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A court has granted a two-day remand for Manjurul Islam, an accused in the case of shooting businessman Aslam Khan at a crockery shop in Dhaka's Shyampur area. Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam passed the order after a hearing on Tuesday, September 8, confirmed SI Abdus Sabur of the prosecution.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 502 people in regular drives across the capital in the last 24 hours, while 71 cases were filed at various police stations during this period.
A Special Branch (SB) sub-inspector, Altab Hossain, was beaten to death in Aminbazar, Savar, Dhaka, over the parking of an auto-rickshaw. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said the attackers were under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident.
The government has brought major changes in the top management of public administration. Contractual senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration Md Ehsanul Haque has been removed and made a member of the Planning Commission. In his place, contractual secretary of the Health Services Division Md Kamruzzaman Chowdhury has been transferred and posted as secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration. At the same time, three officers of the administration have been promoted to the rank of secretary and given charge of three important ministries.
It is a Bhadra afternoon. Outside the window, the sun is scorching the courtyard. The wind is blowing, yet there is no coolness in it. Sweat gathers on the forehead, neck and back. Even under the fan, the air feels hot. To make matters worse, frequent power cuts bring the fan to a halt, and the four walls of the room quickly turn into a heated box. Outside, people wait for the rain; indoors, they wait for relief. Both seem to be taking their time. Adding to the oppressive humidity this year is another uncomfortable message from the global weather system—the El Niño is strengthening.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Bangladesh's Under-21 women's hockey team continued their impressive run in the Junior Asia Cup with a third consecutive victory, defeating Kazakhstan 4-0 on Tuesday, September 8.
Bangladesh Women Sports Association and Bangladesh Archery Federation have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at providing short-term and long-term archery training to girls on the basis of mutual cooperation.
After years of complications, the initiative to build a FIFA-funded football technical centre in Rashidnagar, Ramu, Cox's Bazar, has moved forward. Following a nearly four-year process involving land allocation and site selection, the district administration has completed the registration of 15.20 acres of land and handed over the deed to the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).
A single misjudged step at the boundary rope may have cost Bangladesh their preferred route through the Women's Asia Cup semi-finals, as a dropped catch in the 18th over opened the door for Sri Lanka to complete a nerve-wracking four-wicket chase at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday (September 6).
Lamine Yamal scored twice as Barcelona extended their perfect start to the LaLiga season with a commanding 5-0 victory over Valencia at Mestalla on Sunday (September 6).
Gianni Infantino has announced he will stand for re-election as FIFA president. The Swiss football official will run for a new term in the 2027 election.
More than 270 crore people worldwide are at health risk due to second-hand smoke, including 76 crore 70 lakh children aged 14 or younger. New research published in The Lancet on Tuesday, September 8, found that second-hand smoke caused approximately 16 lakh 66 thousand premature deaths in 2023.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out an airstrike on a prison in the country's north, killing seven people, including a child, according to Houthi media.
Eight airports in Indonesia, including the capital's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, have resumed operations from Tuesday morning after the intensity of the Anak Krakatau volcanic eruption significantly subsided, bringing relief to over 340,000 stranded passengers.
BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that conspirators have repeatedly attempted to destroy the country's religious harmony.
National Citizen Party (NCP) spokesperson Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan has changed his voter registration area. Previously registered as a voter under Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), he has now been included in the Aftabnagar area under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
Nasiruddin Patwary, chief coordinator of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has transferred his voter registration from Dhaka North City Corporation to Dhaka South City Corporation .
BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that BNP has always been a champion in poverty alleviation.
Once, there was a piece of land there. There was the smell of earth, dreams of crops, boundary ridges, and claims of possession and ownership. There were plans for the future, too. Each decimal of land was worth approximately Tk 2,000. The total value of the eight decimals was Tk 16,000.
Three decades after Yasmin’s murder, the crisis against which Dinajpur rose up has not disappeared; rather, in some respects, it has returned with an even more frightening face. A particular piece of information from the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad’s “Violence Against Women and Girls: 2025 Survey” is especially heart-wrenching: according to the survey, girls aged six to nine are at the highest risk among child victims of rape. At an age when a child should be holding a doll in her arms, she is instead becoming a victim of brutality. There can be no deeper social shame than this. According to the organisation’s latest figures, in just the first five months of 2026 (January to May), 1,035 women and girls were victims of violence, including 250 rape victims, 65 victims of gang rape, and 18 who were raped and then killed. And these figures represent only incidents reported in newspapers; it is easy to assume that the actual number of unreported and suppressed cases is many times higher.
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.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir held a courtesy meeting with Swiss Ambassador to Bangladesh Reto Renggli on Monday, September 7.
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has expressed hope that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will visit India in due time.
A renowned Manipuri guitarist and music teacher, Vikram Singh Chongtham (54), has died after a brutal attack by a group of youths in the Kilokari area of southeast Delhi, India. The murder took place outside his rented flat late on Sunday night. Delhi Police have arrested seven adults and detained a 15-year-old boy in connection with the incident.
Love is not confined to romantic relationships alone; it can be felt towards family, friends, pets, nature and even oneself. The National Feel the Love Day is observed to celebrate this multidimensional feeling of love.
Bangladesh Bank's expenditure on printing currency notes has nearly doubled in one year. In the recently concluded fiscal year 2025-26, the cost of printing notes stood at Tk 458.92 crore, up from Tk 234.78 crore in the previous fiscal year. The cost increased by Tk 224.14 crore over the year.
