6,888 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
A BNP-leaning panel has won the triennial election of the 200-year-old Uttar Singia bazar committee in Narail Sadar. Shovon Ahmed Baki Billah won the president's post with 155 votes, and Ibadat Sheikh the general…
A school student was killed in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a pickup in Shailkupa upazila, Jhenaidah. The accident happened in front of Bhatai Government College on the Jhenaidah-Kushtia highway at midday…
China has added 20 Japanese companies to a blacklist with the aim of halting exports of dual-use goods -- those usable for both military and civilian purposes. The list includes Japan's National Institute for…
Saudi Arabia has issued an urgent notice on expatriates' work permits. The Qiwa platform, under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, said only two days remain until the deadline for renewing work…
RAB has arrested a distant nephew, Md Ariful Islam, 31, over the murder of a housewife, Bibi Kulsum Kajol, 37, in Phulgazi, Feni. RAB-7 squadron leader Mizanur Rahman gave the information at a press…
Ataur Rahman Bachchu -- MP for Narail-2 and district Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer -- has dismissed his personal assistant, Abu Saleh Mohammad Gofran. The MP posted the dismissal letter on his verified Facebook account on Sunday,…
Israel has violated the Gaza ceasefire agreement 3,465 times since it took effect, the Gaza government media office has alleged. The office said that despite the ceasefire in force since October 2025, continued Israeli…
A teenage workshop worker has died after being attacked over a trivial dispute in Kanaighat municipal town, Sylhet. He died while undergoing treatment at Osmani Medical College Hospital on Monday morning. Police said they…
A 65-year-old man, Abdul Jabbar, was allegedly strangled by his nephew over the flow of rainwater in Mahadebpur, Naogaon. The incident happened at midday on Monday in Chhoto Maheshpur village, police said, adding that…
A 45-year-old CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, Abdul Mannan, was killed and his vehicle robbed in Sariakandi upazila, Bogura. Police recovered his body from beside the Koi-Khali wetland in Daripara village at around 11am on Monday.
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir has announced a 36-day programme to mark the second anniversary of the July uprising. The programme was announced at a news conference at Dhaka University's Madhur Canteen on Monday under…
A 26-year-old housewife, Shraboni Begum, drowned in a fish enclosure in Madaripur Sadar upazila. The accident happened at around noon on Sunday in the Shikinohata area of Mostafapur union, police and local sources said.
Airport police have arrested Bachir Uddin, 40, a former municipal commissioner of Debidwar in Cumilla, who is accused in a murder case from the anti-discrimination student movement. He was arrested at Dhaka international airport…
The government has appointed as Cumilla deputy commissioner an officer who was once penalised for corruption. The officer, Rozy Akter, is a deputy secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism. The Ministry…
The body of a five-year-old child has been recovered from the Dhalai river a day after the child went missing in Katabil village of Adampur union in Kamalganj upazila, Moulvibazar. Family members recovered the…
Police have arrested Sanjida Akter -- a former Eden College Chhatra League member and a central Juba Mohila League member -- from her home in Shibchar upazila, Madaripur. She was produced before a Madaripur…
Police have arrested two leaders of the banned Chhatra League and Krishak League in a case under the Explosives Act in Chatmohar, Pabna. The two were arrested in a raid on Saturday night and…
The body of a 51-year-old woman, Nazma Alam, has been recovered, bound hand and foot with a rope around her neck, from a house in the Shibnathpara area of Tangail town. Her body was…
Australia will double fines on platforms that break its rules to curb widespread evasion of one of the world's strictest bans on social media use by under-16s, the government said on Saturday. The new…
Pakistan is considering buying cheap oil and gas from Iran. Energy Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik said on Sunday that Pakistan was planning to buy oil and gas from Tehran following the end of the…
As competition in artificial intelligence intensifies, so does demand for the computing capacity and data centres it requires. Citing limits in meeting that demand, Google has restricted the social media giant Meta's use of…
Military tensions between Iran and the United States in the Middle East have taken a new turn. Iran claimed on Sunday that its naval and aerospace forces had jointly launched missile and drone strikes…
Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon has announced the nationalisation of Tindu Lower Secondary School in a remote part of Thanchi upazila, Bandarban, on the instruction of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The school's…
Denmark is considering banning the azaan, the Islamic call to prayer, with the government concerned about the growing number of Muslims, immigration minister Morten Bodskov said in an interview. English versions of the interview,…
Cooperation between Bangladesh and China is not aimed at any 'third party' and the relationship should remain free of third-party influence, Beijing has said. The remarks came at the Chinese foreign ministry's regular briefing…
Four more people have died of measles symptoms in the country in the past 24 hours, though no confirmed measles death was recorded over the period, the Directorate General of Health Services said on…
Roads, shopping malls and city centres lay deserted under the searing heat. Europe has endured its highest heatwave in memory over the past week, with Germany recording a new high of 41.5C. More than…
The International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman and two others to death over the shooting of a young man hanging from a building cornice and the killing of…
BNP member of parliament AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon has proposed temporarily scrapping Tk 500 and Tk 1,000 notes to bring cash held in homes into the banks. He made the proposal during the general…
A powerful earthquake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region. The magnitude-6 quake was felt from the capital Kabul across the border into some areas of neighbouring Pakistan. A few hours earlier, a magnitude-5.4 quake had…
Rubble is being cleared by bare hands and shovels, with drones searching from above for signs of life, as the race to rescue survivors continues in Venezuela. The coastal state of La Guaira, next…
Fresh tensions have arisen over commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. For the first time since the ceasefire took effect, an Iranian drone struck a commercial ship, after which the United States struck…
At Sapahar, one of the country's largest mango markets, mango collection, sorting and wholesale trading run from morning to evening. But behind the bustle, growers' frustration is rising as production costs have multiplied while…
The government has transferred Cumilla deputy commissioner (DC) Mu Reza Hasan to the post of Sylhet DC. It has also appointed Rozy Akter, a deputy secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism,…
Countless mysteries surround North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but the secrecy around his mother is among the most striking. In 15 years in power, he has not once publicly uttered her name. The…
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has published the final results of the 47th BCS, recommending a total of 1,521 people for appointment -- 1,320 to cadre posts and 201 to non-cadre posts.
Miscreants cut down the crops on 4 bigha of land in Boalia village of Mahespur upazila at some point on Saturday night, in what is estimated to be a Tk 5-6 lakh loss for…
Aam Aadmi Party national convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has directly accused the BJP and RSS over the theft of donations and jewellery given by devotees at the Ram temple. He…
The mastermind of the July movement is not any single person but the 18 crore people of Bangladesh, opposition leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman has told the National Parliament. "We do not accept any single…
Saudi security forces arrested 15,231 illegal migrants in joint operations over one week, the kingdom's interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The operations, run from 18 to 24 June, were carried out…
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that for the next 30 days, full control and oversight of the Strait of Hormuz will remain in Iran's hands, with no role for any other party…
A three-and-a-half-year-old child drowned in a pond in Halda village of Naldi union in Lohagara upazila, Narail. The accident happened at around 9am on Sunday.
At least 11 people were killed when a small civilian aircraft crashed in the eastern French town of Tomblaine. The accident happened near Nancy-Essey airport in the Tomblaine municipal area on Sunday morning, local…
The national Vitamin A Plus campaign has been launched in Chuadanga. Health department assistant director Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal inaugurated the campaign as chief guest at the civil surgeon's office conference room on Sunday…
A seventh-grade schoolboy died while looking for a kite whose string had snapped in a marsh in Noagram Dakshinpara of Kalia upazila, Narail. His father rushed home from abroad on hearing of the death,…
A family of four died by suicide in Kerala, India, after being unable to pay their house rent, police said. The body of a seven-year-old child was recovered from a river near Piravom on…
A 30-year-old man, Abdul Jalil, was killed when his uncle allegedly struck him with a stick during a land dispute in Hatibandha upazila, Lalmonirhat. The incident happened at midday on Saturday in the Dhowlai…
A 15-year-old boy was allegedly abducted and tortured over a trivial matter in Savar, with his family alleging he lost sight in both eyes, in a case in which Savar Chhatra Dal general secretary…
A tree-planting programme has been launched by the upazila administration in Almdanga, Chuadanga, to protect environmental balance, tackle the adverse effects of climate change and increase greenery. Chuadanga-1 MP advocate Masud Parvez Rasel inaugurated…
Two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a chicken-laden pickup on the Feni-Parshuram road near the Fulgazi upazila council in Feni. The accident happened…
An attempt is being made to spread public confusion by circulating baseless information on social media under the headline 'bodies of seven Awami League-Chhatra League leaders and activists floating in the Turag river,' Police…
Police in Fatullah, Narayanganj, have recovered a private car stolen from a parking area and arrested three members of an inter-district car-theft gang. Two private cars, including the stolen one, and a microbus were…
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir's Cumilla city unit has elected a president and nominated a secretary for the remaining period of the 2026 session. Najmul Hasan Panchayet was elected president by the members' direct vote,…
Intruders cut through the corrugated-iron roof of a house and killed a housewife in Fulgazi, Feni. The victim, Kajol Akter, 26, was the wife of Kuwait-based expatriate Nurul Amin. The incident happened on Friday…
Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon has ordered the installation of CCTV cameras in every examination room to ensure the upcoming Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations are held in a fair, orderly and copying-free…
The verdict in a crimes-against-humanity case against former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman and five police members -- over the shooting of a young man hanging from a cornice and the killing of two people…
The country has many laws and orders that go unenforced in practice. The 'Guest Control Order' issued in 1984 is one such. The order, meant to curb excess waste and control guest numbers at…
Anyone planning to buy a new smartphone must decide within the next few days, because from 1 July the same phone could cost several thousand taka more. The interim government's temporary 15 percent duty…
Government and opposition MPs clashed in the National Parliament during the general discussion on the proposed 2026-27 budget. Jamaat-e-Islami MP Shahjahan Chowdhury sharply criticised a remark by Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, mocking him as…
Six more children died of measles symptoms in the country in the past 24 hours, though no confirmed measles death was reported over the period, the Directorate General of Health Services said in an…