A total of 170 Bangladeshi nationals were repatriated from Libya on Monday as authorities renewed warnings against human trafficking and irregular migration through dangerous sea routes to Europe. The returnees arrived in Dhaka at 8:35 AM on a Buraq Air flight through a joint effort involving the Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and ...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda has met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka and announced totaling $5 billion funding for next five years. He said Bangladesh is entering a ‘critical new phase’ and ADB will help the country protect hard-won stability, unlock new sources of growth, and build a more resilient economy that delivers better jobs and wider ...

A delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) led by its President Masato Kanda paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday morning. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tejgaon, according to the PM’s press wing. Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister ABM Abdus Sattar were present ...

Three more children died in Sylhet showing symptoms of measles in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll in the division to 55. Of the deceased, one was from Doarabazar in Sunamganj (14 months old), one from Sylhet Sadar (8 months old) and one from Moulvibazar Sadar (4 months old). One of the children died at Dr Shahid Shamsuddin ...

To avoid the punishing sun, Inas Gamal abandoned her ambitious plan of spending the days ahead of the hajj praying in Makkah’s Grand Mosque and retreated to the comfort of an air-conditioned hotel room to perform her daytime prayers. Despite travelling all the way from Egypt for the annual pilgrimage, Gamal said it was just too hot to spend much ...

Lionel Messi exited Inter Miami’s Major League Soccer match against Philadelphia Union with an apparent leg injury on Sunday just weeks before the start of the World Cup. Argentina superstar Messi was substituted in the 73rd minute after clutching the back of his left leg and requesting to come off. The 38-year-old icon headed straight down the tunnel after exiting ...

Bangladesh has seen a strong rebound in remittance inflows in May, with overseas workers sending home 41.31 percent more money in the first 23 days of the month compared with the same period a year earlier, central bank figures show. Data released by Bangladesh Bank indicate that expatriates remitted 2.97 billion US dollars between May 1 and May 23, 2026, ...

Commerce, Industries, Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muqtadir on Sunday said the government would ensure exemplary punishment for rape and all other crimes through due legal process. He made the remarks while responding to questions from journalists after distributing special Eid grants among cleanliness workers at Sylhet City Corporation’s Nagar Bhaban during his visit to Sylhet. The minister acknowledged ...

A seven-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday begins on Monday, allowing millions of people to travel to their hometowns to celebrate the festival with family members. Under the government-declared holiday schedule, offices will remain closed from May 25 to May 31 for employees of government, semi-government, autonomous and private institutions. The holy Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims, will be ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has described a case in which three teenage boys were spared custodial sentences over the rape of two girls as “appalling”. He added that it was “right” that the sentences given by a judge at Southampton Crown Court were being reviewed by the attorney general. Two girls, then aged 15 and 14, were raped in ...