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IslamAn Ittefaq piece on Islamic law says a marriage is not void because the groom deals in riba, but avoiding one who knowingly persists in it is the prudent choice; a repentant groom may be considered, and the daughter's consent is essential.
EnvironmentPresident Rodrigo Paz signed a decree declaring a nationwide emergency; a government report says drought has hit 78,000 families in six of the country's nine departments.
IslamSAR 3,091,243 held back over out-of-insurance medical costs during Hajj 2026 was credited to the Bangladesh Hajj Office’s Nusuk account in Jeddah on 29 October, the religious affairs minister said.
OpinionWriting in Ittefaq, Professor Md Bahanur Rahman and Dr RS Mahmud Hasan say the plan for four veterinary surgeons per upazila and one veterinarian per union needs data-based workforce planning and a special civil service recruitment.
A mobile court in Kaidanga, Bhangura, Pabna, seized and destroyed 2,700 litres of jelly, 200 kg of soybean oil and 320 litres of fake milk at a home factory, and jailed the owner for a year with a Tk 2 lakh fine.
EnvironmentOnly three of the 14 deer once kept at Tengragiri Eco Park in Taltali, Barguna, remain. Their enclosure is broken, and the Forest Department has no explanation for what happened to the other 11.
Daily lifeUnder the Dhaka district administration's Clean School Team pilot, pupils in 21 schools will spend 15-20 minutes a day cleaning, check for dengue risks weekly and sort their waste, with a weekly checklist for home too.
IslamBuilt under Suleiman the Magnificent just outside the Topkapi Palace sea walls, the Bostancilar mosque disappeared in the 1950s for a coastal road; Fatih municipality is rebuilding it with private donations and plans to reopen it next Ramadan.
OpinionIn a column in Ittefaq, Samiran Biswas argues that AI, IoT and drones will help farmers decide in time, but unless the technology reaches smallholders it will widen inequality.
FisheriesDespite the 22-day ban to protect spawning hilsa, rice eateries in at least seven markets along the Meghna in Matlab Uttar, Chandpur, are openly selling fried hilsa with roe.
EnvironmentAn oil spill from a tanker off Umm Al Quwain has led the UAE's Ministry of Climate Change and Environment to close beaches and coastal areas for now; residents of Sharjah and Ajman also noticed an unusual smell.
IslamJurists hold that vague words such as 'go', not addressed to the wife and not clearly remembered, do not amount to talaq; a Hanafi principle says certainty is not removed by doubt.
AgribusinessJamuna Fertilizer Factory in Jamalpur, restarted on 6 October after about eight months without gas and stopped the next night by a boiler fault, resumed urea production on the morning of 23 October.
