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Bangladesh Pavilion: A Symphony of Tradition and Innovation
Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai Guideto Japan Global Exchange Travel Jul 9, 2025 Exhibits at the Bangladesh Pavilion at the Osaka Expo highlights the country’s textile products. Celebrating Textile Culture as a Cornerstone for Economic Growth Bangladesh...

Government Appoints New Honorary Consul of Bulgaria in Bangladesh
The Council of Ministers has decided to relieve Tanveer Imam from his duties as Honorary Consul of Bulgaria in Dhaka, Bangladesh and to appoint Ziaul Haque as the new Honorary Consul covering the entire territory of Bangladesh. Mr. Haque is a...

Threatened with death for constructing college, says Bangladesh indigenous group
Students from the Mog community under the banner of ‘Society of Welfare for Mog Students’ stage a protest against the attack and killing of Indigenous people and students in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), in Agartala. File | Photo...

After BCCI postpones Bangladesh tour, India vs Sri Lanka white-ball series on the cards in August – Report
Cricket News India vs Sri Lanka white-ball series seems to be on the cards in August after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) postponed the Bangladesh tour last week. India will travel to Sri Lanka in August. (Photo: X) New Delhi:...
Business leaders stress Bangladesh-Thailand FTA to unlock regional trade potential
Business leaders from Bangladesh and Thailand on Wednesday stressed the importance of implementing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries to unlock regional trade opportunities. They also have emphasised the need to boost bilateral...

‘What if Bengali tourists stop going to Odisha?’: Mahua Moitra after detention of 444 Bengal migrants as ‘Bangladeshi nationals’
The Odisha police’s detention of 444 migrant workers in Jharsuguda district on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals has triggered backlash from Trinamoool Congress leaders and families of the detained.The migrants — reportedly from West Bengal...

Sri Lanka Sees Over 36K Tourists In First 6 Days Of July
(MENAFN- Bangladesh Monitor) Dhaka: Sri Lanka recorded 36,002 international tourist arrivals in the first six days of July 2025, reflecting continued momentum in the country's tourism recovery. India remained the top source market, followed by the...

Travel ban on Salman, his son, ex-IFIC Bank officials imposed
A special court in Dhaka on Tuesday issued a travel ban on 13 individuals, mostly related to the IFIC Bank, including its former Chairman Salman Fazlur Rahman and Vice-Chairman Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman in connection with a graft case filed...

Delhi Police Detain 12 Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants, Begin Deportation Process
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Delhi Police have detained 12 Bangladeshi nationals, including transgenders, men, a woman, and even a 40-day-old infant, in two separate operations carried out by the North-West and South-West Districts. The...

Seven Bangladeshi nationals, including five posing as transgenders, held in Delhi for illegal stay
Delhi Police have apprehended seven Bangladeshi nationals, including five who were posing as transgender people, for illegally residing in the country without valid documents. Delhi Police have apprehended seven Bangladeshi nationals, including...

India vs Sri Lanka bilateral series on the cards in August after BCCI postpones Bangladesh tour
India’s upcoming white-ball tour of Bangladesh has been officially postponed, according to a statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Talks are currently ongoing regarding a potential limited-overs series between India and...
Assam: 21 Bangladeshi intruders arrested in Cachar while planning to cross border after working 6 years in Gujarat
21 Bangladeshi intruders returning from Gujarat were arrested in two separate operations by Assam police in Cachar district. The arrested Bangladeshi who had been working in Surat for the last 6 years were arrested in the Katigorah area of Cachar...
Assam: 700 illegal Bangladeshi families evicted from wetland area; CM says systematic encroachment done to alter voting
Guwahati: In high stakes move to reclaim government land, the Assam government launched a massive eviction drive in the Hasila Lake area of Goalpara district on Sunday, aiming to clear nearly 1,555 bighas of encroached wetland, once a pristine...

Rampant Lanka crush Bangladesh in third match to seal ODI series
Sri Lanka stormed to a 99-run win over Bangladesh in the third and final ODI at Pallekele on Tuesday, sealing the three-match series 2-1 with a clinical all-round display. Set a challenging target of 286, Bangladesh faltered under pressure and...

Tourists cancel hotel bookings
A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has led to continuous rainfall and rough sea conditions in Cox’s Bazar, severely affecting tourism in the region while thousands of people have been affected by the threat of landslides in Teknaf. As the...

Bangladesh’s economic expansion slows in June as growth weakens in key sector: PMI
Bangladesh's economy expanded at a slower pace last month, as the June reading of the Bangladesh Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined by 5.8 points from the previous month, recording a slower expansion rate of 53.1. This latest PMI reading...

DSEX stays resilient despite Trump's tariff blow on Bangladesh
The benchmark index, DSEX, of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) remained resilient today despite US President Donald Trump's imposition of a 35% reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi products, which will be effective from 1 August. The index rose by 5.47...

CU student found dead, 2 missing at Himchhari beach
A Chittagong University (CU) student drowned and two of his friends went missing while bathing at a beach in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday morning. The trio were bathing at Himchhari beach when the sea was rough, according to inspector Somnath Basu of...

Cricket: Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh by 99 runs to seal ODI series
Sri Lanka stormed to a 99-run win over Bangladesh in the third and final ODI at Pallekele on Tuesday, sealing the three-match series 2-1 with a clinical all-round display. Set a challenging target of 286, Bangladesh faltered under pressure and...
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Pakistan Name Squad For T20I Series vs Bangladesh; Check Who's IN, Who's OUT
Pakistan have named their 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh, which will be played from July 20 to 24 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur, Dhaka. Former mainstays, Babar Azam, Mohammad...