The highly anticipated meeting at The Dorchester lasted about an hour and a half

A total of 23 Bangladeshi pilgrims died while performing Hajj in Saudi Arabia this year, according to the latest update from the Hajj Management Portal of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

At least two people were killed in separate road accidents yesterday.

Two siblings drowned in the Nagor River yesterday afternoon while bathing with their father near the Dabri border in Thakurgaon’s Haripur upazila.

Locals beat up a youth and  handed him over to police after he allegedly attempted to rape a five-year-old girl in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram yesterday.

Two rights activists, including a university teacher, were assaulted while they were returning from a programme commemorating the disappearance of Kalpana Chakma in Kawkhali upazila of Rangamati.

The activists of BNP and Gono Odhikar Parishad clashed reportedly over a trivial matter in Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali last evening.

On the day of Eid-ul-Azha (June 7), Omar Al Arabi, a third-grader at Barguna Collectorate School and College, was diagnosed with dengue.

Police yesterday recovered the dismembered body of a man from Dhaka’s Sabujbagh eight days after he had gone missing.

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a cosmetic shop owner from a bamboo cluster at Dhanmandal Molanipara village in Panchagarh’s Debiganj upazila yesterday afternoon.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified person from the bank of the Matamuhuri river in Bandarban yesterday.

Tafsira, daughter of Ashraf Ali, had been in critical condition since June 9, when she was hit by a bullet while heading to the market. Her elder brother Yasin Mia confirmed her death to the media

Shilpi Begum’s life changed forever when her only son, Mehedi Hasan, was shot dead during a protest last July.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday received the prestigious ‘’King Charles III Harmony Award 2025”, a special honor to recognise long-term commitment to creating a world where people, places and the planet can live in harmony.

The Bangladesh Army, in coordination with other law-enforcement agencies, arrested 271 individuals during weeklong joint operations carried out across the country between June 5 and June 12.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of the BNP, has announced new committees in 19 private universities such as BRAC University and Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology.

Outdoor services at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH) resumed yesterday after more than two weeks, bringing relief to patients seeking eye treatment.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We strongly condemn the despicable attack and the vandalisation of the ancestral home of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by a mob on June 8, 2025"

Covid-19 testing will resume at four major hospitals in Dhaka and Chattogram from tomorrow, following a recent rise in infection rates in Bangladesh and neighbouring countries.

The finance ministry has identified seven major challenges including tight monetary and fiscal policies, taken to tame elevated inflation levels for more than three years, in next fiscal year that may increase unemployment.