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AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry Donald Trump's hardline trade policies, but are struggling to bridge divides over crises roiling the Middle East.Emerging nations representing about half the world's population and 40 ...
AFP, NIAMEY, Niger: A double attack Friday by suspected jihadists near Niger's western border with Burkina Faso left 10 troops dead, authorities said whilst stating that 41 attackers were also killed.The west African country, now run by a military junta, has been battling violence by groups link...
AFP, HOUSTON: Rescuers were desperately searching for at least 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp, officials said Friday, after torrential rains caused a "catastrophic" flash flood that killed at least 24 people as it swept through south-central Texas."At this point we'...
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Bangladesh has called on the international community to assume its collective responsibility in ensuring the safe, dignified and voluntary repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar.“It is the collective duty of the international community to ensure that the ...
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Former Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda passed away at a hospital in the capital on Saturday morning. He was 83.Shamsul Huda was declared dead at the hospital around 10:15 am, said Parvez Hasan, executive of the Customer Service Department at the United Hospital.His brother-in-law Ashfaq...
Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari on Friday highlighted the positive role of media in deepening the bonds of friendship between the two countries.Speaking at a reception, he expressed appreciation to the journalists for ‘telling stories’, that are reflective of trust, ...
More than half of the world’s low-income countries are either already in or nearing a high risk of debt distress, the World Bank has warned, calling on global leaders to adopt “radical debt transparency” to avert future financial crises.In its latest report, Radical Debt Transparen...
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UNB, Chuadanga: Three people, including the driver of a battery-run easy bike, were killed and four others injured in a collision between a truck and an easy bike in Chuadanga’s Jafarpur area on Friday evening. The accident occurred just before dusk near the BGB-6 Battalion camp on the Jafarpu...
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Referring to the "excellent friendly relations" between Bangladesh and Nepal, Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam has underscored the importance of strengthening collaboration in order to unlock untapped potential.He informed that he is ready to welcome his counterpart in the next round of Fo...
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The Bangladeshi Radical Militant Group (GMRB), recently dismantled by the Malaysian police, is believed to have been raising funds and recruiting members for the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Bangladesh, said the Malaysian government on Friday.Of the 36 suspects aged between 25 and 35, five have b...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested the prime suspect of orchestrating the mob assault, filming and online viral of a video that shows a woman being raped and tortured in Cumilla’s Muradnagar upazila.Md Shah Poran, 28, was picked up from the Kabila Bazar area of Burichang upazila around noon...
A new report on Bangladesh’s media landscape has highlighted that restrictive laws and political pressures continue to limit media freedom and trust in Bangladesh.To address this, it recommended urgent legal and policy reforms to align with international standards, fair licensing and tran...
China strongly opposes any country making trade deals that undermine its interests, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.Spokesperson He Yongqian responded to media inquiries regarding the recent trade agreement between the United States and Vietnam, noting that China is curr...
Agencies: Russia on Thursday became the first nation to officially recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan since the group took control in 2021, following Moscow’s decision to remove the Taliban from its list of banned organizations.The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed it had accepte...
Agencies: At least 94 Palestinians were killed in Gaza overnight, including 45 people who were trying to access humanitarian aid, Gaza’s Health Ministry and hospitals said Thursday.The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strikes.Among the dead, five people were killed near Gaza...
UNB, Pabna: Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Pabna Highway in Santhia upazila of Pabna district on Friday morning, said police.Two of the deceased were identified as Abed Ali, 37, son of late Hashem Molla of Shantipur area under...
UNB, Narsingdi: More than 50 shops, including 10 jewelry outlets, were gutted in a devastating fire at Muripatti of Madhabdi Bazar in Narsingdi district Friday morning.Witnesses said the fire erupted from one of the shops around 5 am and spread fast engulfing adjacent shops within a short time.Seein...
UNB, Jashore: A mother, her daughter and minor son sustained burn injuries as a youth allegedly threw acid at them after the family refused his marraige proposal in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore district, police said on Friday.The injured are mother Rahela Khatun, 48, her daughter Ripa Khatun, 26, ...
BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday said they believe voter turnout in the upcoming national election will be high."We believe the voter turnout in the upcoming national election will be very good, and people will go to polling centres with great enthusiasm,&q...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday said the issue of establishing an office in Bangladesh by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is still in discussion and the relevant MoU is still at the draft stage.“It is still at a draft stage (MoU...
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