15 injured as rival groups armed with spears clash again in NarsingdiAt least 15 people have been injured in a clash between two rival groups over collecting extra fares at a ferry terminal in Narsingdi. He said the groups, led by Shahid Member and Chan Mia, had long been vying for control of the Jitrampur ferry terminal and the collection of fares. Earlier on Monday and Tuesday, clashes between the same groups had left at least 10 people injured, prompting police to deploy additional forces to restore order. However, taking advantage of reduced police presence on Saturday morning, both sides again mobilised men armed with spears and other weapons after announcing the gathering over loudspeakers, according to Nazrul. Several of the wounded received treatment at Narsingdi Sadar Hospital, while others reportedly sought care in secret to avoid arrest.

Assistant teachers from government primary schools have launched a continuous sit-in in Dhaka, demanding salaries under the 10th pay grade along with two other demands. The protest action is being organised under the banner of the "Primary Teachers’ Demand Implementation Council", a coalition of four teacher organisations. The other participating organisations include the Bangladesh Primary Teachers’ Association (Kashem-Shahin faction), the Bangladesh Primary School Assistant Teachers’ Association and the Assistant Teachers’ 10th Grade Implementation Council. “Administrative officers in ministries holding Bachelor’s or equivalent degrees receive 10th grade pay. Sub-assistant agriculture officers with SSC and agriculture diplomas also get 10th grade pay.

Indian security forces have killed two militants during an ongoing encounter in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, broadcaster NDTV reports, citing officials. Alert troops detected suspicious movement near the frontier and challenged the infiltrators, who responded with indiscriminate gunfire. It added, "Two terrorists have been neutralised by the security forces in the ongoing operation." The officials at the time had said that alert troops of the Army noticed suspicious movement on the LoC. Jammu and Kashmir has a 740 m long LoC, while the International Border is 240km long.

A 54-year-old deaf woman was crushed under the wheels of a train at the Burimari rail route in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Janiron Begum, wife of Osman Goni of Singimari union, UNB reports. Quoting witnesses, Mahmudur Nabi, officer-in-charge of Hatibandha Police Station, said the woman was crushed under the wheels of the Parbatipur-bound local train from Burimari, leaving her dead on the spot. Police recovered the body and sent it to the hospital morgue.

The United Nations, Palestinians and most countries regard settlements as illegal under international law. Over half a million Israeli settlers live in the West Bank. "That means one in every five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank in 2025 has been a child," OCHA said. Israel's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The West Bank attacks came despite a US-brokered ceasefire in the war in Gaza in October, which has calmed most fighting and led to the return of hostages.

Rejecting the allegation, Bushra’s father Manjurul Alam Sabuj said his daughter had no connection with Chhatra League and was “falsely accused” to harass her. Fardin’s father filed a general diary with Rampura Police Station after his son went missing. According to Fardin’s father, the two met about five years earlier during a debate competition. Unsatisfied with the findings, Fardin’s father filed a naraji (no-confidence) petition on April 16, 2023, rejecting the DB’s final report. Fardin’s father is in pain, but he is wrongfully harassing my daughter, and he will face the consequences.”Attempts to contact the investigating officer Mashiur on Thursday night were unsuccessful.

A crocodile that had been spotted in a distributary of the Padma River in Manikganj has finally been captured in a trap set by local residents. The reptile was caught around 8:30pm on Friday in Manikganj Sadar's Choukighata area, according to Md Shariful Islam, a forest officer from Harirampur Upazila. The locals who took part in the capture were identified by single names as Rahat, Antor, Rakib, Al Amin, Suruj, and Shahin. They said the crocodile had been sighted multiple times over the past month in the rivers near Charbongkhuri in Manikganj Sadar, and in the Boali, Ailkundhi, Khamarhati, and Tantrakhola areas of Harirampur Upazila. They will take the crocodile to Khulna, where it will receive necessary medical care before being released back into the wild,” said Shariful.

Child dies after following mother onto road in SherpurA 3-year-old girl has died after being caught between two vehicles while following her mother onto a road in Sherpur. The accident occurred on Friday afternoon in front of the Nawhata BSCIC Industrial Area on the Sherpur–Sreebardi road, according to Nur Islam, member secretary of the Sherpur district NCP. The child, Ayra Moni, was the daughter of Engineer Md Likhan Mia, convenor of the district NCP unit. Locals rushed the child to Sherpur District Hospital and later to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, but she died on the way. The child was buried later that night at her family graveyard in Sherpur Sadar Upazila, said her father Likhan.

The Department of Urdu at Dhaka University, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT), is set to organise the Fourth International Conference on "The Role of Poets Iqbal and Nazrul Islam in National Awakening" on November 9-10 on the university campus. Golam Rabbani, convener of the Conference Implementation Committee, Shared the details at a press briefing held at the office of the Dhaka University Journalists' Association (DUJA) on Friday (November 7). A total of 127 research papers will be presented across 18 sessions during the two-day conference. Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmed Khan, vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, will attend as the chief guest, while Prof. Dr. Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman Khan, dean of the Faculty of Arts, will be present as special guest. The two-day event will take place across four venues, including the Nawab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban at Dhaka University.

A 36-year-old man was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants at Maizpara in the Halishahar area of Chattogram city on Friday night. The victim was identified as Mohammad Akbar, a resident of Halishahar and father of three children, UNB reports. He was rushed to Chattogram Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Akbar’s sister, Jotsna Begum, alleged that her brother had long been running a cooperative association in the area and was involved in financial transactions. Some local criminals had been demanding extortion money from him, and as he refused to pay, they killed him, she claimed.

FILE PHOTO: James D Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and father of the Human Genome Project, stands inside a laboratory at the Baylor College of Medicine's Human Genome Sequencing Center in Houston May 31, 2007. REUTERSFILE PHOTO: James D Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and father of the Human Genome Project, stands inside a laboratory at the Baylor College of Medicine's Human Genome Sequencing Center in Houston May 31, 2007. As Watson put it in "Double Helix", scientific research feels "the contradictory pulls of ambition and the sense of fair play". Just waiting to be found, the double helix opened the doors to the genetics revolution. Watson cherished the bad-boy image he presented to the world in "Double Helix," friends said, and he emphasised it in his 2007 book, "Avoid Boring People."

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the 1971 Liberation War did not bring freedom to the Bengali nation but only to the Awami League. “The freedom we achieved in 1971 through Victory Day was not the liberation of the nation. The Jubo League and Chhatra League were liberated there. At the event, Chhatra Dal President Rakibul Islam Rakib said: “On the 7th of November, 1975, Ziaur Rahman united the nation and built nationalism. The public aspiration that arose after the 2024 upheaval remains unfulfilled.”He added, “In 1975, Ziaur Rahman was there.

Three die in motorcycle crash after attending BNP event in RajshahiThree people have died after a motorcycle collided with a truck in Rajshahi's Charghat Upazila. The accident occurred on the Rajshahi-Bagha road at the Shishatola intersection on Friday, said Charghat Police chief Mizanur Rahman. The dead are Shimul Akhter Tuhin, 34, Shimul, 33, and Maruf, 18, identified with single names. Police said the three were returning home from Charghat after attending a BNP event. The bodies have been taken into police custody, and the families of the dead have the option to collect them without a post-mortem examination.

But this time, due to a cancellation of tenders and procedural changes, printing for secondary and Ebtedayee-level books began only in early November. Of the nearly 300 million books to be printed across all levels, 214.3 million are for secondary and Ebtedayee students. Despite efforts, the NCTB officials admit there is doubt over whether all secondary students will get their books on time. “The entire process had to restart, so instead of September, printing began in early November. The cancelled tenders included:Grade 6: 97 lots, 43.2 million books, worth Tk 1.8 billionGrade 7: 94 lots, 39 million books, worth Tk 2 billionGrade 8: 89 lots, 36.6 million books, worth Tk 2.23 billionAltogether, 280 lots worth Tk 6 billion were cancelled.

Bangladesh has largely “emerged as a state” in the period following 1975, Local Government Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain claims. He added the nation’s identity took shape after the political turmoil, with the foundation of “a welfare-oriented” state beginning under the then president Ziaur Rahman. The advsior noted that the efforts to form “a revolutionary government” were hindered by “old” political parties and established powers. Recalling the interim government formation, Asif said: “Within two hours of the July Uprising toppling Sheikh Hasina’s government, political parties aligned with the establishment. Participating in the discussion, poet and writer Farhad Mazhar said, “On the 8th of August 2024, a constitutional counter-revolution occurred.