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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SSC pass rate up in Madrasa, technical boards
SSC pass rates rise in madrasa and technical education boards, although the general education boards' pass rate declined by 4.3pc.
30 May 2015
Shamsul Hoque Khan School top in Dhaka
Shamsul Hoque Khan School and College of Demra has become the first among the top ten successful schools under Dhaka Board in this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations results, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports.
30 May 2015
Blasts at Baghdad hotels kill 9
The toll from car bombs that ripped through the car parks of two upscale Baghdad hotels has risen to at least nine killed and dozens
29 May 2015
Islamic State claims blast killing four at Saudi mosque
Islamic State claims responsibility for a bombing that killed four people at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday.
29 May 2015
JU teacher sacked for sexual abuse
Jahangirnagar University authority sacks one of its teachers over charges of sexually assaulting a female student.
29 May 2015
Outrageous gang-rape again
Amid countrywide outrage and concern over sexual abuse against women, a girl has been gang-raped in Gazipur’s Kaliganj.
29 May 2015
Syrian Islamist rebels 'seize Ariha in Idlib province'
An Islamist coalition that includes Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front takes over one of the last government strongholds in western Idlib province, activists say.
29 May 2015
3 drown, 10 missing as boat capsizes in Meghna
Three kids drowned and at least 10 people went missing as a boat capsized in the Meghna River during a storm in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.
28 May 2015
126 gold bars seized in Jessore town, four arrested
Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested four people with 126 gold bars weighing 18.3 kilograms at Chanchra in Jessore town yesterday.
28 May 2015
Iran warns against 'excessive demands' in nuclear talks
Iran yesterday warned global powers against making "excessive demands" in talks aimed at sealing a ground-breaking nuclear deal,
28 May 2015
Syria al-Qaeda pledges no attacks on West
Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate would not use Syria as a launching pad for attacks on the West, its chief said in a wide-randing televised interview late Wednesday.
28 May 2015
Girl 'raped' in Pirojpur
A 15-year-old girl has been 'raped' at Bekutiya village in Kawkhali upazila of the district.
27 May 2015
Kurds oust ISIS from Christian villages in Syria
Kurdish forces have driven the Islamic State group from more than a dozen Assyrian Christian villages that the jihadists had captured in northeastern Syria, a monitor said yesterday.
27 May 2015
ISIS kills 20 men in ruins of Palmyra
The Islamic State jihadist group shot dead at least 20 men in the ruins of Syria's ancient city Palmyra yesterday, accusing them of fighting for the government, a monitor said.
27 May 2015
Bangladesh plans to relocate Rohingya refugee camps to Hatiya Island
Bangladesh plans to relocate thousands of Rohingya who have spent years in refugee camps near the Myanmar border to a southern island, an official says.
27 May 2015
US surveillance flights will help locate boatpeople
US hopes that information comes from the maritime surveillance flights will provide an enhanced understanding of the position of boatpeople at sea.
27 May 2015
Youth abducted from Bogra rescued in Dinajpur, 2 held
Police rescued a young man from Birampur upazila in the district on Monday, three days after his abduction from Bogra.
26 May 2015
Weak Bailey bridges put commuters at risk
Thirteen worn-out Bailey bridges across rivers intercepting different important roads belonging to the Roads and Highways department (RHD) in the district make vehicular movement highly risky.
26 May 2015
Taliban-ISIS turf war kills 27 in Afghanistan
Ongoing clashes between Taliban and Islamic State jihadists in western Afghanistan have left at least 27 insurgents dead and 20 other people injured, officials told Efe news agency.
26 May 2015
Iraq forces tighten noose around ISIS
Iraqi forces closed in on Ramadi yesterday and launched an operation aimed at cutting off the jihadists in Anbar province before a major offensive to retake the city.
26 May 2015