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France will deploy about 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests on Saturday after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago.
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.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 484 people in the capital over the past 24 hours in its regular drives. Police also filed 53 cases for various offences and seized a large quantity of drugs and other items.
Two Bangladeshi citizens were detained. An investigation was conducted, charges were filed, the case went to trial, a verdict was delivered, a higher authority upheld it, a royal decree was issued, and the death sentences were carried out. At no stage of this lengthy process, it appears, did the Bangladeshi state know what was happening. It learned of the executions from a statement by Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry and media reports—when Nazrul Islam Abdul Bashir and Siti Akter were already dead.
Languages are not merely a medium of communication. They are also repositories of the collective consciousness of the people who speak them. Their sorrows, stories, fears and hopes remain gathered in the layers of words for centuries. The closeness of two languages, therefore, cannot be measured by the similarity of their words alone.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
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.
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi starred as Inter Miami beat Atlanta United 3-1 in Major League Soccer (MLS). The match was played on Saturday (17 October) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Messi scored twice and also contributed to a teammate’s goal. With the assist, he became only the third player to record at least 15 assists in three consecutive MLS seasons, a rare achievement.
France will deploy about 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests on Saturday after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago.
Iraq’s prime minister said Friday that no US troops are left in the country, including in advisory roles, as Baghdad moves to bring all weapons under state control by next June.
The UK government has urged citizens to keep at least three days’ worth of essential supplies at home to prepare for emergencies such as cyberattacks, internet outages, extreme heat, droughts and wildfires. To promote preparedness, the government has launched a public awareness campaign called “Be Ready”.
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.
An artificial shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders appears to develop about two weeks before a new price hike is announced. Once the revised prices take effect, supplies return to normal.
Spread out a map of the world today, and it looks rather like a sprawling house undergoing renovation. Someone is cutting through mountains to lay railway tracks, someone is building roads across the desert, someone else is connecting one port to another. China is expanding its routes to Europe. India is planning a passage west through the Arabian Peninsula. Kazakhstan, Türkiye and Laos are all busy drawing more trade through their own backyards. Bangladesh stands at a crossroads surrounded by possibilities. Only the destination of our own journey remains unclear.
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.
Japanese author Ryu Murakami, whose edgy works heavily featured sex and violence and were translated globally, has died, his publisher said Friday. He was 74.
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.
The Bangladesh Bank website remained inaccessible for a third consecutive day on Saturday following a global cybersecurity alert. The site has been taken offline as a precautionary measure to ensure its security. However, connections between the central bank and commercial banks, as well as financial operations, remain unaffected.
