Saturday | February 14, 2026 | Dhaka
BSS :Iran on Friday called on Saudi Arabia to release one of its nationals arrested during the Hajj pilgrimage, as the two regional rivals engage in talks to mend severed relations.The Islamic republic revealed...
BSS :Russia said on Friday that it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington at the presidential level, a day after the drug conviction of US basketball star Brittney Griner.Despite tensions soaring...
BSS :China was set to press ahead on Friday with its largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan despite firm statements of condemnation by the United States, Japan and the European Union.Beijing’s decision to fire ballistic...
BSS :Beijing on Friday condemned Lithuania’s endorsement of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, calling it “erroneous” and accusing the Baltic NATO nation of violating the one-China principle.Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis...
BSS :Three more ships loaded with grain sailed from Ukraine on Friday under a UN-backed deal lifting Russia’s blockade of the Black Sea, Turkey’s defence ministry said. The Panama-flagged Navistar left Odessa for Ireland...
BSS/AFP :The surprise vote in Republican-heavy Kansas to repudiate a push for abortion bans fired shockwaves through the US political landscape ahead of November’s midterm elections, with President Joe Biden’s Democrats now seeing a...
BSS :A team of Russian and Ukrainian officials in Turkey are due on Wednesday to inspect the first shipment of grain exported from Ukraine since Moscow’s invasion under a deal aimed at curbing a...
BSS :The United Nations mission in Iraq called on leaders on Wednesday to put their country first and end a long-running political power struggle, as tensions soar in the war-scarred nation.Nearly 10 months on...
BSS :German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday accused Russia of blocking the delivery of a turbine needed to keep gas flowing to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.As the continent’s biggest economy scrambled...
BSS :Three people were killed and six others wounded in a knife attack Wednesday at a kindergarten in southeast China’s Jianxi province. A “gangster wearing a cap and mask” stormed the private kindergarten in...
BSS/AFP :Many Afghans expressed shock or doubt on Tuesday that Al-Qaeda’s chief had been killed in Kabul by a US drone strike, saying that they couldn’t believe that Ayman Al-Zawahiri had been hiding in...
BSS/AFP :Sri Lanka issued an urgent appeal on Monday to tackle rapidly spreading malnutrition among children as its economic crisis leaves nine out of 10 people dependent on state handouts.The Ministry for Women and...