Sunday | February 01, 2026 | Dhaka
BSS : One person has died in a massive blaze on an industrial park housing a gas storage facility in eastern Thailand with hundreds ordered to evacuate, officials said Thursday. The fire in a...
AFP : The boundary dispute between India and Nepal has heated up once again after the Nepali government last week announced a new currency note featuring a map that shows three border areas claimed...
Aljazeera : The number of people in Myanmar forced from their homes by conflict now exceeds more than 3 million in what the United Nations has described as a “bleak milestone” for the country....
AFP : Teams in flood-ravaged southern Brazil scrambled Tuesday to deliver humanitarian aid to Porto Alegre and other inundated municipalities, where queues formed for drinking water as forecasters warned of more downpours. The worst...
Reuters : Eleven Indian states and territories including Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat began voting on Tuesday in the third phase of general elections, with the country’s Election Commission urging people...
Al Jazeera : The Israeli army appears set to launch its long-threatened assault on Rafah as it instructs Palestinians to leave parts of the city in southern Gaza. Israeli forces called on Monday for...
AFP : President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to hold nuclear weapons drills involving the navy and troops based near Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Monday. Putin has upped his nuclear...
Deutsche Welle : Russian news agencies on Saturday reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had been added to a Kremlin wanted list. Though the Russian Interior Ministry provided no details about the charges leveled...
Reuters : Donald Trump’s pledge to fight what he calls “anti-white feeling” in the US will likely embolden allies who seek to dismantle government and corporate programs created to battle racism and boost diversity...
BSS : Coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania were buffeted by heavy rains and high winds from a tropical cyclone on Saturday, adding to the chaos caused by deadly floods that have ravaged the...
BSS : France has for the first time been invited to commemorate the battle of Dien Bien Phu, which led to French troops’ defeat in Vietnam and marked the country’s last stand in colonial...
BBC : A Palestinian doctor has died in an Israeli prison after more than four months in detention, Palestinian prisoner associations have said. Dr Adnan Al-Bursh, 50, was the head of orthopaedics at al-Shifa...