Bangladesh Bank has released its latest official exchange rates for 6 October 2026, setting baseline values for major global currencies against the Bangladeshi taka. The update provides crucial reference figures for commercial lenders, international traders, travelers, and overseas wage earners sending remittances home. According to figures published by the central bank, the US dollar stands […]

A twenty-five-year-old technician lost his life on Tuesday morning following a severe compressor explosion during routine air conditioner servicing in the capital’s Nayapaltan area. The deceased, identified as Jiban Barman, was the son of Sachin Barman, hailing from Bhatpara Gopalpur village under Gaibandha Sadar upazila. He had been working as an air-conditioning mechanic at a […]

A fourteen-year-old boy has sustained severe injuries in Shariatpur’s Zanjira upazila after a homemade explosive device, mistaken by a friend for a plaything, detonated unexpectedly on Tuesday morning. The victim, identified as Md Kamrul, son of Rajjak Bepari, is a resident of Purbab Naodoba Union’s Phedulla Bepari Kandi village. The incident occurred around 11:00 am […]

Bangladesh is facing a severe surge in mosquito-borne illness as the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed nine additional dengue-related deaths and 1,902 new hospital admissions across the country in its daily bulletin issued on Monday, 5 October. The latest casualties push the nationwide death toll from the vector-borne viral disease to 271 for […]

An unidentified elderly man, estimated to be around 60 years old, was pronounced dead after being found unconscious near the emergency department waiting room at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday morning. Hospital personnel discovered the non-responsive individual close to the waiting area shortly before 9:15 am and immediately transferred him inside for treatment. […]