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Qatar gas plant blast kills 13, injures dozens
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Qatar factory explosion injures 54, 18 missing: interior ministry
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Jordan hangs six after 9-year death penalty pause
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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92% Israelis believe Iran won war: poll
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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‘Fooling no one’ : Al Jazeera rejects Israeli accusations against journo killed in Gaza
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13 held while going to India illegally
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Wednesday night arrested 13 Bangladeshi nationals from Benapole border under Benapole Port Police
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM
12 killed, 70 hurt in Syria bomb attack, clashes: Officials
Twelve people are killed and 70 wounded in a car bomb blast and attacks by Islamic State militants in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, hospital officials in the town tell Reuters by telephone.
25 June 2015, 06:56 AM
11 drug peddlers jailed
A mobile court in Phulbari upazila of the district sentenced 11 people to different jail terms for selling drugs. The convicts are Sharifa Begum, 40, Rashedul Islam, 25, Mintu Mia,
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
10 burnt as gas cylinders explode in Daudkandi
At least 10 people sustained burn injuries in gas cylinder explosions at a shop at Gouripur Bazar in Daudkandi upazila of the district on Tuesday night.
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Militants threaten to blow up Palmyra
ISIS has begun carrying out its threat to destroy structures in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, blowing up at least two monuments at the Unesco-protected site as Syrian
24 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Kid drowns in pond
An 18-month-old girl drowned in a pond at Diarchar-Shakrail village in Shaibalaya upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased is
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Iran MPs pass bill to protect nuke'rights'
Iran's parliament approved a controversial bill yesterday that it said would protect the country's nuclear programme, but which could also hinder final negotiations on a deal with world powers.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Saudi offered $10b to release Mubarak
Saudi Arabia allegedly offered $10 billion to secure the release of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, according to documents released last week by WikiLeaks.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Kurds seize town near ISIS 'capital'
Kurdish-led forces in Syria seized a town from Islamic State yesterday after capturing a military base overnight, aided by US-led air strikes in some of the most dramatic gains yet against the militants.
23 June 2015, 18:00 PM
20 fishermen rescued from Bay
Twenty fishermen were rescued yesterday, hours after two trawlers capsized in the Bay during a storm in Barguna district.
22 June 2015, 18:00 PM
'War crimes' likely by both sides
Both Israel and Palestinian militants may have committed war crimes during last year's Gaza war, a widely anticipated United Nations
22 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Israel minister's wife apologises
The flamboyant wife of Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom published an "inappropriate joke" Sunday about US President Barack Obama
22 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Twitter, YouTube analysis pinpoints IS strategy
Tweets and YouTube videos by fighters from the Islamic State group have allowed analysts to pinpoint their movements in Iraq and Syria, highlighting the group's increasing push towards government strongholds.
21 June 2015, 07:58 AM
Bin Laden's son 'asked for father's death certificate'
A son of Osama Bin Laden reportedly asked the US for a death certificate for his father, according to the whistle-blowing website, Wikileaks.
20 June 2015, 20:14 PM
Qaeda denies Belmokhtar's death report
Al-Qaeda in North Africa has denied reports its former leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in a US air strike last week in Libya, in a
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Ballistic confirms Rony’s gun over death of 2
Ballistic reports confirm bullets that killed two people in Dhaka were fired from Ruling Awami League MP's son Rony, police say.
19 June 2015, 07:29 AM
37 more trafficking victims return from Myanmar
Thirty-seven more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who are rescued by Myanmar navy on May 21, returned to the country.
19 June 2015, 07:09 AM
Final UN shelter in Gaza closes, many remain homeless
The UN has closed the last remaining shelter for Palestinians displaced in last summer's war in Gaza, a spokesman said yesterday, with families seeking temporary accommodation elsewhere.
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM
ISIS says shot down Iraqi fighter plane
Islamic State said on Thursday it had shot down an Iraqi fighter plane north of the city of Ramadi in Anbar Province.
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM
'Arson attack' damages Israel 'miracle' church
A suspected arson attack damaged a revered Christian shrine in northern Israel overnight, and police detained 16 young Jewish settlers for questioning yesterday.
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM