3,095 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Ukraine's popular defence minister, Mikhailo Fedorov, in what is seen as part of a broad government reshuffle, ignoring appeals from foreign partners and civil society, Reuters reports.
The US military will screen troops aged 30 and above for testosterone deficiency as part of their annual health check, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says, with optional hormone-replacement therapy for those found to have…
Iran has blamed the United States for a devastating attack on a cancer hospital in the southwestern city of Ahvaz that forced the emergency evacuation of 211 patients, according to Al Jazeera; the US…
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has hit back at critics questioning her political future after the party's West Bengal election defeat, saying she is still ready to fight and wants to live to see…
An expatriate Indian Muslim man, identified as Sohel, was seriously wounded in a stabbing outside a mall in West Valley City, Utah; police have detained a 48-year-old man who, they say, confessed to targeting…
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz told his US counterpart Pete Hegseth that Israeli forces will remain in 'security zones' set up in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip, days after Axios reported that Trump…
No country expects a war to last forever, but since Vietnam many US presidents have been drawn into years-long conflicts; analysts say President Donald Trump could face the same in Iran, especially with no…
US President Donald Trump is weighing options to widen the military campaign against Iran, including a plan to seize Kharg Island, the hub through which about 90 percent of Iran's crude is exported; a…
More than 500 people are feared dead after two boats sank off the coast of Myanmar in late June, the UN's International Organization for Migration and its refugee agency UNHCR said in a joint…
For the first time since it began tracking global attitudes in 2002, the Pew Research Center has found that a large part of the world now views China more favourably than the United States,…
A decade after the failed 15 July 2016 coup attempt that killed 253 people, Turkey's politics has been reshaped: power has shifted at home under a presidential system, tens of thousands were purged, and…
Opposition leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Dr Shafiqur Rahman said his party would lay down its life rather than let the achievement of the 2024 uprising be lost, accusing some of trying to undermine it…
Lionel Messi dedicated Argentina's 2-1 semifinal win over England to the late Diego Maradona, saying he was sure the legend was enjoying the match from above and that the victory was a special gift…
Legendary Bangladeshi film actress Bobita says she wants to do something beneficial for society in the later part of her life, and has taken up a plan to build a mosque on her ancestral…
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Bangladesh, Dr Abdullah Jaffar H bin Abiya, paid a courtesy call on the prime minister's education adviser Mahdi Amin on Thursday, confirming that Riyadh will provide 500 scholarships a year…
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC's Gazipur Sadar branch held a customer gathering and views-exchange meeting to strengthen ties with customers and take their feedback.
Israeli forces temporarily closed a gate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on the pretext of a military drill, disrupting worshippers' entry, Palestinian authorities say.
Aluminium prices fell sharply on the international market after news that a major refinery in the UAE had restarted, with the London Metal Exchange benchmark down 1.8% to $3,143.50 a tonne.
Tk 12,87,444 in cash, along with gold ornaments, a gold spoon and foreign currency, was found when the donation box of the historic Kusumba Shahi Mosque in Naogaon's Manda was opened.
Iran has fired retaliatory missiles and drones at US bases in three Gulf countries after fresh US airstrikes and a renewed naval blockade, and has declared the Strait of Hormuz fully closed until the…
Tense scenes broke out in several French cities after France's 2-0 World Cup semifinal loss to Spain, with law-enforcement detaining more than 160 people across Paris and Lyon.
The ransomware group World Leaks has published a large volume of sensitive documents relating to India's biggest nuclear plant, Kudankulam, on the dark web, including alleged designs, supplier lists and inspection reports.
Bangladesh Bank has returned Al-Arafah Islami Bank to its former owners, adding 14 entrepreneur directors to the board, while keeping its five appointed independent directors in place.
China's UN ambassador Sun Lei says the United States has again pushed the world toward a dangerous situation through its attack on Iran, in a heated Security Council exchange with the US envoy.
Chinese investor Li Ping spent nine years and about 13 million yuan ($1.9 million) tracking down the ex-wife who, he says, swindled him, faked a child and plotted to kill him — until a…
The new Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Act, 2026, will play a strict and effective role in curbing organised crime networks' misuse of digital platforms and technology, Home Minister Salahuddin…
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said any Israeli national found in the country will be expelled at once, after allegations that an Israeli was involved in a private residential community in Johor's Forest…
Iran has formally pulled out of its memorandum of understanding with the United States, saying Washington repeatedly violated the deal, and has declared it will take full control of the Strait of Hormuz during…
Twelve of the 13 people killed in a devastating wildfire in the Andalusia region of southern Spain were foreign nationals, authorities confirmed after autopsies, including seven Britons.
After a 23-year presence, the US military will leave Iraq by the end of September, US and Iraqi officials announced jointly — closing a chapter that began with the 2003 invasion of Saddam Hussein's…
An attempt to smuggle yaba in a luxury car bearing 'Home Ministry' and 'Mirpur DOHS' stickers has been foiled in Ramu, Cox's Bazar, with the Department of Narcotics Control seizing 6,000 pills and detaining…
Border Guard Bangladesh detained a man with eight gold bars worth about Tk 1.76 crore in a raid in the border area of Damurhuda in Chuadanga.
The United States has reimposed a naval blockade on Iran's ports and coast, with US Central Command saying more than 20 warships and over 100 military aircraft are now operating across the Middle East.
Allah may forgive even mountains of sin for a sincere penitent, but Islam holds that one class of wrong — the violation of the rights of other people (Haqqul Ibad) — He will not…
Actor Fazlur Rahman Babu, who has no dialogue in the film 'Mastul,' says he lets a character's psychological journey — not its lines — guide his acting. The film releases in cinemas on 17…
US Senate Democrats blocked a motion to open debate on the annual defense-policy bill (NDAA) 50-46, opposing President Trump's Iran war and a push to deepen US-Israel military coordination.
The Companions of the Prophet are the best generation — chosen by Allah and the means through which Islam reached us — and to criticise or abuse them, the Quran and the classical scholars…
Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected as "completely false" a New York Times report that Israel's Mossad sought to install him as the country's leader and that he is now under house arrest,…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami posted four verses of Surah Al-Mu'minun (verses 2-5) on its Facebook page on Thursday — passages that, exegetes say, sketch a balanced framework of worship, social conduct, economic duty and moral character.
President Donald Trump says the United States will levy a 20 percent toll on cargo ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz — a charge his own administration, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio,…
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to shut every other energy-export corridor that benefits the United States and its allies, after Tehran again closed the Strait of Hormuz and Washington blockaded Iranian ports,…
US Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch Trump ally and longtime backer of American military operations abroad, died suddenly late Saturday — hours after telling the president in a phone call that he could not…
The Met Office has asked the Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra seaports to hoist local cautionary signal No. 3 as a low pressure formed over the Bay of Bengal, with squally weather possible…
The exchange rates of the Bangladeshi taka against various foreign currencies on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, with the US dollar at Tk 122.94 and the pound sterling at Tk 165.40.
Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since 2022, and her family, diplomats and regional leaders are now demanding proof that she is alive.
Actor Zahid Hasan is working again under director Muhammad Mostofa Kamal Raj in a new love-story drama, 'Pothhara Mon,' after years apart.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sharply criticised the US plan to charge a 20 percent fee on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, saying it would turn the United States into…
Analysts say Iran is outmanoeuvring the United States over the Strait of Hormuz, exploiting the loose language of a ceasefire memorandum, as President Trump gives contradictory accounts of a deal he himself broke.
Reducing dependence on China in key industries and supply chains could require the US, eurozone and UK to invest an extra $23.6 trillion by 2050, an EY-Parthenon analysis says.
Bangladeshi citizen Saifullah Al-Mamun, 39, has appeared in a US court after being extradited from Brazil on charges of conspiring to smuggle people illegally from Bangladesh to the United States, the US Justice Department…
At least five explosions were heard in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, Al Jazeera reported, citing Iranian state media, amid the continuing US-Iran conflict centred on the Strait of Hormuz.
Indian border guards detained a US citizen who identified himself as a former US Navy sailor near the India-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh, after he was found without a passport or visa, NDTV reported.
Tehran has condemned Britain's decision to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a 'security threat,' calling the move 'unjustified' and 'irresponsible' and a violation of international law.
India's Supreme Court has granted an interim stay on a Madras High Court order that had banned cow slaughter across Tamil Nadu on Eid al-Adha and any other day.
A young fast bowler from India's Jammu and Kashmir, Suhail, collapsed on the field during a local match and was later declared dead at hospital, Indian media reported.
The New York Times reports that Israel spent years cultivating former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset it hoped to install as Iran's leader — a plan that ultimately failed.
Four more Bangladeshi garment factories have earned LEED certification, taking the national total to 290, and 53 of the world's 100 highest-scoring LEED-certified factories are now in Bangladesh.
With 100 matches played at the 48-team 2026 World Cup, records have tumbled: 292 goals, 14 own goals and 14 red cards, with Argentina leading the scoring and Spain the meanest defence.
US President Donald Trump claimed in a Fox News interview that Iran had lost its military capability and top commanders in the US-Israeli strikes, and that Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Ali Khamenei was…
The death toll from the powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 4,561, with 16,740 injured, Turkey's Anadolu Agency reported.