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55,693 Bangladeshi pilgrims reach Saudi Arabia, 14 die

A total of 55,693 Bangladeshi pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year, according to the latest Hajj bulletin. The pilgrims travelled on 143 flights operated under

Fitch cuts Bangladesh outlook to negative

Fitch Ratings has revised Bangladesh’s credit outlook to ‘Negative’ from ‘Stable’, warning that rising external vulnerabilities, weak reforms, persistent banking sector fragility and governance weaknesses were eroding the country’s ability

Protests spark at JU over attempted rape of female student

Hundreds of Jahangirnagar University students staged protests and brought out torch processions on Wednesday night as an unidentified person attempted to rape a female student on the university campus on

ICT sends Mozammel Babu, Farzana Rupa, Dipu Moni to jail in Hefazat killing case

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday sent journalists Mozammel Haq Babu and Farzana Rupa, along with former foreign minister Dipu Moni, to jail after showing them arrested in a crimes

ICT keeps verdict pending in crimes against humanity case against Inu

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Thursday concluded hearings in a crimes against humanity case against detained Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president Hasanul Haq Inu over his alleged role in the crackdown

Bangladeshi youth shot to death by BSF firing at Lalmonirhat border

A Bangladeshi national was killed after being shot by the Indian Border Security Force at Amjhol border in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat on early Thursday. The deceased was identified as

Shortage of Rabies vaccine: Five people die in a week in Gaibandha

At least five people have died in a week after being bitten by a rabid dog in Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha, triggering panic over rabies in the area amid a

Trump expresses hope for ‘fantastic future’ of US-China ties as talks with Xi begin

United States president Donald Trump on Thursday told China’s Xi Jinping their countries would have ‘a fantastic future together’, as they began a superpower summit in Beijing on thorny issues