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State Minister for Liberation War Affairs and Member of Parliament of Dhaka-6 constituency Ishraque Hossain has conducted an anti-drug drive in Gendaria of the capital, arrested six people and handed them over to the police. This drive was conducted in a slum adjacent to the railway line of Ward No. 45 of Gendaria Police Station on Saturday (October 17). He has published the video of the drive on his Facebook page. A pistol has been seen in his hand in the video. However the type of the weapon could not be confirmed.
A British-Bangladeshi teacher has been sentenced to six years in prison by a UK court for secretly filming schoolgirls in sexually intrusive ways and creating explicit deepfake images of them using artificial intelligence (AI).
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 759 people in special and regular operations in the capital over the past 24 hours. During this period, 42 cases were filed for various offences. Police recovered firearms, ammunition, a large quantity of drugs and other items in the operations.
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.
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.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Liton Das could not play in the first match of the tri-nation series against Zimbabwe due to injury. This time it has been learnt that the Bangladesh team will not get him in the entire series. This wicketkeeper-batter has been ruled out of the series due to the problem of the right hip joint.
Bangladesh's cricket team begins its mission to fine-tune preparations for the 2027 ODI World Cup. As the first step of that campaign, the Tigers take on Zimbabwe today, Saturday, in the opening match of a tri-nation ODI series in the United Arab Emirates. The match starts in Abu Dhabi at 5:30 pm Bangladesh time.
Bangladesh Under-19 women’s cricket team finished runners-up in the tri-series after suffering a thrilling four-run defeat to Sri Lanka in the final.
Former Bangladesh women’s cricket captain Jahanara Alam has applied to return to the national team after spending nearly two years away from international cricket.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has failed to escape criticism despite apologising amid the controversy. He expressed regret to the FIFA Council over the scrapped “FIFA Forward Enterprise” (FFE) project, but representatives of two of Europe’s most influential football nations, England and Germany, were not satisfied. They said the necessary administrative reforms of world football’s governing body cannot be achieved under the current leadership.
US-based striker Ronan Sullivan will play in the Bangladesh national football team in the upcoming SAFF Championship. Vice-president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Fahad Karim has confirmed the matter.
A court of Delhi has issued an arrest warrant against popular YouTuber of India Dhruv Rathee in a defamation case of 2018.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said that being a woman means she has to spend three to four more hours on daily tasks than her male predecessors. NBC News reported the remarks on Friday (October 16).
More than four and a half thousand children have tragically died over the past decade while attempting to migrate through risky channels in search of a better life and security.
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.
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.
The turn of change has again come on the canvas of nature. Crossing the white cloud rafts in the blue sky of autumn and the swaying of kash flowers, the counting of the days of Hemanta has started on the pages of the calendar. Kartik and Agrahayan—these two months make up Hemanta, the fourth season of the six seasons of Bengal. This season knocks at the door of nature with the arrival message of winter. But with the change of time, is that ever-familiar form of Hemanta gradually fading?
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.
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.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaid Islam has commented that the incident of the execution of the death penalty of two Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia is a big lesson for Bangladesh. She has advised the Bangladeshis staying abroad to abide by the laws of the concerned country.
The Bangladesh delegation has walked out of the conference hall during the speech of the Israeli President at the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) held in Baku of Azerbaijan today.
The likely release date for the teaser of Shah Rukh Khan’s much-awaited action thriller “King” has been set for November 2, the Bollywood superstar’s birthday. Citing a Bollywood Hungama report, Indian and international media say director Siddharth Anand is set to release the teaser on his birthday. The makers have not yet made an official announcement.
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 set to sign a new country partnership framework agreement with the World Bank (WB), with a government delegation scheduled to hold talks with the global lender within the next two to three weeks to finalise the terms.
