Saturday | January 24, 2026 | Dhaka
AFP : Myanmar’s military government said on Thursday it will release nearly 5,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the country’s new year festivities.Civil rights groups say the junta has arrested thousands of protesters...
AFP, Sanaa: Yemen’s Huthi rebels said US strikes on an oil port Friday killed at least 38 people and wounded dozens more, revising earlier tolls in one of the deadliest attacks of the month-long...
AFP : France hailed talks on the Ukraine war between top US and European officials on Thursday during which US Secretary of State Marco Rubio again pressed a US peace plan. President Emmanuel Macron’s...
AFP: More than one million children in Haiti are suffering “critical” food shortages as a result of chronic violence, displacement and restricted access to humanitarian aid, the UN children’s agency said Thursday. “We are...
Agency : UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi met the head of Iran’s atomic energy agency, Mohammad Eslami, on Thursday ahead of a fresh round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington. Iranian and...
Al Jazeera : Hamas has accused Israel of openly using starvation as a weapon of war, a day after Israel’s defence minister pledged to maintain a blockade on aid entering Gaza. Aid deliveries into...
Reuters : China will pay no attention if the United States continues to play the “tariff numbers game”, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after the White House outline how China faces tariffs of...
NN Online: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to visit Dhaka on a two-day official trip starting April 27. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen disclosed the matter during a...
BSS: The Trump administration plans to slash annual discretionary spending at the US federal health department by around one-third, or $40 billion, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing a draft budget document. A preliminary...
Reuters : Russia’s foreign minister said in an interview that it was not easy to agree with the United States on the key parts of a possible peace deal to end the war in...
AFP : The Maldives announced Tuesday it was banning the entry of Israelis from the luxury tourist archipelago in “resolute solidarity” with the Palestinian people. President Mohamed Muizzu ratified the legislation shortly after it...
Al Jazeera : Negotiations for a renewed ceasefire and an end to the war in Gaza appear to be at an impasse after Israel issued new demands for Hamas to disarm in its latest...