Bangladesh
The Cabinet approved an extra holiday on 22 October, creating a five-day Puja break with the weekend. Offices will open on Saturday, 17 October to compensate. It also made 7 November an annual public holiday.
Bangladesh
The foreign ministry identified the victim as Md Sajib Hossain of Cumilla. He died on 4 October at an Aramco facility in Al Khurais, according to the ministry. The embassy is coordinating assistance and repatriation.
Bangladesh
A total of 102 teachers received Tk200,000, a crest and a certificate at the Dhaka ceremony. The confirmed total resolves differing advance reports. The prime minister also directed timely bank payments of salaries and retirement benefits.
Bangladesh
The state minister announced no visit date and said Bangladesh was awaiting an Indian response on water-treaty discussions.
Bangladesh
Rescuers took five injured people to Alikadam; the victims had not been identified in the verified reports.
Politics
At a Dhaka conference, Kayser Kamal called for independent justice and scrutiny of the current government alongside accountability for past abuses.
Business & Economy
Bangladesh and Turkey reviewed preparations for free-trade negotiations and discussed fruit-import links and hazardous-waste management. The meeting set out areas for further engagement; no free-trade agreement or tariff change was announced.
Business & Economy
The proposed plant would produce 25 million litres annually; construction and operations remain future milestones.
Business & Economy
Receipts reached $8.979 billion through 4 October; the first four days of October brought in $388 million.
Business & Economy
Temporary hours run from 11am to 10pm, with the 8pm closing limit returning on 23 October.
Business & Economy
Talks identified potential sectors and work-permit issues, but no recruitment quota or application programme was announced.
Health & Food
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the medicine Nobel for discoveries that made it possible to control nerve-cell activity with light. Optogenetics has transformed brain research, while medical applications remain an active area of investigation.
Health & Food
The latest DGHS bulletin reported nine dengue deaths and 1,902 hospital admissions in 24 hours. This year’s recorded totals reached 271 deaths and 88,360 admissions. The figures describe reported hospital activity, rather than all infections.
Health & Food
The financing targets fertiliser availability for farmers, with implementation scheduled through June 2027.
Health & Food
The latest DGHS update separates three suspected deaths from the unchanged cumulative total of 102 confirmed deaths.
World
Pedro Sánchez brought forward the national vote after lawmakers rejected proposed protections for tenants and vulnerable residents.