Twenty-one-year-old all-rounder Arafat Minhas has firmly established himself as Pakistan’s newest match-winner after producing an array of exceptional individual performances on the international stage. The talented cricketer spearheaded Pakistan’s dramatic victory over Sri Lanka in the Tri-Series final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday, 31 October 2026. Arriving at the crease with the […]

Bangladesh’s Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives State Minister Mir Shah Alam has said that Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar will be eligible to register only five of the 700 electric rickshaws reportedly registered in his name. The remaining vehicles will have to be registered under other individuals’ names, he said. Shah Alam made […]

The central bank of Bangladesh released the official daily foreign currency exchange rates on 31 October 2026, establishing reference prices for the foreign exchange market on 1 November 2026. Commercial institutions, authorized foreign exchange dealers, and remittance channels across the country use these official benchmark figures to settle cross-border financial transactions and private foreign exchange […]

Violent clashes between garment workers and police over demands for a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000 brought parts of Mirpur in the capital to a standstill on Sunday, disrupting road traffic and forcing the authorities to suspend operations at five metro rail stations. The unrest began after garment workers blocked roads in the Mirpur-10 […]

Civil servants across Bangladesh were expected to receive their long-awaited increased salaries alongside three months of arrears starting today, Sunday, 1 November. However, administrative hurdles and technical anomalies have stalled the rollout for thousands of public sector employees. As the fixation of salaries under the revised pay scale remains incomplete, many officials and workers will […]

Police have recovered the bloodied body of a 35-year-old man from a road in the Labanchara area of Khulna city, following a brutal broad-daylight hacking incident late on Saturday night. The victim, identified as Shahidul, was a local resident who succumbed to critical sharp-weapon injuries after being targeted by unidentified assailants near the Darga Kashemia […]

Police have recovered the partially decomposed bodies of a married couple from an agricultural field in Keshabpur upazila under Jessore district, triggering widespread shock and grief across the local community. The deceased have been identified as 45-year-old Alek Sardar and his 38-year-old wife, Majeda Begum, residents of Magurkhali village within the nearby Mangalkote union. The […]

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have launched an extensive 24-hour enforcement campaign targeting traffic violators across the capital, resulting in the registration of 1,810 individual cases. The citywide operation, executed on Saturday by the DMP’s dedicated traffic division, marks a sharp intensification of efforts to restore order and improve road safety across Bangladesh’s bustling metropolis. […]

Garment workers took to the streets of Mirpur for a second consecutive day on Sunday, demanding a minimum monthly wage of 30,000 taka. The demonstrations turned violent in Mirpur Section 11, where protesters set fire to a police vehicle as law enforcement attempted to clear blockaded roads, triggering series of violent clashes throughout the district. […]