The award-winning Bangladeshi film "Kathgolap", which received international acclaim at several foreign festivals, has been officially banned in Bangladesh. The notice stated, "As the appeal application has been rejected, the film is considered uncertified and is hereby banned from public exhibition throughout Bangladesh." The ministry cited a violation of Section 12(1) of the Bangladesh Film Certification Act, 2023, as the reason for rejecting the appeal filed for "Kathgolap". "Kathgolap" has been screened and awarded at various international festivals, including the Shanta Dev International Film Festival in Chennai and the Navy International Film Festival in Malaysia. The Bangladesh Film Certification Act, 2023 replaced the Censorship of Films Act, 1963 during the last term of the Awami League government.

Japan PM Takaichi plans to recommend Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, White House saysUS President Donald Trump shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a bilateral meeting at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Oct 28, 2025. REUTERSUS President Donald Trump shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a bilateral meeting at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Oct 28, 2025. REUTERSJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will nominate US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday. "In such a short period of time the world started to enjoy more peace," Takaichi told reporters through an interpreter on Tuesday. "I myself was so impressed and inspired by you Mr President," Takaichi added.

The Election Commission (EC) is set to hold an inter-ministry meeting as it attempts to complete an extensive list of the work that remains ahead of the 13th national parliamentary elections. The EC, led by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, will raise these issues in the first pre-planning inter-ministry meeting on Thursday with the heads of all ministries and departments related to the elections. The Election Commission is already making preparations based on the announced roadmap. The postal voting system app is to launch in mid-November for registration. Stating that 90 percent of the work for the polls is complete, Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said on Monday: "The polling stations have been finalised.

REUTERSUS President Donald Trump lavished praise on Japan's first female leader Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday, welcoming her pledge to accelerate a military buildup and signing deals on trade and critical minerals. "It's a very strong handshake," Trump said, as the pair posed for photos at the Akasaka Palace in downtown Tokyo. I'd also like to congratulate you on being the first woman prime minister. Though she has seen a surge in public support since becoming prime minister, her coalition government is two votes shy of a majority in parliament's lower house. In talks there with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said he hopes to seal a trade war truce between the world's two biggest economies.

Police have requested support from the immigration authorities to prevent suspects in actor Salman Shah's alleged murder from leaving the country. "A list of the suspects has been sent to the immigration authorities so they cannot leave the country," he added. Following his death, Salman's father Kamaruddin initially filed an unnatural death case. But on Jul 24, 1997, he appealed to turn it into a murder case, alleging that his son had been killed. The court then directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the murder allegations alongside the unnatural death case.

After the fatal metro rail accident, questions are mounting over how a bearing pad -- which supports viaducts weighing hundreds of tonnes -- could fall off again, just 13 months after a similar incident. Engineer Moniruzzaman, who has long worked on bridge condition surveys, said: "During construction, a concrete seat is built on the pier to hold the rubber pad in place. He added that such incidents are sporadic: "I've seen a few cases where bearing pads shifted due to tilting or floods -- only in very old structures." On Sunday afternoon, a bearing pad fell near Khamarbari, killing 36-year-old Abul Kalam. Hoque said rubber pads are never installed alone: "They're fixed within a frame to prevent shifting -- this is century-old technology that has evolved greatly.

According to the order, Shahinur was transferred on May 30, 2024, from the Agargaon Divisional Passport and Visa Office in Dhaka to the regional passport office in Gopalganj. He still failed to report for duty, remaining absent without permission for about 141 days, the notification said. It also added that while he was posted at the divisional office, Shahinur applied for a passport identifying his occupation as “teacher”, concealing his government employee status. He processed the application by himself and approved his own passport—an act deemed a breach of conduct under public service rules. Citing the allegations as proven under service regulations, the order announced Shahinur’s dismissal from government employment.

The victim’s family has filed an unnatural death case over the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a falling bearing pad from a metro rail pillar in Dhaka’s Farmgate. Tejgaon Police Station chief Mobarak Hossain said the case was initiated on Sunday night following the daytime accident. The victim’s wife, Irin Akter Pia, lodged the case over the death of her husband, 35-year-old Abul Kalam Azad. Around 12:30pm on Sunday, Azad was walking along the footpath near the west end of the metro rail station in Farmgate when a bearing pad detached from pillar No. Referring to the case, Mobarak said the next course of action would be determined once the post-mortem report is received.

The interim government has announced that the Advisory Council will continue to fulfil its duties and hold regular meetings until power is handed over to an elected administration. In a statement issued on Monday, the Chief Advisor’s Office (CAO) outlined the duration of the government’s mandate. The statement sought to clear any "confusion" created by Information Advisor Mahfuj Alam's comments on Sunday, suggesting that the activities of the Advisory Council would end in November. “At a Meet the Reporters event organised by Reporters Unity on Sunday, Information and Broadcasting Advisor Mahfuj Alam made some comments about the activities of the Advisory Council, which created some confusion after being published in the media," the CAO said. The CAO stressed that the Advisory Council would continue to carry out its regular duties and hold meetings as usual until power is transferred to an elected government.

Expatriate Bangladeshis have sent over $2 billion in the first 25 days of October, maintaining the upward trend in remittance inflow.A review of Bangladesh Bank data shows on Sunday that expatriates sent $2.03 billion through official banking channels during this period.On a daily basis, an average of $81.3 million arrived in the country this month, compared with an average daily remittance of $77.2 million in October 2024.In the entire month of October last year, remittance inflow totalled $2.39 billion. With five days still remaining this month, expatriates have already sent almost the same amount as the corresponding period last year.According to the central bank's data, remittance inflow in September stood at $2.68 billion, an 11.72 percent growth from the same month a year earlier, when inflow was $2.4 billion.Monthly remittances have not dropped below $2 billion since the fall of the Awami League government in August 2024. The highest amount during this period was recorded in March, when remittances reached $3.29 billion, while the lowest was in January at $2.18 billion.The rising remittance inflow has also boosted Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves.As of Oct 21, gross reserves stood at $32.1 billion, while under the IMF's BPM6 calculation method, the figure was $27.35 billion. �"bdnews24.com

He lived in Pathantuli, Narayanganj, with his wife and two young children, supporting the family through his job at a Dhaka-based travel agency. He also sent money regularly to his elder brother.After his death on Sunday afternoon, Azad's body was taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital in the capital for postmortem examination. The body was then brought to Narayanganj for the first funeral prayer before reaching his village around 2am. Naria Upazila Assistant Commissioner Lucky Das said, "We express deep sorrow for this tragic incident and convey condolences to the family. Senior government officials have assured full support for them, and the district administration will assist in every possible way."

A BGMEA statement on Monday said the warehouse is being set up to ensure uninterrupted export activities and to tackle emergencies. The BGMEA said a major fire on Oct 18 at the airport’s Cargo Village rendered the import shed unusable, disrupting garment industry imports. As part of the joint initiative, the third terminal—not ready for storage at the moment—will be equipped with the temporary “rub hall” solution within a short timeframe. The Exporters Association of Bangladesh (EAB) estimates the damage at around Tk 120 billion. The temporary warehouse is intended to alleviate these logistical bottlenecks and restore smooth import flow.

The “Chemist and Druggist Association” has called a strike, closing all pharmacies in Brahmanbaria town indefinitely to protest the decision to evict what it says is a legal commercial establishment allocated a location at the Brahmanbaria Government Women's College Market after declaring it illegal. Sanaul said that since 1983, 14 shops at Brahmanbaria Women's College Market have been legally rented after paying a security deposit of Tk 28,000. Brahmanbaria town has more than 100 hospitals and diagnostic centres, including the District Sadar Hospital, where thousands of patients seek treatment every day. I am suffering.”Brahmanbaria Chemist and Druggist Association Municipal Branch President Noor Alam said, “Since 1983, we have rented the shops around Brahmanbaria Women’s College. Since we failed to get a response, all the drug stores in Brahmanbaria town have been declared closed indefinitely.

The cyclonic storm Montha, brewing over the Bay of Bengal, is likely to cross the coast of India’s Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday evening or night, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Meteorologist Md Tariful Newaz Kabir said the storm, located over the southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining southeast Bay, has been moving north-northwest and is now situated over the southwest Bay and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal. The Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre (ESCAP) named the storm Montha -- a name given by Thailand, meaning “beautiful” or “fragrant flower”. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said Montha may intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by midnight Monday (Bangladesh time) and could barrel into the Andhra Pradesh coast on Tuesday evening or night. A weather system is classified as a cyclonic storm when the maximum sustained wind speed near its centre exceeds 62kph.

The Election Commission (EC) has finalised a total of 42,761 polling centres across Bangladesh for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, reports bdnews24.com. Speaking at the EC headquarters in Dhaka's Agargaon on Monday, EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said: “We have finalised the list of polling centres. "In terms of rooms, 115,137 have been allocated for male voters and 129,602 for female voters, making a total of 244,649 rooms.”He added that 14 temporary polling centres have been designated initially. The draft list of polling centres was published on Sept 10. On the NCP’s demand for the reconstitution of the EC, Akhtar said: “I have no comment on that matter.