8,535 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
A Dhaka court sent six Awami League and Chhatra League figures from Chougachha, Jashore, on a three-day remand in an anti-terrorism case over an alleged sabotage plot; the allegations are untested.
Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of PM Tareque Rahman, told the Doctors Association of Bangladesh’s 37th-anniversary rally that the body would keep working for doctors’ welfare, better healthcare and the people.
Spain has imposed border controls on all air and sea travel from Italy, retaliating a week after Rome did the same, as a surge of migrants into Ceuta drives a dispute between the two…
Special Branch chief and Additional IGP Nurul Amin inspected the Benapole international checkpost immigration, stressing harassment-free, secure passenger service and the use of modern technology.
Residents on the Panchagarh border detained an Indian citizen after India’s BSF allegedly took away a 78-year-old Bangladeshi man; a BGB-BSF flag meeting did not resolve the matter.
The long-awaited ninth national pay scale is in final review and could go to cabinet within weeks, though its effective date is undecided; the pay commission proposed raising basic pay by 100-140%.
A clash between two groups over a bamboo frame set up to dry jute near a mosque in Salta, Faridpur, left at least 10 people injured and several homes and a shop vandalised, locals…
A programme in Washington plans to release about 600,000 male Asian tiger mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia bacteria so that females’ eggs fail to hatch, cutting the mosquito population, AFP reports.
ABVP members clashed with police while marching toward the Jharkhand chief minister’s residence over alleged recruitment-exam irregularities, and 8-10 protesters were detained, an official said.
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman makes his first Chattogram visit on Sunday, taking in Maheshkhali, Banshkhali, Fatikchhari and Hathazari before an evening BNP organisational meeting; seven venues are ready.
A climber’s body frozen near Everest’s summit for 30 years — long known as ‘Green Boots’ — may finally be brought home, with India’s ITBP now believing it to be climber Dorje Morup.
Homeless and battling hunger, Rehana Khatun of Rampal in Bagerhat sold the hair on her head to pay rent; locals are urging the government and the well-off to help her and her two children.
A Dhaka court has granted three days’ remand each for six members of the banned Awami League arrested during a secret meeting at a Gulshan shopping-mall food court; the allegations are untested.
Canada deported 3,323 Indian nationals in the first half of 2026 — the largest national group removed — putting the year on course for a six-year high, official CBSA data show.
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman has vowed to build a better, developed Bangladesh through everyone’s collective effort, at a ceremony handing jobs to families of July uprising martyrs and the injured.
National University vice-chancellor Prof A S M Amanullah says free, objective and responsible journalism is essential to counter misinformation and move society forward, at a PIB course orientation.
Actress Shabnur has rejected as fabricated a man’s claim that they were once married, and dismissed his allegations linking her to the death of Salman Shah.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed says India cannot both let ousted, convicted former PM Sheikh Hasina hold news conferences and seek friendship with Bangladesh, calling the two contradictory.
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman handed appointment letters to 10 members of families of those killed and seriously injured in the 2024 July uprising, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tejgaon.
Jorge Messi, father of Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi, has died at 68 after a period of ill health, according to Argentine media; the Messi family has not yet confirmed the news.
At a reception in Chougachha, Jashore, local MP Dr Mosleh Uddin Farid said the country won its freedom from autocracy through the blood of hundreds of students and citizens after a 15-year struggle.
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has addressed intense speculation over Julian Alvarez’s future, saying the club is delighted to have him even as Barcelona and other giants circle.
Joint Chiefs chairman Gen Dan Caine has urged the Trump administration to de-escalate the Iran war, warning that further escalation may not deliver results, CNN reports. The account could not be independently verified.
A reckless bus killed seven farm labourers at Bogura’s Erulia Bazar and a two-bus collision in Sylhet’s Osmaninagar killed nine, among 16 dead in a day of road tragedy; families are in mourning.
Delhi police have arrested an Indian Air Force wing commander under the Official Secrets Act over an alleged leak of sensitive defence information to a woman suspected of working for Pakistani intelligence; the allegations…
Israel has cancelled the entry permits of several American Jewish rights activists who protested settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, the U.S. Jewish outlet The Forward reports.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has welcomed the “Mecca Joint Defence Pact” signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, under which an attack on one signatory is treated as an attack on all.
Police in Pabna Sadar recovered two cattle from the basement of a Jubo Dal activist’s home and detained him over an allegation of storing stolen cattle. The allegations are untested and the party has…
Russia could stage a limited attack on a NATO country within the next few years to test the alliance’s resolve, according to a recent U.S. intelligence assessment reported by CNN. The claims could not…
Frontex has rescued more than 200 migrants off the southern Greek island of Crete in 48 hours, most of them Bangladeshi and Sudanese nationals, as arrivals from Libya strain the island’s reception centres.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained about 51,000 people last month — its highest monthly total on record — as the Trump administration intensifies its nationwide immigration crackdown.
As the war with Iran enters its sixth month, analysts say President Trump faces a narrowing set of bad options — chief among them accepting a new Iranian role over the Strait of Hormuz,…
Analysts argue India’s young generation is resequencing when it buys property, not abandoning it — a shift that reroutes money through renting and markets rather than collapsing housing demand.
A BBC News investigation traces the former head of Syria’s General Security Directorate — wanted over torture and a 2015 Homs attack that killed children — to the outskirts of Moscow.
From the banks of the Titas to the Buriganga, the poet Al Mahmud turned the vernacular of rural Bengal into universal verse — a life traced from the language movement to Sonali Kabin and…
Syngenta Bangladesh expands its GoGro value-chain scheme in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar, having helped 1,200 farmers and aiming to bring 3,500 farmers and 1,000 acres under climate-resilient farming by 2030.
The 48-year-old took the oath in Cali, not Bogotá, vowing to crack down on armed groups, cut state spending by up to 40% and revive the oil and gas industry, in a sharp break…
State warehouses in Jashore hold near-double their capacity in fertiliser, yet aman farmers say they cannot buy urea, DAP, TSP or MOP at official rates and are paying almost double at unauthorised shops.
President Masoud Pezeshkian stresses better ties with neighbours and warns against regional division, saying Iran will not accept any demand that undermines its sovereignty or defence, state media report.
Congress MP Pawan Khera accuses foreign powers of ‘blackmailing’ India over which country it may buy oil from, after the U.S. Senate passed a bill allowing 100% tariffs on top buyers of Russian oil.
Oil minister Basem Mohammed Khudair says the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has cut Iraq’s exports by three-quarters since the U.S.-Israel-Iran war began, with Baghdad now seeking alternative routes.
IRGC spokesman Sardar Mohebi says reopening the Strait of Hormuz is not linked to Iran’s ongoing talks with Oman, according to Iranian state media. The claims could not be independently verified.
Demand for used smartphones is surging in Japan after Apple raised iPhone prices, driven by a record-weak yen, with the second-hand market growing for a seventh straight year, The Japan Times reports.
A new joint defence pact among Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, signed in Mecca, signals growing doubts over US security guarantees after the war on Iran, analysts tell Al Jazeera.
A cup of tea or coffee can ease some headaches, but too much caffeine can trigger rebound headaches, experts say — moderation, hydration, sleep and stress control matter more.
Reopening about 200 closed factories in the Chattogram region could create a million jobs, a concept paper presented to Bangladesh Bank says, with the energy crisis and capital shortage the main hurdles.
Students at Jashore University of Science and Technology have given the administration a 24-hour ultimatum over the harassment of female students and outsiders' nuisance on campus.
Bangladesh's shrimp exports have fallen about 62% in 14 years, to 19,000 tons worth $285.61 million in FY2025-26, as exporters stay tied to bagda while global demand shifts to vannamei.
Green chilli prices have begun falling in Dinajpur's Hili markets as imports from India resume, with local chillies down to Tk 130 a kg from Tk 250 last week, traders say.
Political awareness is natural but must not lead to neglect of professional duty, Prime Minister Tareque Rahman told a doctors' gathering, announcing plans to recruit 100,000 health workers.
The US Senate has passed, 86-11, a bill giving President Trump power to impose up to 100% tariffs on the top five buyers of Russian oil and gas, including India and China.
US employment fell by 23,000 in July against a forecast of 95,000 new jobs, giving a mixed labour-market picture that analysts say could ripple through the global economy, including Bangladesh's garment exports.
Thailand's prime minister has pledged a new law restricting the public carrying of firearms after a 14-year-old killed eight people, including five teachers, at a Bangkok-area school before killing himself.
A farmer, Madhu Miya (58), has been hacked to death on a road in Tahirpur, Sunamganj, and five of his relatives injured, in what police are treating as a killing rooted in a land…
Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Dr Shafiqur Rahman has urged party leaders and workers not to sow disorder through provocative speech, and accused the BNP of forgetting its reform pledges in power.
The United States has completely failed to achieve its goals in the war with Iran, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed, saying President Trump is caught in “a trap of his own making”.
Police have been deployed around the Government Alia Madrasa in Dhaka's Bakshibazar over fears of a fresh clash between Chhatra Dal and Chhatra Shibir activists over control of a hall.
The Bangladesh Jewellers Association has raised gold jewellery prices by up to Tk 4,374 per bhori, effective Saturday, with 22-carat gold now set at Tk 2,34,038; silver prices are unchanged.
US drugmaker Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine — the world's first made with the technology — has won initial approval for people aged 50 to 64, the company says.
Pakistan has allowed the import of fresh Bangladeshi pineapples, the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad says, opening the way for wider agricultural trade between the two countries.