Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, begins with the incarnation (Bodhon) of the Goddess Durga at different temples across the country including capital Dhaka.

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is the favourite to win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, bookmakers have said, after she rose to lead a millions-strong youth movement demanding action on global warming.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges India-Bangladesh businessmen to work for mutual benefits and make the region more prosperous, saying the two neighbouring countries are enjoying the best ever relations as she addressed the India-Bangladesh Business Forum (IBBF).

Police claims to have arrested the husband of Liza Rahman who died after setting herself on fire in front of a police station in Rajshahi.

Bidya Sinha Mim came into the showbiz industry after winning the ‘Lux Channel i Superstar’ competition, in 2007. Since then, she went to do hit films, like ‘Poran’ and ‘Amar Praner Priya’. She won the ‘National Film Award’ for ‘Best Actress’ for her performance in the movie, ‘Jonaki'rAlo’. In this interview with Rafi Hossain, she talks about how she went from being a beauty contest winner to a film star.

Two women file a civil lawsuit against Hollywood actor James Franco, accusing him of running a bogus film school where young women eager to advance their acting careers were duped into auditioning nude or shooting explicit sex scenes.

Some 130 Bangladeshi workers return home from Saudi Arabia in the face of crackdown on undocumented workers there.

Police recovers the bullet-hit body of a suspected criminal at Darbeshpur in Meherpur Sadar upazila.

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka, which houses India’s Information Technology hub Bengaluru, is mulling introduction of the National Register of Citizens in the state, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of ruling Awami League, asks her party’s affiliated body Bangladesh Krishak League to hold its central council by November 30.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on October 3, 2019

A preventive team of Dhaka Customs House seizes 73 iPhone 11 Pro worth about Tk 1.20 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Two eighth grade students drown in a canal at Aftabnagar in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) asks the authorities of different lenders to send bank statements of Jubo League Chairman Mohammad Omar Faroque Chowdhury.

A top leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam Bangladesh and two others have been placed on a four-day remand each in connection with a case filed for attempting to reorganise the banned outfit.

BNP hopes that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would return home from India with good news after ensuring the due share of water from Teesta and other common rivers.

Saima Wazed Hossain, chairperson of Bangladesh National Advisory Committee for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, has been listed among 100 “Innovative Women Leaders in Global Mental Health”.

An administration worker with Paris police killed four people in a knife attack at the force’s headquarters in central Paris before he was shot dead by an officer, police officials say.

Describing the environment of investment in Bangladesh the most liberal one in South Asia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the world investors, particularly those from India, to invest in various sectors such as education, automotive industry and light engineering in the country.

Terming climate change and Rohingya crisis are major threats for Bangladesh, Law Minister Anisul Huq says both the challenges pose colossal multidimensional consequences and would potentially impact its whole security architecture.