6,928 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
Acclaimed singer Fahmida Nabi has released a new solo song, 'Ovimaner Sheshe', after a short break. Written by Raju Chowdhury and composed by Ehsan Rahi, it has been released on the Shabdo Karigor YouTube…
Following Hamza Chowdhury's arrival, the Bangladesh Football Federation is adding more expatriate players, with up to five in line for the SAF Championship in Dhaka in November. UK-based winger Farhan Ali and forward Zayan…
Seven people were killed when a passenger bus lost control and ran over day labourers waiting for work on the Bogura-Naogaon regional highway early on Friday. Three died at the scene and four in…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has strongly condemned the Indian government for allowing ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to hold a news conference from India, calling it a grave breach of diplomatic norms and demanding she…
The government will pay retirement and welfare-trust dues to 75,000 MPO teachers and staff across 64 districts on 15 August, with a special 2,000 crore taka allocation. Some 110,000 applications, needing 10,326 crore taka,…
About 1.5 lakh National Identity card correction applications are pending, most of them over dates of birth, age and parents' names, the Election Commission says. It has decentralised date-of-birth corrections to field offices and…
Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman said that if Sheikh Hasina returns to the country in December as she has claimed, she should go to jail bearing responsibility for the mass killings and follow the legal…
A Facebook status by Jhalokathi-1 MP Rafiqul Islam Jamal, sharply criticising BNP and its wing leaders and activists for 'grabbing' benefits and helping Awami League figures over the past six months, has stirred widespread…
A 25-year-old muezzin, Md Ibrahim, died of an electric shock in Magura town's Stadium Para after touching an overhead power line on a mosque roof, where he had gone for relief from the heat…
Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) vice-president Sadik Kayem said the July movement and its spirit would remain undimmed in every corner of Bangladesh, writing in a Facebook post: 'Let July stand gloriously on…
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed brushed off Sheikh Hasina's recent remarks, asking 'What Hasina? Where did she speak? Was her face even seen?' He said those responsible for mass killings had shown no remorse and…
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam said India must decide whether it will support fascism, warning that if a convicted autocrat and Awami League leaders continue 'conspiratorial' activity from Indian soil and…
The government is working to complete all five tiers of local government elections within the current fiscal year, State Minister for Local Government Mir Shah Alam said in Sylhet. He said a decision on…
The government has moved to abolish the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and form a Special Response Battalion (SRB) in its place. A draft SRB Act, published for public opinion, adds new accountability measures, including…
Aviation security rules must apply equally to everyone, including VIPs and CIPs, and no one can be exempted from airport security screening, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam said, ahead of an upcoming…
This year's SSC and equivalent examination results will be published on 10 August, the education ministry said. From the 2027 academic year, there will be no admission test for Class 1, with students admitted…
Abdullah Al Mansur Noman, 45, was killed when a truck hit his motorcycle and ran over him in the Choraikol railgate area of Kushtia's Kumarkhali on Thursday evening. The truck fled, and police are…
The upazila administration in Jhenaidah's Mahespur held a reception and discussion honouring 'July fighters' to mark July Uprising Day 2026, remembering those killed and injured in the July uprising.
Jamaat-e-Islami's Magura district unit held a protest march, rally and submitted a memorandum in protest at the nationwide gas crisis, frequent load-shedding, power price hikes and rising prices of essentials.
Border Guard Bangladesh seized 12kg of a new drug called 'kush' — worth about 6 crore taka — and detained a man in Satkhira's Sadar upazila. The detainee claimed he did not know what…
Students of Tongi Tamirul Millat held a human chain demanding the swift arrest and exemplary punishment of those behind an attack on Dhaka Alia Madrasa principal Mohammad Obaidul Haque, and called for a safe,…
Bangladesh Bank governor Md Mostakur Rahman said a third of the banking sector's money was looted under the Awami League government, leaving about 2 crore depositors in trouble. He called what is now labelled…
After Sheikh Hasina's government fell, almost all of her close relatives — nearly two dozen of whom held ministerial rank, seats in parliament or key party posts — managed to leave the country and…
Many senior BNP leaders have questioned India's role in allowing ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to speak at a news conference in New Delhi. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed asked why India had given…
Blocked by police while marching to the Secretariat over the energy crisis, 'phantom' power bills and rising prices, opposition leader and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr Shafiqur Rahman said the 11-party alliance had come only to…
A tribunal in Meherpur has jailed two teenagers for 10 and seven years over the 2021 murder of a friend following a dispute over the online games PUBG and Free Fire. The victim's mother…
A severe gas crisis has cut output at many garment factories by 30 to 40 percent, and industry leaders warn that if Bangladesh fails to ship on time, global buyers could shift to rivals…
The High Court has directed all government and private hospitals and clinics to ensure emergency treatment for anyone injured in any accident, ordering the health ministry to issue a circular immediately.
Leaders of the Chougacha Press Club have strongly condemned the spread of false and fabricated information on social media about journalist MA Rahim, calling it a deliberate smear over a minor incident that had…
Police arrested three people with 27 yaba tablets in the Baghadanga Natunpara area of Chuadanga's Damurhuda late on Wednesday. A case has been filed under the narcotics-control law and the three sent to jail,…
A six-year-old girl is being treated at Kushtia General Hospital after an alleged sexual assault in Khoksa upazila. A teenage neighbour has been accused; police say they are aware of the case but have…
A Cumilla court has sentenced Md Mizanur Rahman Hazari, 65, to life imprisonment for the 2021 murder of a young man, Saiful Islam Sohan, over a money dispute in Laksam. His son, a co-accused,…
Seven officers of assistant commissioner rank in the Dhaka Metropolitan Police have been transferred, in an office order signed by DMP commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmad on Thursday.
A motorcyclist, Md Bazlur Rashid, a rural veterinary worker, was killed when a brick-laden truck hit his motorcycle in the Madhudanga area of Dhaka's Dhamrai upazila on Thursday morning. The truck's helper was also…
Khelafat Majlis Amir Maulana Abdul Basit Azad visited the National Institute of Ophthalmology to see Alif Chowdhury, who lost an eye in an attack — blamed on Chhatra Dal activists — on an NCP…
The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange fell on the week's last trading day, with most companies' share prices declining. Turnover exceeded 1,147 crore taka. The DSEX shed 33.17 points to close at…
In Brahmanbaria's Nabinagar, about 150 bighas of long-fallow land have been brought under aush rice for the first time this season, thanks to modern solar irrigation and agriculture-department support — filling once-barren fields with…
Bangladesh's Deputy High Commission in Kolkata observed the second anniversary of July Uprising Day with a day of programmes, paying tribute to those killed in the July 2024 uprising.
Bangladesh received $602 million in remittances in the first five days of August, 83.7 percent more than the same period a year earlier, Bangladesh Bank data show. From 1 July to 5 August, total…
Police have arrested Md Shakil Munshi, 25, the main accused in the murder of litchi-orchard owner Azizur in Faridpur's Salatha, from Dhaka's Chawkbazar with help from RAB-10. Police say the killing followed a dispute…
Off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli took 6 wickets to leave Bangladesh reeling on day one of their tour warm-up against a Cricket Australia XI in Darwin, but Mehedi Hasan Miraz's unbeaten 109 lifted the visitors to…
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman has directed that a coordinated action plan be drawn up quickly to curb pollution of the Buriganga and other rivers around Dhaka, and that effective steps be taken to implement…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's Gazipur district and city units held a human chain and submitted a memorandum to the prime minister demanding uninterrupted gas and power supply, the withdrawal of unjustified bills, lower energy prices and…
Commerce Minister Khondaker Abdul Muktadir and Australian High Commissioner Susan Ryle stressed expanding trade, investment, skills development and research cooperation between the two countries. Bilateral trade stands at about $5.5 billion and is growing.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has apologised for the 'mistake' over a controversial plan to sell stakes in FIFA competitions to private investors, but will stay in his post after senior officials backed him at…
The Anti-Corruption Commission will soon file a charge sheet against former national cricket captain and former MP Shakib Al Hasan and 14 others in a case alleging the embezzlement and laundering of 256 crore…
Two goals from Lionel Messi helped Inter Miami beat Atlético San Luis 4-2 in the Leagues Cup, coming from behind on a rain-soaked night. The brace made Messi the tournament's all-time top scorer.
Leaders and activists of the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance, marching to the Secretariat after a sit-in at Muktangan over the energy crisis, 'phantom' power bills and rising prices, were stopped by a police barricade at…
It will take two to three days for the gas crisis to ease, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku said. Gas transmission would resume from the afternoon once freezing was…
The government will formally launch the Family Card programme on 16 August after a pilot phase, aiming to bring 1.6 crore families under it within four years through a dynamic social registry. Prime Minister…
The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the presidential election, with voting on 20 August. If there is more than one candidate, voting will be held in the National Parliament chamber from 2pm…
In Magura's Shalikha, jute sticks are fetching growing demand alongside the golden fibre, giving farmers new hope. Once used only as cooking fuel, the sticks are now sought for particle board and factory use,…
The Chuadanga district unit of the 11-party alliance held a protest march and submitted a memorandum to the prime minister through the district administration, demanding an end to the gas crisis, load-shedding, power price…
A total of 458 road crashes killed 416 people and injured 629 across Bangladesh in July, including 57 women and 48 children, the Road Safety Foundation said. Motorcycle crashes caused the most deaths, at…
The 11-party alliance has announced a long-march programme demanding implementation of the referendum verdict, culminating in a grand rally in Dhaka on 14 November. Opposition leader and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr Shafiqur Rahman announced the…
Excelerate Energy's LNG terminal, shut for nearly two weeks after a fire triggered a severe gas and power crisis, restarted at 3:10am, RPGCL said. It was supplying 115 million cubic feet of gas to…
Bangladesh's foreign ministry has expressed strong anger and deep concern over New Delhi allowing Sheikh Hasina — convicted and sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity — a live media interaction, calling…
Online activist Sadikur Rahman Khan argued in a Facebook post that the July uprising was driven by student leaders and the public rather than BNP, a political opinion he attributed to events in 2024.
Islami Chhatra Shibir president Nurul Islam Saddam alleged that Chhatra Dal used former students and hired outsiders in campus attacks, allegations that were not independently verified.
Scholars, researchers and educators gathered in Dhaka for the publication of Maulana Abdul Matin's 17-volume Arabic commentary on Jami' at-Tirmidhi.