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BSF pushes in 70 more through Sylhet, Sunamganj borders
04:04 PM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayThe Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has reportedly pushed 70 more people into Bangladesh through four separate border points in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts...
23 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims die in Saudi
03:35 PM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayAt least 23 Bangladeshi pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia as of June 11 while performing Hajj this year....
London-bound Air India Dreamliner crashes with passengers 242 on board
03:25 PM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayAn Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, flight AI171, carrying 242 passengers and crew, crashed moments after departing from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday, June 12.
Air India flight crashes near Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat
02:53 PM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayAn Air India flight crashed near Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat, India, on Thursday, with initial reports indicating that approximately 142 passengers were on board. The incident is believed to have occurred during take-off for a scheduled flight to London. Thick smoke was seen rising from the Dharpur area, near Meghaninagar.
49 killed in South African flooding
02:45 PM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayRescue teams in South Africa raced on Thursday to reach survivors after heavy rains flooded parts of an eastern province, with 49 people already confirmed dead and fears the toll could rise.
DMP bans processions near CJ’s residence, Judges Complex
02:25 PM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayThe Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on rallies, processions, demonstrations, and gatherings in front of the Chief Justice’s residence, the Judges Complex, the main gate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, the Jam-e-Mosque gate, entrances to the International Crimes Tribunals 1 and 2, and the Bangladesh Institute of Judicial Administration (BIJA).
No govt bar on Tarique’s return: Home adviser
01:03 PM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayHome Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday said there is no government bar on BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's return to the country and he may come back anytime.
People return to Dhaka after Eid holidays
12:22 PM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayPeople who had traveled to their villages to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their loved ones are now returning to Dhaka to rejoin their workplaces. Since Thursday morning (June 12), large crowds of returnees have been observed at major entry points to the capital, particularly in the Jatrabari and Sayedabad areas.
Eye hospital partially resumes outpatient services
11:42 AM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayOutpatient services at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH) have resumed on a limited scale on the 16th day of closure, alongside the emergency department which remains operational. However, indoor hospital services are still suspended.
US to evacuate non-essential staff in Iraq amid Iran tensions
11:00 AM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayNon-essential US embassy staff and their dependants in Baghdad are to be evacuated from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources have said.
Starmer not yet agreed to meet, Yunus tells FT
10:09 AM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayThe prime minister of the UK, Keir Starmer, has declined a request to meet Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, during his visit to London to seek support for recovering billions allegedly siphoned off by the ousted regime of Sheikh Hasina, the Financial Times reports.
We honour youth’s vision, bid farewell to old Bangladesh: Yunus
09:06 AM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayHonouring the visions and dreams of the country's young people, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said their excitement about voting will be used to build a new Bangladesh.
UK backs Bangladesh’s efforts to recover siphoned money
08:38 AM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayUK Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade, Jonathan Reynolds, has reaffirmed the UK's support for Bangladesh's interim government's initiatives to recover misappropriated funds siphoned off to various countries.
UK crime agency freezes Saifuzzaman’s assets
01:20 AM, 12 Jun 2025 ThursdayThe UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen properties owned by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s former Minister of Land, according to Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit). The action follows requests from Bangladeshi authorities to target assets linked to Saifuzzaman, a close ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the now-banned Awami League.
Defying ban, Bhola's shrimp larva hunters run wild, authorities stumped
09:35 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayIn the coastal heart of Bhola, a clandestine spectacle unfolds each year under the cover of dawn and dusk – a spree of "shrimp fry hunting" with banned micromesh nets defies government bans and threatens the delicate aquatic ecosystems of the Meghna and Tetulia rivers.
Only 15% of Bangladesh’s 75m workers in formal sectors
09:13 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayBangladesh has a workforce of 75 million, with only 15 per cent employed in the formal sector, while the remaining are in the informal sector.
Dhaka wants best ties with Delhi but things go wrong every time: Yunus
08:55 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said Bangladesh wants to build the best of relationship with India but "somehow things go wrong every time".
288 dengue cases reported in a day, 261 in Barisal
06:33 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayA total of 288 new dengue cases were reported across the country in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of confirmed cases to 5,303 since the beginning of this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Yunus not interested to be part of next elected govt
05:44 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said there is no way that he would be interested to be part of the next elected government, stressing that their job is to ensure a well-managed transition to hand over power to an elected government through an election.
DGHS issues 12 guidelines to curb rising COVID Infections
05:22 PM, 11 Jun 2025 WednesdayThe Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has issued an urgent advisory in response to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases across Bangladesh, driven by new sub-variants of the virus.