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Journalist Farzana Rupa has been admitted to Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) as she suddenly fell ill.
Police have arrested three alleged members of a snatchers’ gang after Tk 39 lakh was snatched from a man carrying money withdrawn from a bank in the Dhanmondi Lake area of Dhaka.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 416 people in a 24-hour drive across the capital and filed 30 cases over various allegations, police said.
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.
Various sources indicate that the rate of children going missing in Bangladesh is rising at an alarming pace. According to data held by the Police Headquarters, 15,917 cases were filed as general diaries (GDs) at police stations across the country over the seven months from January to July this year, following reports of children going missing. That amounts to an average of 2,274 GDs a month and more than 75 a day. In other words, a report of a missing child was filed at a police station every 20 to 21 minutes.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has temporarily banned three persons on charges of violating the anti-fixing and anti-corruption code in the 2026 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). A former director of BCB is also among the accused.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has dropped seven cricketers from the squad mid-series after successive heavy defeats against England in two Tests. Amid this, the country’s former captain Misbah-Ul-Haq has resigned from the selection committee.
Lionel Messi’s retirement from international football has ushered Argentina into a new era. With the captain’s armband no longer in Messi’s hands, speculation has begun over who will take over the role. Although the Argentine Football Association has yet to make an official decision, Cristian Romero is currently the leading candidate.
Lionel Messi has brought the curtain down on his 21-year international career after announcing his retirement from the Argentina national team. Since making his international debut in a friendly against Hungary on 17 August 2005, Messi has made 207 appearances for Argentina. During that time, he has reached extraordinary heights through his goals, assists, trophies and individual achievements.
Lamine Yamal wrote his name into the record books during Barcelona's ongoing clash with Rayo Vallecano in the third round of the Spanish league.
Bangladesh midfielder Hamza Choudhury has ended his 21-year association with Leicester City after completing a permanent return to Sheffield United on a one-year deal.
A dog is not leaving its familiar rubble even after houses were washed away in the severe floods in Nepal. Rescuers believe the dog recognized the place as its own home and area. That is why it is repeatedly returning there. This heart-touching scene has drawn the attention of people in Trishuli Bazaar of Nuwakot district in Nepal.
The Supreme Court has directed the withdrawal of cases filed against the protesters over the allegations of NEET question paper leak and irregularities in India. After this decision of the apex court, Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has announced the cancellation of the protest march declared in Delhi on September 5.
Keir Starmer has announced stepping down from the Member of Parliament (MP) post as well after leaving the British Prime Minister’s post. As a result of his resignation, a by-election will be held in the Holborn and St Pancras seat in London. The report is from BBC.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is observing its 48th founding anniversary today.
BNP Standing Committee member and Prime Minister's Political Adviser Mirza Abbas is returning home after undergoing medical treatment in Singapore and Malaysia for over five months . He is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight around 9pm on Wednesday (September 2) .
Islami Andolan Bangladesh Ameer and Charmonai Pir Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim has said that while the BNP had given the people various promises before the election, there is no visible progress in fulfilling those commitments even six months after forming the government.
Although tensions in Brahmanbaria over the remarks of Member of Parliament and National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Hasnat Abdullah have eased, the party's scheduled programme has been relocated. The NCP changed its venue after being denied permission to hold its organisational coordination meeting and political workshop at the district Shilpakala Academy.
Various sources indicate that the rate of children going missing in Bangladesh is rising at an alarming pace. According to data held by the Police Headquarters, 15,917 cases were filed as general diaries (GDs) at police stations across the country over the seven months from January to July this year, following reports of children going missing. That amounts to an average of 2,274 GDs a month and more than 75 a day. In other words, a report of a missing child was filed at a police station every 20 to 21 minutes.
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.
Foreign State Minister Humayun Kabir has described the cancellation of an international seminar organized with speakers associated with the banned Awami League in New Delhi due to not getting permission from Delhi Police on August 29 as a ‘positive step’ taken by India.
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Humayun Kabir at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, August 30.
The government has announced a special incentive package for battery-included rooftop solar power systems to increase the use of renewable energy and ensure sustainable energy security. Consumers will get Tk 10.50 per unit for surplus electricity supplied to the national grid for a specific period under this arrangement, according to a press release signed by Muhammad Arif Sadek, Information and Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, on Tuesday (September 1).
Smartphones and technology have revolutionised the way people communicate. In just a few seconds, they can bring people separated by great distances closer together. Yet excessive use of the same technology can sometimes create distance between people who are physically right next to each other. In particular, spending long periods absorbed in a phone can gradually reduce communication and emotional intimacy between married couples.
Khandaker Abdul Muktadir, Commerce Minister in charge of the Ministries of Jute and Textiles and Industry and Commerce, does not view higher imports and lower exports in bilateral trade as something abnormal or novel for Bangladesh. In his view, exports are lower than imports in many countries of the world. Such a picture has been continuing in Bangladesh for a long time as well.
