Prominent scholar, writer, essayist and journalist Maulana Sharif Muhammad said martyred President Ziaur Rahman placed great importance on religious figures and Islamic scholars. In a Facebook post on Sunday, cited in a report published on August 10, 2026, he described accounts he had received about Ziaur Rahman’s meetings with scholars in different parts of the country.

Sharif Muhammad said he encountered the description more than once while working on commemorative books about the lives of several legendary scholars and intellectuals. According to his account, when Ziaur Rahman travelled outside Dhaka to districts, thanas or villages, he would meet leading religious personalities and scholars there with importance and ask for their prayers.

He added that Ziaur Rahman would sometimes, as a courtesy, ask scholars to offer him advice or tell him something. Sharif Muhammad described this as a quality worthy of emulation. He also said it would be an occasion for welfare if Prime Minister Tarique Rahman could maintain this continuity of meetings.

Bangladesh is bringing 82,656 mosques under a state monthly honorarium programme in the 2026-27 fiscal year, the Ministry of Religious Affairs said in a press release on Monday. Imams at selected mosques will receive Tk5,000 a month, muezzins Tk3,000 and caretakers Tk2,000. The government has set mosque-selection quotas based on whether areas are unions, municipalities or city corporations.

Fifteen mosques will be selected from each union. In municipalities, four mosques per ward will be selected in category A areas, three in category B and two in category C. Six mosques per ward will be selected in city corporations. Payments will be sent directly to beneficiaries' bank accounts through electronic fund transfer, rather than through intermediaries.

A total of 86,709 religious institutions and 256,074 religious leaders will receive the monthly support this fiscal year. The institutions include 3,000 temples, 752 Buddhist monasteries and 301 churches, alongside the mosques. The budget allocates Tk110 billion for honoraria to religious leaders, and the government plans to extend coverage to all religious institutions over the next three fiscal years.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday afternoon inaugurated the SDG Village pilot project, which will operate in Mitingachhari in Kaptai, Rangamati; Pankhali in Dakop upazila, Khulna; and Nafanagar in Bochaganj upazila, Dinajpur. The current government adopted the initiative under a project aimed at redefining economic strategy for Bangladesh’s sustainable development.

At the inauguration, Rahman said the past 17 years of what he called fascist rule had damaged education, health, the economy and other sectors, and that rebuilding was now necessary. He said the current government was working toward that goal and described all BNP plans as people-friendly. Government support networks, he added, were gradually expanding.

The project covers poverty reduction, drainage and waterlogging relief, quality education, improved health services, lower child and maternal mortality, and access to safe water and sanitation, in line with the 17 SDG goals. Rahman said no single ministry or department could achieve the SDG targets alone and that cooperation from all relevant parties was needed. Residents of Mitingachhari expressed enthusiasm and gratitude for receiving the opportunity.

The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance has nominated retired Colonel Oli Ahmad Bir Bikram for Bangladesh’s 23rd presidential election. His name was announced on Sunday afternoon by Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam after an alliance meeting at the residence of the leader of the opposition. The Liberal Democratic Party chairman was selected unanimously, according to Ahmad.

Speaking to journalists, Ahmad said the alliance wanted the country to move in the right direction. Describing himself as a freedom fighter, he said he had served three times as a minister and six times as a member of parliament. He also claimed that there were no scandals or allegations of corruption against him.

Ahmad said the alliance would be happy if a better candidate could be put forward. If not, he said he hoped ruling-party lawmakers would vote for him and create an opportunity to guide the country in the right direction. Asked whether any BNP lawmakers would support him, he declined to comment immediately, saying there was still time and that an application should be submitted first.

Kosovo's parliament suspended its session after an egg was thrown at acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti during a sitting on Saturday. The incident occurred while Kurti was addressing lawmakers, triggering disorder in the chamber and leading to the adjournment of parliament.

Tima Kadriaj, a lawmaker from the conservative opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, stood up and shouted while Kurti was speaking before throwing an egg toward the prime minister. Kurti said he was prepared to face such unwelcome situations if that was the price of continuing dialogue among political parties.

The report said disorder in Kosovo's parliament is not unprecedented. Kurti's left-wing Vetevendosje party has previously led disruptions and protests in the legislature. In 2018, party members threw tear gas inside the chamber, while a similar unprecedented protest had also taken place in parliament in 2015.

Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has congratulated students who passed the Secondary School Certificate, or SSC, and equivalent examinations. In a press release issued on August 10, the student organization also expressed sympathy for those who did not achieve their desired results. It said the average pass rate in this year's SSC and equivalent examinations was 62.25 percent.

The organization offered heartfelt greetings and sincere congratulations to all successful candidates. It described young people as the country's future and said it expects the next generation to gain genuine education and devote themselves to the welfare of the country and nation. The statement also urged young people to become politically aware rather than politically disengaged.

The release said young people should help collectively resist any domestic or hegemonic conspiracy against democracy, independence and sovereignty. It expressed hope that their talent, qualifications and patriotism would help establish Bangladesh in a dignified position before the world. The organization also pledged to stand beside the new generation in building a beautiful, safe, democratic and discrimination-free future. The message was issued by office secretary Md Jahangir Alam.

India’s High Commissioner to Dhaka, Dinesh Trivedi, said India’s people and Prime Minister Narendra Modi want good relations with Bangladesh. Speaking to reporters after meeting Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed at the Secretariat on Monday afternoon, Trivedi said he hoped positive developments would come in the future.

Trivedi said Bangladesh and India have democratic issues, and that such issues will remain, describing this as part of democracy’s beauty. He said relations between the two countries would be resolved through dialogue despite those issues. He also said he was pleased to meet the prime minister and the home minister.

The high commissioner said the discussions had been held in a very cordial manner. He added that the affection, warmth and love he had received during his two months in Bangladesh had genuinely overwhelmed him. The report did not specify the subjects discussed at the meeting or identify any particular decision concerning bilateral relations.

The National Citizen Party (NCP) has alleged that a conspiracy is under way to hand Bangladesh’s energy sector to identified mafia business groups, putting the state and public hostage. In a joint statement published on August 10, 2026, NCP convener Nahid Islam and member secretary Akhtar Hossain called the alleged initiative anti-national and against public interest. The party warned it would mobilize people for a strong street movement if the plan is not stopped.

Citing recent investigative media reports, the statement said a controversial business group accused of loan fraud, bank looting and money laundering was being prepared to control a major share of national petroleum trade. NCP alleged that legal obligations and state rules were being disregarded, describing the process as a threat to national security and sovereignty.

The party said the rapid formation of an inquiry committee, removal of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation chairman and preparation of a policy draft indicated unusual haste. It demanded immediate cancellation of the alleged privatization policy and process, and called for full state management and control of the energy sector. NCP also said the power and energy sectors should be returned to complete state ownership and control.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief and parliamentary opposition leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman demanded justice for the killings of Shibir leaders Saifullah Bari and Mohammad Salauddin at a public rally in Bonarpara, Saghatta, Gaibandha. Speaking Monday at 10am at Bonarpara Kazi Azhar Ali Government Model High School field, he said no one had survived by ignoring the public verdict and called for it to be respected.

Rahman said the current government and opposition parties had been oppressed for the past 15 years and should not become oppressors themselves. He said five of their members had been killed after the government was formed. He urged people not to move toward another era of killings, saying Bangladeshis, especially young people, do not fear intimidation and do not want fascism.

He described deprivation of the greater Rangpur region as an act against the people. He called extortion, land grabbing and killing social filth that must be removed, and said the administration is not any party’s force but a national asset that must work for everyone. Before the gathering, he visited the graves of Bari and Salauddin in Bonarpara Shimultair.

Bangladesh expressed hope that India would accelerate the extradition process for Sheikh Hasina during a courtesy meeting between Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi. The meeting was held on Monday at the prime minister’s office in the Cabinet Division at the Bangladesh Secretariat. The two sides discussed important bilateral issues concerning Bangladesh and India.

Bangladesh also reiterated its request to India to return people involved in the killing of Osman Hadi. At the start of the meeting, the prime minister welcomed the Indian high commissioner. Trivedi briefed Rahman on his experience of carrying out his duties in Dhaka over the past two months.

Rahman stressed the need to create an appropriate environment to advance bilateral relations further. Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman, the prime minister’s foreign affairs adviser Humayun Kabir and relevant officials were present. The report did not mention any Indian response or decision regarding the extradition request or the return of those linked to the Osman Hadi killing.

Students in India’s Jharkhand state staged a sustained protest over alleged irregularities in government job recruitment examinations, marching toward the state assembly on Monday morning. Protesters broke through barricades on the road in Ranchi as they moved toward the assembly. Police later used water cannons to disperse them, but the demonstrators did not back down.

Three rounds of talks between students and the government side failed. The protesters demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation be given responsibility for investigating the alleged exam irregularities and that the examination system be reformed. Hemant’s government did not accept those demands, the report said. Protesters then called for a peaceful march from the old assembly to the new assembly, urging students and parents from all districts of Jharkhand to join.

Carrying banners and placards and chanting slogans, participants alleged that authorities tried to stop them with road barricades. Citing sources, Anandabazar Online reported that they were halted three kilometres from the assembly complex after about half an hour of marching. They sat down at the site, where hunger-striking student Devendranath joined them by ambulance after eight days on strike. Police used water cannons when protesters again attempted to breach the barricades.

Political analyst Dilshana Parul, in an article published on August 10, 2026, examines what she describes as politics of denial and defamation surrounding Bangladesh’s July uprising. She writes that when videos and images of killings, brutality and resistance during the July 2024 movement were shared on Facebook, Awami League supporters dismissed them as fake and propaganda without validation. Parul characterizes this as a deliberate political stance aimed at denying crimes attributed to the party.

The article argues that denial extended beyond alleged killings to the student-public resistance that emerged on the streets. Parul says some other political stakeholders acknowledged the killings but denied the role of organizers and the movement’s resistance nucleus. She presents both approaches as forms of denying events that occurred during the uprising.

Parul also discusses what she calls a campaign of defamation. She says the movement was portrayed as extremist activity, a Jamaat-Shibir-Razakar conspiracy, or the result of third-party infiltration. After August 5, she writes, Chhatra Shakti, student coordinators and student leaders seeking to form a political party were vilified through allegations that she says were not later proven. She argues that such narratives weakened their public credibility.

Allegations of irregularities and nepotism have emerged after the final recruitment list for the Family Card programme census was published in Nageshwari, Kurigram. The list, posted on the upazila parishad notice board on Sunday, named 168 data collectors and 77 people on a waiting list, along with 17 supervisors and three waiting candidates. Hundreds of applicants, including candidates who said they passed viva examinations, questioned the selections.

Complainants alleged that people linked to the Awami League, banned Chhatra League and Jatiya Party were included in lists across five unions and the municipality. They also alleged that multiple members of the same family, married couples and candidates from outside relevant unions were selected, while some names appeared more than once. Sources said about 4,000 applications were submitted in two stages and around 3,500 candidates sat for examinations.

Viva board member Lutfar Rahman said candidates were marked pass or fail using codes rather than numerical scores. Upazila BNP convener Golam Rasul Raja said the party would submit a complaint to the social services office and seek withdrawal of disputed names. Grassroots BNP candidates demanded an impartial investigation, transparency in recruitment and action if irregularities are proven.

Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry has lodged a strong protest over an event that allowed ousted and fugitive Sheikh Hasina to speak virtually from Delhi, according to the article. The event, held under the name of the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia and also involving her son Joy, was scheduled on the second anniversary of the August 5, 2024 student-public uprising. Dhaka said allowing a person sentenced to death by a Bangladeshi court to make political remarks from Indian soil was a serious affront to Bangladesh’s sovereignty.

The article says Bangladesh had warned India before the event and requested that it be stopped, but expressed deep disappointment after the request was not met. It also says Dhaka has repeatedly sought Hasina’s return under the 2013 Bangladesh-India extradition treaty without receiving a response. India’s Foreign Ministry described the event as an initiative of a private media organization, a position the article disputes.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said India’s alleged use of a “Hasina card” conflicted with its desire for friendly relations with Bangladesh. He said judicial proceedings against the Awami League were under way at the International Crimes Tribunal and that trials involving Hasina and associates would be completed soon. The article portrays the government’s foreign policy as guided by a “Bangladesh First” approach.

Chattogram-10 MP Saeed Al Noman said the prime minister issued important guidance to grassroots party leaders during a meeting in Chattogram on Sunday night. The discussion was held at the Radisson Blu hotel with leaders and activists from Chattogram metropolitan, north and south districts. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed and Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury attended the meeting, which ran from 7:30pm to 9:30pm.

Noman said the prime minister stressed that workers’ conduct and contributions shape the identity of the BNP. She called on members to adopt a mindset of public service, act positively for people’s benefit and maintain cordial relations in party activities. He said a democratic government becomes stronger when it works with the public and remains beside them, requiring harmony and consensus both within and outside the party.

Noman said an announcement on local government elections may come toward the end of the year, although no specific date has been set. If elections are announced, leaders were instructed to work unitedly for party candidates without divisions. CDA Chairman Belayet Hossain said the prime minister repeatedly emphasized unity to secure victory for a single party nominee. Leaders were also urged to avoid wrongdoing, improve the party and government’s image, and communicate development work and plans to the public.