International

Over 1,300 people died during Hajj in 2024: Saudi Arabia

AFP, Riyadh: Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shade themselves from the sun as they arrive at the base of Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma or Mount of Mercy,

NovoAir to sell ATR-72 fleet, eyes int’l expansion

TDS Desk: NovoAir, a Dhaka-based domestic airline, is selling its entire fleet of five ATR-72 aircraft to focus on acquiring new planes for international routes. The airline primarily operates domestically,

Japan sanctions China, India-based firms for ‘supporting war in Ukraine’

TDS Desk: Japan has unveiled trade restrictions against firms in China, India, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan over their alleged support for Russia’s war on Ukraine, report news agencies. The sanctions announced

Hajj death toll passes 1,000

Int’l Desk: The death toll from this year’s hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshipers who performed the pilgrimage in

Indian toxic alcohol brew kills at least 34

AFP, Mumbai: A batch of toxic illegal alcohol in India has killed at least 34 people with more than 100 others rushed to hospital, Tamil Nadu state officials told reporters

Hajj death toll exceeds 900

Loved ones search for missing pilgrims AFP, Riyadh Muslim devotees walk around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Makkah on 13