Small boat crossings to the UK reached a 2026 daily high on Wednesday, with 781 people arriving aboard 10 vessels, according to Home Office figures. Despite the surge, 18,565 crossings have been recorded so far this year, around 42% fewer than the same period in 2025. Officials are reviewing recent undetected landings…
Dhaka University removed the “Shaheed Osman Hadi Hall” nameplate from Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall on 30 September, restoring the original name. The Hadi nameplate had been installed by students without university approva…
BNP lawmaker Ferdousi Ahmed Mishti has reportedly been asked to resign from parliament as the party considers action over the attack and demolition of the RADDA MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur-1. Her name has been linked to all…
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked banks to provide popular YouTuber Salman Muqtadir’s account details, account opening form and transaction statements within 30 minutes. A commercial bank confi…
A Magura woman was stunned after receiving an electricity bill of Tk 506 crore 83 lakh 11 thousand 593 for using only 235 units. The bill, issued to Mst. Aleya Khatun, showed her meter reading rising from 160 on August…
A group of pedestrians, including Sharmiin Riiya, Saifulla, and Atif Abrar Siam, were allegedly harassed and threatened near ECB Chattar in Dhaka after objecting to bikers riding on the footpath. One biker reportedly sa…
Heavy rainfall triggered a massive landslide in Nepal, causing a large section of a mountain to collapse into the Kaligandaki River. The debris partially blocked the river’s flow, raising concerns about possible flash f…
Born in Austria and raised in England, Victoria became Viqar-un-Nisa after marrying Sir Feroz Khan Noon in 1945. She founded the Viqarunnisa Noon School in Dhaka in 1952, shaping women’s education. A political activist…
Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H. Mansur announced that newly designed Tk 1000, Tk 50, and Tk 20 banknotes will be released before Eid. These notes will not feature any individual's image but will showcase mosques, temp…
Mexico’s Mundo magazine features Bangladesh’s July Movement as its cover story, focusing on student-led protests and the public uprising that symbolized resilience and change. The issue includes an interview with Bangla…
Zabeer Zarif Akhter, a 17-year-old student from St. Joseph Higher Secondary School in Bangladesh, has won the national title in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition. His innovative "high voltage plasma water pur…
For the first time in history, Saudi women participated in the ceremonial changing of the Kaaba’s Kiswa. They assisted by carrying parts of the Kiswa and handing them over to male workers, who then transported them to t…
81-year-old Rani Hamid, a seasoned Bangladeshi chess player, clinched a spot on the national women's team for the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, this September. Despite finishing sixth in the national champio…
Ashik Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi skydiver, set a new Guinness World Record by freefalling from a plane with the Bangladesh flag, achieving the ‘Greatest Distance Freefall with a Banner/Flag.’ He broke Indian skydiver Jiti…
Ragib Shahriar, a brilliant student at Dhaka University, has set a Guinness World Record by tapping a football 220 times in one minute, surpassing the previous record of 212 taps. He received his official certificate on…
Imranur Rahman, Bangladesh's record-breaking sprinter, is poised to make his Olympic debut in Paris, becoming the nation's third athlete to join the prestigious event. World Athletics, the global governing body, officia…
