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Bangladesh has called for placing human rights at the centre of economic policymaking and governance, stressing that progress must be measured by its contribution to equality, human dignity and fundamental rights, alongside growth.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 543 people and filed 38 cases during raids across the capital over the past 24 hours.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested 662 people in the capital over the past 24 hours and filed 43 cases.
Allegation of vandalising a part by hitting with a hammer has been raised against instructor Mohammad Ahsan Habib of Gaibandha Agriculture Training Institute at the Shaheed Minar of the institution. This incident took place around 7am on Monday (October 26).
Panic has gripped five villages in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat district after a tiger reportedly strayed into a settlement from the Sundarbans. Forest officials are using drones to search paddy fields for the animal, while villagers have reduced their movement at night. Residents have reported pugmarks in rice fields and other locations, prompting forest guards and members of local tiger response and patrol groups to launch public awareness campaigns.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Goal after goal, record after record. A remarkable season has been rewarded with football’s most prestigious individual award, the Ballon d’Or. England captain Harry Kane won the Golden Ball for the first time, beating young rivals Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé.
Who will wear the crown of individual excellence in football — Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappé or Harry Kane? The wait for an answer is set to end tonight as the 70th edition of the Ballon d’Or ceremony takes place. Across the football world, speculation is mounting over which star will emerge on top.
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.
A 33-year-old Bangladeshi man, identified as Mohammad Hachibur Rahman, has been charged in the United States with illegally voting in an election despite not being a US citizen, according to a statement issued by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland on Tuesday, October 27.
Exit polls following Israel’s latest parliamentary election show a tight contest between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. Neither bloc appears to have a clear path to an outright majority.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Arnab has hit the coast of India’s Andhra Pradesh. The storm began making landfall at 1:20 am local time on Wednesday (28 October). Winds are blowing at 125 to 135 kilometres per hour, with gusts reaching up to 150 kilometres per hour. Under its influence, heavy rain and gusty winds are lashing various parts of Andhra Pradesh, Yanam in Puducherry and southern Odisha.
An attack has taken place on the office of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Mukti Bhaban, in Paltan of the capital. A group of youths carried out this attack around 10pm on Monday (October 26). CPB has held BNP and Jamaat leaders and activists responsible for this incident. However, BNP leaders and activists have denied the allegation.
National Citizen Party (NCP) organisational secretary Tarek Reza has claimed that former general secretary of Gono Odhikar Parishad and political assistant to the Prime Minister Rashed Khan was a sworn associate of the Surya Sen Hall unit of Chhatra Shibir of Dhaka University (DU).
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.
Panic has gripped five villages in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat district after a tiger reportedly strayed into a settlement from the Sundarbans. Forest officials are using drones to search paddy fields for the animal, while villagers have reduced their movement at night. Residents have reported pugmarks in rice fields and other locations, prompting forest guards and members of local tiger response and patrol groups to launch public awareness campaigns.
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 High Commissioner to the Maldives Dr Md Nazmul Islam met Maldivian Parliament Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla in Male today, proposing a parliamentary friendship group to strengthen bilateral relations.
Bangladesh today strongly condemned the Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia, including at Dammam airport, which caused casualties and injuries involving two Bangladeshis.
Actor, producer and Bir Muktijoddha Sohel Rana has expressed anger on Facebook. He has written that anti-independence forces have created obstruction in burying a Bir Muktijoddha of the battlefield of 1971. The daughter has dug the grave for her father with her own hands. He has also mentioned that the previously dug grave was filled with soil by the defeated enemies.
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 is projected to overtake neighbouring India in nominal per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 2026, with its per capita GDP expected to reach US$2,886, compared with US$2,749 for India, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
