MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia, June 12, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Hundreds of thousands ofMuslims have flocked to the Saudi holy city of Makkah for the hajj pilgrimageunfolding this year in the shadow…

Peter D Haas, the US ambassador to Dhaka, has resigned from his position at the State Department in protest of a sudden shift in US foreign policy regarding Bangladesh’s general…

Bangladesh’s rising disposable income is not unknown. Crowded shopping malls, such as Jamuna Future Park, one of the largest in South Asia, and new billboards advertising everything…

The number of passengers traveling via waterways from Dhaka during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha holiday is likely to be higher compared of Eid-ul Fitr, resulting in potential overcrowding,…

He had had visitors just once before, years ago when he first arrived in prison at 14. Blindfolded and led into a room by a masked guard, he said he was made to sit on a plastic chair…

Bangladesh Bank (BB) in a directive on Tuesday said bankers will not need permission from central to go abroad for important official work including business contracts. In this regard,…

The Oman government has assured Bangladesh of legalizing 96,000 illegal Bangladeshi workers. State Minister for Expatriates' Welfare, Overseas and Employment Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury…

A jury found Hunter Biden guilty on Tuesday of federal gun charges in a historic first criminal prosecution of the child of a sitting US president. The 54-year-old son of President…

The Myanmar Army is reportedly using ordinary citizens as human shields in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, as the Arakan Army (AA) advances towards seizing control of the town,…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that nearly 40% of the country’s trade turnover is now in rubles as the share conducted in dollars, euros and other “non-friendly”…

The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has said that the situation there has been "calmer" since Russian missile launchers shelling it were hit by Ukrainian fire. Ihor Terekhov's…

Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire resolution adopted by the UN Security Council, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri tells the Reuters news agency. Conversations on plans for Gaza after…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that if a ceasefire plan backed by the US and UN does not progress, Hamas will be to blame. Mr Blinken reiterated his call for Hamas to…

The wreck of a plane carrying Malawi's vice-president has been found with no survivors, President Lazarus Chakwera has said. Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country…