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Fire · Dhaka

Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 16, toll may rise

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A fire on Tuesday at a garment factory in Bangladesh and an adjacent chemical warehouse killed at least 16 people and injured others, and the death toll could rise, an official said.See the Story

Sheikh Hasina · Dhaka

Bangladesh Army takes into custody 15 serving officers after special tribunal order

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According to the briefing, among the 16 officers summoned were two major generals, six brigadier generals, and several colonels and lieutenant colonels.See the Story

Unrest · Dhaka

Bangladesh Army Chief Cancels Saudi Visit Amid Internal Turmoil over Arrest of 14 Officers

Apprehending unrest within the ranks following the arrest of 14 Bangladesh Army officers last week, Chief of Army Staff General Waker-uz-Zaman has cancelled his five-day visit to Saudi Arabia, which was scheduled to begin on October 14. Acting on Gen Zaman’s directives, the Bangladesh Army arrested 14 officers — including major generals, brigadiers, colonels, lieutenant colonels, and majors — on October 11, following an order by the Internationa…See the Story

Bangladesh Returns Home with a Shameful Record

Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh for the first time in ODIs, winning by a record 200 runs.Dhaka, Dhaka Division · Dhaka Read Article

Parks without purpose: symbolic infrastructure and the politics of visibility - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

Kanji Watanabe, the senior Japanese bureaucrat who is the central character in Akira Kurosawa’s movie Ikiru, learns he has terminal cancer. After decades of stamping meaningless files, he realises he has achieved nothing satisfactory in his life. In one harrowing scene, he sits in the dark while his son and daughter-in-law discuss his death, not with grief, but with quiet excitement about the pension they will receive. To me, that moment of invi…Infrastructure · Dhaka Read Article

“I was ready to die”: Between despair and defiance, a trans activist takes a stand for LGBTQ rights

On October 10th 2025, Sahara Chowdhury Rabil, 23, a trans woman and activist, stood alone in the rain at Shaheed Minar on hunger strike with a banner — perhaps a first of its kind protest in the country — demanding marriage rights for Bangladesh’s LGBTQ. She later slept on the footpath under an umbrella. After discussions with the Dhaka University’s proctorial team, Sahara said she was allowed to continue her protest on campus grounds on the con…Dhaka, Dhaka Division · Dhaka Read Article

NCP must choose a new symbol by Oct 19, or the EC will designate one - The New Nation

NN ONLINE: Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed stated on Tuesday that the National Citizen Party (NCP) will not be permitted to use the Shapla (water lily) as its electoral symbol. The NCP must choose an alternative symbol and notify the EC by October 19; if they do not, the Commission will allocate a different symbol at the time of registration. Speaking to journalists at the EC building in Agargaon, Dhaka, on October 14, Akhtar A…Dhaka, Dhaka Division · Dhaka Read Article

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Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 16, toll may rise

Bangladesh Army takes into custody 15 serving officers after special tribunal order

Bangladesh Army Chief Cancels Saudi Visit Amid Internal Turmoil over Arrest of 14 Officers

Bangladesh Returns Home with a Shameful Record

Parks without purpose: symbolic infrastructure and the politics of visibility - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

BGBA CEO, Md. Siraj Uddin Ahmed, has been reappointed

Echotex hosts delegation to demonstrate water-saving ZLD System

Bangladesh to partner with EU with data-driven, study-based trade deal

At Least 16 Dead From a Fire in a Product store...

Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 16, toll may rise

Collaborative Climate Action Starts with Workers

“I was ready to die”: Between despair and defiance, a trans activist takes a stand for LGBTQ rights

NCP must choose a new symbol by Oct 19, or the EC will designate one - The New Nation

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Bangladesh Returns Home with a Shameful Record

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BGBA CEO, Md. Siraj Uddin Ahmed, has been reappointed

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At Least 16 Dead From a Fire in a Product store...

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NCP must choose a new symbol by Oct 19, or the EC will designate one - The New Nation