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Will El Niño make winter’s bite milder this year?
The season is changing, but winter appears to be taking its time. The familiar signs of autumn—white clouds drifting across the sky, dew settling on grass at dawn and a coolness in the air—have arrived unevenly across Bangladesh. While early mornings are beginning to carry a hint of winter, the heat of the day has yet to fully retreat.
Messi's last dance at Monumental: Argentina set to say goodbye to their eternal 10
Lionel Messi will pull on the sky-blue and white shirt for the last time at the Estadio Monumental tonight, ending a 20-year relationship with Argentina's home ground when the World Cup winners take on Benin in a friendly.
Girls’ gender equality and social justice are imperative
In Bangladesh, every year we observe Daughters Day / National Girl Child Day on September 30, and Internatioanl Girl Child Day on October 11. Government of Bangladesh and other stakeholders organize different events to observe the day with due importance.
Weapons drill on social media, then murder: Concern increasing in new form of teenage gangs
Teenage criminal gangs are making social media a tool for forming groups, publicity and spreading fear amid an average of more than ten murder cases a day and about 60 incidents of violence against women and children every day.
Aspiration to retire in village home residence remained unfulfilled
When I received a telephone call from a well-wisher in New York, it was about 7am in the United States. At that hour, I typically escort my child to school, so I was unable to answer the call. When I returned the call shortly thereafter, the individual on the other end inquired, "Brother, have you heard the news?" "What news?" I responded.
Winter breeze after the rain, a play of colours throughout October
October seems to be a silent bridge of seasonal change. The wet scent of the monsoon still lingers in the air, white autumn clouds float in the sky; yet within the northern wind is the tune of winter's arrival. Sometimes the sharp sting of sunshine, sometimes sudden splashes of rain, and at other times the sight of the river's breast covered in morning mist — October is passing in the colours of diversity.
Are court cases really declining, or are the files just moving?
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.
Bogura face verification racket: Passport photos, biometric data collected illegally
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.
A land of sea, hills and forests: What's holding our tourism back?
Bangladesh is like an unfinished poem written by nature's hand. Somewhere the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal, somewhere hills touching their heads to the clouds. Somewhere tiger footprints in the deep forests of the Sundarbans, somewhere the blue of the sky in the waters of the haor. Green carpets of tea, sails of boats on the bosom of rivers, ancient architecture, folk culture and diversity of taste—altogether, it is as if many Bangladeshes reside within one country.
FIFA ASEAN Cup kicks off, Bangladesh set for Malaysia Test tomorrow
A new name, a new stage and a new dream. A new sun seems to have risen over the footballing landscape of Southeast Asia. The FIFA ASEAN Cup kicked off for the first time today, with Laos and Brunei Darussalam facing each other at Hong Kong’s Mong Kok Stadium on September 24. Now Bangladesh stands at the threshold of that new chapter. Tomorrow, the red and green will make their tournament debut against Malaysia at Jakarta’s iconic Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.