Current Affairs
New Delhi on high alert ahead of CJP's Jantar Mantar protest
Indian authorities have thrown a security blanket over New Delhi ahead of a protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), deploying more than 25,000 police and CRPF personnel, installing over 300 cameras and preparing 12 temporary detention centres across the capital. The measures came into force from midnight on Friday.
Major earthquake destroys buildings, roads in Panama
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Panama on Friday, causing buildings and roads to collapse in the center of the country but no immediate reports of casualties.
US sanctions ICC right after Navi Pillay wins Nobel
The administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) just hours after the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize. The move on Friday, October 9, has raised fears of further diplomatic conflict between the United States and its European allies.
Tk 3 crore looted in two minutes by shooting at private car in Sreepur, 4 injured
Miscreants have looted Tk 3 crore from the workers of a distributor of the mobile financial service organisation bKash by opening fire on a private car in Sreepur of Gazipur. Four people including those hit by bullets have been injured at this time. This incident took place in the Karnapur area of the Sreepur-Gosinga regional road on Friday evening.
Bangladesh condemns Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh has strongly condemned the attacks by the Houthi group on civilian infrastructure including airports of Saudi Arabia. At the same time, the government has called for immediately stopping these attacks.
Funeral of Toufique Imrose Khalidi to be held in Banani, burial at Mirpur Intellectuals’ Graveyard
The funeral of the late chief editor of bdnews24.com Toufique Imrose Khalidi will be held at the Old DOHS playground in Banani of the capital. Later he will be buried at the Mirpur Shahid Intellectuals’ Graveyard.
42 unexploded cocktails recovered from mango orchard in Rajbari
Special Response Battalion-10 (SRB-10) has recovered 42 unexploded cocktails by conducting a drive in Pangsha of Rajbari. These cocktails were recovered in an abandoned condition from a mango orchard of Bishnupur area of Ward No 6 of Pangsha municipality at dawn on Friday (October 9).
Four Durga Puja idols vandalised in Kushtia
Miscreants have vandalised four idols made on the occasion of Durga Puja at Khayerchara Sarbojonin Matrimandir of Kumarkhali municipality of Kushtia. The temple authorities have informed that the heads of the idols were broken after entering the temple late at night on Thursday.
RU probe recommends temporary expulsion of four students over attack on hournalists
A probe committee at Rajshahi University (RU) has recommended the temporary expulsion of four students over an attack on journalists at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Hall, while calling for further investigations into four others and warnings for three more.
‘Mancha 24’ convener forced out of Baitul Mukarram amid anti-Jamaat protests
Tensions flared at the national mosque, Baitul Mukarram, after Friday prayers as a group of worshippers staged a protest in support of Khatib Mufti Abdul Malek, alleging that Jamaat-e-Islami was seeking to remove him from his position.