Bangladesh
Ten people were killed when fire swept through a resort on the Inani coast in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday, 17 October. Several others were injured in the blaze at Tuptup Resto and Resort in Ukhiya. The
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Bangladesh
Garment workers demanding payment of arrears and higher wages clashed with police in Dhaka’s Uttara on Saturday, disrupting the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway near Rajlakshmi. Workers had been demonstrating during the week over demands including a Tk30,000 minimum
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Bangladesh
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman made unannounced visits to 13 locations in Dhaka on Saturday and gave several public institutions deadlines to improve cleanliness and maintenance. At Kuwait–Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, he set a seven-day deadline for
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s 2026 primary scholarship examinations will run from 20 to 23 December, the Directorate of Primary Education announced in a timetable published on Saturday. The examinations will be held from 10am to 12.30pm each day. Bangla
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Bangladesh
Five people, including a woman and her two children, were killed when a truck collided with a battery-powered three-wheeler in Roumari, Kurigram, on Saturday afternoon, police said. Another passenger was critically injured and referred to Mymensingh
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Bangladesh
Hindu worshippers across Bangladesh observed Maha Saptami on Saturday, 17 October, as Durga Puja continued at temples and temporary mandaps. This year the Saptami lunar period spans two days, with observances continuing on Sunday. The morning
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Bangladesh
A three-day festival commemorating Fakir Lalon Shah began at his shrine in Chheuriya, Kushtia, on Saturday, marking the Baul philosopher and songwriter’s 136th death anniversary. Followers, musicians and visitors gathered at the akhra in Kumarkhali for
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Bangladesh
Firefighters brought a blaze at an Ibn Sina pharmaceutical factory in Gazipur under control on Saturday afternoon. The fire broke out at the company’s premises in Sofipur, Kaliakoir, beside the Dhaka–Tangail highway. The Fire Service said
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Bangladesh
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said the government would consider a further increase in disability allowances, subject to its financial capacity, at a meeting with disability-rights representatives on Saturday. Thirty participants and representatives of organisations raised their
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Bangladesh
All 538 operational fire stations in Bangladesh will remain ready around the clock during Durga Puja, the Fire Service and Civil Defence said at a briefing on Saturday. The department outlined arrangements for checking fire risks
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Politics
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir is leading Bangladesh’s delegation to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s 52nd Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Baghdad, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. The meeting brings together member
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Politics
A proposal to create 24,677 additional posts in Bangladesh Police is being processed by the government, according to an official account published on Saturday. The proposed expansion is moving through the home, public administration and finance
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Business & Economy
Customs houses and stations across Bangladesh have been asked to keep import and export services running on a limited scale during the Durga Puja holidays from 20 to 22 October. The National Board of Revenue issued
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Business & Economy
Cross-border trade through Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria was suspended from Saturday for the Durga Puja break, with a second closure planned later in October for Lakshmi Puja. The announced schedule covers 17–21 October and 25–26
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Business & Economy
A parliamentary committee has decided to investigate the implementation of the Karnaphuli Tunnel project and the reasons for its financial losses. The standing committee on the Planning Ministry took the decision at its second meeting on
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Business & Economy
Restrictions at Saudi Arabian airports have disrupted 114 direct and connecting flights involving Dhaka and affected 17,701 passengers, according to figures from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh published on Saturday. The authority’s flight-management data divide
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Business & Economy
The National Board of Revenue says investigators have uncovered eight cases of alleged customs evasion involving misdeclared imports, with an estimated revenue loss of Tk7.03 crore. The findings were announced on Saturday after inspections by the
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Business & Economy
Customs intelligence officers seized goods valued at about Tk3.23 crore in four operations at airports in Dhaka and Chattogram and the foreign post office at Dhaka airport, the directorate said on Saturday. The operations took place
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Business & Economy
Dhaka Electric Supply Company has asked its prepaid electricity customers to keep sufficient credit in their meters during the Durga Puja holidays. In a notice issued on Saturday, 17 October, the utility requested adequate recharges so
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Business & Economy
About 31 million people in Bangladesh were vulnerable to falling into poverty, according to survey findings highlighted at the launch of a Power and Participation Research Centre book in Dhaka on Saturday. The publication, State of
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Health & Food
Fresh reports from Barishal on Saturday described continued hilsa fishing and sales during the breeding-season ban, alongside allegations that local influential figures were helping fishers evade enforcement. Reporting from Hizla and Mehendiganj, Jugantor quoted fishers who
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Health & Food
Three more patients died with measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in the latest daily update published on Saturday, the Directorate General of Health Services said. No additional death from confirmed measles was recorded in that reporting period.
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Health & Food
Bangladesh’s latest daily dengue update, published on Saturday, reported seven deaths and 1,872 hospital admissions. The Directorate General of Health Services put the year’s death toll at 342 and cumulative admissions at 110,312. Three of the
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World
Sri Lanka’s national electricity grid shut down on Saturday, causing an island-wide blackout. Early reports said the interruption had lasted more than two hours while engineers worked to restore supplies. Energy Minister Anura Karunathilaka said electricity
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World
US President Donald Trump has waived tariffs and sanctions provided for under a new Russia-related law, while explicitly leaving older executive-order sanctions in place. An executive order dated Friday, 16 October, invokes the national interest to
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