6,909 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
A video of a participant chanting the 'Joy Bangla' slogan during a BNP motorcycle rally in Madaripur on August 15 has sparked local political debate after circulating on social media.
BNP has named four new members to its national standing committee, the party's highest policy-making body, in a bid to strengthen organizational momentum.
A runner has died of a suspected cardiac arrest while participating in the Sonargaon 7.5K Run 2026 in Narayanganj, collapsing about halfway through the course.
A father-in-law and his daughter-in-law have died of electrocution at their home in Charghat upazila, Rajshahi, after the woman was shocked while hanging wet clothes near a charging wire.
At least 120 people have been injured in a violent clash between two villages over control of an old cemetery in Rangchhati union, Kalmakanda upazila, Netrokona.
An unidentified young woman has been killed after being struck by the Parabat Express near a railway crossing in Kulaura upazila, Moulvibazar.
RAB-14 has arrested Abdul Khalek, 27, for the hacking death of Mohammad Rabbi, 25, in Mymensingh, with the suspect claiming he was avenging a 2018 attack in which his father's hand was severed.
RAB-13 has arrested three people, including a woman, in connection with the murder of businessman Abdur Rahman, 60, whose body was found in his auto-rickshaw garage in Rangpur city.
A Kolkata film producer has reignited the long-running Dev-Jeet rivalry by unfavorably comparing ticket bookings for Jeet's upcoming biopic with Dev's record-breaking numbers from last year.
Police have recovered the bodies of a 22-year-old woman and her four-year-old daughter from their home in Dhupuria village, Mirzapur upazila, Tangail.
A 26-year-old man has been killed after falling between two carriages of the Titas Commuter train while trying to descend from its roof at Narsingdi railway station.
A 90-year-old woman has died after a tree fell on her while she was resting under it to escape the heat during prolonged power outages in Dewanganj upazila, Jamalpur.
Muhammad Yasin, known as Sonamia, who was arrested and jailed under a death sentence meant for a different person in a drug trafficking case, has been released on bail after a court confirmed the…
The 2017 duet 'Jonom Jonom' by Bangladeshi singers Imran Mahmudool and Sabrina Porshi has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube, nine years after its release.
A senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader has said the party's position during the 1971 Liberation War was opposition to what it viewed as Indian aggression rather than opposition to Bangladesh, while also criticizing BNP.
Bangladesh reached 351 for 6 at stumps on day two of the Darwin Test, building a 153-run first-innings lead after Tanjid Hasan scored a maiden Test century and captain Nazmul Hossain contributed 84.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has announced prayer and milad mahfil programs across the country to mark former prime minister and former BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's 82nd birthday on August 15.
Bangladesh Bank has issued a consolidated import policy circular expanding opportunities for imports without letters of credit, longer-term deferred payments for raw materials and capital machinery, supply chain financing and digital trade documentation.
Eight workers have died and at least 30 others have been injured after a toxic gas leak from an LNG carrier being scrapped at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda, Chattogram, triggered an explosion.
Former NCP leader Tasnim Zara has warned that privatizing the power distribution system would create a natural monopoly with no consumer alternatives, potentially leading to unfair pricing and poor service for decades.
The Bangladesh Football Federation has agreed in principle to accept a late invitation to the FIFA-funded ASEAN Cup in Indonesia after India withdrew.
Fifteen passengers were injured when a bus bound for Dhaka collided head-on with an LPG tanker in Ishwardi, Pabna. One was transferred to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
A retired infantry officer argues that religious practice among soldiers reflects the realities of their profession rather than any institutional pressure or creeping fundamentalism.
Sheikh Parvez Jibon claimed 5-23 and Ahrar Amin finished unbeaten on 57 as Bangladesh Under-23 beat Malaysia by three wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead.
Exports through Bhomra fell by more than a million tonnes in a year and revenue collection is far behind target, with traders blaming weak infrastructure at the Satkhira port.
The Met Office asked Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra ports to hoist local warning signal No 3, with squally winds expected over the north Bay and coastal areas.
Shakher Banu, 57, was killed at her home in Maheshpur upazila early on Friday. Police detained her son, who they say is suspected of the killing after a dispute over money for drugs.
Governor Josh Green declared an emergency in Hawaii ahead of Tropical Storm Lala, which forecasters say could strengthen into a hurricane and bring up to 25 inches of rain.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit said the long-derelict Jashore children's hospital would be revived once the district's coronary care unit is completed.
Negative self-talk, collapsing under criticism, comparing yourself with others, dwelling on mistakes and avoiding anything new are among the habits that undermine confidence.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's admission that she has had nights with no sleep at all has revived a question about how heads of government function on so little rest.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who resigned after being nominated for president, held the post for about 15 years and five months, the longest in the party's history.
Bangladesh is heading for its first contested presidential election since 1991, though constitutional arithmetic makes the outcome a foregone conclusion.
With Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed serving as acting president, the duty of swearing in the next president is expected to fall to Deputy Speaker Kaysar Kamal.
Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam Parwar said mismanagement and short-sightedness had driven electricity and gas shortages to a peak, warning the government would bear responsibility.
Three girls from two families drowned in a pond at Jamdia village in Bagharpara upazila of Jashore on Friday, police said.
Maulana Abdul Matin spent 25 years writing a 17-volume Arabic commentary on Jami at-Tirmidhi, launched in Dhaka this month before scholars from Bangladesh and abroad.
Bangladesh is heading for its first contested presidential election since 1991, though constitutional arithmetic makes the outcome a foregone conclusion.
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman could travel to New Delhi late next week or in early September for his first bilateral visit since taking office, Indian media reported, citing diplomatic sources.
Eight workers were killed and more than 10 injured when gas exploded during the cutting of an old vessel at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram's Sitakunda, police said.
Most of Comilla city has faced two days of gas shortages, with no clear restoration time as low LNG supply from an FSRU affects several districts.
Residents in Mirsarai detained three alleged members of a CNG auto-rickshaw theft ring, had them repent and pray 100 voluntary rakahs, then released them without assault.
A Noakhali court sentenced lead accused Sabuj to death for the 2013 killings of Setara Begum and Khalil and acquitted the other two defendants.
A fire broke out at a mixed-use building in Dhaka's Maghbazar that houses four bank branches and foreign medical students; many people may still be trapped.
Remittances reached $1.499 billion in the first 12 days of August, up 42.2 percent year on year, while July-August inflows rose 23.4 percent.
Investigations found the name of Khulna headteacher Dipak Chandra Sarker on a West Bengal voter list, but no visible legal action has been taken and he denies being an Indian voter.
The Asian Development Bank said it will continue supporting reforms, restructuring and recapitalization of Bangladesh's banking sector and broader financial stability.
A new Bangladesh Bank circular brings import foreign-exchange rules issued over the past year into one framework, covering letters of credit, payments, advances and online reporting.
Bangladesh will import five more LNG cargoes in August, bringing the monthly total to nine and the total volume to about 28.8 million MMBtu.
Police in Moulvibazar have arrested Saddam Hossain Kajol, an accused in 15 robbery cases across four districts, in an early-morning operation, officers say.
A Chhatra League activist was caught by locals while burgling an expatriate's home in Pirojpur's Nesarabad, after allegedly stabbing the man's wife, daughter and a neighbour.
The Police Bureau of Investigation has arrested two men, including the alleged main assailant, over the killing of auto-van driver Sujon Howlader in Ashulia, recovering the victim's vehicle and the weapon.
The Border Guard Bangladesh has seized 617 bottles of banned Indian Eskaf syrup in an operation in the Putkhali border area of Jashore, officers say.
Jashore's law-enforcement agencies held a coordinated night-time drill across the city, with mobile courts at sensitive points, to reassure the public and warn criminals.
Driver Mahi, 50, died after losing control of an Alamsadhu and overturning on the Jhenaidah-Magura highway in Magura.
Motorcycle rider Ibrahim Hossain, 50, was killed and a teacher and van driver were seriously injured when a motorcycle and a metal-grille-loaded battery van collided in Benapole.
Journalists in Natore held a protest and human chain after seven reporters were beaten during unrest at two upazila executive offices; no case has yet been filed.
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.
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman has given a grant to Rajshahi University student Md Nazmul Hasan to help him take up a full scholarship at Sweden's University of Skovde.
Saleh Ahmad of Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, has found striking success growing passion fruit — known locally as 'Anarkali' — becoming the first to farm it commercially on the plains.