6,888 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
An eight-year-old girl has died after falling into a drain amid waterlogging caused by heavy rain in Cumilla city, in the Chhotora Pashchimpara area, on Sunday night. She slipped from her mother's hand while…
The 'FUL Scholarship-2025' has been awarded to 49 meritorious primary- and secondary-level students in Ulipur, Kurigram, at a ceremony where the upazila nirbahi officer, A T M Arif, handed over certificates and one-time scholarship…
A 65-year-old schoolteacher has been killed in Rajshahi, allegedly struck on the head with a stick by his university-student son during a family dispute, police said. The death took place on Monday morning in…
This year's HSC and equivalent examinations are being held nationwide with the same question papers, and in future the common subjects of madrasa and technical education will also share the same questions, the Minister…
The Border Guard Bangladesh has seized a truckload of undocumented Indian sarees, three-piece sets and cosmetics worth more than one crore taka from the Benapole bazar area of Jashore, detaining three people including the…
Police have detained 10 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliated organisations from Satmasjid Road in the capital's Dhanmondi at around 6 a.m. on Monday, while they were preparing for…
Police have arrested a 17-year-old over the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl in the Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, officers said. According to police and a case filed by the child's father under the…
Gangni police have arrested a fugitive accused in the murder case of Tapan Hossen, whose body was recovered from a papaya orchard in the Gangni upazila of Meherpur last December. The arrested man, listed…
Portugal's security forces have launched a nationwide crackdown to curb irregular migration, creating anxiety and uncertainty among many migrant workers. The National Republican Guard says more than 300 irregular migrants have been identified since…
After long speculation, intense internal party pressure and falling popularity, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has formally resigned, opening a leadership contest in which Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is the clear frontrunner. According…
Japan has increased visa fees for foreign nationals fivefold in one go, its first such increase in about 50 years, with the new rates taking effect on July 1. According to the foreign ministry,…
Five young men targeted in an attempted 'push-in' by India's Border Security Force (BSF) have been stranded for nine days at two points on the border zero-line in Roumari upazila of Kurigram, living under…
China hopes to strengthen strategic communication with Bangladesh's new BNP-led government, advance traditional friendship, expand high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and take the comprehensive strategic partnership to a new height, its foreign ministry has…
Bangladesh and Malaysia have agreed to take their longstanding bilateral relationship to new heights by strengthening cooperation in trade, investment, the labour market, defence, energy, the digital economy and regional affairs, according to a…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called on Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to quickly open Malaysia's labour market for Bangladeshis. Speaking at a joint press conference in Putrajaya on Monday, he said he had…
India-Pakistan tensions over Indus river water-sharing have taken on a new dimension, with Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warning that Islamabad will not hesitate to take military steps if the country's water security is…
At least 54 people have been injured and 18 are missing after a massive explosion at a factory in the Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, the country's interior ministry said on Monday, according…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce his exit timetable on Monday, paving the way for an orderly handover to his rival, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, and putting the UK on…
Talks between Iran and the United States in Switzerland have been successfully completed, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said in a social-media post. He said the two sides agreed to a roadmap toward…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday after less than two years in power, following repeated policy reversals and a sharp fall in public support. Starmer said he would step down…
Farmers, potato traders and others held a human chain at Satmatha in Bogura on Sunday, demanding that cold-storage potato-rent be capped at five taka per kilogram. The Potato Value Chain Promotional Body's president, Chamiul…
More than 23 mosques, madrasas, Eidgahs and dargahs have been demolished or partly removed across Indian states in the past 45 days, most in BJP-ruled states, according to an investigative report by the outlet…
Bangladesh's stock markets ended Sunday lower, with the DSEX down 21 points at 5,639 and the CSE's CASPI down 104 at 15,354. Turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange still crossed 1,000 crore taka at…
High-level US-Iran peace talks have begun at Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, mediated by Qatar and Pakistan, to firm up an interim deal signed last week by Presidents Trump and Pezeshkian, Qatar's foreign ministry and…
A 40-year-old truck driver, Abbas Hossain of Churamonkati in Jashore, was killed when a speeding 'Rupsa Paribahan' bus ran him over as he crossed the road near Bardaha Bridge in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah, on Sunday…
A court in Cumilla has granted a two-day remand for Zisan Ahmed Pradhan, an expelled central leader of Chhatra Shibir, who was arrested in a case filed over a rape allegation by a 25-year-old…
A 55-year-old headmaster of a government primary school in Tungipara upazila, Gopalganj, was found dead at his home early on Sunday in what police said was believed to be a suicide. An unnatural-death case…
Three men, all aged 18, have been arrested over the alleged gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl in Ashulia, an industrial area near Dhaka, with a fourth accused absconding, police said. The OC of Ashulia…
Residents of Dashmina upazila allege the local forest has become an 'empire of corruption' run by forest beat officer Rawshan Hasan and others, who they say extort herdsmen, lease out char land and allow…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led an International Yoga Day event on Kolkata's Red Road on Sunday, attended by West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose and opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari. The event drew controversy…
The bodies of at least 15 migrants, including a young girl, have washed up on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast near Tobruk after their boat is believed to have sunk, security, navy and medical sources…
Farmers in Kalmakanda's Kharnai union allege that genuine flood-hit growers were left off the government agricultural-incentive list while non-farmers and 'fake' individuals were included, and held a protest human chain at Palpara Bazar. Union…
A 45-year-old man, Md Nazrul Sardar, was hacked to death while praying at his home in Mehendiganj upazila, Barishal, on Sunday in what family members and police described as a long-running family land dispute.…
A video of a protest march by the banned Jubo League in Gazipur, in which a man was heard threatening on-duty police and marchers chanted pro-Sheikh Hasina and 'direct action' slogans, has spread on…
India has rejected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's call to halt the demolition of Muslim religious sites in India — including what he called a 1,000-year-old mosque in Varanasi — calling his remarks 'unjustified'…
An allegation has been raised that a two-month-old infant being treated for pneumonia died of wrong treatment at the Banshkhali Upazila Health Complex in Chattogram, after a nurse allegedly gave an injection without the…
Waste from Tata Electronics' iPhone-components plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, has polluted farmland and caused skin-disease complaints among farmers, prompting a state health investigation, according to officials and an official document reviewed by Reuters.…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hit back on Instagram against Donald Trump after the US president said her popularity was shaky and claimed she had 'begged' for a photo at the G7 summit. 'Neither…
American actor Giancarlo Esposito, known worldwide as Gus Fring in 'Breaking Bad,' has converted to Islam while filming in Saudi Arabia, reciting the shahada, the head of the kingdom's General Entertainment Authority, Turki Al-Sheikh,…
Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz declared a 90-day state of emergency on Saturday and deployed troops and bulldozers to clear road blockades, after six weeks of anti-government protests caused severe shortages of food, medicine and…
French police recovered a genuine Pablo Picasso painting during a drug-trafficking raid on a house in the Paris suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne, prosecutors in Créteil said on Saturday, according to AFP. Cannabis, expensive clothing and…
A majority of Israelis believe Iran emerged stronger from the war and its subsequent agreement with the United States, according to a Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Agam Institute poll of 3,644 respondents published…
Iran is getting back six billion dollars frozen in Qatar as part of a preliminary agreement with the United States, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported on Sunday. President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed the report, saying…
Sylhet Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Md Sarwar Alam has been transferred and posted to the Public Administration Ministry as a deputy secretary, effective immediately, a notification said. It gave no reason for the…
A 37-second video showing a man in a pink T-shirt firing a pistol towards a garment factory in Chattogram's Kalurghat industrial area has gone viral on Facebook. Police said they were investigating the Saturday…
Sylhet Deputy Commissioner Md Sarwar Alam has been recalled and posted to the Public Administration Ministry as a deputy secretary, effective immediately, a ministry notification said on Sunday. The order gave no specific reason.…
Police arrested eight people in Madaripur, including two union-level presidents and a general secretary of the banned Awami League, in a special drive under anti-terrorism law, the local OC said. Police said the drive…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman left Dhaka on Sunday for Kuala Lumpur at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. After Malaysia he will travel on to China, holding bilateral talks with Premier Li…
Continuous rain and hill flash floods from India have submerged the Anwarpur-Sunamganj road in Tahirpur upazila, disrupting travel for tourists, traders and others. The Sunamganj Water Development Board's executive engineer said the water was…
Scholarships and certificates were given to 143 meritorious students in Narail at a ceremony organised by the Bangladesh Kindergarten Oikya Parishad on Saturday, with Additional IGP Barrister Zillur Rahman as chief guest. He said…
Local BNP worker Majidul Islam and his brother Mahirul Islam alleged at a press conference in Meherpur's Gangni upazila that Sajjad Hossain Palash grabbed their land, demanded extortion and set fire to their home…
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire on Friday after fierce clashes in Lebanon, according to a US official, even as fresh strain hit the peace process built around the US-Iran agreement signed two…
Most Israelis want Benjamin Netanyahu to leave politics, according to a Channel 12 poll, with 59 percent saying he should quit and not contest the next election, due this autumn. Only 33 percent backed…
When Erin Klatt moved to New Zealand a decade ago, she soon decided to make it home; this year she paid $2,350 to renounce her US citizenship. Thousands of Americans do the same each…
The Trinamool Congress, Mamata Banerjee's party that held power in West Bengal for 15 consecutive years, has shattered just weeks after the election results were announced. The party, more than 28 years old, has…
Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has left for Iran and will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Saturday. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told the ISNA news agency the visit…
Switzerland is providing a 'secure and confidential' environment at its Bürgenstock resort to advance talks on implementing the memorandum of understanding signed between the United States and Iran, the Swiss foreign ministry said, according…
The understanding reached between the United States and Iran could easily collapse in the event of fresh provocation or an attack, making it 'premature' to hope for lasting peace, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of…
Jamaat-e-Islami central Naib-e-Amir Professor Mujibur Rahman said workers and the public would continue their movement until people’s voting rights and the verdict of the referendum are implemented, addressing a labour federation conference in Chattogram.
The death of businessman Sohel Rana in Kishoreganj’s Kuliarchar, first thought to be a motorcycle accident, is now alleged by his family to be a planned murder. A case has been filed and the…