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A bus that was seized by the police caught fire beside the Karimpur Highway Police Station in Faridpur Sadar upazila on Friday night (September 18).
Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 515 people in the capital over the past 24 hours and filed 47 cases.
The two warehouses remained locked during the day. No one could tell what was inside. But as night fell, illegal consignments of foreign cigarettes would leave the premises, reaching different parts of the country through courier services.
The dollar’s troubles are no longer coming entirely from outside. Some of them, increasingly, seem to be coming from within the system itself. Donald Trump wants to make America great again—by raising tariffs, tightening the gates of trade and keeping the key to sanctions firmly in his hand. But global markets are a strange place. Push someone too hard, and sooner or later they begin looking for another door. BRICS is now looking for that side door.
Three organisations from the same political family, six top leaders, every one of them has been sentenced to death.
“Definitely corrupt and unskilled authorities ”
Harry Kane made history by becoming the fastest player to reach 100 goals in the Bundesliga as Bayern Munich thrashed Union Berlin 7-0. Michael Olise scored a hat-trick in a dominant display, while Kane marked his milestone with a goal and a second-half header.
The Asian Games, Asia’s biggest multi-sport event, officially gets underway today in Nagoya, Japan. The 20th edition of the continental games will open with a grand ceremony at the historic Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium at 6pm local time. Around 11,000 athletes from 45 countries are taking part in this year’s event.
India defeated Afghanistan by 127 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. With this victory, Shreyas Iyer's team whitewashed Afghanistan 3-0 in the three-match T20 series.
Floyd Samba, 17, shone in his first match in the Manchester City jersey. He grabbed attention by scoring a brace on debut. Current champions Manchester City advanced to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup by beating Norwich City 5-0 with his brilliant performance.
Farhan Ali Wahid, Zidan Yusuf and Shuki Itfusa, three expatriate footballers, have secured places in the final squad for the ASEAN Cup by proving themselves in the national team camp despite not yet getting the chance to play in the red-green jersey. Bangladesh is leaving for Indonesia with these three new faces to take part in the competition.
Bangladesh has been placed in a tough group in the FIFA Under-15 World Cup and Festival 2026 to be held in Azerbaijan. In Group ‘G’, Bangladesh is with Portugal, Wales, Indonesia, Burundi and Fiji.
The death toll from an explosion and gun attack at a police headquarters in northern Pakistan rose to at least 31, including 16 police personnel, a senior police official told AFP on Saturday.
US President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation extending existing US sanctions on Iran to 2031 and expanding sanctions, tariffs and other restrictions on Russia.
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has resigned after his ruling right-wing bloc was narrowly defeated by the centre-left opposition in the country's general election.
The national standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has taken interviews of the nomination seekers for the Thakurgaon-1 by-election. However, the party has not yet officially announced who will be the final party candidate. Acting secretary general of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Friday night that the decision on this matter will be announced after the final nomination.
Member of Parliament for Kishoreganj-4 and BNP leader Advocate Md Fazlur Rahman has said that Muhammad Ali Jinnah's father sold fish and his real name was 'Jinnah Punja'.
Sadia Akter, organising secretary of the National Citizen Party's (NCP) Netrokona district committee, accused in a fraud case for allegedly taking money in exchange for family cards, has been temporarily relieved of her party post.
The government is trying to import gas from Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar to address the country’s electricity and energy crisis, BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has claimed.
Three organisations from the same political family, six top leaders, every one of them has been sentenced to death.
On August 16, 2021, the Taliban captured Kabul just a day prior. The last stage of the US military's withdrawal was still in progress. At Hamid Karzai International Airport, events transpired that day which appeared to challenge any straightforward characterization of disorder.
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 Dhaka Dinesh Trivedi has met with Mahdi Amin, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Education, Primary and Mass Education, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, and Labour and Employment.
Bangladesh has expressed interest in leveraging Norway's experience and increasing technical cooperation with the country to make the local government system more effective and stronger. The two countries also discussed local government elections, development projects and increasing women's participation at the local level.
Arijit Singh has taken a break from playback. Yet listeners cannot stay away from the magic of his voice. This time the name of this music artist has again come up in discussion after the release of the new song ‘Jai Jai Ram’ of Nitesh Tiwari’s much-discussed film ‘Ramayana’. However, the most discussion is taking place around a surprising piece of information about its recording—Arijit allegedly gave nearly 200 takes of the song to bring out the perfect emotion.
September 18 is the day to remember the memories of first love. First liking, first waiting, causeless joy surrounding someone or the restlessness of not being able to say the words of the heart—these experiences of life make a separate place in the memories of many. Even after time has passed, suddenly any song, old photo, familiar place or any conversation can bring back the words of those days.
Gold prices have risen again in the domestic market, with the price of 22-carat hallmarked gold increasing by Tk1,691 per bhori (11.664 grams) to Tk234,621.
