front of the central office of the National Citizen Party (NCP) in Banglamotor, Dhaka.
Police have shown four people arrested in a case filed on charges of anti-state activities over the incident of pouring ink on the graffiti of world poet Rabindranath Tagore on the wall in front of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Segunbagicha of the capital.
A government-built scenic complex that serves as a vital source of safe drinking water for thousands of people in Gabura Union, Shyamnagar upazila, Satkhira, is at risk of being lost to river erosion and saltwater intrusion because of years of neglect.
Urgent state intervention is essential to confront the disturbing culture of child sexual abuse, rape and institutional cover-ups concealed behind the sanctity of religious education.
A devastating fire broke out on the morning of Saturday at the Tuptup Resto & Resort in the Patuartek area of Inani, Cox's Bazar. According to reports released so far, 10 people have died and several others have been injured in the incident.
Bangladesh today strongly condemned the Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia, including at Dammam airport, which caused casualties and injuries involving two Bangladeshis.
Bangladesh and Algeria today discussed expanding energy cooperation, trade and investment as a Bangladesh delegation called on Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb in Algiers.
Popular Bangladeshi artist DJ Naira, whose real name is Umme Ammara, has said her official Facebook page has been suspended over allegations that it promoted counterfeit products.
Water, the source of life and a symbol of purity and creation, will take centre stage at this year’s Durga Puja celebrations organised by the Gulshan-Banani Sarbojanin Puja Foundation. The foundation has chosen ‘Jalaj’, meaning ‘born of water’, as its theme for Sharodotsav 1433, placing the importance of water and its connection to life, spirituality and nature at the heart of its pandal design.
Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association (BAJUS) on Sunday cut gold prices by Tk 3,324 per bhori, setting the price of 22-carat gold at Tk 220,858, including valued added tax (VAT).
