Commuters in Dhaka are facing severe hardship as the metro rail service between Uttara and Motijheel remains suspended for a second day following the death of a pedestrian due to a fallen bearing pad from the elevated track in Farmgate. Metro trains are currently running only between Shahbagh and Motijheel, forcing passengers travelling from Uttara to disembark at Agargaon and find alternative transport. On Monday morning, hundreds of stranded passengers were seen waiting for buses and rickshaws under the Agargaon Metro Station, as traffic crawled through the intersection. Unable to find any transport, many passengers were seen walking in long lines from Agargaon to Bijoy Sarani. “I came from Uttara to Agargaon by metro rail and have been waiting 30 minutes for my office bus, but it hasn’t arrived because of the jam,” said Rakibul Islam, a bank official.

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Commuters in Dhaka are facing severe hardship as the metro rail service between Uttara and Motijheel remains suspended for a second day following the death of a pedestrian due to a fallen bearing pad from the elevated track in Farmgate. Metro trains are currently running only between Shahbagh and Motijheel, forcing passengers travelling from Uttara to disembark at Agargaon and find alternative transport. On Monday morning, hundreds of stranded passengers were seen waiting for buses and rickshaws under the Agargaon Metro Station, as traffic crawled through the intersection, reports bdnews24.com. Unable to find any transport, many passengers were seen walking in long lines from Agargaon to Bijoy Sarani. “I came from Uttara to Agargaon by metro rail and have been waiting 30 minutes for my office bus, but it hasn’t arrived because of the jam,” said Rakibul Islam, a bank official.

Students of Daffodil International University and City University have clashed overnight in Dhaka’s Savar. But City University students claim that the violence sparked because a City University student had spat off the roof of a building and it hit a Daffodil University student standing below. They claim the issue was initially resolved, but Daffodil University students grew agitated and attacked City University. City University students claim the campus attack was “planned” as Daffodil University students broke through the boundary wall and entered. “However, during the discussion, City University students beat up a Daffodil University student.

These concerns have prompted a broader question: whether the multibillion-taka metro project has become a looming threat “hanging over the heads” of Dhaka residents. The girder rests on this rubber pad, which engineers refer to as a bearing pad or load-bearing pad. A safety audit is essential.”Prof Shamsul added, “The rubber pad doesn’t stand alone; it’s part of a frame designed to prevent slipping. Yet in our densely populated urban environment, it has come loose.”He also said, “We did not skimp on this metro project. AUTHORITIES FOCUSED ON INVESTIGATIONMetro authorities say that following last year’s bearing pad incident, the recommendations of the investigation committee were implemented.

On Sunday, he said the party will simultaneously campaign for the reconstitution of this "arbitrary" Election Commission if the NCP is denied the symbol. "So far, the EC has failed to demonstrate its neutrality and capability through words or actions," he said in Kishoreganj. Sarjis added that the NCP would not form alliances in the elections simply for a few seats, ignoring the aspirations of the people. "If NCP enters any alliance in line with public sentiment, it will contest using the Shapla symbol under its own name," he said, reports bdnews24.com. NCP will endorse it if the chief advisor issues directives ensuring its full implementation."

Expatriate Bangladeshis have sent over $2 billion in the first 25 days of October, maintaining the upward trend in remittance inflow. A review of Bangladesh Bank data shows on Sunday that expatriates sent $2.03 billion through official banking channels during this period. With five days still remaining this month, expatriates have already sent almost the same amount as the corresponding period last year. The highest amount during this period was recorded in March, when remittances reached $3.29 billion, while the lowest was in January at $2.18 billion. As of Oct 21, gross reserves stood at $32.1 billion, while under the IMF’s BPM6 calculation method, the figure was $27.35 billion.

Metro rail operations have resumed from Motijheel to Shahbagh nearly seven hours after a fatal accident involving a fallen bearing pad. Services from Motijheel to Shahbagh resumed at 7:15pm.”A bearing pad from the metro rail line fell at Dhaka’s Farmgate around 12:15pm on Sunday, instantly killing a pedestrian. Metro rail operations were suspended immediately following the incident. The metro rail will run from Agargaon to Diabari for the time being.”Later in the evening, the DMTCL said services between Motijheel and Shahbagh would also resume. A roadside tea stall was also damaged alongside the pedestrian’s death after the metro rail pad fell, witnesses said.

Dhaka University has been thrown into turmoil as an eviction drive targeting illegal shops and floating or transient vendors triggered allegations of assault and subsequent protests. On Saturday, the operation was led by DUCSU Social Services Secretary AB Zubair, with police and a university administrative team participating, bdnews24.com reports. When I said not to, they hit me.”Footage showed a hawker being thrown onto the street by a member of the proctorial team during the eviction. Ishrat Imu, a member of the Revolutionary Students’ Unity, said:“I saw the DUCSU leaders striking vendors near Doel Chattar and under the metro rail. DUCSU VP Abu Shadik Kayem said, “We inform the administration of concerns; the rest is up to them.

They died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Patuakhali Medical College Hospital, and Barguna 250-bed Hospital, aged 58, 18, 80, and 23. In the same period, 1,143 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals, taking the total number of hospitalisations in 2025 to 65,440. October has seen the highest spike in dengue infections, with 18,098 admissions and 65 deaths. No dengue deaths were reported in March. At the moment, 2,733 dengue patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country -- 930 in Dhaka and 1,803 elsewhere.

After the fatal metro rail accident, questions are mounting over how a bearing pad -- which supports viaducts weighing hundreds of tonnes -- could fall off again, just 13 months after a similar incident. Experts explain that bridge or flyover bearing pads are not mechanical bearings as used in vehicles, but thick layers of neoprene or natural rubber designed to absorb vibration between a pier and viaduct joints. Engineer Moniruzzaman, who has long worked on bridge condition surveys, said: “During construction, a concrete seat is built on the pier to hold the rubber pad in place. On Sunday afternoon, a bearing pad fell near Khamarbari, killing 36-year-old Abul Kalam. We must not add another one hanging above their heads.”Hoque said rubber pads are never installed alone: “They’re fixed within a frame to prevent shifting -- this is century-old technology that has evolved greatly.

Police have "chased down" and detained a man after an "improvised explosive", colloquially known as cocktail bomb, was detonated in front of the Election Commission (EC) headquarters in Dhaka's Agargaon.The blast occurred around 11:30pm on Saturday, according to Ibne Mizan, deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Tejgaon Division. "Some miscreants set off a cocktail bomb-like object outside the building. After we heard a loud noise, our patrol team was able to chase down and arrest one person," he said. Although the details of the arrest were not initially disclosed, Ibne Mizan said that the names of "many more" involved have been uncovered. We hope this is an isolated incident, so there is nothing to worry about."

The Bangladesh Army has recovered a cache of firearms and explosives from a train compartment during a raid at Dhaka’s Airport Railway Station. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the operation was carried out around 11:15am on Sunday with support from Railway Police, targeting a carriage of the Bonolota Express that left from Rajshahi. Army recovered eight foreign-made pistols, 16 magazines, 26 rounds of ammunition, about 2.5kg of gunpowder and more than 2kg of plastic explosives. Four suspects were detained at the scene and later handed over to police for preliminary questioning, according to the statement. However, around 10pm, Kamalapur Railway Police chief Zainal Abedin said, “Although [the Army] turned in the weapons and explosives, we have not received any detainees.”He added that a case is being filed over the incident.

A Barishal court has handed down the death penalty to four men for gangraping a housewife in 2016. Barishal Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Rakibul Islam delivered the verdict on Sunday. The incident took place on Nov 10, 2016, in Barishal city’s Dhan Gobeshona Road area, Special Public Prosecutor Abdul Mannan Mridha said, citing the case dossier. There, the four convicts and eight to 10 unidentified others gangraped her throughout the night, the prosecutor said. The next day, on Nov 11, 2016, she filed a case against four named suspects and 10 unidentified others.

Police have recovered the body of another person 12 days after a fire broke out at a garment factory and chemical warehouse in the Rupnagar area of Dhaka’s Mirpur. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mirpur Division Deputy Commissioner Md Makhsudur Rahman said the body was retrieved from the burnt factory on Sunday afternoon. “The body is burnt on one side and melted on the other. On Oct 14, a fire broke out at a chemical warehouse and an adjacent garment factory in Rupnagar. Sixteen bodies were retrieved from the second and third floors of the factory that day.