1,228 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
The cabinet has given final approval to the draft Bogura Development Authority Act, 2026, barring construction without the authority's clearance and setting penalties for filling in water bodies and open spaces.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi arrived in Tehran on a two-day official visit amid the continuing conflict with the United States, meeting President Masoud Pezeshkian for talks on de-escalation and gas imports.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and outgoing navy chief Admiral M Nazmul Hasan put the rank badge on the new navy chief, Vice Admiral Khondkar Misbah-ul-Azim, at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka Cantonment.
Jamaat secretary general Mia Golam Parwar called on party units and people of all walks of life to make Saturday's 11-party alliance rally in Sylhet a success, demanding implementation of the referendum verdict and…
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 ordered Mozaffar Hossain, accused in the killing of former president Ziaur Rahman, shown arrested in a crimes-against-humanity case and allowed investigators two days to question him.
An 11-party alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami submitted a seven-point memorandum to the International Crimes Tribunal's chief prosecutor, urging faster investigation and trial of crimes against humanity during the July-August 2024 uprising.
New Delhi has formally invited Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to attend the BRICS summit in New Delhi in September; the invitation from Narendra Modi has reached Dhaka, the foreign ministry said.
BNP standing committee member and former minister Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia has been put on life support at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka after his condition deteriorated, his personal secretary said.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said President Md Shahabuddin has the constitutional option to resign if he wishes, on health or any other grounds, but that the government has taken no step in the matter.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told an FICCI FDI conference the BNP government is working to make Bangladesh a one-trillion-dollar economy by 2034, urging domestic and foreign investors to expand here.
President Md Shahabuddin may resign shortly, citing ill health, with sources saying the BNP leadership has already sent him a message; if the post falls vacant the speaker takes over and a new president…
If sacking the education minister would calm the student movement and restore parliament, why won't Narendra Modi do it? Analysts say yielding to a demand would cut against the defining trait of a government…
Bollywood actor and MP Kangana Ranaut drew anger from protesters after saying who holds office cannot be decided by pressuring the government through demonstrations, and that parliament is the proper forum for such debate.
Information Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan told a Jagannath University seminar that Bangladeshi nationalism is an inclusive civic identity embracing every language, religion and ethnic group within the country's borders.
Ecnec has approved eight development projects costing 14,041.21 crore taka — three new and five revised — covering roads, disaster shelters, the Dhaka-Ashulia elevated expressway, gas exploration and kidney dialysis expansion.
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif said jokingly at a Muzaffarabad rally that if his PML-N wins the coming election, he would ask Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to make him prime minister of Azad…
AB Party chairman Mojibur Rahman Manju said that as in 1971, the collaborators of a defeated force remain behind and regroup, telling a July uprising anniversary discussion that some are now trying to make…
Allegations have surfaced that former Barishal City Corporation mayor Serniabat Khokon Abdullah left the country with about 16 crore taka as the Awami League government fell, later routing it abroad through hundi; the ACC…
Outgoing navy chief Admiral M Nazmul Hasan called on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, with talks on sovereignty, maritime security and naval modernization; the PM praised his leadership.
A US delegation led by Ambassador Brent Christensen met National Citizen Party leaders, including convener and opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam, for talks on Bangladesh's democratic transition, reforms and the recent trade deal.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expelled Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam after an internal inquiry found allegations of moral lapse proven, and will notify the Election Commission immediately.
Delhi Police detained Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and other senior party leaders from a sit-in outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence over the education minister's resignation.
The Election Commission has finalized proposed amendments to the laws and rules for local-government elections and will send them to the law ministry, with MPO-listed teachers, loan defaulters and utility-bill defaulters to be barred…
If Prime Minister Tarique Rahman feels a cabinet member is underperforming, he will redistribute portfolios or bring in someone new, though the timing is not yet certain, his information adviser Zahed Ur Rahman said.
Spain's World Cup winners were feted in Madrid with a royal reception at Zarzuela Palace, a welcome from PM Pedro Sánchez and an open-top-bus parade that drew about 2 million fans to Cibeles Square.
Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah is set to hold separate meetings with the Indian and Chinese ambassadors this week, breaking the rule he had followed of not meeting foreign envoys individually, aides and diplomatic…
The Trump administration is pressing Britain's new government for access to UK strategic military bases in the ongoing war against Iran, The Telegraph reported, with Trump raising RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia in a…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami said it is monitoring reports circulating in the media and on social media involving Satkhira-4 MP Gazi Nazrul Islam, and will take necessary steps in line with organizational rules after gathering the…
India's opposition Congress marched toward Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in New Delhi over a question-paper leak, a day after a march toward Parliament turned violent, leaving 178 injured and 70 detained.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman assured proper recognition for leaders and activists who sacrificed during the party's difficult days, meeting Jubo Dal joint organizing secretary Habibur Rahman, who was shot and injured in the July…
Andy Burnham has become Britain's prime minister — the seventh in a decade — after Buckingham Palace confirmed his formal audience with King Charles III, Reuters reported. In his first address he pledged unity,…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has stressed the need to build an accurate and reliable database to deliver Family Card benefits to genuine beneficiaries effectively, transparently and without error, at a Cabinet Division meeting on…
Andy Burnham formally takes office as Britain's prime minister on Monday, the sixth since 2016, succeeding the unpopular Keir Starmer and inheriting a weak economy, a cost-of-living squeeze, migration pressures and international turmoil.
The July National Charter is essential and must be enacted through parliament and constitutional amendment where needed, BNP senior joint secretary general and prime minister's political adviser Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said, urging a minimum…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman chaired a meeting at the Cabinet Division to review progress on expanding the Family Card programme, stressing an accurate, reliable database and full transparency in selecting beneficiaries, his office said.
The second revision of the Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway project, one of Bangladesh's largest infrastructure schemes, goes before ECNEC on Wednesday, with a proposed cost rise to 26,581 crore taka and a new 2030 completion…
Md Rashed Khan has been appointed political assistant to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, at the rank of secretary on a contractual basis, according to a public administration ministry notification.
Major (retired) Mozaffar Hossain, an absconding convicted accused in the assassination of late President Ziaur Rahman, will be tried under army law by general court martial, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said.
Five months after forming the government, Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Tarique Rahman has hosted a dinner for allied leaders, but the BNP's long-time ally Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh is staying away, citing neglect since…
The Technical Education Board has directed technical institutions not to use Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's photo on banners, festoons or billboards for government events, following a Cabinet Division circular.
The International Crimes Tribunal's investigation agency has submitted its report on the 2013 killings at Hefazat-e-Islam's Shapla Chattar rally, naming former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former army chief General Aziz and 41 people as…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has again said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be arrested if he comes to the city for the UN General Assembly in September, saying his administration's legal…
Bangladesh Labour Party chairman Dr Mostafizur Rahman Iran said politics has become a profitable business, with honest politicians turning away, in a speech to a party meeting in Barishal.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has ordered strong steps against environmental pollution, including removing unfit vehicles from the roads, curbing brick-kiln pollution and using AI to control excessive horns.
Jamaat-e-Islami Amir and opposition leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman said that if the referendum in which 70 percent voted 'yes' is failed, the government will be failed too, accusing the BNP government of backtracking on…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has ordered the reform of various 'black laws' imposed on the press and media over the past 17 years, and steps are being taken to review and reform them, his…
Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku said 'the worst people in society do Awami League,' accusing the party of destroying the handloom industry, at the opening of a handloom training…
Opposition chief whip and NCP convener Nahid Islam warned of a mass movement and uprising if the government does not implement the July Charter in line with the referendum verdict, accusing the BNP government…
Jamaat's Dhaka north Amir Mohammad Selim Uddin said a situation like July's mass uprising could arise again if the rulers ignore the people's referendum aspirations, launching a 'July graffiti art' programme in Uttara.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed quick, effective steps to control air and noise pollution, including curbing brick-kiln pollution, removing unfit vehicles from Dhaka and controlling excessive horns, at a high-level meeting.
Sheikh Hasina's stated plan to return to Bangladesh in December and surrender to court is seen by Delhi observers less as a firm decision than as testing the waters, with India believing it gains…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed effective steps to quickly remove unfit, expired and polluting buses, trucks and other vehicles from the capital's roads, and to introduce automatic traffic-light systems at at least 50…
The BNP wants to strengthen geopolitical, economic and business ties with China, Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, adding that PM Tarique Rahman's recent China visit had deepened relations.
The government is implementing both its election manifesto and the July National Charter, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's press secretary Abu Abdullah M Saleh said at a news conference marking the government's five months in…
Seven Qawmi-oriented Islamic parties have agreed to move forward together at a first meeting called by Hefazat-e-Islam Amir Shah Muhibbullah Babunagari, raising questions about their future in the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance.
Tension flared between BNP and Jamaat supporters over the imam of a mosque in Jhenaidah's Mahespur upazila, with the two sides praying separately under different imams at the same time before police mediation restored…
Jamaat-e-Islami held a rally in Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Friday morning marking the second anniversary of the July uprising, with speakers demanding immediate implementation of the July Charter.
Former Dhaka University Chhatra Shibir president and DUCSU VP Sadiq Kayem said destructive politics would never be allowed to return to the campus, speaking after a 'Catch the League' marathon marking 'Terrorism Resistance Day'.
Case documents state that Major (retd) Md Mozaffar Hossain fired the first shot at President Ziaur Rahman; arrested from Banani DOHS after 45 years on the run, the death-row convict was one of 13…
Government MPs violated the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order by not taking oath as members of the 'Constitution Reform Council', Jamaat lawyer Mohammad Shishir Monir said at a news conference.