8,535 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
MEHENDIGANJ, Bangladesh — An elderly man was beaten to death with chairs and sticks at a local arbitration meeting in Charhogla village while police officers stood by, unable to stop the attack.
CHOUGACHHA, Bangladesh — A 25-year-old man was killed Saturday when the battery-powered auto-rickshaw he was riding in overturned on the Chougachha-Kotchandpur road in Jashore district, police said.
BARISHAL, Bangladesh — District authorities raided a Barishal cosmetics operation found to be selling banned Pakistani skincare and unapproved counterfeit products under foreign labels, fining the owner’s brother 30,000 taka and sealing the premises.
BARISHAL, Bangladesh — Seven children have died of measles and 77 have been admitted to hospitals across Barishal division, where a vaccine shortage in one district and overcrowded wards are straining the response.
BARISHAL, Bangladesh — The Barishal City Corporation has ordered the removal of all illegal shops and structures from sidewalks, roads and public spaces by April 10, warning that eviction drives will follow for those…
BARISHAL, Bangladesh — Fishermen attacked a Bangladesh Coast Guard team during a raid on the Kalabadar river, in an operation that the Department of Fisheries said had been carried out without notice and in…
BARISHAL, Bangladesh — Nine young men from Agailjhara upazila are being held hostage in Libya after paying traffickers large sums to reach Italy for work, in a scheme that has led to three cases…
DHAKA — Bangladesh’s government has declared 30 sites across 20 districts measles hotspots and will launch emergency vaccination drives starting Sunday, aiming to complete them before Eid ul-Adha on May 21.
AGAILJHARA, Bangladesh — The retail price of liquefied petroleum gas in this Barishal upazila rose by 400 taka in a single day, with cylinders that sold for 1,580 to 1,600 taka on Wednesday selling…
Barishal City Corporation administrator Bilkis Akhter Jahan Shirin has scrapped a previous tender and ordered higher-quality chemicals to step up mosquito control across the city.
Construction of a 250-bed building at Barishal General Hospital, originally to be completed in 18 months, remains incomplete four years past its deadline, leaving thousands without proper care.
A 25-year-old master's student died after rivals attacked him over a land dispute in Bakerganj, Barishal, police said.
Firefighters recovered five bodies after a fire at a gas lighter factory in Kadamtali, Keraniganj, was brought under control Saturday afternoon.
The Meteorological Department says one or two severe heat waves may strike Bangladesh in April, on top of several mild to moderate spells already affecting at least 27 districts.
A mobile court fined a Nilphamari trader 20,000 taka for illegally storing and selling fuel oil, seizing 55 liters of diesel and petrol.
At least 12 people were seriously injured Sunday when a bus, a truck and an auto-rickshaw collided on a highway in Domar, Nilphamari.
A police constable in Saidpur, Nilphamari, returned a wallet containing 19,500 taka to its owner after finding it on the road, police said.
Nilphamari General Hospital has admitted 243 diarrhea patients in the past seven days, with six children also hospitalized with measles symptoms.
A 60-year-old day laborer in Santhia, Pabna, took his own life after struggling under the weight of micro-loans from various NGOs, police said.
The government has appointed wounded freedom fighter Mohammad Jhurul Islam Bishu, a former Pabna municipal chairman, as administrator of the Pabna zila parishad, one of 14 such appointments announced in a March 31 notification.
Police in Ishwardi arrested a man who falsely identified himself as a joint district and sessions judge after he sought a rest-house room and train ticket assistance at the police station while accompanied by…
Two children, an 11-year-old girl and her 7-year-old cousin, drowned while bathing in the Baral river in Pabna's Faridpur upazila on Friday, police said.
Police seized 2,500 liters of diesel and petrol stored in 12 barrels and detained two people during a raid in Pabna's Chatmohar upazila, the officer-in-charge said.
A resolution signed by an administrator in Rangpur's Pirgachha upazila allocated 377 cards under a state food-aid program to himself and 1,200 to 'party notables,' triggering protests by impoverished families who said they were…
Islami Andolan Bangladesh chief Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim sharply criticized the Jamaat-e-Islami leader for taking selfies with female supporters and addressing them as 'friends,' calling the conduct contrary to Islamic principles.
An 80-year-old mosque caretaker was struck and killed by a truck while walking home from evening prayers in Pabna's Bhangura on Monday night, police said.
Shipping and labor adviser Brig. Gen. (retd.) M. Sakhawat Hossain inaugurated a modern terminal complex at the Nagarbari river port in Pabna's Bera upazila on Saturday, completing a project that cost 556.907 crore taka.
Police raided a hideout of the so-called Moyez gang in Pabna's Atghoria upazila early Tuesday and discovered a workshop for making weapons, detaining two people and seizing large quantities of equipment.
A BNP supporter in Sherpur returned a buffalo he had won in an unusual election wager after learning that losing it had left the loser's family in financial distress, the local union chairman said.
A dispute between a trolley driver and a van driver in Mymensingh's Muktagacha escalated into clashes that left 15 people injured, including five police officers, after about 200 villagers fought with sticks and homemade…
A mobile court in Mymensingh's Fulpur upazila seized 19,500 liters of diesel and 4,500 liters of petrol from an unlicensed trader and fined the owner 200,000 taka.
A nine-year-old boy named Emon was beaten to death in Mymensingh's Haluaghat upazila after being accused of stealing betel nuts, his family said.
Al Amin High School in Mymensingh's Fulbaria upazila held its first alumni reunion to mark its 60th anniversary, with lawmaker Kamrul Hasan Milon as chief guest.
State Minister for Information Yasir Khan Chowdhury broke protocol to step into a grave and help bury a body in Mymensingh's Nandail upazila, drawing widespread praise.
Attackers set fire to the home of a Jatiya Chhatra Shakti leader in Mymensingh's Dhobaura upazila, with the leader blaming members of the banned Awami League. Police are investigating.
Two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clashed over control of a fishery in Kishoreganj's Astagram upazila, leaving four people seriously injured, including a student wing leader.
J.C. Agro Farm in Kishoreganj's Karimganj upazila sold cow's milk at 10 taka per kilo throughout Ramadan, a sharp discount from the market rate of 100-120 taka per liter.
Bachchu Mia, 35, a Bangladeshi killed in an Iranian missile strike in Saudi Arabia, was a resident of Kishoreganj's Katiadi upazila and a worker for Jamaat-e-Islami.
The body of a 4-month-old boy missing for 26 days was found in a septic tank behind his home in Kishoreganj's Kuliarchar upazila. Police have arrested a family member.
A 25-year-old man hacked his father to death with a machete to obtain money for drugs in Kishoreganj's Tarail upazila, police said.
Junior Minister for Jute and Textiles Mohammad Shariful Alam said canal-digging programs are aimed at restoring natural water flow, not at public display.
Kishoreganj-4 MP Advocate Mohammad Fazlur Rahman warned of strict action against anyone whose negligence on flood-protection embankments causes farmland to be submerged.
At least 30 people were injured in clashes between supporters of BNP and the banned Awami League over local dominance in Kishoreganj's Mithamoin upazila, police said.
A 40-year-old man was beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of cattle theft in Kishoreganj's Pakundia upazila, police said.
The BNP held a rally in Bajitpur to protest the vandalism of portraits of party founder Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman in Nikli and Bajitpur after the recent election.
Police arrested two men, including one posing as a journalist, after they allegedly tried to abduct a 16-year-old madrasa student in Kishoreganj's Bhairab on her way to school.
The BNP suspended Mithamoin upazila unit president Zahidul Alam Jahangir over allegations he cut down some 20 mahogany trees planted on a riverbank embankment.
Thousands of patients in Tangail's Nagarpur upazila are being denied adequate care as the local health complex operates with the staff of a 31-bed facility despite being upgraded to 50 beds.
A man posing as a police sub-inspector was arrested at Tangail's Madhupur Police Station while trying to influence a land case, police said.
BNP candidates won all three Gopalganj seats in the 13th national parliamentary election, breaking more than five decades of Awami League dominance in the district.
Police recovered the decomposed body of Md. Tauhidul Islam Molla, missing for three months, from a pond in Gopalganj's Muksudpur upazila.
Doctors at Biral upazila health complex in Dinajpur successfully delivered twin newborns by cesarean section. Both babies and their mothers are reported in good health.
Three separate fires in three days in Dinajpur's Khansama upazila have destroyed shops, a home and livestock, causing widespread alarm during Eid al-Fitr.
Day laborer Enamul Haque used a banana flower as an improvised red flag to stop the Panchagarh Express on a broken track in Dinajpur's Phulbari, averting a major accident.
Enayetul Karim, 50, died of a suspected heat stroke while waiting in line for fuel at a filling station in Dinajpur's Kaharole upazila.
A coach of the Dolonchapa Express derailed at Setabganj railway station in Dinajpur's Bochaganj upazila, but other trains continued running on a parallel line.
Journalists and residents in Dinajpur's Ghoraghat held a human-chain protest demanding the removal of Palli Sanchay Bank branch manager Monwar Hossain over allegations of unprofessional conduct.
The Khurshid Jahan Haque Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital held a seminar on cancer prevention and screening at Dinajpur Care Nursing College auditorium.
Social welfare minister Abu Jafar Md. Zahid Hossain said BNP believes in democracy and people's empowerment, speaking at an event in Hakimpur to aid hailstorm-affected families.
Dinajpur authorities formally distributed family cards to poor and underprivileged women in Nababganj upazila Tuesday, opening a government program to boost economic empowerment in rural communities.