Sajek blockade turns violent, 3000 tourists rescued

Six members of law enforcement agencies were injured during violence surrounding a road blockade on the Sajek-Baghaihat road in Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila on Thursday, as...

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KSA executes 59 foreigners in first half of 2026

At least 108 people, including nationals of Bangladesh and 16 other countries, were executed in Saudi Arabia during the first six months of 2026, according...

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HRSS seeks probe into Bangladeshis’ deaths in Russia

The Human Rights Support Society (HRSS) on Thursday expressed deep concern over the deaths and disappearances of Bangladeshis who travelled to Russia on promises of...

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Envoy Daud stays in Dhaka as PM heads to Tokyo

Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Japan, Md Daud Ali, has been instructed to remain in Dhaka during Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s official visit to Tokyo next week,...

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‘BNP-AL nexus being forged via Delhi’

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar has accused the BNP of colluding with the Awami League through contacts with Delhi, alleging that the party is...

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‘AL, secretive party conspiring jointly’

BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has accused the banned Awami League and an unnamed “secretive party” of jointly conspiring against the BNP and...

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People set up illegal makeshift market beside rail track violating embargo and rules which disrupts the train movement and makes anxiety for public security. Such type of risky buying and selling may create major accident. The photo was taken from the city’s Karwan Bazar area on Thursday.

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Saudi’s Aramco attack jolts oil mkts

Global oil prices surged by more than 2% on Thursday following a drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Shaybah oil field, raising concerns over potential disruptions...

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Jatiya Biplobi Parishad (National Revolutionary Council) forms a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Thursday to protest the conspiracy for the ethnic cleansing of Muslims in India, as well as the eviction of Muslims and the destruction of mosques in Assam.

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Iran: 7 oil tankers damaged in Hormuz

Seven oil tankers were reportedly damaged or caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz overnight Thursday after being attacked or striking naval mines, Iranian state...

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