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The University Press Limited (UPL) has described Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s ‘The Unfinished Memoirs’ as an important book for Bangladesh and the country’s history, saying any decision to restrict its publication or sale must follow due legal process.
A total of 492 people were arrested across Dhaka in the past 24 hours as part of regular law-enforcement operations conducted by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
Two alleged criminals were shot in the legs and four people were arrested during a police operation in Dhaka’s Adabor early Tuesday following a reported attack on a house involving machetes.
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 ”
Bangladesh advanced to the men’s cricket semi-finals at the Asian Games without playing a single ball after their quarter-final against Malaysia was abandoned due to rain in Nisshin, Japan, on Tuesday (September 29).
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.
An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a crowded market in Kyauktaw, in the conflict-hit Rakhine State, has killed at least 50 people and injured 58 others, aid workers and local rescuers said Tuesday (September 29).
Bangladesh has been included among 20 countries and jurisdictions eligible for zero ad valorem tariffs on specified specialty pharmaceuticals and related ingredients imported into the United States, providing tariff relief for qualifying drug exports from the country.
Global oil prices rose for a second consecutive session on Tuesday (September 29) as the prolonged US-Iran conflict raised fresh concerns over disruptions to crude supplies from the Middle East.
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 has stepped up efforts to attract technology investment and build strategic partnerships with Silicon Valley companies, with a high-level delegation holding talks with leading CEOs, entrepreneurs and investors in California.
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.
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.
World Heart Day is being observed today (September 29) with health professionals and organisations in Bangladesh and around the world highlighting the growing burden of cardiovascular disease and the importance of heart-healthy lifestyles.
Gold prices in domestic market have been cut for the third consecutive time, with the top 22-carat rate falling by Tk 2,216 per bhori, the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) said.
