Abdus Salam’s lifetime dream was to pray at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. The Bangladeshi van driver was not sure if it would ever come true until this month, when he became a guest of King Salman’s special Umrah program. Salam and another 29 Bangladeshi nationals

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) will distribute hot meals for iftar throughout the holy month of Ramadan in the camps in Cox's Bazar, where Rohingya Muslim refugees are housed in Bangladesh. According to a written statement by TIKA on Wednesday, Türkiye

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Friday (March 15) arrested 35 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

Over 4,500 persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan (ABP) were granted Indian Citizenship in the four years till 2022, as per data from the Union home ministry.  The highest number of citizenships

The fire that broke out at a building in the capital’s Hatirpool area Thursday (March 14) evening has been brought under control after about two and a half hours. Anwarul Islam Dolan, the media cell officer of the fire service headquarters, confirming the matter said four people

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday (March 14) arrested four members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) including its top commander in Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar. The arrestees are Md Karim Ullah alias Master Kalim Ullah, 32, of block M-33 of Rohingya Camp No.

Members of fire service have rescued four people from the roof of a six-storey building that caught fire near Hatirpool kitchen market on Thursday evening. The fire broke out at a carpet warehouse on the first floor of the building around 6:13 pm. Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector

A fire broke out on the second floor of a six-storey building in Hatirpool Kacha Bazar area in the capital on Thursday (March 14) evening. Anwarul Islam Dolan, the media cell officer of the fire service headquarters, confirmed the matter. He said the report regarding the blaze was

Emboldened by Bangladeshi vessel capture earlier this week, Somali pirates have set out again to sea to snare more ships passing by. UK maritime consultants Ambrey have received a report of four suspected pirate skiffs departing from the Hobyo, Nugal, and Mudug areas in Somalia, with

Police detained 17 illegal immigrants and rescued two teenagers believed to be victims of labour and exploited at a factory processing electrical components in Teluk Panglima Garang, Kuala Langat, Selangor in Malaysia.  Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Division’s

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (March 14) stressed the need for focus on the production of exportable jute products. The premier said this while opening six jute mills and the three-day multipurpose jute product fair-2024 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the

The Arakan Army (AA) has seized control of the Aungthapyay border guard post situated in the northern Maungdaw Township, near the border with Bangladesh, according to a March 12th statement by AA. The statement revealed that the Aungthapyay border guard post came under complete control

More than 24 hours after a Bangladesh-flagged cargo ship with 23 crew members was hijacked off the coast of Somalia, neither the ship’s owner nor government officials have established contact with the suspected pirates, while crew members said their lives were in danger. Atiq

The 23 crew members of a Bangladesh-flagged cargo ship boarded by pirates off Somalia this week have been taken hostage, and a European Union vessel is tracking the ship as it heads toward the coast, the EU's maritime security force said Wednesday. The hijacking of the MV Abdullah,

The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their shores from Libya this year, UN data shows, piling pressure on ill-equipped authorities and raising fears of a new smuggling route in the Mediterranean Sea. More than 1,075 migrants —

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Thursday (March 14) arrested 22 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

The United Nations is calling for more donations for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh. In its annual response plan to the crisis, the UN appealed for $852.4m to provide food and other aid to the mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees and their host communities. Bangladesh

Two people were killed and 15 others injured in two separate road accidents at Ujirpur and Babuganj upazilas in Barishal district on Wednesday. According to locals, in Ujirpur upazila, a Barishal bound Chaklader Paribahan's passneger bus from Jashore ran over a pedestrian near

Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah today (Mar 13) said Bangladesh condemns Israeli efforts to deport people out of Gaza and demands immediate ceasefire and full and unhindered access to humanitarian assistance.  He said while reading out a

At least 30 people suffered burn injuries in an explosion in Gazipur's Konabari on Wednesday (March 13) at 5:45. The identities of the injured could not be known immediately. ,Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen confirming the matter said the injured have been admitted