Roadmap in works for new nations to join Makkah pact
1 September 2026
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MECCA DEFENCE PACT / Turkey, KSA, Pakistan to hold first meeting today
31 August 2026
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Israeli airstrike kills two people in Gaza
31 August 2026
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Israeli strikes kill three in Gaza
29 August 2026
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New US threats: Iran warns of ‘crushing’ response
22 August 2026
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Iran fishermen venture back to Hormuz despite fears of new fighting
18 August 2026
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OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Activists rush aid to Palestinians besieged by settlers
15 August 2026
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Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran
11 August 2026
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Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
10 August 2026
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Netanyahu vows 'fight to death'
Fresh clashes erupted yesterday in the West Bank and Israel's military shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian boy after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged a crackdown following attacks that killed four Israelis.
5 October 2015
8 ‘human traffickers’ held in Dhaka
Rab arrests eight alleged members of an international human trafficking gang in Dhaka last night and recovers a large number of fake visas and visa-making equipment from their possessions.
5 October 2015
Egyptian policemen shot dead by IS in Sinai
Two Egyptian policemen have been shot dead in the bastion of the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said, in an attack claimed by
4 October 2015
Iran nuke review panel says deal flawed
A panel of Iranian lawmakers said yesterday that the inspections regime underpinning the country's nuclear deal with world powers represented a security
4 October 2015
Israelis killed in Jerusalem attacks
Israel took the rare and drastic step of barring Palestinians from Jerusalem's Old City yesterday as tensions mounted following attacks that killed two Israelis and wounded a child.
4 October 2015
Obama pledges probe into fatal airstrike
US President Barack Obama has promised a full investigation into an apparent US air strike on an Afghan hospital that killed 19 people, a bombing which the UN said could amount to a war crime.
4 October 2015
BNP blames lack of good governance for foreigner murders
The governments’ lack of good governance is to be blamed for the recent murders of the two foreign nationalities, a BNP spokesperson says.
3 October 2015
'Robber' killed in mob beating
A suspected robber died in mob beating when his gang was preparing to commit robbery at Gobindapur village under Sadar upazila of the district early yesterday.
2 October 2015
Iran rejects claims it sent arms to Yemen
Iran rejected as "propaganda" yesterday claims that a seized fishing boat loaded with weapons heading to Yemen was Iranian, the official IRNA news agency reported.
1 October 2015
Abbas threatens to upturn peace deals
Mahmud Abbas's UN declaration that he is no longer bound by accords with Israel has the potential to upturn what remains of the peace process, but there are doubts whether concrete actions will follow.
1 October 2015
Afghan forces claim Kunduz control
Afghan forces pushed into the centre of Kunduz yesterday, triggering pitched gunfights as they sought to flush out Taliban insurgents who held the northern city for three days in a stinging blow to the country's Nato-trained military.
1 October 2015
Woman commits 'suicide'
A housewife allegedly committed suicide following a family feud at Daulatdihi village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district yesterday. The deceased was identified
1 October 2015
Sec 144 in Dashmina town
The local administration yesterday imposed Section 144 for an indefinite period in Dashmina upazila town of the district as two rival
30 September 2015
Man gets life for killing wife
A court here yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife in 2009.
30 September 2015
Shopkeeper, college boy stabbed to death
A college student and a shopkeeper were stabbed to death in Mymensingh and Jessore districts on Tuesday.
30 September 2015
Teesta devours schools, 50 homesteads in 3 days
The Teesta River has devoured academic buildings and at least 50 homesteads in Dawabari village in Hatibandha upazila of the district
30 September 2015
Israeli air raids hit Gaza after rocket fire
Israeli air raids have hit the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave that was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system,
30 September 2015
Weapons bound for Yemen seized on Iran boat: coalition
Arab coalition forces waging a military campaign against Houthi fighters in Yemen seized an Iranian boat loaded with weapons in the Arabian Sea on its way to deliver supplies to the group, the Saudi-led alliance said yesterday.
30 September 2015
$5m bounty for tips on disrupting ISIS
The war against ISIS is expanding to a new frontier: its finances. As the terror group plunders archaeological sites and oil fields in Iraq and Syria, the United States is offering a $5 million reward for tips to stop the smuggling of gas and antiquities.
30 September 2015
Taliban tighten grip on Afghan city
Taliban fighters yesterday seized a military hilltop site in Kunduz, tightening their grip on the northern Afghan city. The capture of the Bala Hisar fortress came despite efforts by government reinforcements, backed by Nato airstrikes and special forces, to retake the city.
30 September 2015