Growing distrust of USA globally
THE special military operation in Ukraine essentially puts an end to the unipolar world in which the Americans considered themselves the supreme ruler, bossing around other countries...
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Junta chief dissolves Burkina Faso govt
No reason was given in the Burkina Faso鈥檚 ruling military leader's decree for the dismissal of Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, who was named as premier in October 2022 after the coup that brought Captain Ibrahim Traore to power...
Army chief urges officers to face challenges boldly
Chief of army staff general Waker-Uz-Zaman urged newly commissioned officers to prioritise patriotism and demonstrate courage in handling any situation...
China deploys forces as US aircraft flies over Taiwan Strait
Beijing said on Tuesday it deployed air and naval forces to monitor a US military plane as it flew over politically sensitive waters separating China and Taiwan...
40 killed in Sudan attack
A medic on Wednesday said 40 people were killed by gunshot wounds during a paramilitary attack on the Sudanese village of Wad Oshaib in the central state of Al-Jazira...
Student injured in uprising dies in CMH
One more student hit by bullets during the student-led mass uprising died on Thursday while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka...
Chief of Bangladesh Army honoured as 鈥楤MA Hall of Fame鈥�
Bangladesh鈥檚 chief of army staff general Waker-Uz-Zaman was inducted to 鈥楤angladesh Military Academy Hall of Fame鈥� at Bhatiari in Chattogram on Monday.
Nov 7 to be observed today
The 49th anniversary of the 鈥榗ivil-military uprising鈥� of November 7, 1975 will be observed today while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party will observe the day as...
Iran moves to triple military budget amid Israel tensions
Iran鈥檚 government has proposed tripling its military spending, an official said Tuesday, as tensions with arch-rival Israel rise following recent tit-for-tat missile strikes.
867 students still in 10 CMHs
At least 867 students, who were injured during protests led by the Student Movement Against Discrimination in July and August, are still undergoing treatment at 10 combined military hospitals.
North Korea claims a million people joined army this week
North Korea claimed Wednesday that more than a million young people had signed up for or rejoined the army this week after Pyongyang accused Seoul鈥檚 military of sending...
Taiwan detects 153 Chinese military aircraft
Taiwan detected a record 153 Chinese military aircraft around the self-ruled island, official data showed Tuesday, after China held a day of large-scale drills.
China ends day of military 鈥榳arning鈥� drills around Taiwan
China ended a day of military drills around Taiwan on Monday in which it deployed fighter jets and warships in what Beijing said was a 鈥榮tern warning鈥� to 鈥榮eparatist鈥� forces on the self-ruled island...
China, Russia pledge to strengthen military cooperation
The Chinese and Russian defence ministers pledged on Monday to deepen cooperation between their two countries鈥� militaries as they met in Beijing...
The strategic cost of military commercialisation
I WAS reading an article by my senior, Commodore Abdur Razzak, about 鈥楩orces Goal 2030 and Beyond鈥� in 抖阴精品, and it took me back, back to the 1990s, when the question was always the same. Could we win if, say, other, neighbouring countries invade us? Could we meaningfully contribute to national development? It was as if these doubts were...
Two more succumb to injuries
Two more youth who sustained bullet injuries during the student-led mass uprising died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Monday...
Biggest military base empire on earth
US FOREIGN military bases provoke war, pollute communities, and steal land from indigenous peoples...
Protesters, police clash at Australian military expo, 33 arrested
Anti-war protesters set bins alight and threw horse manure at police during clashes in Australia on Wednesday, with officers arresting 33 people and using tear gas, stun grenades and pepper spray to disperse the crowd...
Abeda Muzammel passes away
Abeda Muzammel, 82, wife of retired Major General Muzammel Hussain, passed away on Saturday...
Family demands probe into Israeli killing of American
The family of a Turkish-American woman shot dead while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank demanded an independent investigation into her death on Saturday, accusing the Israeli military of killing her 鈥榲iolently鈥�...
Death toll rises as Israeli West Bank raids enter second day
The death toll climbed on Thursday as Israel pressed a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank for a second day, despite UN concerns it is 鈥榝uelling an already explosive situation鈥�...
One more injured during student protests dies at CMH
One more youth who sustained bullet injuries during the student-led mass uprising died while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday night...
World community must step up efforts for Rohingya repatriation
IT HAS already been seven years since the latest large-scale influx of the Rohingyas 鈥� who fled military violence in Myanmar to safety into Bangladesh in 2017 to add to a large number of their fellows having already lived here 鈥� but not a single Rohingya could be repatriated to their homeland of Rakhine State mostly because of Myanmar鈥檚 unwillingness..
The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics
ON AUGUST 5, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina boarded a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J military transport in a hurry and fled to Hindon Air Force base, outside Delhi. Her plane was refuelled and reports said that she intended to fly on either to the United Kingdom (her niece, Tulip Siddiq is a minister in the new Labour government), Finland...
US military completes withdrawal from final base in Niger
The US military has withdrawn its forces from its final base in Niger, the Pentagon said Monday, more than a year after military coup leaders in the African country...
Bangladesh鈥檚 iron lady Sheikh Hasina falls after 15yrs in power, flees to India
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and fled the country, ending her 15-year rule amid an unprecedented student-led mass uprising against her authoritarian regime.
Myanmar airstrikes on border hospital near China kill 10
Myanmar military airstrikes hit a hospital in a city controlled by an ethnic minority armed group close to the China border killing 10 people, local media...
Russia stages naval drills involving most of its fleet
Russia on Tuesday began large-scale military drills involving every part of its navy not engaged in the Ukraine offensive, the defence ministry said.
Thousands protest against military operation in Pakistan
Thousands of people rallied on Friday against a planned operation by the Pakistan military to root out militants along the Afghan border, with at least one protester killed when gunfire broke out, officials and witness said...
Sound of loud blasts in Myanmar triggers panic in Teknaf
The clashes between the Myanmar military forces and rebel groups in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine sparked fresh panic in bordering areas of Teknaf upazila headquarters and neighbouring villages in Cox鈥檚 Bazar amid the sound of firing from heavy weapons and mortar shells...