The founder of the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed in Bangladesh, Valerie Taylor, along with two long-time volunteers, Janet Irene Varney and Roger Michael Varney, received recognition in the recent His Majesty The King鈥檚 Birthday Honours list for their outstanding contribution to supporting disadvantaged and disabled people in Bangladesh and the UK.
Group of Seven leaders, including US President Donald Trump prepared to hold talks on Monday in the Canadian Rockies, tackling issues, including whether they can find common ground on an escalating conflict between Iran and Israel.
Despite the driving rain, a few elderly residents wander into the streets of Stets鈥檏ivka in northeast Ukraine to catch a yellow bus to go shopping in nearby Sumy, the regional capital...
Despite the driving rain, a few elderly residents wander into the streets of Stets鈥檏ivka in northeast Ukraine to catch a yellow bus to go shopping in nearby Sumy, the regional capital.
THE neoconservatives who orchestrated the disastrous wars with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya 鈥� and who were never held accountable for the profligate waste of $8 trillion taxpayer dollars, as well as $69 billion squandered in Ukraine 鈥� look set to lure us into yet another military fiasco with Iran...
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped the escalation between Israel and Iran would not result in a drop in military aid to Kyiv, according to remarks published on Saturday.
Ukraine on Friday said it has received 1,200 unidentified bodies from Russia as part of an agreement reached at peace talks in Istanbul.
Ukraine and Russia said on Thursday they had swapped a fresh group of prisoners of war, the third exchange this week as part of a deal agreed at peace talks in Turkey...
Britain鈥檚 economy shrank more than expected in April following a tax hike on UK businesses and a record drop in exports to the United States due to president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs, official data showed Thursday...
THOSE drone attacks on five Russian airfields last week were nothing if not daring. No final report from Moscow yet, but three figures鈥� worth of Ukrainian drones launched from the backs of trucks destroyed some number of strategic bombers in the Russian fleet...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will receive the prestigious 鈥楬armony Award 2025鈥� today from King Charles III.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said that the main focus of Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 tour to London was to recover the stolen assets...
Fresh Russian strikes on Ukraine鈥檚 northeastern city of Kharkiv killed three people and wounded 60 others, including children, on Wednesday, authorities said, as Moscow pushed ahead with attacks after rejecting an unconditional ceasefire...
A group of UK parliamentarians under the banner of All Party Parliamentary Group called on chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his hotel in London on Tuesday and discussed issues of mutual interest.
Britain鈥檚 unemployment rate has reached the highest level since July 2021, official data showed on Tuesday, after businesses were hit by a UK tax rise and US tariffs kicked in...
The UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway announced sanctions against two Israeli ministers on Tuesday for 鈥榬epeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities鈥�, they said in a joint statement.
Moscow fired a record 479 drones at Ukraine, including on the western region of Rivne that has been largely spared from attacks, Kyiv said on Monday, also claiming an attack on a Russian factory hundreds of miles east of Moscow...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to depart Dhaka for London on Monday evening, embarking on a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom from June 10 to 13...
Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of postponing a large-scale prisoner swap and the repatriation of the bodies of dead soldiers they had agreed on during peace talks in Istanbul...
Five Eid-ul-Azha congregations will be held on Saturday at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque this year, as ever...
The national mosque Baitul Mukarram in Dhaka will host five Eid-ul-Azha jamaats on June 7 while the main congregation will be held at the Jatiya Eidgah on the High Court premises at 7:30am.
The interim government on Tuesday promulgated the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council (Amendment) Ordinance in a gazette making changes in the definition of a freedom fighter...
Russia and Ukraine on Monday swapped plans for ending their three-year war during talks in Istanbul aiming to find a way out of Europe鈥檚 largest conflict since World War II.
A suspected member of the Kuki-Chin National Front, who was freed on bail from Chattogram Central Jail on Thursday, died at his home in Bandarban district Sunday afternoon...
Patients admitted to the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital and those coming to the hospital for treatment from Dhaka and other districts continued to suffer on Sunday as treatment remained suspended for the fifth consecutive day...
Ukraine ordered the evacuation of 11 more villages in its Sumy region bordering Russia on Saturday amid fears Moscow was gearing up for a fresh ground assault...
Turkey on Friday proposed to host a meeting between the American, Russian and Ukrainian presidents in an effort to advance toward an end of the three years of war in Ukraine.
Nearly 380 writers from the UK and Ireland, including Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan, penned an open letter Wednesday denouncing what they called Israel鈥檚 鈥榞enocide鈥� in Gaza and urging a ceasefire...
A British surgeon visiting a Gaza hospital said Monday she had 鈥榥ever seen so many blast injuries鈥� as Israel ramps up operations in the coastal Palestinian territory ravaged by 20 months of war...