3,095 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
India has responded to top-level Bangladeshi concerns about possible 'pushback' across the border after the BJP's West Bengal win, saying the remarks should be seen in light of returning illegal Bangladeshi migrants, and urging…
Switzerland's Federal Electricity Commission warned that the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran has created uncertainty over gas supplies for the coming winter and could threaten the stability of power supplies across Europe.
Israel is looking for an opportunity to launch fresh military operations against Iran and has communicated that position clearly to the United States, Israel's public broadcaster reported.
Palestinian authorities warned of a looming health catastrophe in Gaza as infectious disease spreads rapidly through shelters housing displaced people, with the WHO calling the situation "despairing and extremely dangerous."
Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures at U.S. military bases in the Middle East since the start of the war, the Washington Post reported, citing satellite imagery analysis.
DHAKA — The chief engineer of the Bangladeshi cargo ship MV Bangla Joyatra, stranded near the United Arab Emirates, said the crew is receiving missile-strike alerts on their mobile phones and warnings over the…
An urgent global effort is underway to contain the spread of a rare and deadly hantavirus after passengers disembarked from the cruise ship MV Hondius and traveled on to multiple countries, the World Health…
GAZA — Azzam al-Hayya, son of Hamas’ exiled Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya, was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City on Wednesday, Hamas official Bassem Naim said.
KOLKATA — Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant to West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead in Madhyamgram on Wednesday night, just two days after the party’s historic state assembly election win, police…
Crude oil prices climbed on global markets Thursday on reports that Iran and the United States are close to a preliminary peace agreement, with U.S. crude futures up about $1 a barrel in early…
President Donald Trump said the conflict with Iran could end if Tehran accepts the proposed terms, warning of renewed strikes if it does not.
India's BJP said the new West Bengal government will be sworn in on May 9 at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to attend.
A one-page, 14-point memorandum to end the U.S. military campaign against Iran is close to being finalized, Axios and Reuters reported, citing sources.
BEIJING — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Iran's Abbas Araghchi that the US-Israeli war on Iran was illegal and called for a full ceasefire.
WASHINGTON — Thirty US Democratic lawmakers, led by Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro, urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to disclose detailed information about Israel's nuclear weapons program.
NEW DELHI — More than a decade after Narendra Modi first campaigned on building a Congress-free India, the founding party of independent India is weakened and his Bharatiya Janata Party now controls 21 states…
KOLKATA — The BJP captured 17 West Bengal assembly seats where minority voters exceed 40 percent of the electorate, a sharp jump from just two such seats in 2021, as Hindu votes consolidated and…
ISLAMABAD — The United States and Iran are close to finalizing a historic memorandum of understanding that could end their conflict, according to a Pakistani source involved in the mediation.
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. military operation in Iran, code-named Operation Epic Fury and launched on Feb. 28, has ended, and the administration is now focused on a follow-up…
At least two people were killed and 22 injured when a 33-year-old German national drove into a crowd in Leipzig, eastern Germany, the BBC reported, citing local authorities.
A 20-year-old British couple has been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of trying to smuggle cannabis to the United Kingdom and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
Mamata Banerjee rejected speculation that she would step down after her Trinamool Congress lost the West Bengal assembly election to the BJP, declaring, "We have not lost."
Austria has expelled three staff from Russia's embassy in Vienna on suspicion of espionage. Authorities said the move follows an investigation into suspicious surveillance equipment installed on the roof of the Russian diplomatic compound.
An explosion at a fireworks factory in China's Hunan province has killed at least 21 people and injured 61 others, state media said Tuesday. The blast struck Monday afternoon in the city of Changsha.
President Donald Trump warned that Iran would be 'wiped off the face of the earth' if it attacked US ships, pushing a fragile ceasefire to the brink amid renewed tensions around the Strait of…
A study of more than 700 Israeli university students found that 33.8% report suicidal thoughts, with researchers linking the mental-health decline to prolonged military reserve duty following the start of the war on Oct.…
DHAKA — Tensions over a BJP victory in West Bengal’s state election are stoking new security concerns along the Bangladesh border, with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) stepping up patrols against the risk of…
KOLKATA — Several Muslim candidates have won assembly seats across West Bengal, with the Trinamool Congress dominating in minority-heavy constituencies in Kolkata, Murshidabad, North 24 Parganas and Malda, while a handful of opposition candidates…
Trinamool Congress led Muslim candidates to victory across multiple West Bengal assembly seats, with smaller wins for ISF, Congress, CPM and AIUDF, in constituencies stretching from Kolkata to Murshidabad and Malda.
Early counting in the West Bengal assembly election shows the BJP ahead of the ruling Trinamool Congress, with a clearer picture expected by midday.
Iran's Fars news agency reports that two missiles have hit a US Navy warship near Jask Island, after the vessel ignored warnings from the Revolutionary Guard.
NEW DELHI - The next conflict between India and Pakistan could be faster, more intense and harder to control than the four-day clash in May 2025, analysts say.
KOLKATA - The Bharatiya Janata Party is on course for a historic victory in West Bengal, ending 15 years of Trinamool Congress rule, as central forces were deployed near Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence…
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping holds the upper hand in his upcoming summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, as the Iran war weakens Washington's negotiating position, analysts say.
KOLKATA - The BJP is leading by a wide margin in West Bengal vote counting, and a defeat for Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress would mark a major shift in the state's politics.
Pakistan's foreign minister Ishaq Dar and Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi discussed regional developments and ongoing diplomatic efforts in a late-night call, with Araghchi praising Pakistan's mediation role.
The Kremlin has sharply increased security around President Vladimir Putin over fears of assassination and a coup attempt, according to a European intelligence report obtained by CNN.
Iranian retaliatory strikes have damaged at least 16 US military bases across eight Middle Eastern countries, with some installations rendered fully inoperable, according to satellite imagery and US and Gulf sources.
Pakistan has opened six land transit routes to help thousands of containers stranded at Karachi port reach Iran after the US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and restrictions on Iranian ports.
The United States has approved $8.6 billion in arms sales to Israel, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, the State Department announced.
Australia is grappling with a severe mouse infestation that threatens food production, the government said, vowing to work jointly with farms to tackle the crisis.
The United States is pulling 5,000 troops from NATO ally Germany, the Pentagon announced, amid sharpening disagreements between President Donald Trump and Europe over the Iran war.
Fourteen members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed when unexploded ordnance detonated in northwestern Iran's Zanjan province, Fars News Agency reported.
Indian authorities are considering deploying crocodiles and venomous snakes as a 'natural barrier' along unfenced sections of the Bangladesh border, drawing criticism from analysts and rights activists.
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest, but her son says he has no proof she is still alive.
India will host a multinational military exercise involving 11 neighboring countries this month, marking its first such drill at a foreign training facility in Meghalaya.
Two months into the Iran conflict, Tehran activated its air defenses Thursday night as the Trump administration approached a constitutional deadline for congressional authorization.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the Pentagon of misleading the public about the cost of the war on Iran, saying it has so far cost the U.S. $100 billion.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs in a congressional hearing on the Iran war, where she questioned President Trump's mental fitness.
Iran has stockpiled 22,000 pounds, or 11 tonnes, of enriched uranium since Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal eight years ago. The status of that stockpile remains a mystery, even two months after…
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said a new chapter is being written in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran in February.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed the US military presence in the region for the instability in the Middle East, against the backdrop of tit-for-tat strikes between Iran, Israel and the United States.
US Central Command chief Brad Cooper will brief President Donald Trump on plans for a possible new military operation against Iran, US media outlet Axios reported, citing unnamed sources.
An explainer on the Islamic ruling that makes Qurbani during Eid ul-Adha obligatory on Muslims who own assets above the nisab threshold, set at 7.5 bhori of gold or 52.5 bhori of silver.
US President Donald Trump renamed the much-discussed Strait of Hormuz after himself, sharing a map on Truth Social labeling the waterway the "Strait of Trump."
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed at least nine people and wounded 13 on Thursday, the country's media reported, in the latest violation of a ceasefire.
The United Arab Emirates' decision to leave OPEC is likely to increase global oil supply and may lead to lower prices, as the UAE plans to set its own production levels from May 1.
The OPEC Fund for International Development announced a $1.5 billion aid package for developing countries to help them cope with the energy and trade crisis caused by the Iran war.
Iran's state-run Fars news agency said 52 Iranian ships, including 31 oil tankers, crossed the Strait of Hormuz over the past three days despite a U.S. naval blockade.
Voter turnout in the second phase of West Bengal's assembly election reached 89.99% by 5 p.m. Wednesday across 142 seats, surpassing all previous records, election officials said.