A person was shot dead, and three others were injured in a series of attacks and counterattacks between two rival gangs reportedly fighting to establish dominance in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.
Retired schoolteacher, who went to ask for donation, dies in explosion
A Ukrainian drone attack damaged at least two foreign vessels and the oil terminal infrastructure at Russia’s key Black Sea port of Tuapse yesterday, as Kyiv tries to undermine Russia’s war effort by targeting its energy infrastructure.
Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher yesterday urged the BNP to sit for talks to resolve the ongoing “political crisis” centring the implementation of the July charter, the proposed referendum, and the upcoming national election.
The BNP Standing Committee is set to meet today, aiming to review and finalise the list of candidates for the upcoming national election.
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday voiced concern about the growing public doubt over the national election being held as scheduled, and said this “uncertainty could make the country’s democratic transition more difficult”.
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday underscored the importance of integrated and balanced development of the country’s roads, railways, airways, and waterways.
With 1,162 new dengue patients reported yesterday, the total number of cases this year has risen to 71,675. That is 8,510 more than the same period last year.
BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday said the interim government might not survive if the party launches protests over disputes surrounding the July National Charter and its implementation recommendations.
The government’s decision to introduce “shooting” training for general youths has raised concerns among security analysts and criminologists.
Three people were killed in a mob beating in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila early yesterday after allegedly attempting to steal cows, police said.
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China’s factory activity shrank for a seventh straight month in October, official data showed Friday, as trade uncertainty ahead of talks between President Xi Jinping and US leader Donald Trump weighed on the economic powerhouse.
India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has said “poor governance” was the driving factor behind the uprisings that led to the fall of governments in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka in recent years.
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth yesterday took aim at Beijing over an increase in “destabilising actions” in the South China Sea and committed to supporting Southeast Asian countries with technology to help them respond jointly to Chinese threats.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted Xi Jinping for their first meeting yesterday as the Chinese head of state took centre stage and reforged old ties at an Asian summit from which US leader Donald Trump was largely absent.
At least nine people were crushed to death after a massive crowd surge at a Hindu temple in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh yesterday, the state’s governor said.
The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban yesterday on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a generational prohibition on tobacco, the Health Ministry said.
An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip yesterday, health authorities said, as Israel and Hamas traded blame for daily violations of a fragile truce that has largely halted two years of war.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible “fast” military action in Nigeria if the West African nation fails to crack down on the killing of Christians.
Former Democratic President Barack Obama called New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Saturday and offered to be a “sounding board” if the 34-year-old frontrunner wins the election. He also praised Mamdani’s campaign.
Selling for nearly $1,000 a cup, a cafe in Dubai is offering the world’s most expensive coffee, brewed from Panamanian beans sold at a premium price.
Iran said yesterday that it would rebuild nuclear sites damaged by Israeli and US strikes “stronger than before”, as mediator Oman urged Tehran and Washington to revive stalled diplomacy.
Earlier, Trump claimed that thousands of Christians were being killed in Nigeria
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Khadijatul Kubra, a student of Jagannath University, who spent 15 months in prison in a now-repealed Digital Security Act, 2018, is contesting in the Jagannath University Central Students' Union (JnuCSU) elections
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Israel warned yesterday that its military would step up its attacks against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a day after the Lebanese health ministry reported four people killed in an Israeli air strike.
A supermarket explosion killed at least 23 people in northern Mexico yesterday, according to local officials, with investigators saying the blast was an accident possibly caused by a faulty electric transformer.
Shafiqur Rahman has been re-elected as the ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for the 2026–2028 term.
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday framed charges against former minister and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President Hasanul Haq Inu, and Awami League Joint General Secretary and former lawmaker Mahbubul Alam Hanif, for their alleged crimes against humanity.
Most of the power sector deals were signed by a nexus of private entities, government higher-ups and bureaucrats during the Awami League regime, found the national committee formed to review the power sector contracts.
On this day 50 years ago, the walls of Dhaka Central Jail bore witness to one of the darkest chapters in the nation’s history, as four national leaders were brutally murdered behind bars.
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam yesterday came down heavily on BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, accusing the parties of obstructing state reform initiatives and plotting to delay the national polls.
A portion of fresh apparel work orders are moving from Bangladesh to other countries because of political uncertainty and gas and electricity supply crises, said a group of trade body leaders and exporters yesterday.
The government is weighing a step back from its move to amend article 20 of the RPO, a fresh change that will allow parties in an alliance to contest polls with a common symbol, according to highly placed sources.
Election uncertainty may endanger democratic transition, he says
