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Necessary preparations have been directed to be taken by the concerned ministries, administration and law enforcement agencies for celebrating the upcoming Sharadiya Durga Puja in a peaceful, festive and safe environment. At the same time, importance has been given to maintaining communal harmony, preventing rumours and taking rapid legal measures through neutral investigation if any unwanted incident occurs.
Police have recovered the body of Nishi Akter, 19, a housewife, from a locked room in the Roads and Highways staff quarters under Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station in the capital. The body was recovered wrapped in a blanket. Her husband Sagar has been absconding since the incident, police said.
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).
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 ”
Although Bangladesh lost 1-0 to Singapore, Hamza Choudhury sees signs of improvement in the team's performance. In his view, through the ups and downs of the past one and a half years, Bangladesh is becoming a team capable of competing on the field against big teams. Now the only need is to improve in a few areas and complete their own game.
Shree Charani, India’s left-arm spinner, has set a new world record in women’s T20 cricket. She has left Australia’s pacer Megan Schutt behind to take possession of the highest rating points among T20 bowlers.
Four Bangladeshi cricketers have registered for the International League T20 (ILT20) auction for the upcoming season. The four going under the hammer are Taskin Ahmed, Shariful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Mehidy Hasan Miraz. The tournament authorities have already published their base price list.
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).
Spokesperson of India's Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, has said discussions at the technical level between India and Bangladesh on the Ganges water-sharing treaty are continuing.
Malaysia has begun the process of sending back Myanmar nationals, including Rohingyas, who are asylum seekers. The country began the process of sending back 1,476 people in the first phase on Tuesday, September 29. The process began as part of a programme to send back 5,000 Myanmar nationals in phases.
As deforestation and forest degradation rapidly increase worldwide, opportunities to ensure food security and tackle the impacts of the climate crisis are steadily shrinking. In this situation, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called on governments worldwide to make forest conservation and restoration a national priority.
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.
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has described the overall state of Bangladesh-India relations as "completely positive". He also expressed hope that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's visit to India will take place at a mutually convenient time for both countries.
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.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has informed the concerned distributor organisation of the decision not to screen Tanvir Mokammel’s ‘Lalsalu’ and ‘Chitra Nodir Pare’ anymore, which had been shown on Bangladesh Biman flights for a long time. Although questions have been raised on social media over the matter, the authorities have said that the two films have been removed for the time being as part of regular content change.
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.
Salman F Rahman, vice chairman of the company and former private industry and investment adviser to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has been dropped from the board of directors of Beximco Pharmaceuticals. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), the capital market regulator, has approved the reconstituted board of the company by dropping him.
