271 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
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.
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…
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…
Agricultural land is shrinking at an alarming rate in Charfasson, Bhola, due to unplanned house-building, with cropland being filled in for homes and commercial premises and crop output falling as a result. Continued erosion…
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,…
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…
Unless the country wants to wage war with Allah, it must end the interest-based economy and launch a zakat-based one, Jamaat-e-Islami MP for Rajshahi-1 Professor Mujibur Rahman has said. He called for forming a…
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…
Junayed Islam Sifat, the sole surviving son of a Lakshipur family, came home from work on Thursday to find the bloodied bodies of his mother and three sisters in their rented home in Raipur.…
A human chain and solidarity march were held in Magura on Friday on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, organised by the human rights group Odhikar. Speakers demanded…
A gang allegedly led by a former local councillor attacked, vandalised and looted the offices of an online business called 'Mango Lover' in Nawpara municipality, Poba upazila, Rajshahi, late on Thursday night. Two employees…
A 12-year-old school student was seriously wounded when an armed drug-dealing faction opened fire on an anti-drug human chain gathering in Comilla city's Katabil neighbourhood on Thursday afternoon, leaving at least five people injured.…
A BNP party worker was shot and killed on Friday afternoon when two armed factions clashed over illegal sand extraction from the Padma river in Sujangor upazila, Pabna, according to police. The victim, Manju…
A parent and her relatives are accused of attacking and injuring three teachers at a private school in Ishwardi upazila, Pabna, after a fifth-grade student was disciplined for failing to recite a lesson. One…
Three men have been living in the open air in no-man's-land along the Bangladesh-India border in Kurigram's Rowmari upazila for 13 consecutive days, after BSF personnel allegedly brought them to the border on 14…
A rally marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was held in Mirsarai upazila, Chattogram, organised by the local Jamaat-e-Islami youth and sports division. The rally marched along the Dhaka-Chittagong highway…
Security forces arrested a wounded member of the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) Prasit Group after an exchange of gunfire between the group and a rival armed faction in a remote area of Khagrachari's…
A rice trader died on Friday after falling from his motorcycle while riding through Sundarganj upazila in Gaibandha. The man, identified as Kafil Uddin, 55, from Bamdanga Union, fell near Noldanga and was taken…
Armed clashes between two rival groups competing for control of the drug trade in the Katabill area of Cumilla city erupted on Wednesday night and continued into Thursday, leaving at least five people injured,…
A 16-year-old student died after an electrical fault caused the metal grill of a house to become live in Alamdanga upazila, Chuadanga, on Thursday afternoon. Separately, farmer Nazmul Hossain, 25, was killed by lightning…
Agricultural entrepreneur Habibur Molla is growing plum trees — known in Bengali as alubukhara — in Lokhnath village, Boalmari upazila, Faridpur, selling the fruit at Tk 300 a kilogram. He received 25 seedlings from…
A brick-loaded motor trolley driver was killed and his helper injured when their vehicle was struck by a train at an unguarded level crossing in Saidpur upazila, Nilphamari, on Thursday afternoon. The driver, Aminul…
One student has been temporarily expelled from Jahangir Nagar University and another banned from his residential hall and campus activities after an assault during a World Cup match screening at the campus open-air stage…
Mukhtar Alam Shikdar, born in Lohagara, Chittagong, in 1962, is the chief calligrapher responsible for the Quranic inscriptions on the Kiswah — the black cloth covering the Holy Ka'ba in Mecca. He grew up…
Three women from the same family drowned while bathing in the Mora Kal River near Boubazar in Parbatipur upazila, Dinajpur, on Thursday. The victims were aged 22, 19 and 14. Locals said the riverbed…
Officials in Malaysia's Sarawak state have deposited 1,802 kilograms of ash from worn Qurans into a designated area of the South China Sea near Kuching, using 212 biodegradable AQ-01 paper bags. Each bag dissolves…
The dismembered body of a man was found near a river in Saltha upazila, Faridpur, on Thursday, police said. The victim, Pannu Fakir (also known as Jamu Fakir), aged 42, was last seen attending…
An investigation has found that nearly 34 million cubic metres of sand removed from the Gorai river in Kushtia under a government dredging project has gone missing — government-valued at approximately Tk 3.5 billion.…
A factional clash set off more than 100 improvised explosive devices in Bahirandi village, Madaripur Sadar, on Thursday morning, sending panic through the area. Four homes were ransacked and five people were injured. Police…
Co-hosts Mexico and Czech Republic meet in their final Group A match at the Estadio Azteca on Thursday. Mexico, who have already guaranteed their knockout-round place with six points from two wins over South…
Morocco and Haiti meet in their final Group C match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Thursday. Morocco, who have four points from draws and wins against Brazil and Scotland, need a result to…
The upazila Project Implementation Officer (PIO) of Debiganj in Panchagarh, Babul Chandra Roy, has been transferred and attached to the Directorate of Disaster Management after a video purporting to show him taking bribes against…
A patrol of the Ramgarh 43 BGB has detained a 19-year-old Indian national, Puton Molla, from the Andharmanik border area of Bhujpur in the Fatikchhari upazila of Chittagong, and handed him over to Bhujpur…
A truck helper, Monir Hossen, 21, was killed when a Shyamoli Paribahan bus and a goods-laden truck collided head-on on the Pabna-Kushtia highway at Dashmile in the Bhairamara area of Kushtia at 7 a.m.…
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir held a discussion on the historic Palashi Day, calling for resistance to hegemony and internal conspiracy. Speaking as chief guest at the National Press Club, Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam…
A case has been filed at Sonadanga police station in Khulna over the brutal beating of a nine-year-old boy at a madrasa, which left blood clotted in the child's brain and eyes. The case,…
The officer-in-charge of the Faridpur Sadar Zone of the district detective branch (DB), Syed Md Alamgir Hossen, has been withdrawn after a Chhatra League worker died in DB custody in Madhukhali, Faridpur. The Superintendent…
At least 37 students fell ill and were hospitalised after drinking water from the tubewell at Mamudnagar High School in the Nagarpur upazila of Tangail on Tuesday, with officials alleging that liquid pesticide had…
Leaders and activists of Juba Dal and other BNP affiliated and associate organisations held a protest march in Jhalakathi on Tuesday to prevent any anarchy by the banned Awami League. District Juba Dal convener…
Police in Rangpur have arrested a final-year medical student over the death of an HSC examinee who fell from the rooftop of a hotel, on a charge of abetting her suicide through an alleged…
The 18th founding anniversary of the Agomoni Samaj Unnayan Sangstha was marked with a colourful programme in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday, with a doa mahfil, a discussion and a tree-planting drive at the Mahendranagar land…
A rare manuscript of the Holy Quran, more than 400 years old, has been put on display at the Holy Quran Museum in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, drawing visitors as a unique example of the…
A three-day mango exhibition and fruit fair has opened in Natore, inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Asma Shahin at the Kanaikhali Mini Stadium on Tuesday. The fair is displaying 14 common and 23 uncommon local…
The funeral prayer of Saifullah Bari, the Islami Chhatra Shibir president of the Bonarpara union in Saghata upazila, Gaibandha, who was stabbed to death in public on Sunday afternoon, has been held, led by…
A fire broke out in a Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) crane at the New Mooring Container Terminal of Chittagong port at around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, but was brought under control through the joint…
Police have arrested 10 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliated organisations early on Monday from Satmasjid Road in the capital's Dhanmondi, while they were preparing for a flash march,…
The municipal unit of the BNP has held a protest march and rally in Jhalakathi against what it called the terror and anarchy of the banned Awami League. Led by municipal BNP general secretary…
A former Chhatra League leader from Thakurgaon, Juwel Rana, who fell severely ill with breathing difficulty shortly after returning home with his new bride on his wedding night, has died after two days in…
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…