Pabna madrasa teacher detained over alleged attempted rape
Locals in Pabna Sadar detained madrasa head Abu Yusuf Pramanik after a student accused him of attempted rape; a crowd then set fire to the madrasa.
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Rangpur dengue: 454 cases in seven days, one infant dies
Dengue was detected in 454 people across Rangpur division's eight districts from 16 to 22 October. A four-and-a-half-month-old boy died, the year's 10th death.
No layoffs in 75 years: how US firm Gand Company does it
Gand Company, a US maker of electrical insulation, has not laid off a worker in 75 years. Overtime, open pay and employee shares are how it manages the swings.
Atwari gourd farmers cut down vines as prices collapse
A bumper bottle gourd crop in Atwari, Panchagarh, has sent prices so low that four sell for one taka; farmers are cutting down plots and feeding cattle.
India's sugarcane cutters have wombs removed to keep working
Women cutting sugarcane in India, paid about 400 rupees a day and docked for every day off, are having hysterectomies to avoid period pain and lost wages.
120-year-old boat race draws crowds on Magura's Madhumati
A boat race and village fair held for about 120 years drew large crowds to the Madhumati river at Jhama Ghat in Mohammadpur, Magura, on Thursday.
Iran warns it will hit seven Gulf states if attacked again
Iran's Mohsen Rezaei says oil sites, undersea cables, data centres and AI facilities in seven Gulf states will be targets if the US and Israel attack again.
Kushner denies report of secret Saudi and UAE dealings
Vanity Fair reports that Jared Kushner had secret financial dealings with Saudi, Emirati and Israeli leaders. Kushner calls the claims completely false.
Bottle gourd glut in Panchagarh: four for one taka
Bottle gourd farmers in Atwari, Panchagarh, are selling at up to Tk 5 a piece, far below cost; some have cut down their plots or fed the crop to cattle.
India, China troops in face-offs on Arunachal border: ITBP
India's ITBP chief says its troops have faced Chinese soldiers at several points on the Arunachal Pradesh border since July, the first official admission.
Canada charges five over fake visa bids for 209 Bangladeshis
Canada's border agency has charged five people over 243 temporary resident visa applications for 209 Bangladeshis that investigators say used fake documents.
Nabinagar: man posing as MP's nephew stops journalists' van
A Jubo Dal leader in Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria, is accused of stopping TV journalists' van and demanding toll money, claiming to be the local MP's nephew.
Europe heat killed over 50,000 people in summer 2026
Researchers estimate more than 50,000 people died in Europe's heatwaves in summer 2026, about two-thirds of the deaths linked to human-caused climate change.
Glass bottle thrown at Netanyahu's convoy in Jerusalem
A glass bottle was thrown at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's convoy during a late-night campaign visit to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market.
Netanyahu orders West Bank closure after Hebron gunfight
Netanyahu has ordered a closure of the occupied West Bank after a gunfight in Hebron, as Ben-Gvir calls for Israel to take full control of the territory.
Europe's youth protests: where is the anger heading?
From school occupations in Rome to a tent camp in Madrid and street protests in France, young Europeans say politicians are not listening to them.
Patwary urges people to speak up for Muslims in India
NCP chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary says Bangladeshis must defend Hindus' rights at home and speak up for Muslims' citizenship and votes in India.
Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death
A Damascus criminal court has sentenced former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to death, citing evidence of his direct role in crimes against Syrians.
7,500 Bangladeshis held in Saudi prisons, says Shama Obaed
At least 7,500 Bangladeshis are in Saudi prisons, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam said, adding Riyadh gave no detail on two executions.
Jamaat ameer Shafiqur Rahman: our main goal is paradise
At Jamaat's Dhaka North members' conference, Shafiqur Rahman said the party's votes were not protected in the election and called for resistance in city polls.
Thakurgaon by-poll: 11-party alliance alleges rigging plan
Jamaat's Hamidur Rahman Azad says the government is preparing to rig the 29 October Thakurgaon-1 by-election and warns it to learn from Magura.
President visits ailing minister Moyeen Khan in hospital
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited Local Government Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan at Evercare Hospital, where he is being treated for heart trouble.
Chhatra League leader held in Kotchandpur terror case
Police in Kotchandpur, Jhenaidah, arrested Chhatra League leader Md Naim Khan, 28, in an Anti-Terrorism Act case on Thursday and sent him to jail.
Pension and freedom fighter allowance: how heirs share them
A son asks how his late father's pension and freedom fighter allowance are shared among heirs, and whether zakat and qurbani are due. A scholar answers.
Macron: Trump's remarks on France unrest were 'stupid'
Macron says foreign leaders, Trump among them, made stupid remarks on France's riots, as Paris bans protests near the Élysée and the Louvre on Thursday.
Iran ready to give diplomacy another chance, Araghchi says
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran will give diplomacy another chance if Washington proves sincere, and warns renewed US strikes would fail.
Israel election: why Palestinian citizens plan to vote
Ahead of Israel's 27 October election, Palestinian citizens distrust the system, but many plan to vote in the hope of removing Netanyahu's far-right government.
Peru wildfires kill 12 as El Niño fuels blazes
Wildfires fueled by El Niño have killed 12 people in Peru since June and left hundreds homeless, authorities said Wednesday. Most of the dead were farmers.
Madrasa enrolment rises by 43,000 as schools lose students
Madrasas in Bangladesh gained more than 43,000 students in a year while general secondary schools lost over 408,000, BANBEIS figures for 2025 show.
China's 'grey zone' tactics squeeze Taiwan and its allies
China is stepping up diplomatic and maritime pressure to isolate Taiwan and push its allies, a 'grey zone' strategy that stops short of open war, analysts say.
PHP flaws found with AI take websites offline worldwide
Serious flaws in PHP, the language behind WordPress and Wikipedia, were found with AI, and agencies worldwide urged sites to patch at once or go offline.
Belgian students blockade ULB campus over tuition fee rise
Students at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles blockaded part of the campus on Thursday in protest at a 43 percent rise in annual tuition fees, Le Soir reported.
Fingerprints and the Quran: Allah's signs at our fingertips
The unique lines on every fingertip, used today in forensics and phone security, are a sign of creation the Quran asks people to reflect on, this essay argues.
Kim Yo Jong warns Seoul as Korean border tensions rise
North Korea will finish installing loudspeakers along the border by the end of October, Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong said, warning Seoul of retaliation.
Local government minister Moyeen Khan admitted to hospital
Abdul Moyeen Khan, BNP standing committee member and local government minister, was admitted to the CCU of Evercare Hospital after sudden chest pain.
Congress will not win power for 30 years, Amit Shah says
India's home minister Amit Shah told Rahul Gandhi that Congress will not come to power for 30 years and accused it of using vote-theft claims to excuse defeat.
UAE's Lana Nusseibeh enters race for UN secretary-general
Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE's assistant foreign minister, has formally entered the race to succeed Antonio Guterres as UN secretary-general.
World debt tops $365 trillion as interest costs climb
Global debt passed $365 trillion in the first half of 2026, the IIF says, as Europe's protests over living costs put government borrowing back in the spotlight.
Seven Qawmi Islamist parties to work under one banner
Seven like-minded Qawmi Islamist parties will work together as the 'Like-minded Islamic Parties' under a common banner, without forming a new party.
Saudi Arabia executed 59 foreigners in six months
Saudi Arabia executed 108 people in the first half of 2026, 59 of them foreigners including Bangladeshis, a European Saudi rights group's report says.
Jashore fertiliser dealers: five MPs demand cancellation
Five opposition MPs from Jashore allege political favouritism and graft in appointing fertiliser dealers in 93 unions and 8 municipalities, and seek a probe.
Hasina will not return even in 10 years, Speaker says
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed said in Bhola there is no chance of Sheikh Hasina returning in the next 10 years, and called for free local elections.
PBI arrests two 'jinn king' fraudsters in Faridpur case
PBI Faridpur arrested two members of a gang that posed as 'jinn kings' and healers and cloned phone numbers to sell fake cheap rice, taking lakhs of taka.
Saudi executions of two Bangladeshis: what a letter reveals
Saudi Arabia told Bangladesh nothing before or after executing two Bangladeshi cleaners in Makkah, a confidential consulate letter to Dhaka says.
Ulipur murder of Bachchu solved, young man held, police say
Police in Kurigram's Ulipur say they have solved the killing of Mokchhed Ali alias Bachchu Mia, 60, and arrested a 20-year-old relative over it.
Decorator worker, 19, electrocuted at puja pandal in Rangpur
Shakil Ahmed, 19, a decorator's worker, was electrocuted on Wednesday while disconnecting a generator line at a Durga temple in Kaunia, Rangpur.
Smuggler held with gold bars worth Tk 4 crore in Sharsha
Police in Jessore's Sharsha arrested a man with 18 gold bars worth about Tk 4 crore and a motorcycle on the Navaran-Satkhira highway on Wednesday morning.
Two-year-old girl drowns in Karatoya river in Debiganj
A two-year-old girl drowned in the Karatoya river next to her home in Debiganj, Panchagarh, on Wednesday afternoon; doctors declared her dead.
Early aman paddy gives Rangpur farmers a bumper yield
Farmers in Rangpur are harvesting early aman paddy at 3.15 tonnes a hectare, helped by milder floods, before sowing maize, potatoes and vegetables.
Man held with homemade gun in Matlab Uttar, Chandpur
Police in Matlab Uttar, Chandpur, arrested a 38-year-old man with a homemade one-shooter gun in a raid on Char Oyester in Mohanpur union on Wednesday.
Assam evicts 1,100 Muslim families, 10 mosques razed
Over two days, Assam evicted more than 1,100 mostly Bengali-speaking Muslim families from forest and government land in Nagaon, Hojai and Golaghat.
Two men jailed after arrest with yaba in Madarganj
Police in Madarganj, Jamalpur, arrested two men with 20 yaba pills in Hidagari overnight; a court sent them to jail on Wednesday in a narcotics case.
Man jailed for attacking police inside Kalai station
A 28-year-old man who walked into Kalai police station in Joypurhat with a wooden baton and hit three officers has been arrested and sent to jail.
Iran will never surrender, says Araghchi
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says talks with Washington continue through Qatar and Pakistan, but the US must keep its earlier promises first.
Pakistan, Turkey, Qatar, Indonesia sign Badr defence pact
Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia signed the Badr memorandum in Doha on Wednesday to cooperate on joint arms production, technology transfer and training.
Father dies after attack for keeping son from drug dealers
A day labourer in Feni's Sonagazi died in Dhaka 11 days after being hacked and beaten by drug dealers he had told to stay away from his son. One man is held.
Smotrich warns Egypt could lose Sinai if it attacks Israel
Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said Egypt would lose the Sinai Peninsula if it attacked Israel. Cairo dismissed the remark as an empty threat.
Iran says no enriched uranium will leave the country
Iran's security council chief Mohsen Rezaei told Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir in Tehran that not a grain of Iran's enriched uranium will be sent abroad.
Delhi court rebukes protest leaders over Jantar Mantar entry
The Delhi High Court rebuked Cockroach Janata Party leaders Saurabh Das and Ashutosh Ranka for entering Jantar Mantar after it was dropped as a protest site.
Birth and death registration shut for six days
Online birth and death registration is closed from 19 to 25 October for software maintenance, leaving students and parents unable to get certificates in time.