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Elderly man 'killed by cousins' over land in Ctg

2025-11-06 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Nov 05 (bdnews24.com):A man has allegedly been killed with sharp weapons in an attack by his cousins over a land feud in Chattogram.The victim, 65-year-old Zakir Hossain, was a resident of Banshkhali Upazila's Puro Ilsha village. He was injured...

Body of missing autorickshaw driver recovered

2025-11-06 00:00:00

BOGURA, Nov 05 (bdnews24.com): Police have recovered the body of an autorickshaw driver with the throat slit at Shajahanpur upazila in Bogura district.The body was recovered from the edge of a mulberry garden adjacent to the first bypass highway in...

Thousands suffer as bypass road remains submerged in Jashore

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-06 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Nov 04: Thousands of families in ten villages of Jessore's Keshabpur Upazila have to travel extra kilometres to reach their destinations in the Keshabpur and Monirampur upazilas as floods left part of a bypass road submerged and approach roads...

Concern rife as most animals still outside vaccination in Rangpur

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-06 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 05: Three months have already elapsed since bacterial disease anthrax was transmitted to humans from infected livestock in Rangpur, but most of the farm and domestic animals in the district are yet to be vaccinated, giving rise to...

Ukraine gets partnership status in European military group

2025-11-06 00:00:00

OSLO, Nov 05 (AFP): Ukraine on Wednesday obtained "enhanced partnership" status in the JEF alliance of northern and eastern European countries, said Britain's Defence Minister John Healey.The 10-strong Joint Expeditionary Force led by Britain also includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland,...

EU strikes last-ditch deal on climate targets as COP30 looms

2025-11-06 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, Nov 05 (AFP): The European Union's 27 member states struck a deal Wednesday on the bloc's next big emissions-cutting targets, after making overnight concessions to win over reluctant capitals in time for the UN's COP30 summit. EU countries have...

Russia awaits US clarifications on nuclear tests

2025-11-06 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Nov 05 (Reuters): Russia is still awaiting U.S. clarification of President Donald Trump's remarks on resuming nuclear testing, TASS state news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying late on Tuesday.Trump had ordered in late October testing of...

Attack on key city in Sudan kills 40

2025-11-06 00:00:00

PORT SUDAN, Nov 05 (AFP): An attack on a funeral in the key city of El-Obeid in Sudan's central Kordofan region killed 40 people, the UN said Wednesday, as paramilitaries looked poised to launch an offensive.The United Nations' humanitarian office...

Empowering women entrepreneurs

2025-11-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh women entrepreneurs have demonstrated their immense strength, but still, several challenges exist, such as low access to formal finance, data expensive and connectivity, skills-gap in e-commerce and digital channels of finance. It has been proven that because of digital...

Rise in street food culture

2025-11-06 00:00:00

In recent years, Dhaka has witnessed a subtle yet significant shift in its street-food ecology. The rise of 'eat-out' and social-media driven trends has shifted consumption patterns among urban citizens and taken a new dimension. What was once limited to...

Election campaigning must go green

Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-11-06 00:00:00

Candidates from different political parties for the 13th parliamentary elections have already started trying to make their presence felt, even before announcement of election schedules by the Election Commission. They are quite eager to reach the voters, and their supporters...

Food security remains elusive

2025-11-06 00:00:00

No nation can be proud if only 32.9 per cent of its population have full food security. Of the rest, 22.75 face extreme food insecurity and 44.57 per cent people enjoy marginal food security which otherwise translates into vulnerability of...

Inflation & wage dynamics in BD

Md Golzare Nabi, Nurun Nahar Sultana, Alok Roy, Md Masudur Rahman, Md Jahedul Islam, Farah Nasreen, Md Ashik Ali and Mohua Akter | 2025-11-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bank, as a forward-looking central bank, is dedicated to maintaining price stability and a robust financial system by promoting inclusive and broad-based economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. A sound comprehension of the fundamental elements that influence price...

RWP slates amendment to RPO 'without discussion

2025-11-05 00:00:00

The Revolutionary Workers Party (RWP) has voiced its dissatisfaction over the amendment to the Representation of the People Order (RPO), saying that changes were made without consulting political parties, report agencies.Talking to the media after a meeting with the chief...

Kamal Jaman Mollah's nomination in Madaripur-1 halted

2025-11-05 00:00:00

MADARIPUR, Nov 5 (UNB): BNP on Tuesday suspended the nomination of Kamal Jaman Mollah for the Madaripur-1 constituency.The announcement came in a press release signed by the party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.The release said Kamal Jaman Molla's...

Vandalism erupts in Meherpur

2025-11-05 00:00:00

Violence, arson, and vandalism have erupted between supporters of the nominated and denied BNP candidates in Meherpur-2, prompting police and Army deployment in Gangni to restore law and order, reports bdnews24.com.In Meherpur-2, former MP Amzad Hossain was nominated as the...

Four supporters expelled over road blockade in Sitakunda

2025-11-05 00:00:00

Four supporters of BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury have been expelled for blocking highways and resorting to violence over his failure to get the BNP nomination for the Chattogram-4 (Sitakunda) constituency, reports bdnews24.com.The information was provided in a press statement signed...

Court orders to hand over tax documents of ex-MPs Nixon, Liton to CID

2025-11-05 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has ordered the authorities concerned to hand over tax documents of Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury alias Nixon Chowdhury and Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton, former MPs from Faridpur-4 and Madaripur-1 respectively, and two others to CID, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior...

Vote for IAB to test its governance

2025-11-05 00:00:00

NARSINGDI, Nov 4 (UNB): With the national election approaching, Senior Naib-e-Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh (IAB), Mufti Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim has called on voters to test the party's governance by casting their vote for its symbol, the hand-fan, in...

No application for voter relocation to be accepted after Nov 10

2025-11-05 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) will not accept any application for the relocation of voting addresses after November 10,reports UNB.The EC announced the deadline for voter transfer applications based on changes in residence in a circular issued on Tuesday.According to the...

Coalition candidates must contest under own party symbols

2025-11-05 00:00:00

The government has issued the 'Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025,' stipulating that even if registered political parties form an electoral alliance, candidates must contest the polls with their own party symbols, reports UNB.The Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division...

Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury speaking-

2025-11-05 00:00:00

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury speaking at the fourth dialogue of Tarunner Rashtra Chinta titled 'Expatriate Life, Employment, Present and Future' at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB), in the capital on Tuesday. — Focus Bangla

Fakhrul urges BNP leaders deprived of nomination to remain loyal

2025-11-05 00:00:00

A day after announcing BNP's list of 237 potential candidates for the upcoming national election, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged party leaders who were not nominated to trust that the party will entrust them with appropriate...

Weather (2025-11-05)

2025-11-05 00:00:00

Rain is likely to occur at many places over Chattogram, Barishal and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday). Weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere. Night temperature may rise slightly and...

Four more die of dengue, total death reaches 292

2025-11-05 00:00:00

Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 292 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 1, 101 more patients were hospitalised with viral...

ACC to file case against Nizam Hazari's wife for Tk 453m illegal wealth

FE REPORT | 2025-11-05 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a case against Nurjahan Begum, wife of former Awami League (AL) lawmaker from Feni-2 constituency Nizam Uddin Hazari, on charges of possessing illegal wealth worth Tk 453.4 million and carrying out suspicious...

AIUB holds Ideas Challenge 2025 competition

2025-11-05 00:00:00

The Ideas Challenge 2025 competition took place recently at the American International University, Bangladesh (AIUB) campus in the city, organised by Shomoy, an AIUB Social Welfare Club, says a press release.This year's theme, "Ideas that Change Lives and Shape the...

IUB launches book to preserve Mahale language

2025-11-05 00:00:00

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has launched a research-based book titled "Mahale Voices" to support the preservation of the endangered Mahale language, spoken by the Mahale community in the Rajshahi region, reports bdnews24.com.The book was unveiled at the DMK Lecture Gallery...

403 BCL members get DU show-cause

DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-11-05 00:00:00

The Dhaka University (DU) on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to 403 student leaders and activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for their involvement in illegal and violent incidents that took place at the campus and nearby areas during...

ACC seeks court approval for DNA tests of UNO, family

FE REPORT | 2025-11-05 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought court approval to conduct DNA tests of Nachol Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Kamal Hossain, his biological parents, and his uncle and aunt to verify allegations that he fraudulently used the identity of a freedom...