Crude bomb explodes outside NCP leader’s office in Shariatpur
A crude bomb has exploded outside the private office of a National Citizen Party (NCP) leader in Shariatpur, triggering panic in the locality. The blast occurred around Monday night near the municipal Eidgah ground beside the office of Sabuj Talukder, the district NCP’s senior joint coordinator, said Helal Uddin, chief of Palang Model Police Station. The NCP leader alleged that the incident followed a phone threat from a “Bangladesh Chhatra League leader”. Police and locals said a group of assailants threw several crude bombs outside the office before fleeing the scene. Sabuj said, “For a long time, I’ve been receiving death threats from people identifying themselves as members of the banned organisation Chhatra League.
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November 04, 2025 15:15 UTC
Low pressure over Bay becomes well-marked but unlikely to intensify
Low pressure over Bay becomes well-marked but unlikely to intensifyA low-pressure system over the east-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a well-marked low, prompting authorities to issue danger signal No. 3 for all maritime ports, though forecasters said the system is unlikely to gain more strength. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said on Tuesday afternoon that the weather system could weaken before making landfall along the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast. “There is little chance of the well-marked low intensifying into a depression,” said meteorologist Shahnaz Sultana. The formation comes only days after Cyclone Montha swept across the Bay, making landfall in India’s Andhra Pradesh.
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November 04, 2025 15:10 UTC
Awami League calls for suspension of UNDP assistance in parliamentary election
The letter called on the UN and UNDP to suspend electoral assistance until an environment conducive to free and inclusive elections is restored. As a result, the Awami League candidates won 153 of 300 seats uncontested in the 10th parliament, which the BNP described as a “parliament without votes”. In the 12th parliamentary election of January 2024, boycotted by BNP and like-minded groups, the Awami League ceded seats to the opposition Jatiya Party allegedly to portray the election as participatory. The Awami League won all three elections and governed for over 15 years, until its ouster on Aug 5, 2024, during the student-led mass uprising. The court observed that the three elections held under the Awami League “destroyed public confidence” due to the failure to ensure free and fair conditions.
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November 04, 2025 15:10 UTC
Dozens killed, army helicopter downed as Typhoon Kalmaegi hits Philippines
In September, Super Typhoon Ragasa swept across northern Luzon, forcing schools and government offices to shut down as it brought fierce winds and torrential rain. Floods in Cebu City had subsided late on Tuesday but power was still out in many places and telecommunications services were intermittent, a Reuters journalist said. After the flood receded in one area of Cebu City, cars shifted by fast-flowing water were left piled up on top of each other, some overturned. The typhoon was expected to leave the Philippines late on Wednesday or early Thursday. Photos and videos from the Philippine Red Cross showed rescue workers wading through knee-deep floodwaters in Cebu City, using boats to reach stranded residents.
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November 04, 2025 15:10 UTC
EC grants ‘Shapla Koli’ symbol to NCP, registers three new parties
After prolonged debate and discussion, the Election Commission (EC) has allocated the “Shapla Koli”, or water lily bud symbol to the National Citizen Party (NCP), granting the newly formed political group official registration. On Tuesday evening, the EC issued a public notice seeking objections, if any, to the registration and symbol allocation for the three parties. EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said the final gazette notification on the registration of political parties is expected to be published between Nov 14 and 15. The National Citizen Party (NCP) was launched on Feb 28 by several leading figures involved in the July Uprising. Currently 53 political parties hold official registration.
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November 04, 2025 14:50 UTC
Charan Cultural Centre demands withdrawal of decision to scrap music, physical education posts
Charan Cultural Centre has demanded that the government withdraw its decision to abolish the posts of music and physical education teachers in government primary schools. Accusing “religious fascist” groups of attempting to shape Bangladesh’s education system in “Taliban-style”, the statement alleged that the government had “surrendered to several communal religious parties”. Facing criticism from faith-based groups, the Ministry of Education on Sunday scrapped the newly-created posts of music and physical education teachers. Charan Cultural Centre said the two teaching positions were originally introduced to ensure children’s sound physical health and balanced mental growth. “The decision to abolish music and physical education posts in primary schools is just a continuation of that pattern,” it said.
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November 04, 2025 14:37 UTC
Pakistan cancels Eni LNG cargoes, seeks to renegotiate Qatar supplies
The logo of Italian multinational energy company Eni is displayed at their booth during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Jul 12, 2023. REUTERSThe logo of Italian multinational energy company Eni is displayed at their booth during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Jul 12, 2023. Only the planned January shipment in both years, and the December shipment in 2027, would be retained to meet peak winter demand, according to the document, reviewed by Reuters. Two sources familiar with the matter in Pakistan said that Eni had agreed to the move under the contract's flexibility provisions. Eni signed a long-term LNG supply deal with PLL in 2017, committing to deliver one cargo per month until 2032, with the option to divert shipments to other destinations.
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November 04, 2025 12:01 UTC
Scientists in Brazil starve trees of water to test Amazon's limits
REUTERS/Jorge SilvaUnder Brazil's Amazon rainforest canopy, hundreds of transparent plastic panels hang between tree trunks to starve a hectare of land of half the water it normally receives. In the experiment, called Seca Limite, or Limit Drought, water is captured by the platforms, then flows through a network of elevated timber gutters before being dumped elsewhere. Large numbers of rotting and burning trees would dump massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, accelerating climate change further. "We started measurements in 1994, and 15 years later, we became scared because so many trees started to die," said Beatriz, another lead researcher at Limit Drought. Those activities pose a more immediate threat to the area than global climate change, said Beatriz Marimon.
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November 04, 2025 11:54 UTC
Mirza Abbas says government acting on orders from two parties
BNP leader Mirza Abbas has alleged that “the government is doing whatever two political parties are asking it to do”. He made the remarks on Tuesday while addressing a memorial meeting for the late mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com. This government is based on two parties—one created by itself, and the other an older party. The government is surviving on these two parties.”Abbas said, “This government does whatever these two parties ask it to do. The answer would have been evident during elections, judging by the votes they received.”The memorial meeting was organised by Dhaka South BNP to mark the sixth death anniversary of the late Dhaka mayor and BNP vice-chairman Khoka at Naya Paltan.
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November 04, 2025 11:10 UTC
All involved in extrajudicial killings will face justice, says Advisor Jahangir
Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury says anyone involved in extrajudicial killings during the tenure of the interim government will face legal consequences. “We have said that we will try to change the maximum number of those who were involved in the 2014, 2018 and 2024 elections. “After that, if we see that assets remain, we will remove those who were involved in one of the elections. Jahangir said the meeting also discussed reports of unrest in parts of the country, noting nomination-related activities of the BNP. We have not yet been able to establish how many weapons were stolen or whether they were stolen at all.
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November 04, 2025 10:22 UTC
Over Tk 21 billion lost to corruption in climate projects during Awami League rule, TIB says
Over Tk 21 billion lost to corruption in climate projects during Awami League rule, TIB saysTransparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has said more than half of the funds allocated to climate finance from the national budget during the previous Awami League administration has been lost to corruption. From 2010 to 2024, the organisation said, the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCT), approved project allocations worth $458.5 million. Of that amount, an estimated $248.4 million (Tk 21.106 billion) was lost to corruption. The Awami League returned to power in 2009 and governed for 15 and a half years until its was ousted by a mass uprising in August 2024. At the press conference, TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman said Bangladesh requires $10 billion to $12 billion in climate compensation each year.
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November 04, 2025 10:22 UTC
Six people killed in truck-autorickshaw crash in Noakhali
A truck has run over a CNG autorickshaw and killed six people in Noakhali’s Kabirhat Upazila, according to bdnews24.com. The accident occurred around 2:30 pm on Tuesday near Islamia Alia Madrasa on the Kabirhat–Basurhat road, said Kabirhat Police chief Shahin Mia. Police have yet to identify the victims.
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November 04, 2025 10:15 UTC
Parliamentary candidates must use own party symbol, even in alliance: ordinance
The interim government has issued the Representation of the People's Order (RPO) Amendment Ordinance, 2025, with a provision that says candidates must run using their registered party’s symbol even if they form an alliance. The Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs issued the ordinance in the form of a gazette on Monday. Earlier, the draft of the RPO Amendment Ordinance was approved in principle at a meeting of the Advisory Council on Oct 23. As a result, even if more than one registered party forms an alliance in the 13th parliamentary election, the candidate nominated by the alliance will not be able to run using the symbol of another party, but have to contest under their own party’s symbol. The reforms to electoral law have been completed with the issuing of the RPO Amendment Ordinance.
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November 04, 2025 09:31 UTC
Weapons allegedly stolen from vault at Dhaka airport's burnt cargo complex
Seven firearms have allegedly gone missing from the strongroom of the burnt cargo complex at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Assistant Manager (Security) Jamal Hossain filed the GD on behalf of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, which is in charge of ground handling at the Dhaka airport. A fire broke out at the Shahjalal Airport import cargo complex on the afternoon of Oct 18. News of the break-in at the vault and potential theft of firearms has once again sparked security concerns. However, the next morning, around 7am, I came to know through the duty officer of the Biman Security Branch, Jahangir Alam Khan, that the vault of the strongroom was not locked.
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November 04, 2025 09:26 UTC
Death toll from Himalaya peak avalanche in Nepal climbs to seven
Death toll from Himalaya peak avalanche in Nepal climbs to sevenA screen capture from video shows trekkers leaving their campsite, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas, in the Tibet Region, China, Oct 5, 2025. Geshuang Chen/Handout via REUTERSThe death toll from the avalanche that hit a Himalayan peak in north-eastern Nepal has climbed to seven, including five foreigners and two Nepalis, reports the BBC. The incident happened at 09:00 local time (03:15 GMT) on Monday near the base camp of the Yalung Ri mountain in Dolakha district. One of the injured climbers told The Kathmandu Post that they had repeatedly called for help, to no avail. They had planned to climb the 5,630m Yalung Ri as part of their acclimatisation schedule.
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November 04, 2025 09:24 UTC