China sends its youngest astronaut to 'Heavenly Palace' space station
REUTERSChina's Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps blasted off on Friday atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, Chinese state media reported. It was the seventh mission to the permanently inhabited Chinese space station since it was completed in 2022. Missions on China's Shenzhou-21 spacecraft involve trios of astronauts on six-month stays in space, with veteran astronauts increasingly replaced by younger faces. FIRST SMALL MAMMALS ON SPACE STATIONThe Shenzhou-21 astronauts will take over from the Shenzhou-20 crew who had lived and worked on board Tiangong, or "Heavenly Palace", for more than six months. The Shenzhou-21 crew were also joined by four black mice, the first small mammals to be taken to the Chinese space station.
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November 01, 2025 07:54 UTC
Israel launches more strikes on Gaza overnight, testing fragile truce
A drone view shows a heavily damaged building housing the Bank of Palestine, following Israeli strikes, in Gaza City, Oct 28, 2025. REUTERSA drone view shows a heavily damaged building housing the Bank of Palestine, following Israeli strikes, in Gaza City, Oct 28, 2025. MORE HOSTAGE BODIES HANDED OVERIsrael said on Wednesday that it remained committed to the ceasefire despite its retaliation. Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over the bodies of two deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday. Israel launched the war after Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel in October 2023, killing 1,200 people and bringing 251 hostages back to Gaza.
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November 01, 2025 07:22 UTC
Another missing child found dead in Jamalpur river as death toll rises to 4
Another missing child found dead in Jamalpur river as death toll rises to 4The body of another child who went missing while bathing in the Jhinai River in Jamalpur's Madarganj Upazila has been recovered, bringing the death toll to 4. Another child remains missing. Madarganj Fire Service official Delwar Hossain said the body of a child named Kulsum was recovered from the river on Saturday morning. The missing children were identified as Kulsum and Boishakhi, both aged 12. According to police, a group of children went to bathe in the river after playing football at a local field.
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November 01, 2025 07:18 UTC
Bangladesh to deactivate SIMs exceeding 10 per person from today
Bangladesh to deactivate SIMs exceeding 10 per person from todayThe Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has begun a nationwide move to deactivate mobile SIM cards registered under a single person’s name if the total exceeds 10. The process, starting on Saturday, follows a six-month notice given to users to de-register excess SIMs through their mobile operators by Oct 30. According to the commission, the decision will affect around 2.6 million users, resulting in the shutdown of about 6.7 million SIMs nationwide. “The operators will then be instructed to deactivate the extra SIMs, starting with the least-used ones,” he added. BTRC data from May showed Bangladesh has about 67.6 million active mobile users, compared with 186 million SIMs sold.
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November 01, 2025 06:18 UTC
China's Xi pushes for global AI body at APEC in counter to US
China's Xi pushes for global AI body at APEC in counter to USChinese President Xi Jinping took centrestage at a meeting of APEC leaders on Saturday to push a proposal for a global body to govern artificial intelligence and position China as an alternative to the United States on trade cooperation. Xi said a World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization could set governance rules and boost cooperation, making AI a "public good for the international community". US President Donald Trump did not attend the APEC leaders' summit in the South Korean city of Gyeongju, flying back to Washington directly after a meeting with Xi. APEC members approved a joint declaration and pacts on AI and the challenge of ageing populations at the meeting. APEC is a consultative forum of 21 nations representing half of global trade.
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November 01, 2025 06:05 UTC
Three Bangladeshi-Americans set to take office as mayor and councilmen in US city
Three Bangladeshi-Americans set to take office as mayor and councilmen in US cityBangladeshi-origin US citizen Mahabubul Alam Tayub is set to become the mayor of Millbourne city in the state of Pennsylvania, running unopposed. Two other Bangladeshi-Americans are also set to be elected councilmen unopposed in the city. Tayub, a native of Chattogram, gained recognition as the first Bangladeshi American mayor in the US when he won the city mayor position in November 2021. Out of the five councilman seats in this city, two will not have an election this time. Before being elected Millbourne city mayor, he served as a councilman for eight consecutive years.
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November 01, 2025 05:41 UTC
'My daughter left home four days ago. She returned as a corpse'
With deep sorrow, he said: “Four days ago my daughter left home. He continued, “On the 26th of December, my daughter left home saying she was going to college. I called her mother to ask if our daughter had left. “Four days ago my daughter left home -- she returned as a corpse. Around 10am on Dec 26 last year, Mohona left home without informing anyone and never returned.
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November 01, 2025 04:23 UTC
NASA to Kim Kardashian: We've been to the moon six times
NASA to Kim Kardashian: We've been to the moon six timesFILE PHOTO: Kim Kardashian travels on a boat, on the second day of the wedding festivities of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez, in Venice, Italy, June 27, 2025. REUTERSFILE PHOTO: Kim Kardashian travels on a boat, on the second day of the wedding festivities of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez, in Venice, Italy, June 27, 2025. She said she interpreted his comments in that interview to mean the moon landing never occurred. In 2026, the Artemis II mission is scheduled to send astronauts on a 10-day trip around the moon, ahead of a planned moon landing in 2027. Kardashian referenced a video in which Aldrin, now 95, was asked what was the "scariest moment" during the Apollo mission.
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November 01, 2025 04:00 UTC
Prince William leaves Andrew scandal behind for trip to Brazil
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Andrew stands next to Prince William and his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales, as they leave Westminster Cathedral at the end of the Requiem Mass, on the day of the funeral of Britain's Katharine, Duchess of Kent, in London, Britain, September 16, 2025. REUTERSFILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Andrew stands next to Prince William and his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales, as they leave Westminster Cathedral at the end of the Requiem Mass, on the day of the funeral of Britain's Katharine, Duchess of Kent, in London, Britain, September 16, 2025. REUTERSPrince William heads to Brazil next week for the awards ceremony for his multi-million-dollar environmental prize, hoping to refocus attention away from the scandal of his uncle Andrew and back on the royals' causes. William will visit some of Rio de Janeiro's most famous landmarks on what will be the British heir's first Latin American trip. William has never been to Brazil or Latin America before, while Charles last went there in 2009.
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November 01, 2025 04:00 UTC
Russian air defences down three Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, mayor says
Russian air defences down three Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, mayor saysRepresentational photo: A view shows an interceptor FPV-drone of the 1129th Bilotserkivskyi Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment during its flight amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine July 8, 2025. REUTERSRepresentational photo: A view shows an interceptor FPV-drone of the 1129th Bilotserkivskyi Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment during its flight amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine July 8, 2025. REUTERSRussian air defences downed three Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, the city's mayor said early on Saturday. Sergei Sobyanin, writing on Telegram, said specialists were examining fragments of the drones where they had fallen. Russia's defence ministry had earlier reported that 38 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted and destroyed in a three-hour period over two regions in southern Russia and over Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
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November 01, 2025 04:00 UTC
US judge permanently blocks Trump order requiring voters to prove citizenship
REUTERSA federal judge on Friday permanently blocked part of an executive order from Republican US President Donald Trump, ruling that the president cannot require voters to show passports or similar documents as proof of citizenship before voting. Several lawsuits have challenged the president's Mar 25 executive order, a sweeping order aimed at overhauling federal elections, and courts had already temporarily blocked it from going into effect. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, DC, was the first to reach a final ruling against the executive order. Kollar-Kotelly permanently blocked the part of the executive order that would require proof of US citizenship to register to vote. The judge had previously declined to block the part of the executive order that would bar states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.
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November 01, 2025 04:00 UTC
AL leader Razzak found dead in Sylhet
Police in Sylhet have recovered the blood-stained body of Awami League (AL) leader Abdur Razzak from the staircase section of his house roof, reports bdnews24.com. The incident occurred between 6:30: am and 9:00 am on Friday in Telirai village of Mollar Gaon Union, South Surma, according to Sylhet Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Media) Mohammad Saiful Islam. Razzak (65), son of Maulul Hossain, was the vice-president of South Surma Upazila Awami League and former general secretary of the Upazila Sports Association. South Surma Police chief Md Mizanur Rahman said, "After praying Fajr, Razzak went onto the roof. Around 9:00 am, family members could not find him inside the house and saw his bloodied body on the roof.
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November 01, 2025 01:37 UTC
Police arrest 46 from AL flash rallies in city
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 46 activists of the Awami League (AL) and its affiliates during flash rallies across the city, reports bdnews24.com. With these latest detentions, nearly 3,000 people have been arrested from AL processions in the first 10 months of this year. In response, DMP today [Friday] arrested 46 activists of the banned Awami League and its associate bodies from various locations." The DMP remains active to curb 'subversive acts' under the guise of rallies, Talebur said, adding that regular cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act have been filed against the detainees. On whether the arrests were targeted, Talebur replied: "Many of those we arrested today, and earlier, came from outside Dhaka to take part in these flash rallies.
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November 01, 2025 00:41 UTC
Removal of Sheikh Mujib’s portrait from Bangabhaban is ‘wrong’, says CPB’s Selim
Removal of Sheikh Mujib’s portrait from Bangabhaban is ‘wrong’, says CPB’s SelimMujahidul Islam Selim, a presidium member of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), has described the removal of independence architect Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s portrait from the presidential palace Bangabhaban as “wrong”. Speaking at a “Political Conference of Marginalised Communities” at the BMA Auditorium on Topkhana Road in Dhaka on Friday, the veteran politician said: “They took down Mujib’s portrait from Bangabhaban. At the time, Information and Broadcasting Advisor Mahfuj Alam had written on Facebook: “The portrait of fascist Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, post-1971, has been removed from the Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban. A popular uprising took place, said to be an uprising against inequality. Statistics show that since Yunus took charge, the number of poor people has increased.
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October 31, 2025 21:54 UTC
US issues travel advisory to Niger after kidnapping
The United States on Friday issued a travel advisory warning US citizens against travelling to Niger, citing crime, unrest, terrorism, health and kidnapping. The State Department advisory follows the kidnapping last week of an American missionary in Niger's capital Niamey. On Thursday, the State Department authorised the departure of all family members of government employees for the same reason. Government staff in Niger must travel in armoured vehicles and observe a mandatory curfew, the department said, and restaurants and open-air markets are off limits to them. A similar Level 4 travel advisory has been issued for neighbouring Mali, where the government has come under increasing pressure from al Qaeda-linked insurgents.
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October 31, 2025 21:51 UTC