A total of 58,347 Bangladeshi pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year as of 2:59am on Friday, according to the latest Hajj bulletin. The IT Help Desk published the information in its 28th-day bulletin on Hajj operations. The pilgrims travelled on 150 flights operated under both government and private management arrangements. Meanwhile, 15 Bangladeshi pilgrims have ...

Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir paid a courtesy call on Celso Amorim, the chief foreign affairs adviser to the President of Brazil. The meeting was held at the Brazilian Presidential Palace on Friday, May 15. During the meeting, the two sides held fruitful discussions on various issues of mutual interest. Both parties stressed the importance of further strengthening ...

Mizanur Rahman Sinha, former state minister for health and convener of Munshiganj BNP, died at a hospital in Singapore in the early hours of today. He was 82. “Sinha, who was undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore for a long time, breathed his last at about 2.47 am today,” his daughter Tasnim Sinha confirmed on social media. ...

Aerospace giant Boeing on Friday confirmed that China had committed to purchasing 200 aircraft during a visit to Beijing by US President Donald Trump — a deal that could ultimately balloon with orders for 750 additional planes. “We had a very successful trip to China and accomplished our major goal of reopening the China market to orders for Boeing aircraft,” ...

Pakistan head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed has brushed aside mounting criticism directed at his senior players on social media, insisting that the team’s sole focus is on bouncing back in the second and final Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet starting Saturday. Pakistan’s crushing defeat in Mirpur — where Bangladesh won by 104 runs to take a 1-0 series lead — sparked ...

Heathrow Airport could be forced to allow rival firms to bid to build its third runway and new terminal, under proposals by the aviation watchdog aimed at keeping a cap on construction costs. It is one of several regulatory changes being considered by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) if Heathrow expands, to “better serve the interests of consumers”. It follows ...

Britain’s Princess of Wales learnt how to make pasta on Thursday during a visit to a hillside community in northern Italy’s so-called food valley, an area globally known for products such as the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Kate, the wife of heir-to-the-throne Prince William, is visiting Italy as part of her work on childhood development, a central theme of her public ...

Bangladesh and the United States (US) have formalised a new framework for collaboration in the energy sector, signing a memorandum of understanding in Washington aimed at strengthening Dhaka’s long term energy security. The agreement was signed on Thursday at the US Department of Energy in Washington, DC, according to a message received on Friday. Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman represented ...

State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku has said the Bangladesh National Zoo is one of the country’s important centres for recreation and education. He made the remarks while paying a surprise visit to the National Zoo in the capital’s Mirpur on Friday. During the visit, the state minister inspected different facilities of the zoo and exchanged views ...

BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (LGRD) Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the then Awami League government allowed India to operate the Farakka Barrage on an experimental basis ignoring biodiversity and environmental risks, and that the project has now turned into a “death trap” for Bangladesh. He made these remarks in a message ...