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Govt makes bid to aid Jamaat leaders’ Canada visit

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a ‘Letter of Introduction’ requesting the High Commission of Canada in Dhaka to expedite the visa issuance process for a delegation of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami led by its amir Md Shafiqur Rahman.

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One dead, six injured in Canada stabbing

A mass stabbing in an Indigenous community in central Canada killed one person and forced six others to the hospital on Thursday, federal police said, adding the suspect also died in the incident.

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Canada removing tariffs on US goods compliant with FTA

Canada will remove all tariffs on US goods that are compliant with the existing North American free trade agreement, prime minister Mark Carney said Friday, matching exemptions affirmed earlier this month by Washington...

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Air Canada flight attendants end strike

Air Canada flight attendants on Tuesday said they had reached a ‘tentative’ deal with the airline to end a strike over wages and ground work that has cancelled travel for half a million people worldwide.

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Air Canada cancels hundreds of flights amid crew strike

Air Canada cancelled hundreds of flights Saturday as it began shutting down operations in response to a strike by flight attendants—triggering summer travel chaos for its 130,000 daily passengers...

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China files WTO complaint over Canada steel duties

China filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over Canadian steel import restrictions on Friday, the commerce ministry said, escalating simmering trade tensions between Beijing and Ottawa...

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Canada PM pledges billions in defence to meet NATO target

Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney on Friday announced a multi-billion-dollar military spending package, affirming his government’s plan to hit NATO’s two per cent defence spending target this year.

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Canada intends to recognise Palestinian state

Canada plans to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, prime minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, a major policy shift that drew an angry response from US president Donald Trump and was rejected by Israel.

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Canada jobless rate falls to 6.9pc

Canada’s unemployment rate fell slightly to 6.9 percent in June thanks to robust hiring in the wholesale and retail sector, manufacturing and health care, the government said Friday...

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Trump threatens Canada with higher tariff

Canada will face a 35 per cent tariff on exports to the United States starting August 1, president Donald Trump said in a late-night letter to prime minister Mark Carney that upends negotiations between the neighbours and close allies.

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China, Canada vow stronger trade, Rohingya aid

China and Canada expressed their commitment to strengthening trade, investment, and humanitarian cooperation with Bangladesh while assuring continued support to address the protracted Rohingya crisis...

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China, Canada pledge deeper trade ties with Bangladesh

China and Canada have expressed their commitment to strengthening trade, investment and humanitarian cooperation with Bangladesh while assuring continued support to address the long-drawn-out Rohingya crisis.

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Jamaat leaders, Canadian envoy talk reforms, polls

Canadian high commissioner to Dhaka Ajit Singh on Monday met Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leaders at the party’s central office in Dhaka where they discussed Bangladesh’s state reform process and the next national election.

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India, Canada resume diplomatic ties

India and Canada agreed Tuesday to return ambassadors to each other’s capitals, turning a page on a bitter spat over an assassination as Canada’s new leader welcomed counterpart Narendra Modi...

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G7 confronts Israel-Iran crisis

Group of Seven leaders, including US President Donald Trump prepared to hold talks on Monday in the Canadian Rockies, tackling issues, including whether they can find common ground on an escalating conflict between Iran and Israel.

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Team Group MD, Biman pilot die in Canada canoe capsize

Team Group managing director Abdullah Hil Rakib and senior pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Captain Md Saifuzzaman died after the canoe they were on flipped over in Sturgeon Lake in Canada’s Ontario on Sunday afternoon (local time)...

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Military aids evacuations as Canada wildfires expand

Canada’s military used aircraft to help evacuate members of a remote Indigenous group Monday as wildfires spread eastward from the Prairies region and into the country’s most populous province Ontario.

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UK, four nations sanction two far-right Israeli ministers

The UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway announced sanctions against two Israeli ministers on Tuesday for ‘repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities’, they said in a joint statement.

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Canada keen to invest in aviation sector

Canada has expressed interest in investing in Bangladesh’s growing aviation sector, particularly in airport infrastructure development through soft loan facilities...

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Lutfey Siddiqi briefs diplomats on labour reform progress

Reviewing the past eight months of progress on labour reforms and outlining the government’s roadmap ahead, special envoy to the chief adviser for international affairs Lutfey Siddiqi on Monday conveyed to the top Western nations’ ambassadors and high commissioners that they had made a ‘dramatic progress’.

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Trump, Carney set for high-stakes meeting

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney meets Donald Trump on Tuesday for the first time since he won reelection on a pledge to stand up to the US president’s tariffs and threats to annex the United States’ northern neighbour.