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At least 244 people were hospitalised with dengue across the country in the last 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With these new cases, the total number of dengue infections this year has risen to 6,466. A total of 5,618 patients have been released, including 4,432 from outside Dhaka. Currently, 738 dengue patients are undergoing treatment, 549 of whom are from outside Dhaka, added the DGHS. So far, 30 people have died from dengue infection in the country this year.

There are around 400 Bangladeshis currently residing in Tehran who are under a serious threat amid Israeli attacks and they are being relocated to safer places, Acting Foreign Secretary Ruhul Alam Siddique said on Tuesday. Siddique said this while addressing a press conference at his ministry office in Dhaka over the latest situation of Bangladeshis living in Iran amid the deadliest attack by Israel. A total of 100 Bangladeshis out of 400 have already communicated with the Bangladesh High Commission in Tehran and the commission is currently working to relocate them to a safer place, he said. …

More than 600 foreign nationals have crossed from Iran into neighbouring Azerbaijan since Israel began striking the country last Friday, a government official in Baku said. “Since the start of the military escalation between Israel and Iran, more than 600 citizens of 17 countries have been evacuated from Iran via Azerbaijan,” the government source told AFP on Tuesday. The evacuees, who crossed the border via the Astara checkpoint on the Caspian Sea coast, are being transported to Baku airport and “flown to their home countries on international flights,” the source said. Among those evacuated are citizens of…

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus thanked Australia for resuming visa processing operations in Dhaka as newly appointed Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna here today. “Visa applications can be submitted online” the High Commissioner said, adding that over 65,000 Bangladeshis now live in Australia plus an addition 14,000 students. During the meeting, they discussed ongoing reform efforts of the Interim Government, election preparations, expansion of bilateral trade and the Rohingya crisis. “We are going through a series of important changes following chaotic times,” Prof Yunus said, highlighting…

Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), the country’s premier seaport, has already handled a record 31.72 lakh TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) container till June 15 of the fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25), which is 4.63 percent higher than the previous fiscal. The authority handled around 31.69 lakh TEUs in the fiscal year 2023-24, while 30.07 lakh TEUs in the fiscal year 2022-23, said a press release. The port authority expected that Chittagong Port will touch a new milestone in container handling by June 30, 2025. This is a positive indicator that businesses have overcome the challenges faced throughout the year.…

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has directed the authorities concerned to publish a notification in two newspapers, ordering fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to appear before the court within seven days. A three-member bench, headed by Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder, passed the order after hearing a petition in this regard on Monday, said the ICT’s Chief Prosecutor Advocate Tajul Islam. He said the court ordered the authorities concerned to issue the notification to be published in a Bengali and an English newspaper. UNB adds:…

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday directed the authorities concerned to immediately form a committee to investigate the role of former Chief Election Commissioners, Election Commissioners and Secretaries of the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat involved in organising three controversial national elections. He came up with the directives at a meeting of the National Consensus Commission at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka. Vice-Chairman of the National Consensus Commission Professor Ali Riaz, its members Badiul Alam Majumder, Iftekharuzzaman, Safar Raj Hossain and Mohammad Ayub Miah were present at the meeting. Among others, Principal Secretary to the…

Israeli defence minister warns that ‘Tehran will burn’, it has attacked more than 150 targets Iran has not yet flatly turned down Sunday talks with US in Oman Iran and Israel traded missiles and airstrikes on Saturday, the day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against its old enemy, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear sites in a stated bid to stop it building an atomic weapon. In Tehran, Iranian state TV reported that around 60 people, including 20 children, had been killed in an attack on a housing complex, with more strikes reported across the country. Israel…

The interim government hired lawyers to try to recover any allegedly stolen funds from the UK, and the British government was “extremely supportive” of this effort, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said. “I have a lot of admiration for the promptness with which they’re treating the whole subject,” Yunus told BBC in an interview during his recent visit to the United Kingdom. The BBC report says it understands the International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre (IACCC) is exploring opportunities to assist Bangladesh’s interim government and its law enforcement agencies in their efforts to investigate allegations of corruption under Sheikh…

The government expects the Election Commission (EC) to soon announce the date for holding the next general elections, said National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman at a press briefing on Friday. “We see no problems with the election date. Both the government and BNP have issued a joint statement in this regard,” added Khalilur, also a high representative of the Chief Adviser, at the briefing. The briefing was held to reveal the outcomes of the pivotal meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman in London earlier in the day. Since the 5…