A visiting delegation from the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) on Monday praised the interim government of Bangladesh for taking significant steps to address the issue of enforced disappearances. The delegation, comprising WGEID Vice-Chairperson Grażyna Baranowska and member Ana Lorena Delgadillo Perez, specifically welcomed Bangladesh’s accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has introduced special discounted fares for workers on four more routes–United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar. This advantage will be provided during the first visit to these countries, according to a notice on Monday. The special rates will apply only to one-way travel to these countries will be valid till December 31. The discount scheme for ...

A total of 23,659 Bangladeshi pilgrims have returned from Saudi Arabia as of Sunday following the completion of this year’s Hajj, which took place on June 5. According to officials, four return flights were scheduled for Sunday to bring back 822 pilgrims — one each operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Saudia Airlines, and two by Flynas Airlines. The Hajj ...

A man was killed and another one injured in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and an auto-rickshaw at Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet on Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred in the Soti area of Lengura union on Gowainghat-Bangabir road under the upazila. The deceased was identified as Nazim Uddin, 25, son of late Fattah Miah of Manaura village in the ...

Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service reported on Monday that five people were killed and 92 others injured in Iran’s latest missile strikes on central Israel, raising the earlier death toll from four. The casualties occurred across four strike locations. According to the MDA, the fatalities included “two women and two men around the age of 70, as well ...

Sonia Gandhi, the chief of the Congress party in India’s parliament, has been admitted to a hospital in New Delhi with a stomach-related ailment. She was admitted to the Department of Gastroenterology at Ganga Ram Hospital at 9pm local time on Sunday. She is under observation, broadcaster NDTV reports, citing the hospital. On Jun 7, Sonia had been admitted to ...

Several cocktails were exploded in front of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday morning centering former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s case. Meanwhile, police personnel seized seven cocktails from Dhaka University and High Court areas on Monday. Later, on information, bomb disposal unit reached the spot at 9AM, said Shahbagh Police Station OC Md Khalid Monsur. Police team is on the ...

A BNP delegation met with British High Commissioner Sarah Cooke on Monday morning. The meeting began around 10:30AM at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office and it lasted for an hour. BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan and Organising Secretary Shama Obaed were also present during the meeting.

The Padma and Jamuna bridges saw a record-breaking toll collection of nearly Tk 60 crore during the recent Eid-ul-Azha holidays, as tens of thousands of vehicles crossed the two key national routes. According to the Bridge Division, a total of Tk 59.77 crore was collected in tolls over the Eid travel period, with the highest single-day earnings recorded on June ...

Bangladesh reported one death and 26 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning (15 June), according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest figures, the death toll has risen to 29,503 and the total number of confirmed cases in the country has reached 20,51,833. A total of 291 samples were tested during the latest ...