International

August 20, 2026, 2:02 am

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Dipu Moni gets 12-hour parole after husband’s death Govt mulls March start for next year’s SSC exams instead of January ECNEC clears 10 projects involving Tk 9,333cr Bangladesh-India ties to be based on equality: Rizvi New president to take oath at Bangabhaban on Friday evening Kushtia journalist, wife, son and father-in-law killed in Kolkata hotel fire 9 Bangladeshis killed in Kolkata hotel fire Anomaly allegation over fuel distribution in North Wife among 2 get life term in Sirajganj for killing Jubo Dal leader HC rejects writ petition challenging Article 70, presidential election schedule

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9 Bangladeshis killed in Kolkata hotel fire

TDS Desk: Nine Bangladeshi nationals were killed and six others injured after a massive fire broke out at a hotel in Kolkata in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said. Read More

Trump envoy discusses Gaza plan with Netanyahu after rare Hamas meeting

Bomb Threat Rattles Delhi on Eve of Independence Day: High Court, Airport Under High Alert

Solar eclipse seen from Iceland and Spain

Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia

A world where sex is legal for 12 hours

India does not endorse Hasina’s remarks on Bangladesh govt: Jaiswal

Int’l Desk: India has said it neither organised nor endorsed the recent press briefing in which former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina made remarks about Bangladesh’s current government. The clarification

3 Bangladeshi killed in ‘fight among co-workers’ in Malaysia

Online Desk: Three Bangladeshi expatriates living in Malaysia have been killed and another seriously injured in what is believed to be a fight among co-workers at a house in Port

Teacher stabbed 34-time in 30 seconds in India by masked man

Int’l Desk: A quiet morning at a private school in India’s Faridabad turned into a scene of horror when a masked man walked through the gate, asked for a teacher

Wildfires grip Greece, France, Spain

Reuters: Wildfires fanned by heavy winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on Saturday, including near Athens, with large-scale firefighting operations and emergency evacuations underway, while conditions worsened again in