1,228 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said at a public gathering in Rangpur on Friday that Bangladesh faces many problems at its border and that new ones are emerging, urging supporters to confront them with…
Opposition leader Dr. Shafiqur Rahman and European Union Ambassador Michael Miller stressed the need to make democracy more meaningful in Bangladesh and to ensure free, fair and credible local government elections.
Chhatra Dal has announced partial committees at four private universities to strengthen its organizational activities at the institutions, the BNP-affiliated student body said.
Dhaka University has seen widespread administrative changes following the new government's takeover, with multiple key positions affected, starting with the resignation of former Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Niaj Ahmed Khan.
Amir Maulana Mamunul Haque of the Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis has expressed deep concern, anger, and strong condemnation over the ongoing persecution, eviction campaigns, and communal violence against Muslims in India's West Bengal and Assam.…
The National Citizen Party-NCP aims to become a representative government party by 2036, said the party's chief organizer for the northern region, Sarjis Alam. On Tuesday evening at the party's temporary office in Bangla…
Following the announcement of mayoral candidates in five cities as the first step toward the upcoming local government elections, the Jatiya Party-NCP has now preliminarily declared its candidates for 100 upazilas and paurashavas. On…
Maulana Abdul Halem, the assistant secretary-general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has said that in the current context of the country, the leadership of the organization needs to work with a mindset of self-sacrifice for the…
Implementing the referendum result will close the path of autocracy forever, Jashore Jamaat-e-Islami leader and MP Prof. Golam Rasul said at a party meeting in Chougachha.
Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Dr. Shafiqur Rahman remembered the late Motiur Rahman Nizami on the anniversary of his execution, urging Bangladeshis to join the movement to realize his vision of an Islamic welfare state.
Police in Sylhet arrested nine people, including a bKash distributor, in the robbery of more than 50 lakh taka belonging to former Sylhet city BNP president Nasim Hossain.
A security guard at Dhaka University has been named joint secretary of the BNP student wing's Dhaka city east unit, triggering criticism within the organization.
Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is holding talks with district and city presidents and general secretaries of the BNP's three affiliate organizations.
BNP-affiliated Chhatra Dal faces internal revolt after newly announced district and city committees include members of the banned Chhatra League, non-students and married members.
DHAKA — The interim government is misleading the public with pledges to honor the July Charter and is in fact returning to old-style fascism, Jamaat-e-Islami leader Md. Nurul Islam Bulbul said Friday.
DHAKA — Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and other winners of West Bengal's assembly election, a statement from the banned Awami League said Friday.
GANGNI, Meherpur — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's municipal unit in Gangni held a workers' conference Friday at the Chougacha Darul Iyatim auditorium, with MP Nazmul Huda as chief guest.
CHATTOGRAM — The National Citizen Party failed to recruit former Chattogram City Corporation mayor M. Manjur Alam, who shut off his phone and left his home to avoid attending the party's induction ceremony, sources…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's Madarganj municipal unit held a workers' rally Friday in Jamalpur district, with leaders calling for justice, ethical values and a corruption-free society.
A faction of the BNP-affiliated Chhatra Dal in Dinajpur held a protest march, set tires on fire and blocked roads to demand the cancellation of the party's newly announced district convening committee.
RANGAMATI — Chhatra Dal activists padlocked the vice chancellor’s office at Rangamati Science and Technology University on Tuesday, giving him 48 hours to resign over allegations of irregularities and nepotism in teacher recruitment.
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir says it will hold a human chain demanding prosecution of those responsible for the May 5, 2013, Shapla Square crackdown.
The newly announced Barishal University Chhatra Dal committee is facing sharp criticism after allegations that at least 10 members linked to the rival Chhatra League were given key posts.
Forty-nine newly elected women MPs took the oath of office for the reserved women’s seats of Bangladesh’s 13th parliament Sunday, completing the chamber, the parliament secretariat said.
Lawmaker Ataur Rahman Bachchu accused the government of betraying voters by failing to implement the July Charter and constitutional reforms at an 11-party rally in Narail.
RANGAMATI — Members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's student wing protested Sunday demanding the cancellation of the newly announced Rangamati district committee, alleging that posts were sold in exchange for money.
SYLHET, Bangladesh — Prime Minister and BNP chairman Tarique Rahman said Saturday that police can no longer detain people simply for speaking out, calling for an end to crackdowns on free expression.
The 49 newly elected members of parliament in reserved women's seats of the 13th Parliament will be sworn in on Sunday at the Parliament Building.
Opposition party chief whip Nahid Islam demanded the removal and arrest of President Mohammed Sahabuddin Chuppu, saying the president has no moral right to remain in Bangabhaban or address parliament.
The 11-party alliance announced new programs Thursday demanding implementation of the referendum verdict, easing public hardship and ending campus violence, including divisional rallies in seven cities through July.
Police in Thakurgaon's Haripur upazila have filed a case against the local BNP president and eight others for allegedly seizing answer sheets from a college recruitment exam.
DHAKA — A high-level European Union Election Observation Mission delegation met opposition leader and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman at Parliament on Tuesday.
DHAKA — Mohammad Selim Uddin, a senior Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader, visited journalist Imran Hossain in a Dhaka hospital on Monday and prayed for his recovery, party officials said.
DHAKA — The Election Commission on Monday upheld the rejection of the nomination of Monira Sharmin, a National Citizen Party leader and Jamaat alliance candidate for a reserved women's seat in the 13th parliament.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said the July charter signed by political parties will be implemented step by step and in full, warning that some individuals and parties are trying to divert the referendum result…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has nominated Bilkis Islam of Nilphamari for a reserved women's seat in the 13th Parliament, party leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced.
Opposition Leader and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman accused the BNP of following the same fascist path as the ousted Awami League and warned it of betraying the July uprising.
The Election Commission has declared valid all 36 nomination papers of the BNP-led alliance for reserved women's seats in the 13th Parliament.
Islami Andolan Bangladesh secretary general Younus Ahmad said the country recorded 854 murders in the past three months, with the law-and-order situation worsening under the elected government.
The BNP has nominated Suborna Thakur, a local Awami League official from Gopalganj, for the 13th parliament's reserved women's seats, drawing controversy on social media.
The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party electoral alliance on Monday finalized its list of 13 candidates for reserved women's seats in the 13th parliament.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party announced its 35-candidate slate for the parliament's reserved women's seats, the party's senior joint secretary general said Monday.
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam said the BNP-led government will not implement reforms without a mass movement, calling on July uprising families to support a renewed street campaign.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami held an education camp at its Jashore district office, with central leader Mubarak Hussain as chief guest. About 150 leaders and activists from 11 organizational branches attended.
Only seven women were directly elected to Bangladesh's 13th parliament out of 86 women candidates, leaving the country's reserved-seat system once again as the main route for women into the legislature.
The BNP has started selling nomination forms for reserved women's seats in the 13th Parliament, with sales to continue through April 12, party officials said.
A fire damaged the home of a Jamaat-e-Islami supporter in Khulna's Fultala on Sunday, with the party alleging political opponents set the blaze in retaliation for his vote.
The Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in the Sherpur-3 constituency by-election announced a boycott Thursday, alleging irregularities during voting, a party official said.
Parliament on Wednesday passed the July Mass Uprising Protection and Liability Determination Bill 2026, which paves the way for the withdrawal of all civil and criminal cases against participants in the 2024 uprising.
After the national parliamentary vote, Jamaat-e-Islami is preparing to contest local government elections independently, with extensive preparations underway.
A former BNP leader in Sunamganj's Shantiganj upazila is accused of seizing a passenger shelter and demolishing it to build a private market road.
The BNP-led alliance will get 36 of the 50 reserved women's seats in Parliament, the Jamaat-led alliance 13, and independents one, the Election Commission's senior secretary said.
NILPHAMARI — Hasanur Rahman, a joint secretary of the upazila Jubo Dal in Kishoreganj, has been expelled from the party after threatening to beat the upazila health officer over a tender, the party said.
DHAKA — National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam called on Dr. Muhammad Yunus to take to the streets in protest against the rollback of key ordinances enacted under the interim government.
Islami Andolan Bangladesh chief Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim sharply criticized the Jamaat-e-Islami leader for taking selfies with female supporters and addressing them as 'friends,' calling the conduct contrary to Islamic principles.
A BNP supporter in Sherpur returned a buffalo he had won in an unusual election wager after learning that losing it had left the loser's family in financial distress, the local union chairman said.
Two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clashed over control of a fishery in Kishoreganj's Astagram upazila, leaving four people seriously injured, including a student wing leader.
Bachchu Mia, 35, a Bangladeshi killed in an Iranian missile strike in Saudi Arabia, was a resident of Kishoreganj's Katiadi upazila and a worker for Jamaat-e-Islami.
At least 30 people were injured in clashes between supporters of BNP and the banned Awami League over local dominance in Kishoreganj's Mithamoin upazila, police said.
The BNP held a rally in Bajitpur to protest the vandalism of portraits of party founder Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman in Nikli and Bajitpur after the recent election.