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Iran could prolong its war with the United States until Donald Trump leaves office and would seize US bases worldwide if a nuclear bomb were used, IRGC general Mohammad Reza Naqdi tells PBS. His…
A second test on the pilot of an Air India flight that suddenly lost altitude on 4 August has come back positive for cannabis, a source close to the investigation tells Reuters.
A student leader turned economics teacher, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir rose through grassroots politics to become BNP's long-serving secretary general — and is now the party's presidential candidate.
BNP standing committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan has submitted the party's presidential nomination paper for its candidate, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, ahead of the 20 August vote.
At least 73,389 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 2023, with 1,260 killed since a ceasefire was declared last year, Gaza's health ministry says.
Japan strongly protested after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup, his first direct visit to the disputed Kuril Islands.
Iran wants to prolong the war because it no longer sees economic pressure as an existential threat to its government, RUSI analyst Michael Stephens tells Al Jazeera.
Hapag-Lloyd said the closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the Middle East conflict caused a $600 million loss in the second quarter and cut net profit to $83 million.
Senator Richard Blumenthal has demanded answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been at sea for more than 250 days amid reports of equipment, water and crew-welfare problems.
A 50-member US-Bangladesh Business Council delegation met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Secretariat on Thursday morning.
Metro rail authorities plan to add two night trains and reduce the gap between the final services, with operating hours potentially extending to 11pm from September.
Pabna Islamia Fazil Madrasa held a reception for more than 200 students who excelled in the 2026 Dakhil examinations.
The prosecution has sought the maximum punishment and confiscation of property for seven defendants in the crimes-against-humanity case over the July uprising, including former minister Obaidul Quader.
The US State Department's 2026 fiscal transparency report recommends publishing Bangladesh's public procurement contracts and strengthening the independence of the national audit office.
The number of Palestinian journalists held in Israeli prisons has risen to 40 after the arrest of journalist Muhammad Awad in Ramallah, Palestinian sources said.
Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei blamed the United States for insecurity in the Gulf and said the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen until the war ends and Iran's conditions are met.
Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, a key architect of China's market reforms and WTO entry, has died in Beijing at 97, state media reported.
Claims that Israel secretly supports separatists in Pakistan's Balochistan remain unverified, while analysts say the region's internal political and economic grievances must not be obscured.
The Taliban government says trains crossing Afghanistan on a proposed rail route from Russia to India would receive full security, potentially giving Moscow direct access to the Indian Ocean.
West Bengal chief minister Shubhendu Adhikari announced proposed laws against forced religious conversion and new restrictions on land transactions after the state moves toward a Uniform Civil Code.
At least six people died and four to five remain trapped after a landslide buried two or three homes in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area, officials said.
Islam regards marriage as a sacred act of worship and binding covenant, emphasising faith and character, guardian consent, witnesses, mahr and a simple, lawful ceremony.
The government plans to bring 87,309 religious institutions and 256,074 religious leaders under a state stipend programme in 2026-27, with Tk1,100 crore allocated.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said the Supreme Court's decision in the coal-allocation case ended years of allegations against former prime minister Manmohan Singh and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
Iranian media claim seven US sailors died and several were injured in a clash among crew aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, but the report has not been independently verified.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Mecca Joint Defence Pact should expand beyond Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to include other countries in the region.
Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists marched in Rangpur protesting Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's remarks linking the region's development with voters' political choices.
A French administrative court has upheld the closure of a mosque near Paris until January, after authorities objected to sermons that included Quranic verses and references to hell and punishment in the grave.
Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich praised the demolition of 26 Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank, calling it essential to security and settlement expansion.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Commander Mohebbi claims there are currently no US warships in the Persian Gulf, compared with 30 to 40 before the latest Iran-US war.
A phone conversation between Awami League leaders Obaidul Quader and Sheikh Fazle Shams Porosh was played at the International Crimes Tribunal during arguments in a crimes-against-humanity case.
US congresswoman Ilhan Omar won the Democratic primary in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District and secured the party's nomination for the House election, preliminary results show.
Two students drowned in a pond beside Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam Hall at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday afternoon.
Students in India's Uttar Pradesh walked about 5 kilometres with parents and villagers to demand a paved road to their schools, saying monsoon flooding makes the existing road impassable.
Uttar Pradesh has launched a pilot project to collect cow urine from farmers in 15 villages of Bulandshahr, with plans to pay Rs20 per litre in the future.
Preparations for the presidential election are nearing completion, and BNP sources say party secretary general and local government minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam may be nominated as the ruling party's candidate.
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir's Sylhet Agricultural University unit welcomed new students with Quran recitation, Islamic songs, flowers and gifts at a freshman reception and career-guidance event.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan said a social-media claim that the ban on the Awami League would be lifted is false and part of a rumour.
Former minister and Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak, living in hiding in India since the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024, spoke to Anandabazar about his escape and…
Poor and needy relatives are among those eligible for zakat. If one's own brothers or sisters meet the eligibility requirements, giving them zakat is permissible and brings the reward of both charity and maintaining…
Jamaat-e-Islami's women's wing has alleged that women were harassed and assaulted at a Quran gathering in Mirpur, Kushtia, and demanded the arrest of those involved. The claims are untested.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to recruit 500,000 more troops for the war in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky says. The claim could not be independently verified.
A section of students at NALSAR in Hyderabad have emailed the administration objecting to the choice of India's Chief Justice, Surya Kant, as chief guest at the 2026 convocation, BBC Telugu reports.
Youth and Sports State Minister Aminul Haque questioned national footballers' participation in local informal matches while receiving monthly government sports allowances.
Fortis FC beat Kyrgyzstan's Muras United 1-0 in Dhaka to reach the AFC Challenge League group stage in their first continental campaign.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says a new long-range missile technology can alter a missile's trajectory and retarget it during flight, a claim not independently verified.
India has become a significant supplier in Israel's military supply chain, according to an Amnesty International investigation cited by the Guardian.
The United States has announced a $15.5 million emergency aid package for Colombia after a powerful earthquake killed more than 100 people, AFP reports.
US President Donald Trump has signed a directive recommending fewer childhood vaccines and separating the MMR shot — a move doctors call dangerous as US measles cases hit a 35-year high.
Bollywood actress Bhumi Pednekar has travelled to flood-hit Assam, handing families food, essentials and solar lamps and sharing the experience on Instagram.
Iran has managed to present itself to the world as a tough and invincible power, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, according to Al Jazeera.
Tasnim Sinha has taken over as managing director of the listed pharmaceutical company ACME Laboratories Ltd, effective 10 August, the Dhaka Stock Exchange says.
A farmer in Rajasthan, India, buried 5 lakh rupees in his field to prevent theft, forgot where, and found it about a year later — shredded by termites and refused by the bank.
Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six vessels, against a 10-day average of about 11 a day, as prospects for a US-Iran peace deal recede, Reuters reports.
The US military presence in West Asia will shrink after the Iran war because of the proven effectiveness of Iran's ballistic missiles, international-relations theorist John Mearsheimer says. His claims could not be independently verified.
Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's remarks in New Delhi have again strained Bangladesh-India ties. The two capitals now need careful, forward-looking diplomacy to move beyond her shadow.
Israel is holding the bodies of about 1,700 Palestinians for possible future prisoner exchanges, the Israeli daily Haaretz has reported, citing unnamed sources. The claim could not be independently verified.
US President Donald Trump was flown out of Turkey hidden inside a catering container and transferred to a small C-32A aircraft amid an assassination threat, The Washington Post reports.
US President Donald Trump is returning to a strategy of tough economic pressure on Iran — tighter sanctions and a naval blockade — after military and diplomatic efforts fell short, US officials say.
Police have recovered the body of a sub-inspector, Aminul Islam, 35, found hanging in a Mirsarai hotel room, with his wife and 10-month-old child found injured in the same room; the cause is under…