Asian markets fell Monday as Joe Biden鈥檚 decision to drop out of the US presidential race fuelled fresh uncertainty, while traders appeared unmoved by China鈥檚 decision to cut interest rates in a bid to boost its stuttering economy...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday appreciated the efficiency and professionalism of Bangladesh Army to normalise the country鈥檚 law and order situation as chief of army staff general Waker-Uz-Zaman called on him at Bangabhaban...
US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid on Wednesday, shortly after conceding that he would consider dropping his troubled reelection bid if he was diagnosed with a serious medical condition.聽
THE question mark that hangs over the presidential election due in October this year is not going away. The answer to it keeps getting put off. The latest is the government鈥檚 proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate ambiguity in the term of the president from six to five years. The Supreme Court has thrice...
South Africa鈥檚 president Cyril Ramaphosa reaffirmed Monday the coal-dependent nation鈥檚 commitment to moving towards renewable energy but insisted that communities and workers must not lose out...
President Joe Biden sought to calm a divided nation after his rival Donald Trump survived an assassination bid, saying in a rare Oval Office address Sunday it was time to lower the temperature of America's hostile politics.
Donald Trump called on Americans Sunday to stand united after he was injured in an assassination attempt 鈥� a shocking incident that opened a dark new chapter in an already polarised US presidential race...
Like most Americans, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said she was shocked to learn of a would-be assassin鈥檚 attempt to kill Donald Trump at a campaign rally...
THE deadline for presidential elections is fast approaching and the Election Commissioner will be empowered to declare the date of the election on July 17, just over a week from now. The election rallies are becoming larger and feistier. The two main opposition parties are showing their growing strength in the numbers attending their...
The United States called Monday on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to emphasize Ukraine's territorial integrity as he met in Russia with President Vladimir Putin on the eve of a NATO summit in Washington.
Chinese president Xi Jinping told Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban on Monday that world powers should help Russia and Ukraine re-start direct negotiations during a...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday urged the expatriate Bangladeshis to send remittances through the proper channels....
ONE of the first tasks confronting a new prime minister, after an audience with the king, is to write a 鈥榣etter of last resort.鈥� Sir Keir Starmer will be asked to write to an (unnamed) commander of a Trident missile submarine on patrol in the Atlantic...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Saturday asked the President Guard Regiment to perform duties properly with the utmost devotion to maintaining a...
Joe Biden fended off questions about his mental fitness and electability on Friday in a TV interview meant to draw a line under a disastrous debate performance that triggered calls for him to quit his re-election bid...
Polls opened on Friday for Iran鈥檚 runoff presidential election, the interior ministry said, pitting reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in the race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a May helicopter crash....
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday sought Myanmar鈥檚 support and co-operation in strengthening regional ties as Bangladeshis is going to take over as chair of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation in September.....
Joe Biden is 鈥榓bsolutely not鈥� pulling out of the US presidential race, his spokeswoman said Wednesday....
South Africa鈥檚 new unity government under president Cyril Ramaphosa began being sworn in during a televised ceremony in Cape Town on Wednesday following weeks of coalition haggling...
The government of cash-strapped Vanuatu will soon settle into a suite of new buildings funded by China, a move likely to reignite concerns about Beijing鈥檚 reach in the South Pacific nation...
WITH less than a month before presidential elections are called, president Ranil Wickremesinghe has highlighted the success of his presidency as rescuing Sri Lanka from its international bankruptcy status that prevents it from doing business with the rest of the world. The signing of the agreement on international debt restructuring for...
WITH the advent of a leader like Donald Trump, we have been watching for the last few decades that the United States is slowly becoming a fascist state. There is a quotation circulating since the last century and it goes like this: 鈥榃hen Fascism Comes to America, It Will Be Wrapped in the Flag.鈥� Although it is more important than who said it, another...
Sri Lanka will save $5 billion following the restructure of its bilateral debt, much of which is owed to China, through slashed interest rates and longer repayment schedules, the president said Tuesday...
Chinese president Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan for a state visit on Tuesday....
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday separately received credentials of envoys from three countries to Bangladesh at Bangabhaban in Dhaka....
The first round of Iran鈥檚 presidential election revealed shrinking support for both reformists and conservatives even though some voters are pushing for change by...
IT WAS cruel. Sinister cruel. While Donald Trump was always going to relish the chance to be not only economical with the truth but simply inventive about it, Joe Biden, current commander in chief of the United States, leader of the self-described free world, seemed a vanishing shadow, longing for soft slippers and the fireplace with cocoa...
The sole reformist in Iran鈥檚 presidential election, Masoud Pezeshkian, will face the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in a runoff, authorities said on Saturday, following a...
A fired-up Joe Biden came out swinging Friday as he tried to make up for a disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, insisting he was the right man to win November鈥檚 US presidential election...
Chinese president Xi Jinping said Friday the ruling Communist Party was planning and implementing 鈥榤ajor鈥� reforms, ahead of a closely watched political conclave that is...