1,228 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has nominated Dr. Nurul Islam Babul, naib-e-ameer of its Sylhet metropolitan unit, as its sole mayoral candidate for the upcoming Sylhet City Corporation election.
Zahid Ahsan has stepped down as president of the NCP's student wing, Jatiya Chhatrashakti; senior vice-president Ahsan Labib takes over as acting president.
The 37-member cell, chaired by the prime minister's principal secretary with the navy coordinating, will work to curb pollution and encroachment on the Buriganga, Turag, Shitalakkhya, Balu and Dhaleshwari rivers.
The party has formed an eight-member coordination committee, chaired by MP Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anny, to enroll graduates and review the Jatiyatabadi Oikya Parishad's election for Dhaka University Senate seats.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told IGP Md Ali Hossain Fakir that officers must act with integrity while continuing measures against extrajudicial killings and false cases.
Marking Janmashtami, Tareque Rahman urged citizens to safeguard communal harmony and described 'Bangladeshi nationalism' as the unifying identity above religious or ethnic lines.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a congratulatory message on Bangladesh's new president's election and inauguration, joined by messages from the UAE's vice president and deputy prime minister.
Traffic police filed two cases against the driver of Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat's vehicle after it was caught heading the wrong way on Circuit House Road.
International Crimes Tribunal-2 set a Sept. 16 deadline for fugitive defendants, including former army chief Aziz Ahmed and former police chief Benazir, in the 2013 killings case.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called on UK-based Bangladeshi business leaders to invest in the country and help attract foreign investment during a courtesy meeting at Bangabhaban.
The National Citizen Party's member secretary announced a Sept. 5 Dhaka-to-Chattogram long march over the energy crisis and rising prices, joined by an 11-party opposition alliance.
Prof Mujibur Rahman discussed passport delays, worker recruitment and roughly 1,900 detained Bangladeshis with officials in Kuala Lumpur, who cited nearly 1.1 million Malaysia-based migrants overall.
The BNP Standing Committee member and prime minister's political adviser returned to Dhaka Wednesday night after roughly five and a half months of medical treatment in Singapore and Malaysia.
Mohammad Suhada Osman discussed the energy crisis and Rohingya repatriation with Dr Shafiqur Rahman at a courtesy call in Dhaka.
Tareque Rahman told parliament homeowners installing rooftop solar within six months could see profit margins of up to 45%, part of a broader push including duty exemptions and a national rooftop solar program.
Tareque Rahman told parliament a floating LNG terminal off Cox's Bazar could begin supply by December 2028, with additional terminals planned near Payra and Mongla ports.
Dr Shafiqur Rahman met TV channel CEOs and senior journalists at his official residence, raising the unimplemented referendum verdict, power and gas shortages, and price hikes.
Chief Whip Nahid Islam raised the issue on a point of order, prompting the government's chief whip to defend the first-come, first-served submission process and Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed to recall MPs once camping…
Tareque Rahman told parliament the government will pay 10.5 taka per unit for rooftop solar power for three years, part of a wider push on renewable energy.
Tareque Rahman told parliament the previous Awami League government left BAPEX hobbled, forcing Bangladesh into heavy dependence on gas imports, and outlined a plan for new wells, seismic surveys and LNG terminals.
Malaysian Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said a Bangladeshi deputy minister's statement on labor recruitment does not reflect Bangladesh's official government position.
Applications to change voter areas must be filed by Sept. 7, with field officers instructed to resolve them by Sept. 10, as the Election Commission finalizes its voter list.
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman told parliament that certificates from six qawmi madrasa education boards now qualify holders for assistant moulvi (qari) and ebtedayi qari positions.
BNP acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, speaking at an event marking Tareque Rahman's 19th prison-release anniversary, said opposition criticism without reprisal reflects genuine free speech and democracy.
Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani says the finance division could issue the order on the approved 9th national pay scale as early as Wednesday or Thursday.
The new members, welcomed by Amir Dr Shafiqur Rahman at a Dhaka rally, include lawyers, businesspeople, Qawmi scholars and local BNP leaders as part of a month-long outreach drive.
Upazila and municipal BNP leaders planted trees and held a discussion session at Press Club intersection before a celebratory rally through the town.
Dinesh Trivedi made the remarks after a courtesy call on Local Government Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, calling for a people-to-people relationship built on mutual respect.
In a letter to the prime minister, Trump also thanked Bangladesh for its decision to buy Boeing aircraft.
The district BNP unit held a rally, procession and discussion session marking the party's 48th founding anniversary.
Tareque Rahman planted a tree at Zia Uddyan and released fish into Crescent Lake as part of BNP's five-day 48th founding anniversary program.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party turns 48 for the first time without its longtime chairperson, who died December 30, 2025, raising questions about her political legacy under Tareque Rahman.
Dr Ehsanul Haque Milon said officials have discussed gifting tablets to the roughly 116,000 students who scored a GPA-5 in this year's SSC exams.
Automatic cases on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway fell 92% in ten days after AI camera enforcement launched, as PM Tareque Rahman orders faster rollout in Dhaka.
Marking the party's 48th founding anniversary, Rizvi traced BNP's history from Ziaur Rahman through Khaleda Zia's imprisonment to the July revolution, and addressed the ongoing gas and power crisis.
IPU Secretary General Anda Philip praised Tareque Rahman's regular attendance in parliament and BNP's manifesto commitments on education during a courtesy call at the PMO.
Humayun Kabir said Bangladesh views the cancellation of an Awami League gathering in India positively, and denied any US pressure behind the Boeing purchase.
Secretary General Golam Parwar told reporters the EC's disqualification rule violates the constitution and could face legal challenge if not withdrawn.
A former finance adviser to the interim government says the raise was overdue but will inevitably pressure private-sector wages, including at media outlets.
As the country's newest parliament sees genuine debate and walkouts for the first time in a decade and a half, the noise itself is a sign democracy is finally breathing.
BNP marked its 48th founding anniversary with a five-day program, this time while its leader runs the government after 17 years out of power.
BO account data shows investor growth under the six-month-old BNP government running roughly 50% behind the equivalent period under the 2024 interim government.
The cabinet-approved structure will roll out basic salary first and allowances a year later, with lower-income grades gaining the most.
Nearly 300 unit-level presidents and secretaries from across the upazila attended the Jashore gathering.
The new pay structure for government employees may take effect from July 1 of the current fiscal year, following a morning meeting between the PM and finance officials.
BNP leaders across the US and Canada held a virtual joint meeting ahead of Tareque Rahman's first New York trip in 17 years, for the UN General Assembly's 81st session.
Officials say salaries could rise under the new structure from October, with the July-September gap adjusted as arrears once the gazette is issued.
Anda Filip and Shafiqur Rahman discussed strengthening parliamentary committees and boosting young lawmakers' participation during a Dhaka courtesy call.
DSHE says the criteria, ordered by PM Tareque Rahman, weigh everything from subject knowledge and classroom technology use to campus cleanliness.
Shahadat Hossain Selim said a 32-hour Dhaka-Chattogram highway jam that killed a patient in an ambulance exposed a dangerous lack of accountability in the administration.
The home minister's move into the seat beside the prime minister has fueled speculation over whether he is being positioned as deputy leader of the house, or future secretary general.
Syed Habib Hasnat, who sheltered Salahuddin Ahmed at his Uttara flat in 2015, describes the night he found the door broken and the guest gone, and his own flight into exile.
President Nurul Islam Saddam told Chittagong University students the group wants a campus code of conduct, not an end to political organizing.
Salahuddin Ahmed, himself a past disappearance victim, said Sheikh Hasina shows no remorse and that walkouts are not the answer to parliamentary disputes.
Marking International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, marchers demanded the whereabouts of Waliullah and Al Muqaddas and accountability from the university.
The BNP standing committee member, who underwent brain surgery in Dhaka before treatment in Singapore and Malaysia, is expected to land in Dhaka Wednesday night.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir named disappeared dissidents including Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed and recalled Khaleda Zia's long fight against enforced disappearances.
Delawar Hossain, who also contested the seat in February, will run in the Thakurgaon-1 by-election as the 11-party alliance's nominee.
Ambassador Yao Wen briefed Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on progress from the PM's China trip, including a planned economic zone expected to create 100,000 jobs.
Police allege the July 19 Ganabhaban meeting Hasina chaired set in motion the crackdown that killed Abdur Rahman Jisan a day later in Jatrabari.