Muslims gather at Arafat in聽hajj climax
Vast crowds of Muslims gathered for hours under the hot sun at Arafat Saturday for the high point of the annual hajj pilgrimage, offering...
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Battles rage聽in Rafah
Israeli helicopters struck Gaza鈥檚 Rafah on Thursday, residents said, with Hamas militants reporting street battles in the southern city after top US diplomat...
'Impossible' to chase down Nadal, Djokovic records: Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz said emulating Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic's successes seems 鈥榠mpossible鈥� after winning his maiden French Open title on Sunday with victory over Alexander Zverev.
Israel鈥檚 backhanded apology was no apology at all
ON MAY 27, Israel appeared to 鈥榓pologise鈥� for the deaths of 45 Palestinians resulting from its bombing raid on a 鈥榟umanitarian zone鈥� in Rafah. By any measure, it was a backhanded apology that conveyed more insult than atonement. As Israeli apologies, even those that are insincere, are rare, it鈥檚 worth examining the background that led up to this one...
AIBPLC gets 3 new DMDs
Md Asaduzzaman Bhuiyan, Mohammed Hossain and Md Aminul Islam Bhuiyan have recently been promoted to deputy managing directors of Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC, said a press release...
Burning of Rafah鈥檚 tent people
PEOPLE were saying their evening prayers when the IDF attacked the refuge camp at Tel al-Sultan in southern Gaza, where thousands had fled from the Israeli invasion of Rafah. They were told by the Israelis this was a safe zone, a secure place to shelter their children and grandparents...
Mustafa becomes IFIC Bank MD
Syed Mansur Mustafa has been appointed as managing director of IFIC Bank PLC, said a press release...
Egypt to host talks with Israel, US over Rafah crossing
Egypt will host Israeli and US officials on Sunday to discuss the reopening of the Rafah crossing, a vital conduit for aid into the besieged Gaza Strip...
Gaza pounded after Biden pushes Israeli ceasefire plan
Israeli forces hammered Rafah in southern Gaza with tanks and artillery Saturday, hours after US President Joe Biden said Israel was offering a new roadmap toward...
Israel troops push into central Rafah
The Israeli army said Friday its troops pushed into central Rafah, escalating its nearly eight-month war with Hamas despite international objections over any offensive in the southern Gaza city...
鈥楢ll eyes on Rafah鈥� image shared 44m times
An AI-generated image bearing the words 鈥楢ll eyes on Rafah鈥� has been shared by more than 44 million Instagram accounts since Monday after a deadly Israeli strike at a camp for displaced Palestinians in the Gazan city....
Rafah battles intensify
Rafah residents reported intense artillery shelling and gunfire on Thursday in Gaza鈥檚 far-southern city after Israel said it had seized a strategic corridor on the...
Street battles, Israeli strikes rock Rafah
Street fighting and Israeli bombardment rocked Gaza鈥檚 far-southern Rafah on Wednesday, Palestinian residents and officials said, a day after Israeli tanks rolled into the centre of the city near the Egyptian border...
Israel鈥檚 heinous war crime
In a flagrant violation of international norms and humanitarian laws, Israel continues to act with total impunity in Gaza, enjoying Western complicity, and emboldened by US unconditional military and diplomatic support..
WHO condemns 鈥榓brupt halt鈥� to medical evacuations from Gaza
Desperately needed medical evacuations from Gaza 鈥� already very limited 鈥� came to a full stop when Israel launched its military offensive on Rafah three weeks ago, the...
Fans' tears flow as legend Nadal bows out at French Open
From Australia, China and the United States, Rafael Nadal fans descended on a chilly and damp Roland Garros on Monday, hoping to inspire their 鈥榮uperhero鈥� to victory at the French Open.
Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45
Israel faced a wave of international condemnation Monday over a strike that Gaza officials said killed 45 people when it set off a fire that ripped through a tent city for displaced Palestinians...
Israel strikes Rafah defying UN court
Israeli air strikes and artillery pounded Rafah on Saturday, as the government dismissed a UN top court鈥檚 order to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern...
ICJ orders Israel to halt assault on Rafah
The top United Nations court on Friday ordered Israel to halt military operations in Rafah 鈥榠mmediately鈥�, a landmark ruling likely to increase mounting international pressure on...
Fighting rages聽in Rafah after聽first aid delivery
Heavy clashes and bombardment Saturday rocked Gaza鈥檚 southern city of Rafah as the Israeli military announced the first humanitarian aid had entered the...
13 countries urge restraint from Israel over Rafah
Thirteen Western countries, including many traditionally supportive of Israel, appealed to it Friday not to launch a large-scale offensive on Rafah.
Israel vows to 鈥榠ntensify鈥� operations聽in Rafah
Israel vowed on Thursday to 鈥榠ntensify鈥� its ground offensive in Rafah, in defiance of global warnings over the fate of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians...
Govt fails to get justified water share from India: Fakhrul
Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general MirzaFakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that the Awami League government had failed to get the fair water share of the common rivers flowing between Bangladesh and India...
Israeli tanks push into Rafah
Israel鈥檚 military operation in Rafah has set truce negotiations with Hamas 鈥榖ackward鈥�, mediator Qatar said on Tuesday, adding that talks have reached...
Fighting rocks Gaza despite US warning
Israel battled Hamas in Gaza on Monday, including in far-southern Rafah, despite US warnings against a full-scale invasion of the crowded city and...
Over 100,000 people have fled Gaza鈥檚 Rafah: UN
Over 100,000 people have fled Rafah in recent days, the United Nations said Friday, with the southern Gaza city under threat of a full-scale Israeli ground invasion....
Rafah struck after Biden warning on arms transfers
Smoke rose from strikes on Gaza鈥檚 crowded southern city of Rafah on Thursday after US president Joe Biden vowed to cut off artillery shells and other weapons supplied to Israel if a full-scale offensive into the city goes ahead...
Israel sends tanks into Rafah, seizes key crossing
Israeli sent tanks into Rafah in southern Gaza, seizing control of the border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, an operation the United Nations said...
BTRC asked to close all unregistered online portals
State minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Tuesday said that the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has been asked to close all unregistered online portals...
Israel orders evacuation from聽Rafah area
Israel鈥檚 military on Monday called for the evacuation of Palestinians from eastern Rafah ahead of a ground invasion of the city, as Gaza aid officials said Israeli jets struck...