- 16 August, 2025

BANGLADESH NEWS
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- Paturia–Daulatdia Route: Ferry services disrupted after 2 ghats collapse on August 15, 2025 at 8:22 pm
Ferry operations on the Paturia–Daulatdia route have been severely disrupted after two of the three ferry ghats at Paturia collapsed under the force of a strong
- Tularampur Bazar: Demand for dinghy boats rises in Narail on August 15, 2025 at 8:18 pm
As dawn breaks over Tularampur Bazar in Narail Sadar upazila, the quiet gives way to the creak of wooden hulls and the murmur of bargaining voices.
- Tourist drowns at Cox’s Bazar sea beach on August 15, 2025 at 8:05 pm
A tourist drowned while bathing at the Cox’s Bazar beach’s Shaibal Point around 1:00pm yesterday.
- Family protests at Mirpur Police Station with woman’s body, alleges murder on August 15, 2025 at 7:37 pm
Relatives demand immediate arrest of husband
- Two killed in clash over football match in Sunamganj on August 15, 2025 at 7:19 pm
The deceased are Abdul Matin, of Jiragaon village, and Akbar Ali, of Laxmipur village
- Nearly 200 killed in Pakistan flash floods on August 15, 2025 at 6:59 pm
Says disaster authority; majority of the deaths, 150, were recorded in mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
- Geneva makes public transport free to combat pollution spike on August 15, 2025 at 6:54 pm
Public transport will be temporarily free of charge in Geneva, in a first for Switzerland, as part of a series of measures aimed at tackling a spike in pollution in the city.
- Plastic pollution treaty stalled on August 15, 2025 at 6:53 pm
Delegates discussing the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution failed to reach consensus, diplomats said yesterday, voicing disappointment and even rage that the 10-day talks produced no deal.
- Occupied west bank: Halt new settlement construction plan on August 15, 2025 at 6:52 pm
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israeli authorities to immediately halt the advancement of plans of settlement construction in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, said the UN chief’s spokesperson.
- Veggie prices soar in Dhaka kitchen markets on August 15, 2025 at 6:52 pm
Abdul Malek went to Sukrabad kitchen market to buy vegetables, only to be shocked to find that a kilogramme of both okra and pointed gourd was selling for Tk 100.