Monday | February 02, 2026 | Dhaka
Al Jazeera : A Japanese drugmaker whose dietary supplements are at the centre of a growing health scare has reported two more deaths potentially linked to a pill that lowers cholesterol. Thursday’s announcement by...
Al Jazeera : Ukraine launched a devastating missile strike against Russian military targets in the Crimean port of Sevastopol late on Saturday, further debilitating Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The combination of a reported 40...
The Guardian : Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who pioneered theories in behavioural economics that heavily influenced the discipline, and won him a Nobel prize, has died at age 90. Kahneman, who wrote bestselling book...
AP : It was the middle of the night when a dispatcher’s 12-second warning crackled over the radio: A massive cargo ship had lost its steering capabilities and was heading toward the Francis Scott...
UNB : Indonesia’s top court began hearing appeals Wednesday against the presidential election results lodged by two losing candidates who allege widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls, demanding a revote. The Feb. 14...
BBC : The tech behind a flying car, originally developed and successfully test-flown in Europe, has been bought by a Chinese firm. Powered by a BMW engine and normal fuel, the AirCar flew for...
AFP : The bodies of at least 11 Rohingya refugees have been recovered off Indonesia’s westernmost coast after their boat believed to be carrying around 150 people capsized last week, officials said on Monday....
Al Jazeera : North Korea has claimed that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida requested a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but said any meeting was unlikely without a policy shift by...
AFP : At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked flood-stricken northern Papua New Guinea (PNG), officials said Monday as disaster crews poured into...
Deutsche Welle : For the activists who have been running the communal kitchen in Sudan’s regional capital El Fasher for the past year, the United Nation’s latest warning of “catastrophic hunger” felt as if...
BBC Online : Ecuador’s youngest mayor, Brigitte García, has been shot dead. The 27-year-old and her press officer were found dead in a car on Sunday in the town of San Vicente, where she...
Deutsche Welle : Kabul witnessed a flurry of diplomatic activity at the end of January, with 11 countries accepting the Taliban’s invitation to attend an international conference dubbed “Afghanistan Regional Cooperation Initiative.” The multilateral...