British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke called on Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday afternoon. The high commissioner congratulated the foreign minister on his election as President of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly for the term 2026–2027, said a press release. Both sides noted with satisfaction the deep historical ...

Seven more children have died across the country with symptoms of measles in the past 24 hours, including six in Dhaka. During the period, 887 new cases were reported, according to the latest report of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) released on Saturday. According to the DGHS, a total of 677 children have died from measles and measles-like ...

A girl of Class IX who was allegedly abducted from Sylhet’s Moglabazar area three years ago has been rescued from Brahmanbaria. She was rescued and the sole accused, her private tutor at the time, arrested during a joint operation conducted by RAB-9 and CPC-1 in the Char Islampur area under Bijoynagar Police Station in Brahmanbaria on Thursday night. According to ...

Bangladesh has renewed its call for the early repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, stressing that the displaced people want to return to their homeland and that the prolonged crisis continues to impose heavy burdens on Bangladesh. Speaking at a UN briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar on Friday, Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Salahuddin ...

Much of Western Europe was sweltering in a gruelling heatwave on Friday with the mercury expected to continue rising in the coming days, likely shattering yet more temperature records. France was hit hard, forcing hundreds of schools to tweak their timetables to cope. Forecasters warned of an “intense and long-lasting” heatwave that could see temperatures in Paris soar above 40C ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said that all necessary documents had been sent to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 15 June to facilitate the return of former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed. He made the remarks while speaking at an award ceremony at the ministry in the capital on Saturday. The adviser said the government would contact the UAE ...

Bangladesh and UN Women have agreed to strengthen collaboration on women’s empowerment, climate resilience and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. The commitment was made during a meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam and UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Sima Bahous on the sidelines of UN engagements in New York on Thursday, ...

Ten-man Paraguay beat Turkey 1-0 at the World Cup on Friday, a result that kept their hopes alive and also guaranteed that co-hosts the USA win Group D. Turkey’s defeat means they become the second team after Haiti to be eliminated from contention. Matias Galarza scored the only goal in a game that featured the first sending off in World ...

One person has died and dozens were injured, 11 of them “very seriously”, after two passenger trains collided north of London on Friday, UK emergency services said. The crash occurred late afternoon near Bedford, a town around 56 miles (90 kilometres) north of the UK capital, and involved two London-bound trains on the same track, according to East Midlands Railway ...

Gold prices have been reduced once again in the domestic market, with the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) lowering the price of 22-carat gold by Tk2,216 per bhori. Under the revised rates, the price of one bhori (11.664 grams) of 22-carat gold, including VAT, has been set at Tk226,340. BAJUS announced the new prices in a statement on Saturday morning, saying ...