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Without commenting directly on the video controversy involving an expelled MP, Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Dr Shafiqur Rahman warned members that the party is an organisation of human beings — but there will be no compromise…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman says the semiconductor industry could be Bangladesh's next promising economic sector after ready-made garments, with tax and duty on raw materials withdrawn and a Tk 500 crore annual startup fund…
Six more children died with measles symptoms across the country in 24 hours, with 1,008 new cases of measles and its symptoms recorded, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
After a mother and her two sons were found dead in Dhaka's Dhamrai a year ago, food poisoning was assumed and an unnatural-death case filed — until one detail troubled the investigator and unravelled…
A couple were stabbed to death at their home in Chattogram's Anwara and their 38-year-old son detained, police said; witnesses said he had long struggled with drug addiction.
An elderly woman, Lily Begum, was beaten to death with a bamboo pole in Kishoreganj's Bhairab, her family and neighbours allege, accusing a neighbouring couple who have since fled; police have sent the body…
Acting President and Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed will conduct official business at Bangabhaban but continue to live at the Speaker's official residence on the parliament grounds.
The newly appointed chief of the Bangladesh Navy, Vice Admiral Khondkar Misbah ul Azim, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Prime Minister's Office.
A father and son were stabbed aboard the Khulna-bound Sundarban Express in Kushtia in a row over boarding, with witnesses and police saying a travelling ticket examiner attacked them; the train was halted and…
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman says extrajudicial killings have fallen to almost zero, and that a reported enforced-disappearance case is being treated with zero tolerance.
Jamaat-e-Islami's Dhaka metropolitan north Amir, Mohammad Selim Uddin, has warned that the July charter must be implemented to the letter in the spirit of the July uprising — or the government will pay a…
Khelafat Majlis has left the 11-party alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, deciding at a central Majlis-e-Shura meeting to stay away from all the alliance's programmes.
With discussion under way over who will be Bangladesh's next president after Md Sahabuddin's resignation, BNP secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the party's decision will be taken at a national standing committee meeting.
India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned amid a sustained protest movement over exam irregularities and the leak of the medical-entrance paper, submitting his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The resignation of President Md Sahabuddin has, belatedly, lifted “the dark shadow of autocracy” from the nation, the Jamaat-e-Islami Amir and Leader of the Opposition, Dr Shafiqur Rahman, said.
In a long interview with The Economist, Elon Musk set out two paradoxes and one contradiction about artificial intelligence — and, in the magazine's analysis, exposed how unprepared the world is for a technology…
Eighteen metro stations in the Indian capital were again temporarily shut on Friday over the continuing Cockroach Janata Party protest, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation confirmed — the fourth day running.
US President Donald Trump's administration is considering military action in Mali against the al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM — which would be the eighth country struck in his second term — The Washington Post reports.
India's Modi-led NDA government has made clear there is no prospect of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigning, sources tell NDTV, as NEET paper-leak protests led by the Cockroach Janata Party continue.
An auto-rickshaw driver, Mosharraf Bali, 61, was killed when a speeding BMF Paribahan bus hit his battery-run auto-rickshaw, splitting it in two, on the Dhaka-Barisal highway in Barisal's Ujirpur.
A 14-year-old fatherless boy in Natore's Boraigram, left desperate after passenger-posing fraudsters made off with his only livelihood — a battery-run auto-van — has received two battery vans and a total of 8 lakh…
Public support for US President Donald Trump's decision to carry out military action in Iran has fallen sharply, with a new poll putting his net approval on the issue at minus 40 — near…
Five members of an expatriate's family fell unconscious after eating breakfast in Jamalpur's Madarganj and were hospitalised; a doctor said a sedative may have been mixed into their food or water.
The United States is imposing new tariffs of 10 to 12.5 percent on about 60 trade partners, including Bangladesh, over alleged failure to curb forced labour; the measure takes effect Friday.
Police recovered the bloodied body of a tea seller, Samirul Shah, 60, from a bamboo platform in the Dharmadaha area of Kushtia's Daulatpur upazila; with multiple sharp-weapon wounds, police believe he was killed.
India's Chief Justice Surya Kant, who two days ago said he had no time to watch videos of police action against protesters, now calls “completely false” the media reports that he refused to list…
Police recovered the injured body of a farmer, Hasem Ali, 55, from a field in Chuadanga's Almdanga upazila, a day after he went missing while going to fertilise his land; the cause of death…
The United States and Saudi Arabia have signed a 30-year nuclear cooperation deal — the latest addition to several nuclear programmes across a Middle East where Israel is thought to be the only power…
Continuous rain has cut the supply of various vegetables in Joypurhat's Khetlal upazila, raising prices by 15 to 20 taka a kilogram in a week at both wholesale and retail levels.
Several Bollywood stars have begun speaking out on India's continuing student protests over the NEET paper leak; actress Alia Bhatt voiced support for the protesters on social media.
From Friday, four different-genre international films — horror, psychological suspense, sci-fi animation and a concert film — open together at Dhaka's Star Cineplex.
With Middle East conflict flaring anew, analysts warn crude could top $150 a barrel as shipping routes falter and global reserves fall by about 1.3 billion barrels in five months.
In an act of apparent enmity, 296 mango trees were cut down in a grove in Nandanpur village of Dinajpur's Nawabganj upazila overnight; police are investigating.
A British coroner's inquest has found that a 29-year-old Saudi prince, Abdullah bin Fahad, died at a luxury London hotel from a combination of alcohol, drugs and prescription medication, ruling it an accidental death.
Jorarganj police in Chattogram's Mirsarai arrested two suspected wildlife traffickers with two live tokay geckos, worth about 2 lakh taka, and filed a case under the wildlife-protection law.
The price of gold has fallen by up to 3,324 taka a bhori in two days, with silver also down slightly; the new rates took effect at 10 a.m. on Friday, the Bangladesh Jewellers'…
Onion prices have risen 10 to 15 taka a kilogram to 45–55 taka, with chicken, egg, vegetables and fish also selling higher, as rain spoils produce and supply falls short of demand.
Police recovered the body of a 16-year-old domestic worker, found hanging in a third-floor flat in Feni's Parshuram; police say it is under investigation whether the death was a suicide or had another cause.
Despite months of successive air strikes, Iran is rebuilding its damaged military infrastructure with remarkable skill, alarming Israeli officials, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing satellite imagery and Western officials.
A joint US-South American operation shut or seized nearly 3,000 websites illegally broadcasting 2026 FIFA World Cup matches, the US Justice Department says, in a crackdown on copyright infringement and digital piracy.
Pubali Bank will acquire a 26-storey building under construction, the “Swiss Tower,” along with its land on Tejgaon Link Road for a total of 800 crore taka, a decision taken at its July 22…
The 2026 World Cup also marked the end of an era: Neymar, Manuel Neuer, Nicolás Otamendi, Guillermo Ochoa and several other veterans played their last international match and stepped aside for a new generation.
Amid nearly two weeks of fighting, Washington has made a fresh ceasefire proposal to Tehran through Iraqi mediation, but Iran has rejected it outright, The New York Times reports.
A union parishad member, Md Moni Mia Sheikh, 45, was hacked and killed by a gang in the Naragati police-station area of Narail's Kalia upazila; police say a manhunt is under way.
The Trump administration has imposed new tariffs of 10 and 12.5 percent on goods from 60 trade partners, including Bangladesh, over alleged laxity in enforcing bans on goods made with forced labour, Reuters reports.
Difference of opinion is a natural reality that Islam does not deny but governs with a fine code of conduct; when minor disagreements now spark bitter division online, the manners Islam teaches are worth…
German football is entering a new era after its 2026 World Cup exit: Jürgen Klopp has been appointed national team head coach, with the DFB signing the 59-year-old through the 2030 World Cup.
Floods in the Chattogram region killed 161,394 head of livestock and poultry — a loss of about 77.15 crore taka — with Chattogram district worst hit, a divisional livestock office report says.
Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal has derided Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of tough action over the paper leak as a “hollow promise.”
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has weighed in on the paper-leak protests across India, calling for a transparent system in which no student feels their hard work has gone unrewarded.
Bangladesh's ready-made garment export earnings slipped 0.63 percent in the first half of the year to 1,933.57 crore dollars, as negative growth in knitwear outweighed a small rise in woven exports.
A police driver at Kishoreganj Sadar Model Police Station, sent to an accident scene, had to recover the body of his own 10-year-old son, killed when a cement-laden truck ran over him.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he and his wife have received death threats over his stance on Israel and the war in Gaza, telling Rolling Stone the threats began before he became…
Protesters say Indian law-enforcement used pellet guns to break up a Cockroach Janata Party demonstration at Jantar Mantar; a government hospital's records note pellet injuries, but Delhi Police call the claim baseless.
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has taken over as acting president after accepting President Md Sahabuddin's resignation, submitted over ill health, under article 54 of the constitution.
US intelligence agencies are investigating possible Russian involvement in Iranian strikes on US targets in the Middle East, including a CIA facility at the US embassy in Riyadh, reports say.
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed called an urgent press conference for 5 p.m. after receiving the president's resignation letter; hours earlier at the airport he had said he knew nothing of any resignation.
President Md Sahabuddin submitted his resignation letter to Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Friday over serious health reasons; the Speaker accepted it at 5:01 p.m., a Bangabhaban statement said.
Border Guard Bangladesh repelled an attempt by India's Border Security Force to illegally push eight people into Bangladesh across the Daulatpur border in Kushtia early Friday.
Ending all speculation, President Md Sahabuddin has resigned; asked about it, he told a media outlet, “I am sick, so it is done.” The Speaker will now act as president until a new one…