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Club NotreDamians Bangladesh wrapped up their month-long indoor sports thing with a ceremony where they handed out trophies to the winners. About 115 members competed in table tennis, chess, carrom, pool, and snooker across different categories. Badrul Hassan from the '91 batch took home the...

A Pakistani delegation showed up at Southern University Bangladesh's campus to talk shop about study opportunities. Muhammad Wasif from the deputy high commission brought reps from 14 universities to meet with the school's acting vice chancellor, Dr Sharif Ashrafuzzaman, and some professors to...

Bangladesh cricket just yeeted eight players from the upcoming league auction after some anti-corruption investigation found sketchy stuff going on. The board's working with their consultant, who used to run the ICC's corruption unit, and they're acting on a massive 900-page report about...

Muhammad Yunus had his advisory crew gather for a special meeting where they said some prayers for Khaleda Zia to get better. The group signed off on changes to foreign donation rules that make it easier for NGOs to operate, and donations under 50 lakh taka per year won't need government...

Bangladesh's election chief said the voting schedule is probably gonna drop in early December. AMM Nasir Uddin checked out some practice voting at a school and told reporters the publicity machine hasn't really fired up yet, but the government and the election commission are about to go hard...

The central bank boss said that the new Shariah-compliant commercial bank from merging five others is dropping this week. Ahsan Mansur told a business summit that the next elected government needs to let the Bangladesh Bank run independently if they want actual good governance, and he thinks...

Bangladesh's top guy sent his law adviser and assistant to check on Khaleda Zia at the hospital, and apparently, she's doing pretty rough. Asif Nazrul posted after midnight, saying her condition looked bad and asked everyone to send prayers. The former prime minister got admitted after doctors...

Tarique Rahman posted about wanting to see his sick mom, but basically said he can't just hop on a plane whenever he feels like it. The BNP guy wrote that coming back to Bangladesh depends on the political situation sorting itself out first, and his family is waiting for things to reach some...

Bangladesh's top lawyer told a bunch of attorneys at their dinner party that everyone needs to work together to stop the whole delayed-justice problem, since dragging things out basically kills the point of having courts. Md Asaduzzaman said this while hanging with the Sylhet District Bar...

Khaleda Zia is getting worked on at Evercare Hospital's cardiac unit, while her son Tarique Rahman posted about wanting to be with his sick mom, but basically can't make that call himself. The BNP acting chairman wrote that he's stuck waiting until the political situation settles down before he...

Bangladesh is basically fumbling the bag with all its big trading buddies right now, and people who watch this stuff are saying the interim government screwed up some deals that are gonna haunt whoever takes over next. The country locked in some agreements with America that got China side-eyeing...

The Jamaat boss is out here saying Bangladeshis are sick of the same crusty political playbook and want something different. Shafiqur Rahman went off at a rally backing his party's candidate, claiming voters are done with partisan governments and want leaders who actually care about regular...

BNP's top guy, Mirza Fakhrul, is saying social media is basically turning into a dumpster fire that's making people go wild in the streets and wrecking the whole democracy vibe. He thinks random people posting whatever garbage they want without anyone checking them is causing mob attacks and...

Bangladesh's embassy in Kathmandu threw a fish festival that pulled in diplomats, government folks, business people, and hotel managers from around Nepal. Ambassador Md Shafiqur Rahman talked up his country's fishing game as part of their whole river culture thing, while Nepal's acting foreign...

The law adviser rolled up to Evercare Hospital to see how Khaleda Zia was doing, and she's apparently in rough shape. Asif Nazrul showed up representing Muhammad Yunus, chatted with the docs, and gave the family some moral support while she gets worked on in cardiac intensive care. BNP's...

Bangladesh's religious adviser told people to chill with the vigilante stuff and let the courts handle punishment instead of grabbing pitchforks. AFM Khalid Hossain said at a Quran conference that anyone ignoring this advice is gonna face consequences, and he warned against messing with the...

The head of Jamaat-e-Islami is pretty worried about Khaleda Zia getting sicker at that hospital in Dhaka. Shafiqur Rahman posted about how his crew has been staying in the loop on the former prime minister's treatment situation, and he threw up some prayers for her to bounce back fast. He asked...

Tarique Rahman thanked Bangladesh's chief adviser for keeping an eye on his mom's hospital stay and asking people to send good vibes her way. The BNP acting chairman put out a statement through one of the party's senior officials, saying Muhammad Yunus showed real decency by checking in on...

Bangladesh's chief adviser Muhammad Yunus dispatched his law adviser and special assistant to check on former prime minister Khaleda Zia at an Evercare Hospital location in Dhaka. The BNP leader is getting intensive care for some serious health problems, and party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul...

About 31 percent of Sabah's 1.74 million registered voters showed up by mid-morning for the state's 17th election, according to Election Commission head Ramlan Harun. That turnout was slightly behind the previous election's pace from 2020, and officials are predicting around 60 percent overall...