3,095 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
The United States has imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and a senior prosecutor, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced, in the latest of a series of attacks by the…
India's Cockroach Janata Party was forced to cancel a planned Kolkata event after the venue owner reportedly received threats from BJP leaders, the group's spokesperson claims, though the venue and police have disputed the…
As First Lady Melania Trump has gone weeks without a public appearance, speculation has grown in US media over aide Natalie Harp's near-constant presence at President Trump's side, with NBC News, Newsweek and The…
Local residents and police detained seven people, including an Indian national and two local facilitators, after they crossed illegally into Chuadanga's Jibannagar from India, with the Bangladeshi returnees saying Indian border guards had forced…
President Trump has ordered his top negotiators to halt all talks with Tehran, shifting from threats of immediate strikes to a strategy of slowly strangling Iran's economy, CNN reports, even as shipping through the…
Education officials are considering delaying the 2027 SSC and equivalent exams by two months to mid-March, to avoid clashing with Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr and in response to parents' concerns.
A senior Russian military commander has claimed that Israel's core objective in the Middle East conflict is to drag the United States and NATO into the war, predicting that Israel will ultimately overestimate its…
BNP's parliamentary party met under Prime Minister Tareque Rahman ahead of Thursday's presidential election vote, the country's first contested presidential vote in 35 years.
Pakistan's Supreme Court-ordered weekly family visits have allowed jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to meet his sister and, separately, his wife Bushra Bibi for the first time in eight months, Dawn and Express…
Chinese private space startup LandSpace successfully landed the first stage of a commercial rocket for the first time, becoming the first company outside the United States to recover an orbital-class rocket booster on its…
Bangladesh Bank has permitted the release of the remaining $3.2 million tranche of a syndicated foreign-currency loan for power producer SS Power-1 Ltd, waiving a provision of the Bank Company Act to allow Rupali…
The United States is working to form a new military coalition against Iranian drone and missile attacks in the Middle East, aiming to ease pressure on air defense systems and reduce reliance on costly…
NATO says it will take all necessary measures to defend any member state, after a report that Iran had considered striking US military installations in Europe if President Trump escalates the war further.
Texas's Muslim population has grown for decades, especially around Dallas, but that growth has been matched by intensifying anti-Muslim rhetoric, social hostility and political campaigns targeting Muslim institutions, The New York Times reports.
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has forced 17 officials into retirement and demoted five others in salary, following a show-cause process launched in July.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed deep grief over the deaths of 10 Bangladeshi nationals in separate incidents in Kolkata and East London, calling for the swift, dignified repatriation of the dead and proper treatment for…
Iran is considering striking US military installations in Europe, including in Bulgaria and Cyprus, if its war with Washington escalates further, the Financial Times reports, citing two Iranian government sources, as talks between the…
Bangladesh's elderly could face extreme health risk for three months a year as global temperatures rise, a Stanford University study published in The Lancet Planetary Health finds, naming Bangladesh alongside India, Pakistan, Myanmar and…
A fire at a hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street in Kolkata's New Market area killed nine Bangladeshis, including six men, two women and a child, with survivors alleging the building lacked an emergency exit,…
The Commerce Ministry has begun advance preparations to prevent artificial shortages and price spikes in essential goods ahead of next year's Ramadan, as state trading agency TCB moves to procure chickpeas and dates through…
Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Ameer Maulana Mamunul Haque has called for widespread participation by Islamist candidates in local government elections, warning that dishonest, commission-seeking figures will fill public office if honest people stay out of…
Bangladesh received $1.887 billion in remittances during the first 17 days of August, a 32.6 percent jump from the same period last year, Bangladesh Bank spokesperson Arif Hossain Khan said.
Jamaat-e-Islami says the BNP-led government has failed across eight key areas, including law and order, energy security, inflation and the banking sector, in a formal assessment of its first six months delivered by Secretary…
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman said removing public confusion over revenue is the government's main challenge, in remarks at the opening of Revenue Conference 2026 in Dhaka.
Turkey has announced a 2026-2030 action plan to establish itself as one of the world's leading artificial intelligence hubs, aiming to train 5 million citizens in AI and attract $10 billion in AI and…
The government is procuring 200 electric buses for Dhaka's public transport system, with 100 earmarked for women-only routes, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam said at the launch of BRTC's new women's…
The conflict between Iran and the United States is increasingly taking on a regional character, with Iran now using the same economic weapon against the world that Washington has used to blockade its economy,…
The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States fulfills the commitments in its interim memorandum of understanding with Iran, including lifting the naval blockade and sanctions, Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer…
Pakistan's military media wing, ISPR, has sharply criticized an Indian documentary on 'Operation Sindoor' as a 'Bollywood-style' propaganda video, saying it recasts a failed military operation as a success, Dawn newspaper reports.
A court in Pskov has sentenced Lev Shlosberg, a well-known Russian anti-war politician and deputy leader of the liberal Yabloko party, to 11 years and one month in prison over social media posts criticizing…
Border Guard Bangladesh seized a large quantity of Indian UV sunglasses and saris worth roughly Tk 2.225 million in an anti-smuggling operation along the Fulgazi border in Feni.
Robbers broke into the home of two US-based brothers in Rangpur's Pirgachha, making off with roughly Tk 3 million in gold and other valuables, with police arresting one suspect the same night.
More than 2.15 million Palestinians have been displaced in the Gaza Strip, with over 867,000 now sheltering in makeshift tents that are no longer fit for habitation, Gaza's government media office says, according to…
The Mecca joint defense pact signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan includes a NATO-style mutual-defense clause that has drawn comparisons to a 'Muslim NATO,' but analysts say the absence of a single shared…
The United States is preparing to push a number of countries to choose sides in its artificial intelligence race with China, warning that joining Beijing-led AI initiatives could exclude them from the US-led coalition,…
Singer Sharmin Akter, champion of the 'Channel i Bangla Gaan 2016' singing competition, married fellow musician Sabbir Quraishi at Gawsul Azam Mosque in Dhaka, with both families in attendance.
West Bengal has been rocked by a string of killings, including the beating death of a CJP activist's father in Bankura and the shooting and hacking deaths of a Congress leader and his son…
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered former Prime Minister Imran Khan transferred from prison to a hospital amid concerns over his health, after former President Arif Alvi said Khan's medical reports were "worrying."
Doctors in Sri Lanka have surgically removed a 3.1-kilogram "giant" stone from a man's bladder, which they say is the largest bladder stone ever removed in surgery.
US President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to 33 percent, the lowest of his current term, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that found 64 percent of Americans disapprove of his job performance, largely…
Tensions have flared anew between Japan and Russia after President Vladimir Putin's visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, with Tokyo calling the trip "completely unacceptable" and Moscow summoning Japan's ambassador in response.
Monirul Islam, former chief of the Special Branch of Police, has claimed in an interview that he warned then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as early as March 2023 that a "deep state"-backed effort was under…
India's satirical 'Cockroach Janata Party' protest movement has launched a campaign to expose the poor state of government schools, but tensions have flared in West Bengal after the father of one activist died following…
President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a US deal with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, and called on Tehran to surrender in a nearly…
Ginger tea, widely used as a home remedy for stomach trouble, may also aid digestion and modestly reduce body fat, though research says it should not be treated as a weight-loss cure on its…
As the United States navigates a complicated standoff with Iran, President Donald Trump is working to revive ties with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing their "very good relationship" and ordering a significant…
Controversial Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev has claimed that Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will eventually become part of India again, and alleged that Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh are being persecuted, in remarks to…
Pentra Bushima Amin, a young Burundian convert to Islam, is representing his country at Mecca's 46th King Abdul Aziz International Quran Competition after memorizing the entire Quran within five months of his conversion, according…
Hafez Muhammad Ataullah, imam of a mosque in Patuakhali, collapsed and died while prostrating during the second rakat of the Sunnah prayer at dawn on Monday.
Two young boys, ages 4 and 5, drowned in a pond beside their home in Trishal, Mymensingh, after falling in while playing, with police confirming the incident is being processed as an unnatural death…
Indian actress Ananya Raj has died at 35, with her family announcing in an Instagram statement that she died peacefully in her sleep after more than a year of physical and mental struggles, according…
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has disputed that a 60-day deadline in the Islamabad agreement with the US expired Monday, saying Iran does not change its policy under pressure, and reaffirmed Tehran's demand…
Police in Jhenaidah's Kotchandpur have filed a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act naming 14 suspects, with 8 to 10 more listed as unidentified, after an incident on August 16; one named suspect has been…
The body of a 39-year-old college teacher, missing since Sunday morning, was recovered from a pond in Noakhali's Companiganj upazila on Monday, with police saying an autopsy will determine the cause of death.
US President Donald Trump has welcomed the Mecca joint defense pact signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, calling it a major step toward strengthening regional security and each country's own defense capabilities, according…
Roughly 600 students at a government residential school in Maharashtra's Amravati district abruptly left their hostel after rumors spread that several students had been "possessed," prompting officials to investigate what they describe as a…
A young girl and her aunt drowned in an irrigation canal in Nilphamari's Dimla upazila, while a 20-year-old motorcyclist was killed and two others injured in a separate collision with a cargo tractor on…
The memorandum of understanding meant to end the war between the United States and Iran expired Monday, with both sides accusing each other of violations, even as Trump signals he may claim the Strait…
Pakistan and West Indies have been eliminated from the race for the World Test Championship final, leaving seven teams, including Bangladesh, with a shot at the two spots, though each faces a different set…
US President Donald Trump has threatened to launch a massive bombing campaign against Oman if the country obstructs the US blockade on Iranian shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Fox News…