Iranian state media have confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed at his office in the Israeli-US attacks on Iran, following earlier reports of his killing by US and Israeli officials.The Sunday confirmation comes after Iran’s Tasnim and Mehr news agencies initially reported that Khamenei remained “steadfast and firm in commanding the field”.US ...more

750,000 Bangladeshi workers went to Saudi Arabia in 2025, which is 16% more than the number of Bangladeshis going to Saudi Arabia in 2024. Saudi Arabia took the largest number of workers from Bangladesh in 2025. This is the highest record of sending foreign workers to any single country, according to the relevant authorities. Currently, about 3.5 ...more

The foundation stone of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) “Hexagon” data center, the world’s largest government data center in terms of megawatt capacity, has been laid in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by SDAIA President Dr. Abdullah Al Gamdi, SDAIA officials, as well as senior officials from various government ...more

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has decided to make it mandatory to pay salaries of all domestic workers working in Saudi Arabia through government channels. This decision will be fully effective from January 1, 2026.The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development said that this initiative has been taken to protect ...more

Eighteen Colombian troops have been kidnapped while conducting an operation against the ELN guerrilla group, Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said Sunday.The soldiers were surrounded by "nearly 200 people and forcibly transferred, against their will, to an indigenous reservation" in Choco Department in the country's northwest, near the border with Panama, Sanchez said in a post ...more

Israeli bulldozers tore through a four-storey residential building in east Jerusalem on Monday, displacing scores of Palestinians in what activists said was the largest such demolition in the area this year.The building, located in the Silwan neighbourhood near the Old City, comprised a dozen apartments housing approximately 100 people, many of them women, children and ...more

Great Victory Day was celebrated at Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia through various arrangements. On the occasion of the day, Consul General Mohammad Sakhawat Hossain hoisted the flag at the premises of Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah in the morning. At that time, expatriate Bangladeshis living in Jeddah along with the officials and employees of the ...more

Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media said overnight Friday to Saturday, adding that 18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were on board, according to a AFP news.“An oil tanker carrying six million litres of contraband diesel fuel has been boarded off the coast of the ...more

The Press Club of India elections being held tomorrow take place against one of the most empirically documented declines of journalistic freedom, safety, economic viability and institutional courage in India since Independence. This is not rhetorical pessimism. It is borne out by longitudinal global datasets, constitutional litigation patterns, newsroom employment statistics and documented cases of ...more

All speculations surrounding one of this year’s most anticipated musical events—“Main Stage Show 2025,” featuring the popular South Asian singer Atif Aslam—have finally come to an end. The organizer, Main Stage Inc., has confirmed that the concert will take place as scheduled on 13 December at the China–Bangladesh Friendship Exhibition Center (CBFEC) in Purbachal.To ensure ...more