8,535 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
Police in Chuadanga's Jibannagar arrested four people, including a union Jubo League vice-president named in a case linked to the anti-discrimination student movement, plus three in drug cases.
A Rajshahi University materials science student, Mahfuzur Rahman, was found dead in his room at a private hostel; police and the proctor say it appears to be suicide, with no injury marks or note…
Bangladesh and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank signed a $250 million budget-support loan under the SEMGP Sub-programme 2 — part of a $750 million policy-based package to cushion shocks from the Middle East conflict.
A Washington Post investigation details how French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, founder of MC2 Models, lured aspiring models to Jeffrey Epstein's plane, island and mansion — documents undercutting his claims of ignorance.
A day-long Partner Field School Congress under the PARTNER project was held at the agriculture office in Jashore's Chougacha, with 70 farmers taking part; 42 of a planned 82 field schools are complete.
Days before their title defence begins, Argentina are nursing injuries — Montiel and Molina with muscle problems and Balerdi out of the World Cup — with coach Lionel Scaloni saying a replacement decision needs…
India's BSF is pushing Bengali-speakers across the border at night without verification, the report says; BGB battalions in Chuadanga and Maheshpur are patrolling round the clock with local residents keeping watch.
Pakistan confirmed air strikes in eastern Afghanistan it says killed 26 TTP militants; the Taliban say 13 civilians died — 11 of them children — as tensions between Islamabad and Kabul flare again.
Indian TV actor Shalin Bhanot has denied social-media claims that he is remarrying ex-wife Dalljiet Kaur, calling the report 'completely false and fabricated' and threatening legal action.
The cabinet purchase committee approved buying 10,000 tonnes of lentils at Tk 82.54 a kg — about Tk 82.54 crore in total — from Nabil Naba Foods to keep markets stable and supplies steady.
Mexico has ordered schools closed and government employees to work from home as the World Cup opens at the Azteca Stadium, to keep roads moving and security smooth for arriving fans.
A Pakistan Army Aviation Mi-17 helicopter crashed near Muzaffarabad after a technical fault on take-off, killing everyone on board, the ISPR said; an investigation board has been ordered.
Anyone who brings foreign investment into Bangladesh will receive a 1.5 percent consultancy fee or commission, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told parliament — among measures from a Tk 60,000 crore industry fund to family…
The Bangladesh Jute Research Institute won the National Environment Medal 2025 for outstanding contribution to environmental research and technology innovation, the environment ministry announced.
After the West Bengal defeat and open revolt in her party, Mamata Banerjee has gone to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi — while loyalist MP Kalyan Banerjee accuses the rebels of 'making Narendra Modi their…
Akash Saha turned a hobby into a business in Faridpur's Boalmari, growing rare adenium — 'desert rose' — on his 1,800 sq ft roof: thousands of plants worth Tk 7-8 lakh, and Tk 15-20,000…
Two young brothers — Omar Faruk, 2, and Abu Bakkar, 5 — drowned in a pond beside their home in Narail municipality's Bhatia area while playing, doctors said.
A family in Lohagara's Ishangati village alleges rivals attacked and vandalised their home, demanded Tk 3 lakh and snatched a phone after a court ruled the disputed land theirs; the accused call the claims…
Ali Hossain, a tenth-grader, was killed by a lightning strike while playing football with friends in light rain in Meherpur's Gangni upazila, police said.
US President Donald Trump warned that Iran 'took too long' to negotiate a deal that could have been great for it and must now pay the price, claiming on Truth Social that Iran's military…
Bangladesh ranks seventh in mango production but holds under 1% of the $4.19 billion export market — growers blame missing cold chains, GAP-certification hurdles, Tk 850/kg logistics costs and a Dhaka export syndicate.
Tension flared at Jamalpur's Ramrampur border as the BSF tried to push a 60-year-old man into Bangladesh; when a BSF subedar ordered shots, BGB members warned back, 'We have bullets too — we won't…
A man allegedly felled 35 mahogany trees worth about Tk 3.5 lakh from 16 decimals of government land in Narail Sadar over three days; the administration has seized the timber and promised legal action.
Two officials of supplier Samata Traders were arrested in Madaripur over rotten, substandard food in the primary-school feeding project, after students fell ill in Madaripur and Chapainawabganj.
From 2028 the new curriculum adds four subjects — Learning with Happiness, sports, culture, and technical-vocational education — with sports and culture compulsory from grade 4 and tech-vocational from grade 6.
Fruit — nature's source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fibre — protects the heart, aids digestion, boosts immunity, controls weight and keeps skin bright; a daily habit worth keeping.
Home Minister Salauddin Ahmed told parliament Tk 22,000 crore was disbursed under Islami Bank's RDS with much of it untraceable — but the bank's annual report puts the scheme's loan balance at Tk 6,789…
World Environment Day brings a planting carnival every year, yet Bangladesh lost ~270,000 hectares of tree cover between 2001 and 2025 — the saplings photographed today are rarely alive in three years; planting must…
Presenting Jamaat's 'people-oriented budget' proposals for 2026-27, ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said no government's budget can work without honesty, transparency and accountability — and floated aligning the fiscal year with the calendar year.
Police arrested six men after armed robbers broke into a businessman's home in Cox's Bazar's Matamuhuri upazila, gang-raping his wife and school-going daughter and looting valuables; the girl is in intensive care.
Jamaat secretary general Mia Golam Parwar said the BSF's attempts to force Indian nationals into Bangladesh violate India's constitution, international law and the UN human-rights charter, citing attempts across some 11 districts.
Thursday's budget — the government's and Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury's first — may cut prices on kitchen appliances, computers, kidney-dialysis filters and gold ornaments, with the source tax on jewellery falling from…
Three bystanders died of burns after a mob torched the homes of men accused of raping and killing a teenage girl in Pabna Sadar — a gas cylinder exploded during the arson; none of…
An Al Jazeera documentary, 'Bodies of Evidence,' details testimony from Palestinians including Gaza official Muhammad al-Bakri alleging rape and systematic sexual abuse in Israeli custody — allegations echoed in ICC and UN assessments.
Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament the 2026-27 budget will leave bidi prices and tax rates unchanged, declining an MP's proposal to raise duties and the health surcharge.
India has for the first time moved 12 nuclear warheads from storage to 'operationally deployed' status, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported, with its stockpile reaching about 190.
The committee organising the funeral of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in joint US-Israeli strikes, said the janaza and burial will be held after the first ten days of Muharram, per Mehr News.
Dhaka has proposed raising the number of Bangladeshi workers in Russia from about 10,000 to 100,000 within a year, Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman said in Moscow — with talks also covering trade and…
An EU delegation led by Ambassador Michael Miller met NCP convener and opposition chief whip Nahid Islam to discuss implementing referendum-approved reforms, election-observation guidance and the coming local polls.
Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon said ECNEC discussed the madrasa teachers' EFT salary project and stuck multimedia-classroom bills — and dismissed reports that Bangla could be dropped from universities as…
In Jhalakathi's Subidpur union, a Tk 3.79 crore RCC bridge was built where no canal now runs, with homes on both ends; building its approach road could cut off several families, who allege poor…
The religious affairs ministry has published the Hajj 2027 roadmap: pilgrim registration closes 26 September, the bilateral agreement signs 8 November, visas start 28 January, flights from 8 April — Hajj falls on 15…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman handed national women's football star Ritu Porna Chakma a cheque to build her home, continuing support that earlier covered her mother's cancer treatment in 2025.
ICT Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam told parliament that computer labs will be installed at 1,000 more institutions nationwide once the revised DPP is approved — 13 already operate in Noakhali's Hatiya.
A 6.1-magnitude quake struck off Cuba's northwest coast — felt in Mexico and parts of Florida — the strongest within 200 miles of the spot since 1880, the USGS said, calling an intraplate event…
US Ambassador Brent T Christensen paid a courtesy call on Jamaat ameer and opposition leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman at parliament, discussing the post-election situation, the coming budget, trade and democratic institutions.
National University vice-chancellor professor Dr A S M Amanullah said no decision or directive exists to close honours courses in Bangla, history or philosophy, dismissing reports of a draft model merging six subjects.
Border Guard Bangladesh's 29 Battalion is on maximum alert at Dinajpur's Phulbari border against possible BSF push-ins, with patrols stepped up and villagers joining night watches.
The International Criminal Court's governing body has suspended prosecutor Karim Khan while sexual-misconduct allegations are investigated, with a UN oversight report to go before the 125 member states, per TRT World.
Chaired by PM Tarique Rahman, ECNEC approved 10 development projects worth about Tk 3,891 crore — led by the Anwara-Idmoni regional highway upgrade — plus madrasa EFT and multimedia-classroom revisions.
A rally, discussion and distribution of fruit-tree saplings to over a hundred students marked World Environment Day at Mishripara in Kuakata, organised by Caritas Barishal's Proyash project.
Three more children died of measles symptoms in 24 hours, with 1,034 new cases and symptoms detected; the death toll since 15 March stands at 631, the health directorate said.
Sultana Begum (24) drowned while bathing at her family's ghat on the Boulai river in Sunamganj's Tahirpur; fire service divers recovered her body three hours later, police said.
Police in Bagerhat's Chitalmari arrested Parimal Bhakta (46) over the rape of a six-year-old first-grader after her father filed a case; the child was sent for medical examination.
Jamaat-e-Islami proposed an alternative budget of Tk 8,39,505 crore for 2026-27, with the biggest allocations to public administration (24.09%), education and technology, and debt-interest payments.
The full 72-page record — the 69-page verdict plus death reference — in the killing of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter has gone to the High Court, after a Dhaka tribunal sentenced Sohel Rana and his…
Students at government primary schools will receive free school uniforms, shoes, socks and bags from July-August, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj said, with a pilot covering more than 350,000 students.
Thousands of young Indians joined the first public protest of the 'Cockroach Janata Party' — a movement born of satire after the chief justice likened jobless youth to 'parasites' and 'cockroaches' — with organisers…
The government has appointed Abedur Rahman Sikder, deputy managing director of Dutch-Bangla Bank, as managing director of Sammilito Islami Bank, and Kazi Shayrul Hasan as its chairman, for three-year terms.
Police arrested a drug dealer, Hazrat Ali (55), with 16 kg of cannabis on the Chuadanga-Jhenaidah road on Monday morning, the district police said.