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A sales outlet of publishing house The University Press Limited (UPL) in Banglabazar, Dhaka, was locked after objections were raised over the sale of The Unfinished Memoirs, a book written by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Two employees of the outlet were also taken away and detained for some time. They were later released following police intervention.
An accused in at least 25 drug and arms cases escaped from police custody while being taken to Kashimpur Central Jail-1 after appearing in a Dhaka court on Sunday (September 27).
Tofayel Alam Titu, 35, has been arrested by Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), Dhaka district, on allegation of creating images of a female member of Bangladesh Army using artificial intelligence (AI) and using them on social media. There is also allegation against him of building a romantic relationship with an Italy-based young man by speaking in a female voice and swindling about Tk 7 lakh from him through various tactics.
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.
Hossain Ali was supposed to receive Tk 5,000 to Tk 7,000. He also needed the money. His wife, Amena Begum, is suffering from a brain tumour. They were supposed to go to India for treatment. Both husband and wife had obtained passports. But due to a lack of money, the trip ultimately did not happen.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Five members of Bangladesh’s national table tennis team and their coach have been stranded at an airport in Thailand for two days after sudden flooding disrupted flights.
Virat Kohli smashed a blistering 139 off 88 balls and rewrote two ODI records as India chased down West Indies’ 296 with ease in the first ODI in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday (September 27).
Rohit Sharma, former captain of India, has touched a new milestone with the bat in the first match of the ODI series against West Indies. By batting in his 200th innings as an opener in ODIs he has surpassed the record of legendary Sachin Tendulkar.
World champions Spain began the UEFA Nations League with an impressive victory. In their first Group A match at Wembley, the Spaniards beat England 3-2. Lamine Yamal gave his team the lead before the match was even two minutes old. His goal has earned a place in the list of fastest goals conceded by England at home.
Uzbekistan's Asian Games bronze medallist Nodirbek Shavkatov has been temporarily suspended after testing positive in a doping test. The mixed martial arts athlete is the first medallist at the ongoing Asian Games to show the presence of a banned substance in his body.
The Israel Football Association has called for football to be kept separate from politics ahead of Sunday’s UEFA Nations League clash with the Republic of Ireland, after a debate within the Irish squad over whether to play the fixture.
Heavy rains, rising river levels and flash floods have worsened flooding and landslide conditions in several states in northern and eastern India. Flooding, landslides and waterlogging have disrupted normal life in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, northern West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of deaths, with 56 people killed and 46 injured in the disasters over the past few days.
At least 21 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by incessant heavy rainfall in Nepal. Five others are missing and five have been injured. Fresh flooding and landslides struck various parts of the country after heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from September 24 to 27.
Law enforcement agencies of Saudi Arabia have intensified the campaign against foreign citizens violating residential, labour and border laws of the country. 13,628 persons have been arrested in a special campaign of one week. The process of sending more than 12,000 of the foreigners among them back to their respective countries is ongoing.
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.
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BASAD) has strongly condemned and protested by raising the allegation of ‘mob terrorism’ and police drive at the JaSaD office. At the same time the party has demanded the immediate release of the arrested leaders-workers of JaSaD and taking measures against those involved in the attack.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has detained more than fifty people from the main office of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) at the GPO intersection in Gulistan of the capital. They were reportedly detained on suspicion of links to the Awami League.
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.
Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador, Irene Khan, has reiterated Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's call for stronger action by the international community to resolve the Rohingya crisis and to take back more than 1.2 million forcibly displaced people safely to Myanmar.
Bangladesh's outgoing High Commissioner to India, M Riaz Hamidullah, has described the relationship between Bangladesh and India as 'organic' and one built on mutual dependence and shared interests. He said communication and dialogue must continue even if there are differences between the two countries.
The much-awaited film ‘Raaka’ of Allu Arjun and director Atlee has set a world record even before release. The film has written its name in Guinness World Records by motion-capturing 37 performers together in real time. ‘Raaka’ received the official recognition of this record on September 15.
It is 1am. Three browser tabs, two travel groups and dozens of unread messages have failed to answer one simple question: where should four friends go for their next holiday?
A new initiative has been launched to transport commercial goods from India’s Assam to Bangladesh through the Brahmaputra River’s inland waterway. As part of the initiative, methanol produced by Assam Petro-Chemicals Limited (APL) in Namrup will be transported directly by water from Bogibeel in Dibrugarh to Dhaka.
