November 01, 2026
Ariful Haque Choudhury says the government is treating the long-standing demands and rights of workers with the "utmost importance"
“It is unlikely to have much impact on Bangladesh,” says Meteorologist Md Bazlur Rashid
Police use batons, water cannons, tear gas and sound grenades to disperse workers
The incident occurred around 10am on Sunday, a Gazipur Metropolitan Police official says
Deep depression may intensify into cyclone
Return to work: labour minister to protesters
Minimum wage board formed amid labour unrest
Vietnam cuts retail electricity price
Police box torched in Gazipur
Police vehicle torched in Mirpur
2 foreigners die in Bengaluru hotel pool ‘shock’
Binance restores 90% of stolen assets
DJ party raid costs additional DIG his job
Pakistan home to nearly half of MENAAP’s poorest
Boro Sazzad aide arrested over ‘Tk 10mn extortion threat’
Dengue: 5 die, another 1,484 hospitalised
Underfunded local galleries struggle to balance tighter access controls with preserving public entry to priceless cultural heritage
Pentagon tells NATO allies, including Baltic states, to keep hawkish Russia talk to a minimum, sources say
Archaeologists found perfume bottles, tweezers, cooking pots and a collection of coins
Newly declassified Defense Intelligence Agency images expose structural details of China’s uncrewed Shenlong spacecraft in orbit
An independent Hong Kong committee led by a judge submits a 1,000-page report detailing a series of regulatory and supervisory failings in Hong Kong's building renovation and regulatory system
A man who lost his voice to ALS has used the brain implant to communicate for nearly two years, Science News reports
Bolsonaro has left Brazil after receiving a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports in connection with a money-laundering investigation, in which he denies wrongdoing
The study found the strongest association with smoke exposure during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy
Are we doing enough to save our soil?
Trump’s political legacy hangs in the balance
Lula’s win deals blow to Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’
AI gloom revives the spectre of stagflation
Fabio Silva snatched the equaliser in the 89th minute to leave both teams on 18 points, with Bayern top on goal difference
The average retail tariff will fall to 2,159.9 dong ($0.085) per kilowatt-hour, excluding value-added tax
Capital spending nearly triples to $19.6 billion as SpaceX invests in compute infrastructure
A generation struggling to imagine a better future is turning to collective action
More than 1,000 residents near Amazon’s planned Mumbai facility say the project went ahead without meaningful consultation
Experts say Iran is witnessing its fiercest repression in decades, nine months after thousands protested economic collapse
A bloodied captain, passengers rushing the cockpit and a jet in violent descent make for an extraordinary account, but the full picture remains incomplete
2027 remains a military readiness benchmark, not a fixed invasion date, analysts say
Household budgets remain under pressure despite easing inflation
The draft calls Britain, France and Canada’s plans to block imports from Israeli settlements “hostile measures”
Libi family is in the vanguard of a hardline movement to seize West Bank land. The Israeli government has given Libis factory license, grazing permits and agricultural grant
The attacks transformed global aviation security, but many of the airport rituals travellers know today emerged only after later plots exposed new vulnerabilities
The cave’s constant 11 degrees C temperature makes it a refuge for biodiversity and humans
The tiny island expects film fame to bring visitors, but fears a summer tourism crush
Several cruise ships remain stranded while operators wait for river levels to rise
Tourist resorts, trails and other attractions will remain closed until further notice
Emergency services say three people were taken to medical facilities and six others were treated on site
Guests have been relocated to nearby hotels after evacuation from the resort
Major travel operators are scaling back their presence on the island
