8,535 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
The government will pay retirement and welfare-trust dues to 75,000 MPO teachers and staff across 64 districts on 15 August, with a special 2,000 crore taka allocation. Some 110,000 applications, needing 10,326 crore taka,…
Islam is a complete way of life, and building an ideal nation requires sound education combining Islamic values and ethics with modern learning. At the recent inauguration of the Army International Islamic Institute, the…
About 1.5 lakh National Identity card correction applications are pending, most of them over dates of birth, age and parents' names, the Election Commission says. It has decentralised date-of-birth corrections to field offices and…
Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman said that if Sheikh Hasina returns to the country in December as she has claimed, she should go to jail bearing responsibility for the mass killings and follow the legal…
A Facebook status by Jhalokathi-1 MP Rafiqul Islam Jamal, sharply criticising BNP and its wing leaders and activists for 'grabbing' benefits and helping Awami League figures over the past six months, has stirred widespread…
In Islam a child is regarded not merely as a family member but as a sacred trust from Allah, and their upbringing is a religious duty requiring affection, wisdom and, when needed, limited and…
A 25-year-old muezzin, Md Ibrahim, died of an electric shock in Magura town's Stadium Para after touching an overhead power line on a mosque roof, where he had gone for relief from the heat…
Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) vice-president Sadik Kayem said the July movement and its spirit would remain undimmed in every corner of Bangladesh, writing in a Facebook post: 'Let July stand gloriously on…
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed brushed off Sheikh Hasina's recent remarks, asking 'What Hasina? Where did she speak? Was her face even seen?' He said those responsible for mass killings had shown no remorse and…
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam said India must decide whether it will support fascism, warning that if a convicted autocrat and Awami League leaders continue 'conspiratorial' activity from Indian soil and…
The government is working to complete all five tiers of local government elections within the current fiscal year, State Minister for Local Government Mir Shah Alam said in Sylhet. He said a decision on…
The government has moved to abolish the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and form a Special Response Battalion (SRB) in its place. A draft SRB Act, published for public opinion, adds new accountability measures, including…
Aviation security rules must apply equally to everyone, including VIPs and CIPs, and no one can be exempted from airport security screening, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam said, ahead of an upcoming…
This year's SSC and equivalent examination results will be published on 10 August, the education ministry said. From the 2027 academic year, there will be no admission test for Class 1, with students admitted…
Abdullah Al Mansur Noman, 45, was killed when a truck hit his motorcycle and ran over him in the Choraikol railgate area of Kushtia's Kumarkhali on Thursday evening. The truck fled, and police are…
The upazila administration in Jhenaidah's Mahespur held a reception and discussion honouring 'July fighters' to mark July Uprising Day 2026, remembering those killed and injured in the July uprising.
After a recent protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, India's Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has announced a nationwide public-outreach programme, 'Kya Bolti Public', which its founder Abhijit Deepke says is aimed at understanding people's problems.
Jamaat-e-Islami's Magura district unit held a protest march, rally and submitted a memorandum in protest at the nationwide gas crisis, frequent load-shedding, power price hikes and rising prices of essentials.
Border Guard Bangladesh seized 12kg of a new drug called 'kush' — worth about 6 crore taka — and detained a man in Satkhira's Sadar upazila. The detainee claimed he did not know what…
Students of Tongi Tamirul Millat held a human chain demanding the swift arrest and exemplary punishment of those behind an attack on Dhaka Alia Madrasa principal Mohammad Obaidul Haque, and called for a safe,…
Bangladesh Bank governor Md Mostakur Rahman said a third of the banking sector's money was looted under the Awami League government, leaving about 2 crore depositors in trouble. He called what is now labelled…
After Sheikh Hasina's government fell, almost all of her close relatives — nearly two dozen of whom held ministerial rank, seats in parliament or key party posts — managed to leave the country and…
Many senior BNP leaders have questioned India's role in allowing ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to speak at a news conference in New Delhi. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed asked why India had given…
Blocked by police while marching to the Secretariat over the energy crisis, 'phantom' power bills and rising prices, opposition leader and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr Shafiqur Rahman said the 11-party alliance had come only to…
A tribunal in Meherpur has jailed two teenagers for 10 and seven years over the 2021 murder of a friend following a dispute over the online games PUBG and Free Fire. The victim's mother…
Four young women have told the BBC they were sexually abused and harassed at a British army training college, one alleging she was gang-raped over several hours. They describe a 'dangerous culture' of misogyny…
A severe gas crisis has cut output at many garment factories by 30 to 40 percent, and industry leaders warn that if Bangladesh fails to ship on time, global buyers could shift to rivals…
The High Court has directed all government and private hospitals and clinics to ensure emergency treatment for anyone injured in any accident, ordering the health ministry to issue a circular immediately.
Leaders of the Chougacha Press Club have strongly condemned the spread of false and fabricated information on social media about journalist MA Rahim, calling it a deliberate smear over a minor incident that had…
Police arrested three people with 27 yaba tablets in the Baghadanga Natunpara area of Chuadanga's Damurhuda late on Wednesday. A case has been filed under the narcotics-control law and the three sent to jail,…
A six-year-old girl is being treated at Kushtia General Hospital after an alleged sexual assault in Khoksa upazila. A teenage neighbour has been accused; police say they are aware of the case but have…
Russia claimed it had intercepted and destroyed 605 Ukrainian drones overnight across Moscow, the Black Sea and other regions, its defence ministry said. In Ukraine, Russian attacks killed three in Balakliya and injured 12…
A Cumilla court has sentenced Md Mizanur Rahman Hazari, 65, to life imprisonment for the 2021 murder of a young man, Saiful Islam Sohan, over a money dispute in Laksam. His son, a co-accused,…
Jesmin Nahar has been appointed the new secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, moving from her post as additional secretary at the home ministry, a public administration ministry notification said.
After an auto-rickshaw driver, Vijay Holkar, was trampled to death by an elephant in Indore, India, the animal was granted conditional 'bail' by a court and confined in the city, while its mahout and…
The Israeli air strike that killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and wounded her camera operator Zeinab Faraj earlier this year was 'deliberate' and therefore a war crime, Human Rights Watch said, according to Al…
Seven officers of assistant commissioner rank in the Dhaka Metropolitan Police have been transferred, in an office order signed by DMP commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmad on Thursday.
Iran's intelligence ministry said it had arrested 21 people accused of links to the Israeli spy agency Mossad in a series of operations in the south-eastern province of Kerman. Four armed suspects were also…
Nathan Thomas, an 18-year-old from Florida, has been named the world's youngest college professor by Guinness World Records, breaking a men's record held for 306 years by Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin.
US Vice-President JD Vance said negotiations with Iran keep stumbling for two reasons — Iranians are an extremely stubborn people, and their system of government is deeply divided. He warned the US would use…
Trump's frustration with Iran is the latest chapter in a decades-long US struggle to grasp Tehran's opaque power structure — a struggle that has defeated almost every president since 1979, with only Obama's 2015…
Israeli forces arrested 60 Palestinians — including women and children — on the second day of a raid on the Qalandia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society said. At…
Jagannath University has banned all meetings, rallies and processions on campus after three different organisations announced programmes at the same place and time on Thursday, raising fears of unrest, the administration said.
Under a proposed deal between Iran and Oman, Tehran could gain final control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian official and two regional officials told Reuters. Washington…
Two years of reforms have brought back reserves, dollar-market stability and remittance and deposit growth, but the banking sector still carries the weight of bad loans, capital shortfalls and provision gaps built up under…
A motorcyclist, Md Bazlur Rashid, a rural veterinary worker, was killed when a brick-laden truck hit his motorcycle in the Madhudanga area of Dhaka's Dhamrai upazila on Thursday morning. The truck's helper was also…
Patuakhali Science and Technology University has begun legal and administrative action against 11 teachers accused of involvement in 'anti-state' and disciplinary offences, including demanding the return of convicted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, the…
Jason Arday, a professor at England's Cambridge University, has resigned amid a plagiarism dispute, saying stepping down was the only way to close the chapter. He admitted errors in his work but strongly denied…
Khelafat Majlis Amir Maulana Abdul Basit Azad visited the National Institute of Ophthalmology to see Alif Chowdhury, who lost an eye in an attack — blamed on Chhatra Dal activists — on an NCP…
The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange fell on the week's last trading day, with most companies' share prices declining. Turnover exceeded 1,147 crore taka. The DSEX shed 33.17 points to close at…
Modern commercial poultry farms can accelerate the spread of a dangerous bacterium, Campylobacter, linked to food poisoning, blood infection and, in some cases, bowel cancer, an Oxford University study published in PNAS found. Its…
The pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC suffered a big setback in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, where its heavily funded candidate Haley Stevens lost to Israel critic Abdul El-Sayed. AIPAC is now planning to spend millions…
In Brahmanbaria's Nabinagar, about 150 bighas of long-fallow land have been brought under aush rice for the first time this season, thanks to modern solar irrigation and agriculture-department support — filling once-barren fields with…
Six people died with suspected measles across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, the health directorate said. Since 15 March, 764 children have died with suspected measles and another 96 from confirmed measles.
Bangladesh's Deputy High Commission in Kolkata observed the second anniversary of July Uprising Day with a day of programmes, paying tribute to those killed in the July 2024 uprising.
Bangladesh received $602 million in remittances in the first five days of August, 83.7 percent more than the same period a year earlier, Bangladesh Bank data show. From 1 July to 5 August, total…
Police have arrested Md Shakil Munshi, 25, the main accused in the murder of litchi-orchard owner Azizur in Faridpur's Salatha, from Dhaka's Chawkbazar with help from RAB-10. Police say the killing followed a dispute…
Off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli took 6 wickets to leave Bangladesh reeling on day one of their tour warm-up against a Cricket Australia XI in Darwin, but Mehedi Hasan Miraz's unbeaten 109 lifted the visitors to…
Rukhsar Ahmed, a former Azad Kashmir state minister who is on UK police bail in an ongoing investigation into child rape and trafficking, has been elected to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir assembly, The…
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman has directed that a coordinated action plan be drawn up quickly to curb pollution of the Buriganga and other rivers around Dhaka, and that effective steps be taken to implement…