Coastguards have recovered the dead body of a non-resident Bangladeshi woman who went missing two days ago after a boat had capsized during her tour through the Sundarbans. She was a pilot in the Bangladesh Air Force and had moved to the US a few years ago. Riyana had gone missing on Saturday afternoon, after a tourist boat capsized at the confluence of the Pashur and Dhangmari rivers in the mangrove forest. She had come to Bangladesh with her family and was staying at an eco-resort named “Mangrove Valley” in the Dhangmari area of the Sundarbans. Siam said the body has been handed over to the Chandpai River Police Outpost.

Shipping Advisor M Shakhawat Hussain has said container terminal handovers to foreign operators are under discussion, but pledged no terminal will be transferred on terms that harm Bangladesh’s interests. Speaking to journalists on Monday after inaugurating the Laldia Char Container Yard in Patenga, the advisor said: “Negotiations are ongoing with APM Terminals regarding the construction and operation of the Laldia Container Terminal. Meetings are being held.”He said the government, however, did not agree to give what the ‘APM Terminals’ is asking for. The Laldia Container Terminal is among several terminals, including the New Mooring Container Terminal, whose names surfaced as possible candidates for being transferred to foreign operators. APM Terminals is a Netherlands-based company.

Chattogram Customs authorities have seized 39 metric tonnes of artificial sweetener imported from China under a false declaration. According to a statement issued by the customs authority on Monday, a Dhaka-based firm named SP Traders imported the goods declaring them as polyaluminium chloride. Subsequent laboratory tests confirmed that the shipment contained 24 tonnes of polyaluminium chloride and 39 tonnes of sodium cyclamate or synthetic sweetener, the latter being a prohibited import item. Customs authorities said the importer brought the chemical sweetener through false declaration and that legal action is being taken over the incident. The import of sodium cyclamate is banned in Bangladesh due to its negative effects on public health.

The government will make a decision on its own regarding the implementation of the July Charter as political parties have not reached a consensus among themselves, says Environment Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan. The advisor made the statement in response to a question while speaking to the media at the Secretariat on Monday. But in the end, differences of opinion have emerged among the political parties over its sections and implementation process, throwing the future of these reforms into dispute. The BNP, in particular, does not consider such a reform implementation process to be constitutional. Responding to a question, Advisor Rizwana said: “The government’s door was always open to everyone.

ACC to submit chargesheet against former IGP Benazir over ‘illicit wealth’The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a chargesheet against fugitive former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed over Tk 110 million in wealth allegedly beyond his known sources of income. The ACC Assistant Director for Public Relations Tanzir Ahmed said on Monday that the chargesheet would be submitted to court soon. According to investigators, this means Benazir possessed Tk 110.4 million in wealth beyond his known sources of income. In December 2024, the ACC filed four cases against Benazir, his wife, and their two daughters over Tk 740 million in allegedly illicit assets and concealment of wealth information. In February 2025, the ACC filed another case under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, accusing Benazir and his family of transferring Tk 113.4 million abroad.

People who pay middlemen large sums to travel illegally to Europe by sea are not only “victims” but also “responsible” for their fate, Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Antonio Alessandro has said. Speaking at a discussion in Dhaka on Monday, he remarked: “I noticed that in the media, you use the word victims for these people. I think that they become victims afterwards when they go through so many bad things, Libya, torture, that they travel by sea, some people die.”“Certainly they become victim. Citing media reports that some migrants spend up to 15,000 euro (around Tk 2.1 million) to reach Italy illegally, Alessandro advised investing that money in Bangladesh instead. “I think with 15,000 euros, if you live in a village in Bangladesh, you can do a lot.

Police have arrested two brothers who stole jewellery and cash from a Kali temple in Chattogram that is over a century old, recovering gold chain and earrings. The two arrestees are Abul Hossain, 26 and Arman Hossain, 31. At a press briefing on Monday, Deputy Commissioner Alamgir Hossain said that Arman entered the Kali temple to steal. Jewellery and cash were stolen from the idol of the Goddess Kali and a donation box at some point in the early hours of Sunday at the Sadarghat Kali Temple in Chattogram. “As the news of the theft at the Kali temple went viral on social media, an anonymous tip-off came to me over the phone about the sale of that temple jewellery in the Kattoli area.

Eight killed in car explosion near Red Fort in India's DelhiPolice officers and forensic technicians work at the site of an explosion in the old quarters of Delhi, India, Nov 10, 2025. Police officers and forensic technicians work at the site of an explosion in the old quarters of Delhi, India, Nov 10, 2025. At least eight people were killed on Monday in a car explosion near the historic Red Fort in a densely populated area of the Indian capital Delhi, a police spokesperson said, a rare blast in the heavily guarded city of more than 30 million people. People started running helter-skelter," Suman Mishra, whose husband owns a hotel in a nearby area, told Reuters. About a dozen people were killed in a briefcase explosion outside the Delhi High Court in 2011 - the last such major incident in the city.

Siraj Ali Khan, the great-grandson of legendary musician Ustad Alauddin Khan, has said the descendants of the maestro who live in India have no contact or discussion with those claiming ownership of the land of the Alauddin Sangitangon in Brahmanbaria. In 1956, Sursamrat the Alauddin Sangitangon was founded on that property. On Monday, bdnews24.com published a report titled “Land row casts shadow over legacy of Alauddin Sangitangon”. Siraj believes the land should remain with Alauddin Sangitangon, and a full-fledged music college should be developed there. “I will be visiting Bangladesh in January and will speak about the Alauddin Khan Sangitangon issue then,” Siraj told bdnews24.com.

A crude bomb has exploded outside state-run radio Bangladesh Betar headquarters in Dhaka’s Agargaon. “Someone threw a cocktail bomb at the main gate, which detonated. At 3:45am, two people threw a bomb outside the Grameen Bank head office in Mirpur and fled. Later at 7:10am, another cocktail bomb exploded in front of “Prabatana”, a food business owned by Farida Akhter, advisor to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, in Mohammadpur. Among those, one suspected member of the Bangladesh Chhatra League was arrested in connection with the bomb attacks, according to the Chief Advisor’s Office.

On the day of the Awami League's district-by-district protest programme, crude bombs have been detonated in several locations in Dhaka, including in front of Grameen Bank’s head offices in Mirpur. Police said cocktail bomb attacks had been carried out at four spots in the capital from early on Monday morning to noon. Mohammadpur Police Station OC Kazi Rafiq Ahmed told bdnews24.com, "One of the cocktail bombs exploded inside 'Probartana' and the other outside. In addition, cocktail bombs were also detonated in front of the Midas Center near Rapa Plaza at Dhanmondi Road No. 27 and in front of Ibn Sina Hospital at Dhanmondi 9/A around 7 am, said Dhanmondi Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Abdul Alim.

A private university bus has been set on fire in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi as security concerns rise amid protest activities linked to the outlawed Awami League. On Monday, the Fire Service received a report around 7:30pm of flames on the Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology bus near Dhanmondi’s Labaid Hospital. “We have asked police to clear the roads, but there has been no progress,” he said. Dhanmondi Police Inspector (Investigation) Abdul Alim said around 8:15pm, “The fire is now under control.”Police are yet to confirm who set the bus on fire. Authorities report that since morning, at least three buses have been torched in the capital, alongside three crude bombs being thrown.

Khairun Nahar Lipi, the convener of the “Primary Teachers' Demands Implementation Council” and general secretary of the Bangladesh Primary Teachers’ Association (Shahin-Lipi faction), announced the decision following a discussion between officials from the finance ministry and the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education at the Secretariat on Monday. At a media briefing, she said the finance ministry issued a press release assuring the teachers that they will be given the 11th-grade pay scale, calling it a word they have never given before. Our leaders will make the formal announcement at the Shaheed Minar [on Tuesday]. After being blocked by police, the teachers returned to the Shaheed Minar and announced a work stoppage starting Sunday. On Monday, the teachers remained at the Shaheed Minar for the third day.

LAND THAT DISAPPEARS OVERNIGHTEvery year, hundreds of families in northern Bangladesh's Kurigram district face the same fate. The Brahmaputra, Teesta, and Dharla rivers — once lifelines for millions — have become unpredictable, eroding land faster than ever before. "People here are paying the price for emissions they never made," said Ainun Nishat, a water resource and climate change specialist. CLIMATE CHANGE MADE VISIBLEScientists say what is happening in Kurigram is climate change made visible, as the melting of the Himalayan glaciers that feed the Brahmaputra and Teesta rivers accelerates. Extra water is flowing downstream, adding to already swollen rivers," said Nishat, the climate change specialist.

The interim government has launched a scheme to provide Rohingya with SIM cards in refugee camps for the first time. He handed the first official Teletalk SIM cards to members of the newly elected executive committee of the United Council of Rohang-UCR. Mizanur said, “This is an important step to maintain law and order, prevent criminal activities and stop unethical conduct carried out through illegal SIM cards. All illegal SIM cards used by Rohingya will be fully deactivated. Master Syed Ullah, organiser of UCR, says: “Legal SIM cards make communication within families easier.