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Missing youth's body recovered in Benapole

2025-10-28 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Oct 27 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young man from a pond at Ghiba village in Benapole on Monday morning, two days after he went missing.The deceased was identified as Abdul Alim, 32, son of Shahadat Ali...

Madrasah student 'killed by 'roommate' in Noakhali

2025-10-28 00:00:00

NOAKHALI, Oct 27 (UNB): A ten-year-old madrasah student was hacked to death allegedly by his roommate at Makhfunul Ulum Madrasah in Sonaimuri upazila of Noakhali district early Monday.The deceased was identified as Nazim Uddin, son of Obayed Ullah of Jahanabad...

Farmers demand solution as irrigation pump lies inoperative in Gaibandha's Saghata

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Oct 27: Farmers of the Abdullah village in Gaibandha's Saghata Upazila demanded a solution as an irrigation pump designated for at least a hundred bighas of land have been remaining out of order for about two years.Growers say that...

Ishwardi Silk Seedbed now stands decrepit

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

PABNA, Oct 24: Where earlier there used to be a hustle and bustle of cutting mulberry leaves, rearing silkworms, making cocoons and making silk thread from them throughout the year. However, the evolution of time has created a spooky atmosphere...

Copper to hold gains in 2026 as mine disruptions fuel deficit

2025-10-28 00:00:00

LONDON/BENGALURU, Oct 27 (Reuters): Analysts have hiked their price forecasts for copper next year after a series of mine disruptions fuelled worries about shortages and market deficits, a Reuters poll shows. .Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange hit its...

Analysts raise 2026 price forecasts for platinum, palladium after 2025 rally

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Analysts have sharply raised their price forecasts for platinum and palladium in 2026, citing tight mine supply, tariff uncertainty and rotation from investment demand for gold, as platinum nears its best yearly performance and palladium marks its best year since...

Gold falls as potential US-China deal dents safe-haven demand

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Gold prices fell 2 per cent on Monday, as hopes of easing US-China trade tensions lifted risk appetite for equities, while investors awaited major central bank meetings this week for rate cut cues, reports Reuters.Spot gold was down 2 per...

WORKOVER OPERATION STARTS AT HABIGANJ GAS FIELD

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Under the project titled 'Workover of seven wells in Titas, Habiganj, Bakhrabad and Meghna Fields' of Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL), SM Mahbub Alam, Director (Administration) of Petrobangla, inaugurated the workover operation of the Habiganj No. 5 well recently....

Oil slips on scepticism over US-China trade deal impact

2025-10-28 00:00:00

LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters): Oil prices edged lower on Monday, falling over 1 per cent earlier in the session as they were pressured by scepticism that a US and Chinese trade deal framework would immediately boost oil demand and after...

End of a black law

2025-10-28 00:00:00

The Digital Security Act (DSA) was enacted not to protect Bangladeshis from cybercrime, but to suppress free speech and dissent. Vague terms like spirit of liberation war and ambiguous phrases such as offensive or annoying speech rendered satire and constructive...

Dangerous trap of gambling

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Once, young people dreamt of becoming doctors, engineers or artists. Today, many dream of becoming millionaires overnight. The boy who once tutored or worked a small job to stand on his own feet is now lost in the illusions of...

Is Myanmar resistance in retreat?

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

Has the Myanmar Army now been gaining the upper hand over the rebels and regaining territory lost to the rebel forces so far? A BBC report says that with the support of China, the Myanmar army has intensified air strikes...

South Asia can't afford another war

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has always been more than a line on a map. It is a frontier where geopolitics, history, and mistrust converge - often violently. Today, as tensions flare once again along the Durand Line, the...

Dhaka's preeminence and the paradox

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Dhaka District's preeminence on account of the capital city it hosts is quite logical. But such a primacy is not axiomatic. In many countries commercial capitals outstrip their administrative capitals particularly on the strength of economic muscle. Even in Bangladesh,...

Four dead in Cameroon protests prior to election results

2025-10-28 00:00:00

DOUALA, Oct 27 (AFP): Four people were killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of a Cameroon opposition leader who claims to have won recent presidential elections, authorities said ahead of the announcement of official results Monday.Issa Tchiroma, who...

NGOs warn 28 'carbon bomb' projects launched since 2021

2025-10-28 00:00:00

PARIS, Oct 27 (AFP): Some 28 so-called carbon bomb fossil fuel extraction projects have begun operating since 2021 despite their catastrophic climate impact, a group of NGOs warned Monday.Carbon bombs were defined in a 2022 research article as oil, gas...

Anwar for dialogue over coercion at E Asia summit

2025-10-28 00:00:00

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (AP): Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday called on Asia-Pacific leaders to prioritize dialogue over coercion and cooperation over confrontation as he opened the East Asia Summit amid rising U.S.-China rivalry.The summit brings together ASEAN...

US Navy loses two aircraft from USS aircraft carrier

2025-10-28 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (AP): A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy's Pacific Fleet said. The three crew members of...

Milei wins landslide in midterm elections

2025-10-28 00:00:00

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 27 (BBC): Argentina's president Javier Milei has led his party to a landslide victory in Sunday's midterm elections, after defining the first two years of his presidency with radical spending cuts and free-market reforms.His party, La Libertad...

Short-run vs long-run inflation

Syed Abul Basher | 2025-10-28 00:00:00

Whenever we go grocery shopping, prices, particularly food prices feel much more than the single-digit inflation figure suggests. Economic statistics can often obscure lived experience, and our daily reality often tells a different story, the one of steadily eroding purchasing...

Khasru calls for unity to restore democracy through election

2025-10-27 12:00:00

BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday called upon all political parties to work together to restore a democratic order in the country through the upcoming national election rather than resorting to street violence or confrontational politics, reports...

Sarjis accuses admin of political bias

2025-10-27 00:00:00

KISHOREGANJ, Oct 26 (UNB): Sarjis Alam, Chief Organiser (North) of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has alleged that parts of the administration are showing political bias, favouring different parties including the BNP, Jamaat, and Awami League."Some in the administration are...

HC issues rule on ex-CJ Khairul Haque's bail

FE REPORT | 2025-10-27 00:00:00

The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the respondents to explain in two weeks as to why former Chief Justice Khairul Haque should not be granted bail in five cases filed against him. The High Court bench of...

BRP gets registration with 'Elephant' symbol

2025-10-27 00:00:00

Bangladesh Republic Party (BRP) on Sunday officially received registration as a new political party with the 'Elephant' as its electoral symbol, following a court directive, reports UNB.The Election Commission (EC) handed over the registration certificate to the party's chairman KM...

Commonwealth team meets EC to be apprised of polls preparations

2025-10-27 00:00:00

A Commonwealth pre-election assessment mission on Sunday met the Election Commission (EC) to know the preparations for the 13th parliamentary election expected to take place in early February, reports UNB.A five-member Commonwealth delegation, led by its electoral support section's (ESS)...

Weather (2025-10-27)

2025-10-27 00:00:00

Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest...

Gas explosion in N'ganj factory leaves six workers injured

2025-10-27 00:00:00

NARAYANGANJ, Oct 26 (UNB): Six workers suffered burn injuries in a gas explosion while working at a dyeing factory in the BSCIC industrial area of Narayanganj on Sunday.The explosion occurred at around 08:30 am in the boiler room on the...

Four sentenced to death for 2016 rape in Barishal

2025-10-27 00:00:00

BARISHAL, Oct 26 (UNB): A Barishal tribunal on Sunday convicted four people and sentenced them to death for violating an 18-year-old girl in 2016.Judge of Barishal Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Md Rakibul Islam handed down the punishment.The condemned...

Four more die of dengue-----

2025-10-27 00:00:00

Four more people died of dengue fever over the past 24 hours until Sunday morning, pushing the nationwide death toll to 263 this year, reports bdnews24.com.The latest victims included three men and one woman.They died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital,...

Scientist, writer Rezaur Rahman dies

2025-10-27 00:00:00

Prominent scientist and science writer Dr. Rezaur Rahman passed away on Sunday, report agencies.He died while undergoing treatment at the ICU of LabAid Hospital in Dhaka at 10:30 am.He is survived by his wife, Halima Rahman, and two daughters, Nilanjana...