Saudi Arabia is allowing foreign men and women to rent hotel rooms together without proving they are related, after the conservative Muslim kingdom launched a new tourist visa regime to attract holidaymakers.

Voting is progressing peacefully in Rangpur-3 constituency (Sadar upazila). Around 4.42 lakh people are expected to exercise their franchise during the polls that began at 9:00am and will continue till 5:00pm without any break, reports our Dinajpur correspondent.

The UN's independent investigator on Myanmar says it's not safe for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh to return because Myanmar has failed to dismantle its "system of persecution" of Rohingyas.

The residents of the Geneva Camp, also known as Bihari camp, in Mohammadpur area of Dhaka stage a demonstration protesting “frequent load shedding” in their camp every day.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls for managing geo-political realities in South Asia through collaboration and placed a four-point proposal to make the region connected, friendly and competitive.

Detectives claim to have arrested seven people when they were gambling at United Association Club, popularly known as United Club, at Fatullah in Narayanganj.

A seventh grader girl is raped by a teenage boy in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore, police says.

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Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrest a man with a firearm from Mymensingh city’s Badekolpa area.

Members of Bangladesh Navy have arrest 23 Indian fishermen and seize two trawlers for fishing illegally inside Bangladeshi maritime boundary in Bagerhat.

Asserting that Bangladesh knows how to transform challenges into opportunities, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the global investors to invest in Bangladesh’s education, light engineering, electronics, the automotive industry and artificial intelligence beyond the conventional menu since the country can be a connecting landmass to a combined market of nearly 3 billion people.

The Indian Air Force confirms for the first time that it shot down one of its own helicopters during clashes with Pakistan in February over Kashmir, killing all six on board.

Airport Armed Police Battalion (AAPBn) detains one person with 2,280 yaba pills hidden inside his stomach at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Local authorities in Rajshahi suspend tourist spot T-groin, popularly known as T-bandh, for public due to strong current in the Padma river.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that Bangladesh was taken by surprise by India’s sudden decision of a ban on onion export which has resulted in skyrocketing of the price of the bulb in Bangladesh.

Nearly 1,900 people are killed and 46 others reported missing in rains and floods across India this year, Home Ministry officials says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges India to inform the Bangladesh beforehand if it takes any decision to stop the export of essential commodities like onion to Bangladesh in future causing a market debacle in the next door neighbour.

BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed says their party Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not compromise with the government over her release from jail.

Five people die when a transport plane crashes while coming in to land in western Ukraine, emergency services say.

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