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The Education Ministry has ordered upazila administrations to compile lists of retired and physically able teachers who can be hired temporarily as a teacher shortage and NTRCA recruitment delays disrupt classes.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on Iran and the United States to find a way back to the table after their talks in Pakistan ended without a deal, stressing the importance of preserving…
A man known locally as a pir was killed and three others injured when a crowd attacked his shrine in Kushtia's Daulatpur upazila over alleged remarks insulting religion, police said.
A dealer in Barishal's Banaripara upazila was fined 100,000 taka for stockpiling thousands of LPG cylinders at his home and selling them at inflated prices, the local administration said.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami held an education camp at its Jashore district office, with central leader Mubarak Hussain as chief guest. About 150 leaders and activists from 11 organizational branches attended.
Iran says the United States has agreed to release Iranian funds frozen in Qatar and other foreign banks, a senior Iranian source said, calling it a sign of Washington's seriousness about reaching a settlement.
Only seven women were directly elected to Bangladesh's 13th parliament out of 86 women candidates, leaving the country's reserved-seat system once again as the main route for women into the legislature.
Iran and the United States are set to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions relief and Tehran's nuclear program in Islamabad, with each side bringing competing demands to the negotiating table.
Police in Cox's Bazar's Ramu upazila arrested a man and seized 30,000 yaba pills during a special drive, recovering the methamphetamine tablets hidden under the driver's seat of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw.
Glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration are leading silent causes of vision loss after age 50, doctors say, and lost sight cannot be restored once nerve damage occurs.
Two brothers, aged 10 and 7, drowned in a pond in Narayanganj's Sonargaon while trying to retrieve a football, police said.
Two more children have died of suspected measles at a Barishal hospital, raising this season's regional toll to 14, the hospital director said.
A 44-year-old woman in Khulna's Rupsa upazila was killed by her son with a tree branch after a family dispute, and an angry mob attacked police trying to detain him, officials said.
Bangladesh Army Chief Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman has returned home after a visit to the United States, the army said in a Facebook post.
An Iranian delegation has arrived in Islamabad to hold talks with the United States, though uncertainty over Lebanon clouds the prospects for peace negotiations, The Wall Street Journal reported.
More than 125,000 civilian sites in Iran were damaged in the war, including residences, businesses, hospitals and schools, the Iranian Red Crescent Society said.
The BNP has started selling nomination forms for reserved women's seats in the 13th Parliament, with sales to continue through April 12, party officials said.
All banks in Iran will resume full operations from Saturday, the country's Bank Coordination Council said.
Storm winds of up to 60 km/h may sweep across Dhaka and four other regions of Bangladesh on Friday evening, the Meteorological Department said.
Two staff of the Sunamganj district commissioner's office were killed Saturday when their motorcycle collided with a car on the Sunamganj-Sylhet regional highway, police said.
A fire damaged the home of a Jamaat-e-Islami supporter in Khulna's Fultala on Sunday, with the party alleging political opponents set the blaze in retaliation for his vote.
Israeli forces struck multiple cities in Lebanon on Thursday despite a cease-fire, after airstrikes the previous day killed at least 254 people, officials said.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Bangladesh Army Lt. Gen. Mohammad Asadullah Minhajul Alam as the new force commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Cyprus.
The Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in the Sherpur-3 constituency by-election announced a boycott Thursday, alleging irregularities during voting, a party official said.
A war crimes tribunal will deliver its verdict Thursday in the case of Abu Sayeed, a university student killed during last year's anti-discrimination protests in Rangpur.
Emergency services at Dhaka Medical College Hospital were suspended Wednesday after a clash erupted between hospital doctors and Dhaka University students, officials said.
Faridpur's Saltha upazila held a traditional horse race Tuesday for the first time in 15 years, drawing what organizers said was a crowd of about 100,000.
After confronting the world's most powerful military and surviving an Israeli intelligence campaign that killed much of its top leadership, Iran has forced the U.S. to the negotiating table, prompting questions about whether a…
Parliament on Wednesday passed the July Mass Uprising Protection and Liability Determination Bill 2026, which paves the way for the withdrawal of all civil and criminal cases against participants in the 2024 uprising.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has invited US and Iranian delegations to Islamabad for peace talks set for Friday.
Russia views Donald Trump's ceasefire declaration as a severe defeat for the United States, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.
After the national parliamentary vote, Jamaat-e-Islami is preparing to contest local government elections independently, with extensive preparations underway.
Pakistan will host a meeting between US and Iranian delegates Friday after the ceasefire in the Middle East, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.
Israeli forces conducted extensive airstrikes in southern Lebanon Wednesday morning, hours after the US-Iran ceasefire was announced.
From Kuwait to Qatar to Lebanon, Bangladeshi migrant workers face job losses, economic crisis and danger amid the Middle East war.
Baghdad's Mustansiriya Madrasa, founded in the 13th century, was the Arab world's first comprehensive residential university.
US President Donald Trump again threatened to destroy Iran, saying its civilization will be wiped out tonight as his deadline expires.
Education Minister Dr. A.N.M. Ehsanul Haque Milon dismissed social media reports of SSC exam delays as baseless.
A former BNP leader in Sunamganj's Shantiganj upazila is accused of seizing a passenger shelter and demolishing it to build a private market road.
State resources include government-owned offices, roads, bridges, rivers and public institutions. Citizens have a duty to protect these assets and prevent waste, especially of electricity and gas.
Iran has submitted a 10-point proposal to end the war, sent to Washington through Pakistan, that demands a halt to future strikes and removal of sanctions in exchange for lifting the Strait of Hormuz…
Three suspected attackers were killed and two police officers seriously wounded in a gunfight outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday morning, Turkish media and government sources said.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said more than 14 million Iranians are prepared to sacrifice their lives to defend the country, in a message posted on X.
The Israel Defense Forces warned residents of Iran on Tuesday to avoid traveling by train, saying being on trains or near rail lines would put lives at risk.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Monday it targeted an Israeli-owned container ship and a US amphibious assault ship in its 98th round of strikes against Israeli and American targets.
The BNP-led alliance will get 36 of the 50 reserved women's seats in Parliament, the Jamaat-led alliance 13, and independents one, the Election Commission's senior secretary said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that any attack on Iran's civilian or critical infrastructure would have consequences extending well beyond the Middle East to the entire world.
US President Donald Trump has proposed $152 million in his fiscal 2027 budget to reopen the notorious Alcatraz prison, drawing skepticism from California politicians.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Iran has prepared a response to mediators working to end its war with the United States and Israel, with Pakistan drafting a peace proposal.
TEHRAN — Maj. Gen. Sayyed Majid Khademi, head of intelligence for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike, the IRGC said.
RANGPUR — A coalfield discovered in Pirganj upazila with an estimated 451 million tonnes of reserves has been stalled by government indecision for nearly 20 years, officials said.
KURIGRAM — The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement has demanded the removal of Kurigram police superintendent Mahfuzur Rahman after the arrest of one of its student representatives.
KURIGRAM — A jewelry shop in Bhurungamari upazila was attacked and vandalized, with the owner saying about 12 bhori of gold ornaments worth roughly 2.8 million taka were taken, police said.
KURIGRAM — The traditional "Bou Mela" fair has opened at Balabari Hat in Chilmari upazila, drawing crowds and showcasing local folk culture and women artisans, organizers said.
KURIGRAM — Police in Ulipur upazila were surrounded by a mob while trying to arrest assault suspects, in an incident captured in a video that has circulated on social media.
KURIGRAM — Azimul Islam, 24, a university student in Fulbari upazila, died at a hospital after attempting suicide when his family could not provide money he had requested, police said.
KURIGRAM — Police arrested a man accused in the alleged gang rape of a 22-year-old woman after he lured her with a promise of marriage in Nageshwari upazila, police said.
NILPHAMARI — Hasanur Rahman, a joint secretary of the upazila Jubo Dal in Kishoreganj, has been expelled from the party after threatening to beat the upazila health officer over a tender, the party said.
NILPHAMARI — A union parishad chairman, police, journalists and others — at least 20 people in all — were injured trying to stop illegal stone extraction from the Teesta River in Dimla upazila, police…
DHAKA — National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam called on Dr. Muhammad Yunus to take to the streets in protest against the rollback of key ordinances enacted under the interim government.