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Tourist arrivals touch 100,000 in June
The Bhutanese
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July 12, 2025
A total of 13,671 tourists visited the country in the month of June this year, showing a 28.2 percent increase from the same month in 2024, when 10,667 tourists entered. Similarly, from January to June 2025, the total number of tourists reached...
Canada keen to boost sustainable trade, investment in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Post
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Canada has expressed keen interest in expanding sustainable trade and investment ties with Bangladesh, as part of its commitment to fostering inclusive growth across the Indo-Pacific region. Weldon Epp, Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) for the...
Pakistan team arrives in Dhaka for T20I series
Bangladesh Post
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The initial contingent of the Pakistan cricket team touched down in Bangladesh on Wednesday, ahead of their three-match T20 International series. Captain Salman Ali Agha was among several players who have already arrived in Dhaka, with the...
June cargo dropped sharply, but Long Beach Port expects a rebound as more tariffs loom
Long Beach Business Journal
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July 16, 2025
Cargo volumes at the Port of Long Beach fell 16.4% in June compared to the same month last year, port officials said today, though a pause on new tariffs could fuel a rebound in the coming weeks. Dockworkers and terminal operators processed...
Dhaka sees fewer dengue cases, but more deaths
Daily Star
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July 11, 2025
Though most dengue cases are being reported from outside Dhaka, the majority of deaths are occurring within the capital. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), a total of 14,069 patients were hospitalised as of yesterday...
US tariffs will crush lives and livelihoods in Bangladesh, Cambodia garment industries
Scroll.in
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Across Asia, unions and industry groups are raising alarms over the impact of higher tariffs by the United States on garment workers. High tariffs might force companies to shut down or move to neighbouring countries that offer lower tariff rates,...
Spanish Tourists Hit By Rising Holiday Costs
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Bangladesh Monitor) Dhaka: New data shows Spanish holidaymakers are increasingly unable to afford vacations at their own country's top coastal and city destinations. In 2024, visits by Spaniards to Spain's 25 leading seaside resorts...
Meghalaya: BSF captures 26 Bangladeshi infiltrators on international border; 4 touts helping them also arrested
Organiser Weekly
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Shillong: The vigilant Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have thwarted a massive infiltration attempt on the International Border in Meghalaya and arrested 26 Bangladeshi intruders on July 15. The Meghalaya frontier of BSF conducted several...
Mamata warns BJP of ‘political detention’ over deportation of Bengali migrants
The Indian Express
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July 16, 2025
Warning the BJP of “dire political backlash” over detention and deportation of Bengali migrants in different parts of the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that the Centre has “secretly issued a notification”...
Facing backlash, Gurugram police suspend detention of ‘illegal’ migrants
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 25, 2025
The police have suspended their ongoing detention drive to round up ‘suspected’ illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the midst of a panic exodus that has crippled the domestic work sector in Gurugram. Today, no one was detained in the four detention...
Jasprit Bumrah’s top 5 most expensive figures in an innings in Test history ft. ENG vs IND 2025 4th Test
Sportskeeda
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July 26, 2025
Jasprit Bumrah has certainly been India's greatest all-format pacer in the 21st century. With 77 wickets in 15 games, he was the second-highest wicket-taker in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle. However, there have been few occasions...
The Rise of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Tarique Rahman
The Diplomat
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July 15, 2025
The stature of Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has grown in recent years, especially after the fall of the Awami League government in August 2024. During his official visit to London on June 10-13,...
Bangladesh visa issuance in Assam drops over 60% amid political unrest
The Assam Tribune
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July 11, 2025
Guwahati, July 11: The issuance of Bangladesh visas in Assam has declined by more than 60 per cent, reflecting a significant reduction in cross-border movement and bilateral exchanges between the two countries. According to sources, the three visa...
‘Willing To Cooperate’: India Offers Support To Restore Satyajit Ray’s Ancestral Home In Bangladesh
News24
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July 16, 2025
New Delhi: The Indian government on Tuesday expressed regret over the reported demolition of the ancestral property of celebrated filmmaker and writer Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh and expressed its willingness to extend cooperation in...
Bangladesh’s ex-top cop pleads guilty to crimes against humanity
Dawn
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July 11, 2025
• Former PM Hasina formally indicted • Govt accused of overlooking more than 2,000 crimes committed against religious minorities DHAKA: Bangladesh’s former police chief pleaded guilty to crimes against humanity committed during a crackdown on...
MACC nabs two Bangladeshi men over KLIA bribery to smuggle in foreigners
Malay Mail
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July 16, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested two Bangladeshi men, including a director of an overseas-based tourism company, on suspicion of masterminding a syndicate involved in bringing foreign nationals...
26 Bangladeshi nationals, 4 Indian touts caught by BSF in West Garo Hills
Hub Network
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July 15, 2025
Shillong, July 15:Twenty-six Bangladeshi nationals and four Indian touts were apprehended by the border security force (BSF) near the international border in West Garo Hills District. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, alert troops of 22 Bn...
FitsAir to fly daily to Bangladesh from Sri Lanka, driving tourism
EconomyNext
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July 16, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has undertaken to buy around 2.5 billion US dollars from forex markets over the next 11 months under an International Monetary Fund program to build foreign reserves. “We are gradually rebuilding gross international...
Bangladesh ex-top cop pleads guilty to crimes against humanity
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
DHAKA – Bangladesh’s former police chief pleaded guilty to crimes against humanity committed during a crackdown on protests in 2024, while former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was formally indicted, prosecutors said after the trial resumed on July...
World News | India Advises Citizens to Avoid Non-essential Travel to Iran
Latestly
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July 16, 2025
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Indian Embassy in Iran issued a travel advisory on Wednesday, urging Indian nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Iran. The advisory comes amid rising security concerns in the region over the past several...