Ukraine says Russian attacks targeted western city
Russia fired hundreds of drones and seven missiles at Ukraine overnight, the main target of which was a city in western Ukraine home to a military airbase, Kyiv said Monday...
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StanChart, KMSS partner to aid 1,200 female farmers
Standard Chartered Bangladesh and Khulna Mukti Seba Sangstha have partnered to support Jashore鈥檚 female farmers in entrepreneurial progress to cultivate high-value flower crops...
Russia starts direct flights to N Korea
Russia on Sunday began direct commercial flights to North Korea, in a further sign of closer ties with its Asian ally helping its offensive in Ukraine...
Russia seizes 2 villages in central Ukraine
Russia on Saturday said it had wrested two villages in Ukraine, including one in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, marking a fresh advance into an area largely spared seizures of land since Moscow launched its offensive in 2022...
UK doctors launch 5-day strike
Thousands of UK doctors launched a five-day strike early Friday after talks with the Labour government for a new pay increase failed to reach a deal.
Russian attacks kill 5, including family, in east Ukraine
Russian attacks killed at least five people, including three members of a displaced family, in separate attacks across Ukraine鈥檚 war-scarred east, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday.
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...
UK launches first sanctions to deter migrant crossings
The UK imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than two dozen people, groups and suppliers from the Balkans, the Middle East and China accused of helping migrants cross the Channel...
British Council to host briefing for UK-bound students
The British Council is set to hold the study UK pre-departure briefing for UK-bound Bangladeshi students on July 29 from 3.30pm to 5.30pm...
Power crisis hits north
Multiple problems hit the publicly-owned 525MW coal-based Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant, accounting for almost half of the installed power generation capacity to meet the electricity demand in Rangpur zone, with its production dropping below 50 MW on Tuesday...
Russia strikes Ukraine after Kyiv offers fresh talks
Russia fired a volley of drones and missiles at Ukraine early on Monday, hitting apartment blocks and a nursery in Kyiv, days after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky proposed holding a fresh round of peace talks...
War in Gaza must end now, urge UK, 24 allies
Britain and 24 Western allies, including Australia, Canada, France and Italy, declared on Monday that the war in Gaza 鈥榤ust end now鈥�, arguing that civilians鈥� suffering had 鈥榬eached new depths鈥�...
Mukti Council opposes trade deal with US
Jatiya Mukti Council on Saturday strongly opposed the ongoing process of a reciprocal trade agreement between Bangladesh and the United States...
Russian strikes kill 3 across Ukraine
Russian strikes killed three people across Ukraine on Saturday, authorities said, while Moscow had to briefly suspend trains in its southern Rostov region after an overnight drone attack by Kyiv...
South Korea ex-president indicted
Disgraced South Korean ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted for abuse of power Saturday over his declaration of martial law last year, as investigators widened an insurrection probe...
Ukraine evacuates 43 held at Russian-Georgian border
Ukraine said Saturday it had evacuated 43 of its citizens recently deported from Russia who were being held in Georgia in dire conditions, accusing Moscow of 鈥榳eaponising鈥� deportations...
Rightist, religion-based forces grow after uprising: Badruddin Umar
Jatiya Mukti Council president Badruddin Umar on Friday said that after the victory of students-people uprising ousting the Awami League fascist government past year, the rightist and religion-based political forces grew in the country.
UK ruling party suspends MP in new racism row
Veteran politician Diane Abbott, the first black woman to become a British MP and a left-wing figurehead, was on Thursday again suspended from the Labour Party after repeating contentious comments about racism.
UK to lower voting age to 16 in general elections
The British government said Thursday it would allow 16 聽year-olds to vote in general elections, a landmark change giving the UK one of the lowest voting ages worldwide.
Russia captures villages in three separate areas of Ukraine
Russia said Thursday it had captured Ukrainian villages in three separate areas of the front line, expanding its summer offensive despite US calls to end the fighting.
Taliban deny arresting or monitoring Afghans after UK data leak
The Taliban government said Thursday it had not arrested or monitored Afghans involved in a secret British resettlement plan after a data breach was revealed this week.
Russia fires hundreds of drones at Ukraine
Russia fired hundreds of drones, artillery and a ballistic missile at Ukraine between late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Ukraine said, defying calls by Donald Trump to reach a peace deal.
鈥楽erious questions鈥� over UK secret Afghan relocations: PM
Ministers in the UK鈥檚 last Conservative government have 鈥榮erious questions to answer鈥� over a secret resettlement plan for thousands of Afghans after a data breach endangered their lives, prime minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday.
US will send Ukraine Patriot air defence systems: Trump
President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States would send Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine to help it fight off a Russian invasion, as his relations with Russian president Vladimir Putin soured...
Russian drone attacks kill 4 in Ukraine
Russia fired more than 620 drones and long-range missiles overnight killing four people, Ukraine said Saturday, calling for fresh sanctions on Moscow to halt its record barrages...
Moscow blames sanctions for Russia-UN food deal
Russia said Saturday that its agreement with the United Nations to facilitate exports of Russian food and fertilisers had collapsed due to Western sanctions over Moscow鈥檚 offensive in Ukraine...
UK economy unexpectedly shrinks in May in a blow to government
Britain鈥檚 economy unexpectedly contracted for a second month in a row in May, official data showed Friday, in a blow to Britain鈥檚 Labour government as it seeks to kickstart growth...
Russia, US hold 鈥榝rank鈥� talks on Ukraine war
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and US top diplomat Marco Rubio held 鈥榝rank鈥� talks on the Ukraine war during a meeting Thursday, both sides said, as Washington hit out at Moscow鈥檚 lack of 鈥榝lexibility鈥�.
Hopes for migrant deal as Macron wraps up UK state visit
London and Paris were working Thursday to thrash out a deal on undocumented migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats on the last day of the French president鈥檚 state visit to Britain...
Iran threats within UK significantly increased: Intel watchdog
The threat posed by Iran in the UK has 鈥榮ignificantly increased鈥�, with Iranian spies behind more than a dozen attempts to kill or kidnap British-based individuals since 2022, parliament鈥檚 intelligence watchdog warned Thursday...