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A total of 452 people have been arrested in the last 24 hours in the regular anti-crime operations of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in the capital. At that time, 32 cases were filed over various crimes.
Four persons arrested over the incident of putting ink on the portrait of world poet Rabindranath Tagore on the wall in front of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Segunbagicha of the capital are being questioned at the Detective Branch (DB) office of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Among them are member-secretary of Rashtra Songlap Forum A N M Ayas and one woman.
“None of you should go to bring Dad back without me. I want to go and bring him home too.”
Bangladesh’s ambition to establish sovereign AI capabilities within the next 12 months marks a significant policy commitment, with implications for its technological autonomy, national security and international partnerships. However, translating this ambition into measurable outcomes will require more than a political declaration.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Liton Das rode his luck to an unbeaten 81 as Bangladesh extended their lead over Afghanistan to a commanding 443 runs at lunch on the fourth day of the one-off Test in Abu Dhabi.
The start was like a nightmare. Bangladesh were struggling after losing three wickets for just 8 runs. From there, Sobhana Mostary and Nigar Sultana Jyoti lifted the team. With a superb 195-run partnership for the fourth wicket, Bangladesh women's team recovered to post 220 runs for six wickets in the second ODI against Australia. This is Bangladesh's highest team total against Australia.
Hasan Mahmud and Ebadot Hossain tore through Afghanistan’s batting line-up on the third morning of the Abu Dhabi Test, bowling the visitors out for 240 to give Bangladesh a 106-run first-innings lead.
Bangladesh's pace attack changed the complexion of the match at the very start of the third day of the Abu Dhabi Test. Afghanistan, who ended the second day on 211 runs for four wickets, came under pressure after losing wickets quickly on the morning of the third day. Hasan Mahmud dealt a major blow to Afghanistan's batting line-up with a superb hat-trick. With this feat, he became the first Bangladeshi pacer to record a hat-trick in Test cricket.
Bangladesh’s spin duo Nasum Ahmed and Sheikh Mehedi Hasan have entered the top ten of the bowlers’ rankings in T20. Nasum Ahmed has secured a place in the eighth position by advancing three places. Mehedi Hasan has risen to the ninth position by advancing 10 places.
Lionel Messi brought the curtain down on his remarkable 21-year international career in an emotional farewell at Buenos Aires’ iconic Monumental Stadium, where 85,000 fans gathered to celebrate one of Argentina’s greatest footballers.
UK universities are withdrawing offers to international students from countries including Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nigeria to avoid breaching stricter visa refusal thresholds that could bar them from recruiting overseas students, according to the Financial Times.
Massive investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is helping sustain global economic growth at around 3%, with Asian economies also benefiting from the spending boom. But the rapid expansion of AI is raising concerns about major changes to employment, taxation and education. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has described the looming transformation as a “tsunami” slowly moving towards the world.
Two American economists, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, have won the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for important research linking microeconomics and macroeconomics and on economic stability.
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.
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.
“None of you should go to bring Dad back without me. I want to go and bring him home too.”
From the guru to artificial intelligence, education has travelled a remarkable distance. That journey has brought us to an uncomfortable question: what, exactly, is the relationship between a teacher and a student? Is education simply the free circulation of information, a matter of self-learning and acquiring useful knowledge? Or is the ability to memorise and reproduce information still regarded as the ultimate measure of intelligence?
Bangladesh’s ambition to establish sovereign AI capabilities within the next 12 months marks a significant policy commitment, with implications for its technological autonomy, national security and international partnerships. However, translating this ambition into measurable outcomes will require more than a political declaration.
The Bangladesh mission in Riyadh has urged Bangladeshi nationals living in Saudi Arabia to remain vigilant amid the ongoing situation in the Middle East and strictly follow instructions issued by Saudi authorities.
A Bangladeshi national named Md Sajib Hossain has been killed in a drone or missile attack by Houthi rebels on an Aramco facility in the Al Khurais area of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. The information was conveyed in a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, October 5.
Ajay Devgn and Tabu-starrer Drishyam 3: The Conclusion continued its strong box office performance on Friday, October 9, earning Rs 14.50 crore nett in India on its eighth day and taking its domestic nett collection to Rs 260 crore.
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 and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury today said that Bangladesh was holding discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over its loan programme and reform conditions, expressing optimism that all challenges could be resolved through mutual understanding.
