8,535 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
Heavy rain and flooding have pushed up prices in Dhaka's kitchen markets, with green chili reaching 400 taka a kg and most vegetables selling near or above 100 taka, hitting low- and middle-income buyers…
A 32-year-old man, Ismail, was shot and then hacked to death by unidentified assailants in the South Tutpara area of Khulna, police said, adding that he faced multiple cases including murder.
The way the BNP is trying to obstruct and suppress the NCP resembles a “brainless Awami League,” NCP northern chief organizer Sarjis Alam said, responding to a case filed in Habiganj.
Saudi Arabia is preparing a major military operation to break a Houthi blockade on its oil exports in the southern Red Sea and is pushing to form a multinational naval coalition, Yemeni sources said.
Bangladesh Bank has cut its policy (repo) rate by 50 basis points to 9.50 percent, its first cut in 21 months, a move expected to lower bank lending rates for customers.
US President Donald Trump is reviewing a military proposal for 10 to 14 days of intense air strikes against Iran after four US soldiers were killed in an attack, The Wall Street Journal reported,…
People of all communities — Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Christian — have lived together in Bangladesh for a thousand years, so there is no room for division, Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir…
Rohingya refugees held up placards reading “You have your home! We miss our home!” as US special envoy Sergio Gor visited camps in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, on Friday, demanding a safe, voluntary and dignified…
More than 130 prominent Jordanians have called on their government to withdraw US troops and cancel or restrict the country's military cooperation agreement with the United States, warning that a foreign military presence could…
Bangladesh could capture 12 percent of the US$375 billion global man-made fibre apparel market by 2030 with policy reform, more investment and stronger industrial capacity, a Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute study said.
At least 32 miners were killed and about 10 more trapped in a coal mine explosion on the outskirts of Quetta in Pakistan's Balochistan province, which officials said was likely caused by a buildup…
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman will not be able to run the government for long, National Citizen Party chief organizer Nasiruddin Patwari said, alleging governance failures over the economy and diplomacy. His claims about the…
Saudi Arabia has launched a digital “New Muslim” card service for people who want to embrace Islam, allowing the entire process of declaring conversion to be completed automatically, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah…
Bangladesh's fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is in India, cannot carry out political activity from Indian soil, India's foreign ministry has said, after she spoke of returning home by the end of…
A 17-year-old female cricketer has died in Nagpur, India, in what police initially believe was a suicide, several Indian media outlets reported. Police said they recovered a note at the scene and that the…
A 20-year-old construction worker, Mustakim, died after being electrocuted while casting the roof of an under-construction building in Alamdanga, Chuadanga, on Friday, police said.
Two more children have died of measles or measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, with 1,085 children affected in that period, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
Thousands of migrants have crossed from Morocco into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta within hours, swimming, taking boats and climbing border fences. At least 18 people are reported to have died and about…
Indian celebrity couple Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have again made a big real estate investment, buying a new flat worth about 18.29 crore rupees (around US$2.2 million) in Mumbai's Versova area, according to…
Russia's experimental cancer vaccine, Neonkovac, produced positive and encouraging results in its first use, the scientific director of the Gamaleya Research Institute, Alexander Gintsburg, said, according to RT International. The first patient developed the…
No conspiracy based on religion or community will be allowed to succeed in Bangladesh, Information Minister M Zahir Uddin Swapan said, warning that any group trying to exploit religious faith for its own ends…
Dengue has killed 36 people and infected more than 9,200 in Bangladesh this month, with one death and 153 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
Television actress Aisha Khan makes her film debut in Prasun Rahman's “Shekor” (Roots), which released in Bangladeshi theaters on Friday and is set to open in Canada, the United States, Britain and other countries…
Europe's 55 football federations have decided to boycott the World Cup in protest at FIFA's plan to bring private investment into its commercial structure, a decision taken at a virtual UEFA meeting on Thursday,…
The BNP-led government is a “humane government” that wants to stand by every citizen, Social Welfare, Women and Children Affairs Minister AZM Zahid Hossain said on Friday, urging people to stay vigilant so that…
Businesspeople and expatriates were threatened by phone and told to pay extortion of anywhere from a few lakh to a few crore taka, then made to hand the cash to couriers, according to police…
The upazila education office in Chatmohar, Pabna, has issued show-cause notices to the head teachers and more than 100 assistant teachers of 49 government primary schools for failing to meet targets under a foundational…
The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told a parliamentary committee that former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is living in India, is not being given any platform or space to carry…
A 16-year-old boy collapsed during a friendly football match at the Ajan field in Gangni upazila on Thursday afternoon and was declared dead at the upazila health complex. The duty physician said he had…
An Economist/YouGov survey found 49 percent back arresting the Israeli prime minister on the ICC warrant if he enters the United States.
The cabinet committee on government purchases approved buying the 42nd LNG cargo from Vitol Asia at 22.35 dollars per MMBtu for delivery on 15-16 August.
A tanker switched off its tracking signal off the Malaysian coast, in what maritime security experts say is preparation for a ship-to-ship transfer bound for China.
The NCP convener and opposition chief whip accused BNP leaders and workers of attacking his party, and said the government does not want reform.
Dr Shafiqur Rahman accused the government of “shameless politicisation” of institutions, saying the aspirations of the July uprising were not being realised.
Three more people died of dengue in the past 24 hours and 463 were hospitalised, the health directorate said, bringing this year's death toll to 53.
Students who passed the first-year honours admission test for the university's affiliated colleges can fill in the online choice form until 1 August.
Spending under the government's annual development programme in 2025-26 was the lowest in the country's history, an IMED report shows.
Bangladesh Bank has given mobile financial service providers and banks until 31 December to implement its new rules on adding money from cards to MFS accounts.
NCP member secretary Akhtar Hossain demanded the government bear the treatment costs of a party leader who lost an eye in the Habiganj march and arrest the attackers.
The university syndicate recommended the permanent dismissal of Professor Sadeka Halim and relieved six other professors of all academic and administrative duties.
University of Michigan researchers say that when the body's “beneficial” fat tissue is damaged or lost, the risk of diabetes can rise even without obesity.
A 10-day tree-planting campaign and tree fair began in Chuadanga, with stalls from four upazilas selling fruit, timber and medicinal saplings.
A CNG-run autorickshaw struck the back of a truck parked beside the Sylhet-Sunamganj road in Chhatak, killing two passengers and injuring four.
Iran International reported powerful explosions and the sound of many warplanes over Ahvaz as strikes resumed between Iran and the United States.
Mahitosh Mondal, 50, a switchboard attendant, died when the easy-bike he was travelling in overturned on the Nawapara-Sundali road in Abhaynagar.
The six expatriates died in a fire in Eastern Cape province and were burned beyond recognition, making identification very difficult, a witness said.
Amnesty International says it analysed 2,596 shipments of arms, ammunition and military equipment sent from India to Israel between October 2023 and mid-2026.
The US president has challenged the jury's $83.3m defamation award to the writer E Jean Carroll at the Supreme Court, arguing presidential immunity.
Citing flight navigation data, Iran's Fars News Agency said German and French military aircraft helped the US intercept missiles fired at its base in Jordan.
The Revolutionary Guard says it hit US F-35 jets at Jordan's Al-Azraq airbase with ballistic missiles, in a claim not independently verified.
About 100 soldiers of the Givati Brigade's Tzabar battalion left the Sde Teiman base after a dispute over the removal of unit symbols, Israeli media reported.
The World Cup-winning former Spain defender called the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry one of football's best chapters, but named Messi the finest player in the game's history.
The law ministry's solicitor's office issued the appointments, cancelling all previous deputy and assistant attorney general appointments.
Analyst Zaidoun Alkinani says the Arab countries closest to the Iran-Israel conflict are determined not to be drawn into the dangerous cycle of attack and counter-attack.
Anwar Ibrahim says Myanmar has agreed to take back 300,000 Rohingya from Bangladesh and 5,000 from Malaysia after talks between the two countries.
Fars News reported that three members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard were killed in a US strike in Zanjan province at dawn on Thursday.
The US special envoy for South and Central Asia is on a three-day visit and is due to see the Rohingya situation in Cox's Bazar.
The NCP chief organiser blamed Chhatra Dal for the attack in Golapganj; the district Chhatra Dal general secretary denied any involvement.
Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon says the scheme aims to develop hidden talent, as he announced the Prime Minister's Gold Cup national football tournament.
The philosophy professor takes over after the university accepted the resignation of the previous proctor, who cited personal reasons.