Russia captures 6 villages as US rocket kills 3
Russia on Saturday said it had captured six villages in Ukraine鈥檚 east during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations, as President...
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Ex-envoy to France Tozammel dies
Former ambassador to France Tozammel Tony Huq died in Birmingham, UK. He was 84.
Russia attacks Ukraine鈥檚 northeast in new ground offensive
Russia launched a surprise ground offensive into Ukraine鈥檚 northeast Kharkiv region on Friday, putting its forces on the attack in a border zone Moscow鈥檚 troops were pushed back from nearly two years ago...
UK economy exits recession
Britain has emerged from a short-lived recession with better-than-expected growth in the first quarter, official data showed Friday, boosting embattled prime minister Rishi Sunak before this year鈥檚 general election...
Russian shelling kills 2 in southern Ukraine
Ukraine on Thursday said two people died in Russian shelling on the southern city of Nikopol, adding that it had destroyed most of the 20 drones launched by Moscow overnight...
Turkey therapy dogs join Istanbul Airport staff
Six-year-old Kuki and one-and-a-half-year old Alita recently joined the staff of Istanbul Airport, one of the busiest in the world, with a mission to provide solace for stressed travellers...
BoE holds rate at 16-yr high, signals looming cut
The Bank of England on Thursday kept its main interest rate at a 16-year high, but hinted at a cut over the summer as UK inflation cools further and the country looks set to exit recession.聽
We can eliminate Kuki-Chin within an hour: home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said the state has the ability to eliminate Kuki Chin from the country within just an hour.....
NHRC asks home ministry to investigate reports of abuses during anti-KNF drives
The National Human Rights Commission has asked the home ministry to initiate an inquiry into the allegations of human rights abuses taken place during the joint force鈥檚 drives against ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front in the Chittagong Hill Tracts...
Ukraine warns of outages after attack on power plants
Ukraine on Wednesday warned of possible power shutdowns across the country after a 鈥榤assive鈥� wave of Russian missiles and drones targeted the country鈥檚 battered energy system...
India arrests four accused of recruiting for Russian army
Indian authorities have arrested four people accused of 鈥榯rafficking鈥� citizens of the country to fight for the Russian army in Ukraine...
One killed by Russian fire in Ukraine
Ukraine said on Tuesday that one person was killed by Russian artillery fire in Sumy, an eastern border region that officials in Kyiv have said Russia could try to seize...
71-yr-old man detained in KNF case
A 71-year-old national ethnic minority person was arrested for his alleged connection with ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front and bank looting incident in Ruma upazila of Bandarban in early April, the officials said on Monday...
Russia threatens strikes on UK military targets in Ukraine
Moscow on Monday said it that it could launch strikes at British military targets inside Ukraine and elsewhere if Kyiv鈥檚 forces used British-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russia...
Russian rockets kill two in Ukraine
A Russian rocket strike on Ukraine鈥檚 eastern Donetsk region killed two people and drone and bomb attacks on the northeastern city of Kharkiv injured at least a dozen, officials said on Sunday...
Rajuk, DSCC silent about risky Shantinagar market
The Rajdhani Unnyan Kartipakkha and the Dhaka South City Corporation have yet to take any measures in response to letters from a section of shareholders of a cooperative society informing them about a number of risky buildings owned and managed by it in Shantinagar area in the capital...
Opening cash spigot for Ukraine
YOU know the White House has wrapped itself into a pretzel, when it beseeches its Ukrainian attack dog to stop assaulting Russian oil refineries, while simultaneously going bananas over the need for more weapons for Kiev. Droning Russian refineries boosts...
Jamuka has no knowledge about Liberation War: HC
The High Court, in a recent verdict on a writ petition against the denial of freedom fighter status to 17 people from Kachua upazila in Chandpur, has observed...
Sadiq Khan wins record third term as London mayor
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party鈥檚 mayor of London, romped to victory Saturday, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the UK鈥檚 governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election.....
Russian shelling kills two in Donetsk region
Two people were killed on Friday in a Russian attack on the city of Kurakhove, located in the eastern Donetsk region, which is bearing the brunt of the fighting between Kyiv and Moscow...
Impotence of Antony Blinken
ANTONY Blinken was in China for his second such journey as secretary of state and his third encounter with senior Chinese official. This is our news as April marches towards May...
Protesters try to stop UK migrant removals from accommodation
Protesters in London tried Thursday to prevent the removal of migrants from their temporary accommodation, as the UK government began detaining people before...
UK researchers unveil face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman
A UK team of archaeologists on Thursday revealed the reconstructed face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman, as researchers reappraise the...
End to mass arrests of Bawm people demanded
A group of ethnic youths on Wednesday demanded stopping mass arrests and harassment of people of Bawm community in Bandarban in the name of joint operation for their alleged involvement with the armed hill group Kuki-Chin National Front.....
43 citizens for halting collective punishment of Bawm
Forty-three academics, political and socio-cultural activists, and lawyers on Tuesday called on the government to launch an independent inquiry into the allegation of rights abuse and excesses with ordinary hill people during...
Ukraine dismantles Soviet monument
Kyiv authorities on Tuesday began taking down a Soviet-era monument celebrating friendship with Russia 鈥� more than two years into an invasion by Moscow which has cost tens of thousands of lives...
UK to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year
The UK expects to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said on Tuesday, after the government published new details on the...
Ukraine resists attacks in east amid Russian advance
Ukraine said Monday it had foiled 55 Russian attacks in the eastern Donetsk region, a day after it admitted to a worsening situation on the front line...
Rights group demands probe into harassment
Human Rights Forum Bangladesh members on Monday called on the government to launch independent inquiry into the allegation of harassing ordinary people during the joint force鈥檚 drives against ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front in Chittagong Hill Tracts...
India鈥檚 billionaire wealth is on display as nation votes
THERE are several exercises in extremes playing out in India right now. Nearly a billion people are voting in elections that will last into early June, braving record-high temperatures to cast ballots. Against this backdrop, Asia鈥檚 richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is throwing what will likely be the world鈥檚 most expensive wedding for his youngest son...