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Shahidul set to return to Dhaka early Saturday

09:56 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

Renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam, who was released by Israeli authorities on Friday after joining a Free Palestine campaign, is expected to arrive in Dhaka in the early hours of Saturday, October 11.

India to reopen embassy in Kabul after 4-year hiatus

09:30 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

India has announced that it is upgrading its technical mission in Kabul to a full-fledged embassy, cementing its first high-level diplomatic engagement with Afghanistan’s Taliban administration...

Govt committed to communal harmony: Jahangir

08:37 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has said that the government remains deeply committed to preserving communal harmony.

Shahidul reaches Turkey after release from Israel captivity

07:16 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

Renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam arrived in Istanbul on Friday afternoon following his release from Israeli custody...

Shahidul Alam flies to Turkey from Israel captivity

06:39 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

A flight took off from Israel on Friday afternoon with renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam among the passengers, according to Turkish sources.

Educationist Syed Manzoorul Islam no more

05:50 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

Syed Manzoorul Islam, emeritus professor of the Department of English at the Dhaka University, and a novelist and essayist, has passed away. He breathed his last around 5:00pm on Friday, October 10, while undergoing treatment at Labaid Specialized Hospital in Dhaka.

BNP nomination hopefuls frustrated as party delays green signal

05:37 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

While candidates of their main rival party have already begun reaching out to voters, BNP nomination seekers across the country remain in limbo, awaiting the party high command’s green signal...

308 dengue cases reported in 24 hours

05:04 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

A total of 308 new dengue cases were reported across the country in the last 24 hours till Friday morning, October 10, bringing the total number of cases so far this year to 54,193...

3 unidentified bodies recovered in Shahbagh

04:37 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

Police recovered the bodies of three unidentified individuals, including a woman, from separate locations in Dhaka’s Shahbagh area between Thursday night and early Friday...

‘If they can’t fix road, let’s fish it’: Hasnat’s protest on dilapidated Cumilla road

03:52 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

In a unique form of protest, chief organiser of South Region of National Citizen Party (NCP) Hasnat Abdullah released live fish into the pothole-ridden Debidwar–Chandina regional road in Debidwar upazila of Cumilla on Friday morning...

Venezuelan Maria wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for defying ‘dictatorship’

03:04 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

In a year when democracy itself feels under siege across continents, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader.

Fakhrul questions NCP’s objection to ‘Dhaner Shish’

02:41 PM, 10 Oct 2025 Friday

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has criticised National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari for his statement that the BNP’s electoral symbol, Dhaner Shish (sheaf of paddy), must be canceled if the NCP is not given the Shapla (water lily) symbol.