Thailand, Cambodia agree to extend peace pact
Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Thursday to extend a shaky ceasefire deal that followed five days of deadly hostilities along their border last month.
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Cambodian workers flock home from Thailand
Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have returned from Thailand following deadly border clashes between the two neighbours, a labour ministry official said on Wednesday...
Livelihoods, ATEC sign biodigester project
The Livelihoods Carbon Fund 3, in partnership with ATEC Global, is implementing a large-scale clean cooking initiative aimed at transforming energy access in rural Bangladesh, says a press release.
Thai-Cambodian cyberwarriors battle on despite truce
Thailand and Cambodia may have reached a ceasefire to halt their bloody border clashes, but cyber warriors are still battling online, daubing official websites with obscenities, deluging opponents with spam and taking pages down.
Cambodia urges Thailand to return soldiers
Cambodia called on Thailand Thursday to return 20 soldiers it said were taken captive hours after a ceasefire to halt the neighbours鈥� bloodiest border clashes in decades...
Thailand, Cambodia trade allegations of truce breaking
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged allegations on Wednesday of breaching a ceasefire deal which has largely halted the open combat that engulfed their frontier...
Cambodia, Thailand truce holds after shaky start
An uneasy ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to be holding Tuesday, as military commanders met despite Bangkok鈥檚 allegations the truce had been breached with overnight skirmishes...
India鈥檚 illegal push-in doctrine
IN THE silent shadows of diplomacy and under the smoke of geopolitical cordiality, a darker truth is unfolding at the borderlands between Bangladesh and India. A truth so grotesque, so cruel and so systemic that one begins to question not only the morality of the world鈥檚 largest democracy, but also its very claim to being a civilised, law-abiding state. India, under...
Thailand, Cambodia agree truce after 5 days of fighting
Thailand and Cambodia鈥檚 leaders agreed to an 鈥榰nconditional鈥� ceasefire Monday, after five days of combat along their jungle-clad frontier that has killed at least 36 people...
Thailand, Cambodia agree 鈥榰nconditional鈥� ceasefire
Leaders of Thailand and Cambodia agreed Monday to an 鈥榰nconditional鈥� ceasefire after five days of fighting along their jungle-clad frontier that has killed at least 36 people and forced tens of thousands to flee.
Half of Dhaka trees, 60pc water bodies disappear in 44 years
A recent study has revealed that the Dhaka city has lost half of its trees and 60 per cent of its waterbodies over the past 44 years...
DIU hosts Asia-Pacific Summer Programme 2025
Daffodil International University has hosted the first edition of the Asia-Pacific Summer Programme 2025 under the theme 鈥榯ogether, a great summer鈥� at the DIU in Dhaka...
Thailand-Cambodia clashes enter fourth day
Thailand and Cambodia鈥檚 leaders will meet in Malaysia for peace talks on Monday, the Thai government said, as the countries clashed for a fourth day in a deadly border dispute...
Modi renews ties with Maldives, pledges $565m
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi wrapped up a visit to the Maldives on Saturday, renewing ties by offering infrastructure projects and vital financial assistance to the cash-strapped Indian Ocean nation...
Thai-Cambodia clashes spread, death toll hits 33
Thailand and Cambodia pounded each other with heavy artillery fire for a third day on Saturday, as a border conflict that killed at least 33 people and displaced more than 150,000 from their homes spread across the frontier.
Continued extrajudicial killing, custodial death disparaging
THE continuation of extrajudicial killing and custodial death during the tenure of the interim government, which was installed after a political changeover that promised meaningful changes in governance, is worrying. Right group Odhikar in its latest report, published on July 24, says that at least 29 people were extrajudicially killed between August 9, 2024 and this June 30...
Thailand warns of war with Cambodia as 1,38,000 flee fighting
Thailand鈥檚 acting prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned Friday that cross-border clashes with Cambodia that have uprooted more than 1,30,000 people 鈥榗ould develop into war鈥�, as the countries traded deadly strikes for a second day.
India鈥檚 Modi and UK PM Starmer ink trade deal
UK prime minister Keir Starmer praised Britain鈥檚 鈥榰nique bonds鈥� with India as he and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi formally signed a recently announced UK-India trade deal during talks on Thursday...
Thailand, Cambodia clash with jets, rockets in deadly border row
Thailand and Cambodia fought their bloodiest military clashes in more than a decade on Thursday, with at least 12 people killed as the two sides battled with tanks, artillery and ground forces over a disputed border zone...
Thailand recalls ambassador, expels Cambodian envoy
Thailand expelled the Cambodian ambassador on Wednesday and recalled its own envoy, after a Thai soldier lost a leg in a landmine blast as a border dispute festers...
Flooding from storm Wipha cuts off hundreds in Vietnam
Flooding caused by Tropical Storm Wipha left hundreds of families cut off in villages in central Vietnam on Wednesday, authorities said...
Philippines flooding displaces thousands as new storm threatens
Heavy flooding inundated the Philippines鈥� capital on Tuesday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and schools and government offices to shut, while a fresh storm brewed off the coast...
ICT orders advert asking eight cops to appear
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday ordered the publication of a public notice in newspapers, directing eight absconding accused to appear before the court on July 28.
Odisha student warned of suicide in post days before self-immolation
The 20-year-old student posted on X days before setting herself on fire outside her college in Odisha鈥檚 Balasore, that she would end her life if no action was taken against a faculty member she accused of sexual harassment, reports The Times of India on Monday...
Yunus sends mangoes to Modi
A consignment of mangoes, sent by chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi as a goodwill gesture between the two neighbours, is scheduled to reach New Delhi on Monday...
Collaboration Summit 2025 begins at DIU
The Daffodil International University in collaboration with the Pubali Bank PLC held a two-day Industry-academia Collaboration Summit 2025 commenced at the DIU in Dhaka on Sunday...
Two bodies recovered in separate incidents in Sherpur
The police recovered two bodies from different locations at Nalitabari in Sherpur on Saturday...
Cambodia to pass laws allowing for citizenship to be stripped
Cambodian lawmakers amended the constitution Friday paving the way for people charged with foreign collusion to be stripped of their citizenship, despite concerns such a law could be used to silence government critics.
Prof MR Kabir joins DIU as VC
Professor MR Kabir has joined the Daffodil International University as its vice-chancellor on Thursday...
Cambodian garment workers fret Trump鈥檚 tariff threat
As Cambodian garment workers took breaks from toiling in sweltering factories on Tuesday, they feared for their jobs after US President Donald Trump鈥檚 threat to impose a 36 percent tariff...
