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Now battle for admission: The ‘fight’ around public universities
08:26 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayWith just 69,097 GPA-5 achievers, this year’s university admission race is shaping up to be one of the toughest in recent memory. Students who barely crossed the pass mark now face an uphill struggle, while even GPA-5 holders are uncertain about securing a coveted seat in a public university.
CEPZ inferno intensifies, threatens neighbouring factories
07:34 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayA raging fire at Adams Caps and Textile Limited, a seven-storey factory in Zone 5 of the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), has escalated dramatically, putting multiple adjacent factories at serious risk, authorities warned on Thursday.
MPO teachers postpone 'March to Jamuna', threaten fast-unto-death
07:28 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayMPO-listed teachers have postponed their ‘March to Jamuna’ programme, and also threatened to begin fast-unto-death at the Jatiya Shaheed Minar in Dhaka if their demands are not met.
Hackers hijack US airport PA system, broadcast pro-Palestine message
07:28 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayHackers breached the public address system at Harrisburg International Airport on Thursday, October 16, broadcasting a pro-Palestine message laced with sharp criticism of US and Israeli leaders.
Jamaat seeks Canadian help in holding acceptable polls
06:38 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called for Canada’s full cooperation and technical assistance to hold the upcoming national elections of Bangladesh in a free, fair and acceptable manner.
CEPZ inferno: 16 fire units, 5 navy teams battle blaze at Adams Cap
05:51 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayA major fire erupted at Adams Cap, a towel manufacturing unit inside the Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), around 2:00 pm on Thursday, prompting a large-scale emergency response involving 16 fire-fighting units and five Bangladesh Navy teams.
Jashore: Lick the bone in a restaurant, toss the roast at a wedding
05:37 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayThe same diners who wipe their plates clean in restaurants are the ones casually discarding untouched roast and biryani at weddings. This is Jashore’s great culinary irony—where thrift ends and showmanship begins.
Ankon earns maiden call-up for Windies ODI series
05:22 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayWicket-keeper batter Mahidul Islam Ankon got a call-up for the first time in ODI format as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday, October 16, announced the squad for the three-match series against West Indies.
Lutfey meets Gor at White House, talks on trade, regional cooperation
05:08 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayIn a significant step towards strengthening economic and diplomatic ties, Chief Adviser’s Special Envoy Lutfey Siddiqi held a high-level meeting on Wednesday with Sergio Gor, the newly confirmed US Ambassador to India and former US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia, at the West Wing of the White House.
Voting ends in RUCSU polls, voter turnout 70%
04:44 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayBalloting in the elections to the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) and hall unions ended on Thursday afternoon, October 16.
Possessing advisers’ call records illegal, blackmail: Rizvi
04:39 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayBNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has questioned a senior Islamist party leader’s claim of possessing call records of government advisers and threatening to leak them, denouncing the act as illegal and a form of political blackmail.
Shakib signs for three new foreign leagues
04:18 PM, 16 Oct 2025 ThursdayBangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, who has been staying abroad since the fall of the previous regime led by the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has inked deals for three new foreign leagues.