Former BJP legislator's daughter detained in Delhi
Yashaswini Raje Singh, daughter of a former BJP legislator from Uttar Pradesh, says she was detained in Delhi for sitting in a park, HT reports.
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PM promises support for project to make fuel oil from waste
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has promised full support for a KUET research project to produce fuel oil from human waste, kitchen waste and farm residues.
Head of Cockroach party's legal team detained
Police have detained Ratna Singh, head of the Cockroach Janta Party's legal team, with three other lawyers; she says she was given no reason, NDTV reports.
Question leak: DUCSU VP demands state minister's removal
DUCSU vice-president Sadik Kayem has demanded the removal of State Minister Aminul Haque and three other steps after a recruitment test paper leaked.
Killing Khamenei was a grave mistake: Israeli ex-general
Yair Golan, Israel's former deputy military chief, says killing Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei strengthened hardliners and left Israel worse off.
Schoolboy killed in motorcycle crash in Narail
A 14-year-old ninth-grade student died in Lohagara, Narail, on Saturday morning after losing control of a classmate's motorcycle and hitting a tree.
JAGPA unveils new logo and website, sets convention date
The Jatiya Ganatantrik Party (JAGPA) unveiled a new logo and website at a presidium meeting on Saturday and set its national convention for 2 January 2027.
Does India want Turkey closer?
A new book by an Indian scholar sets out why India and Turkey disagree deeply over Kashmir and Pakistan yet cannot afford to ignore each other.
We are against hegemony, not India: Asif Mahmud
NCP spokesman Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan says his party is not anti-India but anti-hegemony, and that Bangladesh's national interest must come first.
Roads and a market rebuilt under WeCARE project in Chuadanga
LGED has finished a package of the World Bank-backed WeCARE project in Jibannagar, Chuadanga: 16.5km of widened road, a bridge and a modernised market.
MPs ask how much rooftop solar power reaches the grid
Parliament's power and energy committee has asked the ministry for details of rooftop solar power fed into the grid, and of capacity charge spending.
“What a cruel joke”: MP Hasnat on cancelled recruitment test
NCP MP Hasnat Abdullah says about 300,000 job seekers suffered when a youth department recruitment test was cancelled five minutes before it began.
MP writes to UN over water cut to Muslim colony in Kolkata
Trinamool MP Samirul Islam has asked the UN human rights chief to intervene, alleging piped water to a Muslim-majority colony in Kolkata has been cut.
Fisherman dies fleeing rumoured raid in Kathalia
A 55-year-old fisherman with heart trouble died in Kathalia, Jhalakathi, on Saturday after running from his boat, fearing a fisheries department raid.
The Italian village where women live to a hundred
Women in Bolotana, Sardinia, who reach 70 have a 13.8% chance of living to 100, against about 3.5% in Italy as a whole, a study of village records finds.
More than a hundred lawyers detained in Delhi
More than a hundred Supreme Court lawyers were detained in Delhi on their way to Jantar Mantar; the bar association has sought the chief justice's help.
Hilsa drive on the Meghna seizes nets and 11kg of fish
A three-hour drive on the Meghna in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, on Saturday seized about 50,000 metres of illegal current net and 11kg of hilsa.
Time to make Delhi like Nepal and Bangladesh, cleaner says
A 29-year-old sanitation worker in New Delhi says the detention of young protesters has exhausted his patience and urges Indians to take to the streets.
Trump names Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary
Donald Trump has named Katie Zacharia, 42, of Trump Media and Technology Group, as the next White House press secretary, succeeding Karoline Leavitt.
Biman flight lands safely in Dhaka after wheel fault
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Cox's Bazar landed safely in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon after a fault in a rear wheel; all on board are safe.
Fifteen members of Sundarbans gang surrender, force says
Fifteen alleged members of the Alif Bahini, a gang active in the Sundarbans, surrendered to SRB-6 on Friday, the unit's commanding officer says.
Delhi tense as more than 1,000 detained over protest
About 1,000 people, among them YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and Cockroach Janta Party leaders, have been detained in Delhi; 41,000 security personnel are deployed.
Masked gang robs two brothers' homes in Zakiganj, Sylhet
A masked gang tied up a family and looted cash, gold and phones from the homes of two brothers in Zakiganj, Sylhet, early on Saturday; one is critical.
Where the detained Cockroach party leaders were taken
Delhi police detained three Cockroach Janta Party leaders on board their aircraft and took them to separate places, Indian media report, citing police.
Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandson detained in Mumbai
Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, was detained by Mumbai police before he could join a protest in support of the Cockroach Janta Party.
Police hold meeting in Maheshpur ahead of Durga Puja
Maheshpur police station in Jhenaidah held a meeting on Saturday with party leaders, journalists and puja committee officials ahead of Durga Puja 2026.
Cockroach party's leadership passes to its second rank
With its three top leaders detained, India's Cockroach Janta Party says Ajinkya Shinde is now leading the Jantar Mantar protest, as planned in advance.
Mamata Banerjee detained by Delhi police at sit-in
Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was detained by Delhi police on Saturday at a sit-in against the chief election commissioner, HT reports.
Cockroach party spokeswoman Neha Bora detained in Delhi
Police detained AISA president Neha Bora, Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan as they led a march from Dilli Haat towards Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
Wherever police stop you is Jantar Mantar: Cockroach party
India's Cockroach Janta Party has released a video urging supporters to march to Jantar Mantar and to protest wherever Delhi police stop them, the BBC reports.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal detained outside his home
Delhi police have detained Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal outside his home as more than a thousand people are held over a Cockroach party protest.
Grandmother of Cockroach party founder Dipke dies
The grandmother of Abhijit Dipke, founder of India's Cockroach Janta Party, died aged 85 in Maharashtra on Saturday, the day he was detained in Delhi.
Pabna university student in hospital after alleged ragging
Junior students at Pabna University of Science and Technology say seniors called them to a hall room on the pretext of a picnic and ragged them; one fell ill.
Cumilla police detain 252 in drive against teen gangs
Police in Cumilla detained 252 people in an overnight drive against teen gangs by 18 police stations and the detective branch, an official said on Friday.
Chhatra Dal suspends its president at Patuakhali university
The Chhatra Dal has suspended the post of its PSTU unit president, Md Zahidul Islam Ratul, for an alleged breach of organisational discipline.
Four arrested with firearms in Jungle Salimpur police raid
Police arrested four men in a raid in the hills of Jungle Salimpur, Sitakunda, and recovered a shotgun, a pistol and a ledger said to list extortion takings.
Jamaat holds training camp for selected workers in Sylhet
Sylhet city Jamaat-e-Islami held a day-long training camp for selected workers on Friday; its ameer urged them to meet the public's expectations.
Cattle trader killed as vehicle overturns in Natore
A 50-year-old cattle trader was killed and four people injured when a shallow-engine vehicle overturned into a ditch in Baraigram, Natore, on Thursday night.
Six-year-old boy drowns in pond in Narail
A six-year-old boy drowned after falling into a pond near his home at Madinapara in Lohagara municipality, Narail, on Friday afternoon, his family says.
Security is among God's greatest blessings: Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has praised the country's law enforcement force in a new message marking Law Enforcement Week.
What Nobel winner Navi Pillay said about Hasina-era trials
Navi Pillay, awarded the Nobel peace prize, voiced concern in 2013 as UN rights chief over Bangladesh's war crimes trials and the BDR mutiny mass trial.
Saplings given in exchange for plastic waste in Kishoreganj
A volunteer group in Kishoreganj gave fruit tree saplings to more than a hundred people on Friday in exchange for bottles and other plastic waste.
Nobel winner Pillay jokes about sharing prize with Trump
Navi Pillay learned she had won the Nobel peace prize at a Nuremberg trials anniversary event and joked that she might share it with Donald Trump.
Two killed, five hurt in three-vehicle crash in Osmaninagar
Two men from Chandpur were killed and five people injured when an ambulance, a microbus and an autorickshaw collided on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway on Friday.
Detainee dies in prison cell of Khulna medical hospital
A 39-year-old under-trial prisoner from Satkhira died of a heart attack early on Friday while being treated at Khulna Medical College Hospital.
India in turmoil again over voter roll deletions
Opposition parties are protesting across India after about 130 million names were removed in a check of the voter rolls; the BJP rejects their claims.
Ganges treaty talks to stay within river commission: India
India's foreign ministry says any talks on renewing the Ganges water sharing treaty with Bangladesh will be held within the Joint Rivers Commission.
MSUK holds health awareness event in Maheshpur
Manob Sakti Unnayan Kendro held a health awareness event at Begumpur in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, on Friday, attended by two advisers from Germany's bengo.
Maulana Ubaidul Haq: a life of learning and service
Maulana Ubaidul Haq Jalalabadi, khatib of the national mosque Baitul Mukarram from 1984 until his death in 2007, is still remembered 19 years on.
Sylhet police hold 227 in four-day drive against teen gangs
Sylhet Metropolitan Police arrested 227 people in four nights of drives against teen gangs, drugs, mugging and gambling; 64 were freed on bonds.
Wife accused of stabbing husband to death in Singair
A garment supervisor was stabbed to death at his home in Singair, Manikganj, before dawn on Thursday; his wife is accused and fled, police and family say.
Brahmaputra erosion leaves Roumari villagers in fear
Fresh erosion has begun at several points in Roumari, Kurigram, as the Brahmaputra recedes, threatening homes, cropland and roads along the bank.
Van puller killed in collision with easy-bike in Harirampur
A 45-year-old van puller was killed when a speeding easy-bike collided with his van on a regional road in Harirampur, Manikganj, on Thursday afternoon.
Elderly man killed by bus in Rajapur, driver arrested
A 65-year-old man was run over and killed by an Emad Paribahan bus while crossing the Pirojpur-Rajapur highway in Jhalakathi on Thursday afternoon.
Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal hold anti-drug rally in Lama
The Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal held a joint rally against drugs and terrorism in Lama, Bandarban, on Thursday, ending with a short meeting at the upazila office.
Three held for gambling at a coffee shop in Alamdanga
Police in Alamdanga, Chuadanga, arrested three young men in a raid on a coffee shop and seized three smartphones, six SIM cards and four ATM cards.
Young man's body recovered from pond in Madan
Police recovered the body of a 25-year-old man from a pond in Madan, Netrokona, on Thursday; the cause of death is not known and awaits a post-mortem.
Three leaders of banned Awami League arrested in Matlab
Police in Matlab Uttar, Chandpur, have arrested three leaders of the Awami League, whose activities are banned, and its affiliates under the anti-terror law.
Four traders fined Tk 1 lakh for overpriced LPG in Anwara
A mobile court in Anwara, Chattogram, has fined four traders a total of Tk 1 lakh for selling LPG cylinders above the price set by the government.
Damurhuda man comes home in a coffin after 24 years abroad
The body of Hasan Ali, who left Damurhuda in Chuadanga for Africa about 24 years ago, was brought home on Thursday, a week after he died there.