US president Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday he expected to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, in an extraordinary thaw in relations after a surprise phone call between the two leaders...
Many non-governmental organisations and marginalised communities who benefit from different socio-economic services provided by these organisations in Bangladesh are already feeling the impact of the USAID fund freeze ordered by United States president Donald Trump in January...
Japan asked the United States on Wednesday to be exempt from President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs on steel and aluminium exports, Tokyo鈥檚 top government spokesman said...
French president Emmanuel Macron and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi visited southern France with a packed schedule on Wednesday, fostering a relationship that Paris sees as an alternative to great power rivalries...
US president Donald Trump has fired the independent inspector general for the US Agency for International Development, US media outlets reported on Wednesday...
Cameroon president Paul Biya, the world鈥檚 oldest head of state, turns 92 years old on Thursday after more than four decades in power but remains tight-lipped on whether he will run for another term in elections this year...
The ousted prime minister and Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, herself ordered security forces to kill protesters and hide their bodies to quell the student-led protests in July 2024 in Bangladesh, according to a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
The Kremlin said Tuesday that a 鈥榮ignificant part鈥� of Ukraine 鈥榳ants to be Russia,鈥� hours after US president Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine 鈥榤ay be Russian someday.鈥�...
The Gaza ceasefire appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after Hamas said US president Donald Trump鈥檚 latest warning 鈥榝urther complicates鈥� the agreement with Israel, which has so far led to five hostage-prisoner swaps...
US聽PRESIDENT Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on foreign steel and aluminium imports聽on February 10, doubling down on his protectionist agenda to 鈥榖oost鈥� the US economy through import taxes, a move that could disrupt trade with key partners. Set to take effect on March 4, the tariffs will impact the 25 million tonnes of steel the US imports...
President Donald Trump said Palestinians would have no right of return to Gaza under his US takeover plan, describing his proposal in excerpts of an interview released Monday as a 鈥榬eal estate development for the future.鈥�..
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of seeking to bring Iran 鈥榯o its knees鈥� on Monday as the country marked the 46th anniversary of the Islamic revolution...
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries condemned on Sunday remarks by Israel鈥檚 prime minister who appeared to suggest in an interview that a Palestinian state could be established on Saudi territory...
US president Donald Trump said on Friday that Japan鈥檚 Nippon Steel will make a major investment in US Steel, but will no longer attempt to take over the troubled company...
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday Kyiv wants its allies to invest in its mineral resources after US president Donald Trump asked for 鈥榬are earths鈥� in exchange for military aid...
President Donald Trump on Friday froze US aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he alleges allows land to be seized from white farmers, despite Johannesburg's denials.
The US trade gap swelled last year to its second-largest on record, government data showed Wednesday, as deficits come under the spotlight with president Donald Trump鈥檚 return to the White House...
ON FEBRUARY 4, in a press conference alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US president Donald Trump unveiled a plan as audacious as it is alarming: the United States would 鈥榯ake over鈥� the Gaza Strip, forcibly displace its 1.8 million Palestinian residents and redevelop the territory into a luxury enclave he dubbed 鈥榯he Riviera of the...
Hundreds of US government websites were offline on Monday, an AFP review showed, including that of the humanitarian agency USAID which president Donald Trump鈥檚 administration is shutting down...
President Donald Trump announced broad tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, claiming a 鈥榤ajor threat鈥� from illegal immigration and drugs 鈥� a move that sparked promises of retaliation...
US president Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan on Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay 鈥� distracting from spiralling confusion after the White House withdrew a shock order to freeze federal funds...
ON HIS first day back in office, US president Donald Trump reignited a controversial chapter of American climate policy by notifying the United Nations of his administration鈥檚 intention to exit the Paris Climate agreement 鈥� for a second time. This echoes his first term, when the US formally withdrew from the accord in 2020, only for Joe Biden to reverse...
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 business partner, Gentry Beach, has expressed interest in investing in mineral and gas exploration in Bangladesh...
US President Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay -- distracting from spiralling confusion after the White House withdrew a shock order to freeze federal funds.
Abrupt firings, senior officials demoted, and career employees left reeling 鈥� US president Donald Trump is taking a sledgehammer to a Justice Department he accuses of unjustly prosecuting him...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered most federal workers the option to leave their jobs in exchange for eight months severance, in his most radical move yet to drastically overhaul the government...
The vast majority of Greenland residents do not want their island to become part of the United States as envisaged by President Donald Trump, according to a poll published on Wednesday...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed that Pyongyang鈥檚 nuclear programme would continue 鈥榠ndefinitely鈥�, state media reported Wednesday, days after new US president Donald Trump said he would make renewed diplomatic overtures to the reclusive leader...
US president Donald Trump once again hinted at the idea of serving a third term, saying he was 鈥榥ot 100 per cent sure鈥� he was barred from doing so under the Constitution, which forbids it.
THE decision by US President Donald Trump to suspend foreign aid for 90 days, announced on the very night of his second term inauguration, has raised concerns across the globe. For countries like Bangladesh, where US assistance is crucial in development efforts, this move warrants careful examination. Stakeholders, development partners, and...
