Monday | February 16, 2026 | Dhaka
BSS/AFP : The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was set to address hundreds of thousands of supporters on Saturday on the final day of presidential election campaigning, as polls show him heading...
BSS/AFP : North Korea fired an unidentified projectile into waters off its east coast Saturday, the South Korean military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.The latest launch comes just three days after Pyongyang last fired...
BSS/AFP : Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country’s women to wear the all-covering burqa in public — one of the harshest controls imposed on women’s lives since the hardline...
BSS/AFP : Morocco and Spain on Friday committed to strengthening cooperation on irregular migration, a joint statement said, following a reset in relations after a months-long rift.“Faced with the shared challenges leading from the...
BSS/AFP : The US and the European diplomats Saturday urged Sri Lanka’s beleaguered president to repeal a state of emergency imposed after a general strike brought the bankrupt country to a halt.Months of blackouts...
BSS/AFP : Irish nationalists Sinn Fein were poised for a historic first ever win in election for the Northern Ireland Assembly after vote counting resumed on Saturday. Tallies from Thursday’s complex proportional voting showed...
BSS :Police again lobbed tear gas and used water cannon to disperse students trying to storm Sri Lanka’s Parliament bhavan on Friday, as the country was brought to a halt by a trade union...
BSS/AFP :UK and Japan leaders Boris Johnson and Fumio Kishida agreed to deepen defence ties during talks in London on Thursday where they also snacked on Fukushima popcorn to celebrate an easing of trade...
BSS/AFP :European diplomats were locked in difficult negotiations on Friday to agree a new package of sanctions against Russia, with Hungary opposed to a ban on Russian oil imports.Brussels wants to introduce a sixth...
BSS/Xinhua :The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that almost 15 million deaths globally were directly or indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of 2021.According to the WHO’s estimates, the...
Al Jazeera :The leader of South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), is visiting Ukraine to see the damage and suffering caused as a result of Russia’s war.“I am in Ukraine to...
BSS/AFP :The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a ban within the year on Russian oil imports in its toughest move yet over the invasion of Ukraine, as Moscow said it was offering a new...