6,929 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
Green chilli imports will begin on Monday, Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid has said, expressing hope that the price of green chillies will come down to a tolerable level within two to five…
Md Fazlul Haque, former president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) and managing director of Plummy Fashions Limited, has formally taken charge as administrator of the country's top trade body, the…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has held a protest march and rally in Gangni, Meherpur, marking the second anniversary of the July mass uprising, demanding justice for the killings and full implementation of the July Charter. The…
Dhaka University (DU) 2026-27 admission: apply online from 11 to 25 November. Tests: IBA on 5 December, Science 12 December, Arts, Law and Social Sciences 19 December, Fine Arts 22 December and Business Studies…
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Amin Ur Rashid Yasin has said the “ghosts of autocracy” are still lying in wait and would wreck the country if given the chance. He made the remarks…
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj has said the “school meal” programme will be expanded in phases to all government primary schools across the country to ensure nutritious food for every…
South Korea has recorded its highest temperature in more than a century. The government weather agency said the temperature in the south-eastern city of Yangsan reached 42.5 degrees Celsius at 1:26pm local time on…
Information and Broadcasting Minister M Zahir Uddin Swapan has said that while positive activism in the public interest can have a role, any specific agenda or bias can damage the neutrality of journalism, whose…
Amar Bangladesh (AB) Party has held a dialogue reviewing state reform, political unity and the successes and failures since the July uprising. Party Chairman Mojibur Rahman Manju said that, two years on, failures were…
Tea cultivation has emerged as a major opportunity in the northern border district of Lalmonirhat. As an alternative to harmful tobacco, tea could transform the district's economy, and farmer interest has grown as the…
Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Shafiqur Rahman has said the government should not forget “17 years of persecution”, accusing it of repeating the actions of the previous “fascist” rule. “We are seeing…
Qawmipedia, a Qawmi madrasa-based information bank, has published a list of the country's five most influential Islamic scholars. Released on 29 July, the list places Maulana Mamunul Haque first, followed by Maulana Mahmudul Hasan,…
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman has ordered the reactivation of the waterways around the capital, Dhaka. He also directed the relevant authorities on how to prevent pollution of Dhaka's rivers, improve the drainage system and…
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed says activities of the banned Awami League, which he called a “fascist” group, are being observed during August, and everyone has been asked to stay vigilant. He spoke to reporters…
Local Government Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has stressed strengthening the judiciary, the administration and other constitutional institutions to make democracy durable and effective. Speaking at a reception in Thakurgaon…
About 45 top executives and business leaders from 25 leading US industrial and business firms will visit Bangladesh by the end of next week, as part of efforts to boost US investment and deepen…
There is no sign of essential prices easing in Chattogram; instead, prices of various goods are rising further. The price of green chillies has doubled in one jump, selling at 400 taka a kilogram…
Leader of the Opposition and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said the media is the fourth pillar of society, and urged a newspaper to publish the truth frankly even if a report…
A shopkeeper in Madarganj, Jamalpur, has been fined by a mobile court for selling bottled petrol at an inflated price, following a raid on his shop on Saturday (1 August).
Two people have died after being electrocuted in separate incidents in South Gaffargaon and Nandail upazilas of Mymensingh on Saturday (1 August) morning.
Citing India's controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), West Bengal's Suvendu Adhikari has said people of the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who enter India from neighbouring countries are not infiltrators but…
Benjamin Mendy, a member of France's 2018 Russia World Cup-winning squad, has sparked fresh controversy by selling the official replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy in his possession, prompting wide debate in football…
Ahead of the new season, the Saudi Pro League of Cristiano Ronaldo and João Félix has slipped outside the top 30 of the Global Football Ranking's list of the world's best leagues, while Lionel…
A schoolgirl and a young man were allegedly tied to a tree and subjected to physical and mental abuse in public at a school in Kashiani, Gopalganj. After a video of the incident spread…
A 30-year-old man, Abdul Aziz, was stabbed to death by a rival in Daulatpur, Kushtia. Police say the killing stemmed from a dispute over an online application for a VGF destitute-allowance card and local…
Police have recovered the body of a 25-year-old housewife found hanging at her home in Alfadanga, Faridpur. Her husband's family says she died by suicide, while her own family alleges she was killed and…
Italy has announced it is suspending the European Union's border-free Schengen agreement with Spain for a month, in response to the unprecedented migrant surge at Spain's Ceuta border.
While digging a grave for a woman's burial in Monoharganj, Cumilla, local people claimed they found the body of her husband — buried about 24 years ago — still intact, drawing crowds of curious…
Four people were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a pickup in Kahalu upazila, Bogura, on Saturday (1 August). One of the dead has been identified as fish trader Lutfor Rahman,…
The United States has praised Bangladesh's current stability and expressed full confidence in Prime Minister Tareque Rahman's leadership, saying Washington will positively reconsider its travel advisory to encourage fresh US investment, US special representative…
Police have recovered the half-decomposed body of a 40-year-old businessman from a furniture shop in the Panti Golabari market of Kumarkhali upazila, Kushtia. Police say they initially suspect he may have died by suicide…
Much of the evidence at the "Aynaghar" secret detention site was destroyed and new structures put up, and those involved will face action subject to investigation, International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam…
About 1,000 chickens died in a night-time wild-animal attack on a poultry farm in Damurhuda, Chuadanga, causing the owner an estimated 400,000 to 500,000 taka (about $3,300 to $4,200) in losses.
Kazi Salahuddin has again become president of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), elected unopposed at the federation's congress in Bhutan on Saturday (1 August) for a fifth consecutive term.
National Citizen Party chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari was attacked again in the Sylhet region amid the party's continuing programmes; his convoy was ambushed on the road between Sylhet Sadar and Jaintapur, breaking a car's…
Everyday habits — brushing teeth, drinking bottled water, moving through street dust or eating food kept in plastic containers — are unknowingly introducing tiny plastic particles known as microplastics into the body, and concern…
A Barishal University student has alleged he was ordered to write a teacher's name 300 times and submit it after misspelling the name in an assignment, sparking wide discussion among students after he posted…
Khulna University students have announced they are withdrawing their protest and boycott of classes and exams, deciding to return to all academic and administrative activities from Sunday after the administration took positive steps on…
Dhaka University has begun repainting and, where needed, rewriting the July uprising graffiti on walls across its campus to preserve the memory of the historic mass movement, in a three-day programme that keeps the…
Dr Dipti Saha, a professor in Dhaka University's applied chemistry and chemical engineering department, has died at a hospital in the capital at the age of 58 after food lodged in her windpipe during…
Three more children have died with measles symptoms in the country in the past 24 hours, while 872 children were newly infected with measles or measles-like symptoms in the same period, according to a…
China has urged Washington to halt military threats and unilateral sanctions after reports that the Pentagon is reviewing options for possible military action against Cuba, saying Beijing will firmly stand with Cuba's sovereignty.
Saudi Arabia has announced a 14-nation Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance — including Bangladesh — to secure commercial and energy shipping in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden, Al…
Four young men in Ghatail, Tangail, have voluntarily cleared dense roadside bushes along accident-prone roads to make travel safer, drawing praise from local officials.
A widely shared social-media claim that original HSC certificates are mandatory for chairman candidates and SSC certificates for member candidates in union council elections is entirely false; the Election Commission has issued no such…
India's foreign ministry told a parliamentary committee it would gradually normalize visa services for Bangladeshi citizens as the situation improves, and the panel recommended building a bilateral consular framework, according to an Indian media…
The exchange rates of major foreign currencies against the Bangladeshi taka on Friday.
The government has made GPS devices mandatory in all public transport from Saturday, August 1, to be shown for new registration and fitness-certificate renewal, though owners say full compliance will take more time.
Bangladesh Bank has handed control of Al-Arafah Islami Bank back to its old owners, the Chattogram-based KDS Group, under high-level government pressure — a move that returned people accused of past irregularities to the…
Shehzad Poonawalla, a prominent face and national spokesperson of India's ruling BJP, has abruptly resigned citing personal reasons, prompting speculation over the move.
Real Madrid has taken a hard line on Vinicius Junior's future, telling the Brazilian forward he must either renew his contract or be sold this summer, the Spanish outlet Marca reported.
The Saimum Shilpi Gosthi has announced a four-day cultural festival, “July Awakening (Season 2),” themed “July Through Children's Eyes,” to mark the second anniversary of the July uprising, at the Bangladesh National Museum in…
A boat carrying Rohingya capsized while entering Bangladesh off Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, on Friday. Local fishermen rescued 18 people, while about 13 others, including the crew, are feared missing.
India has begun an anti-dumping investigation into PET film exported from Bangladesh, with a virtual hearing set for August 6, adding another Bangladeshi product to a growing list of trade-remedy actions.
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition Dr Shafiqur Rahman visited a teenager, Alif, who lost an eye in an attack on the NCP's “July March” in Habiganj, at the National Institute of Ophthalmology…
Cases and attacks cannot stop the NCP's movement, chief organizer Nasiruddin Patwari said, responding to a case filed over an attack on party leaders in Habiganj that named him and others.
More than a week of heavy rain has badly damaged the summer chili crop in Madhukhali, Faridpur, killing most plants through waterlogging and pushing farmers into heavy losses; they are demanding government compensation.
Actress Sadia Jahan Prova has stirred curiosity with a cryptic, emotional Instagram post — “I'm still alive without you” — without saying who it was meant for.
The BNP government has itself admitted that corruption has increased, Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said, criticizing the government over corruption and workers' welfare.
The Law Reform Commission's proposals will be implemented in line with the “July Charter,” Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman said in Jhenaidah.