Israel reopens key roads as firefighting teams battle blaze
Israeli firefighting teams battled wildfires near Jerusalem for a second day on Thursday, with police reporting the reopening of several major roads that had been closed.
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Fleeing civilians fill Gaza roads
Long lines of fleeing civilians filled the roads of Gaza on Wednesday as Israel kept up its renewed bombardment of the territory for a second day despite a chorus of calls from foreign governments to preserve a fragile January ceasefire...
USAID FUNDING FREEZE: Not a setback, but a wake-up call
IN BANGLADESH, the recent USAID funding freeze and the UK鈥檚 aid cuts have alarmed concerned stakeholders. Foreign assistance has long played a crucial role in healthcare, education, humanitarian aid, and climate adaptation. The fear is that without foreign aid from the giants, essential programs could collapse, leaving vulnerable communities at risk. But rather than...
Malala visits Pakistan hometown 13 years after being shot
Peace Prize laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai returned to her Pakistan home village on Wednesday, 13 years after surviving an assassination attempt by militants.
2026 World Cup final to have Super Bowl-style show: Infantino
The 2026 World Cup final in New Jersey will make history by having a Super Bowl-style half-time show, world football chief Gianni Infantino said Wednesday.
$29M USAID FUND ROW: Trump allegations baseless: MoFA
The ministry of foreign affairs refuted the claim that the USAID awarded an organisation in Bangladesh with $29 million which was owned by only two individuals.
Tragedy of commons being repeated on global scale
THE virtually overnight suspension of the US government鈥檚 multibillion dollar foreign aid programme channelled through USAID has been headline news in the US and in other parts of the world where this aid has been very important. In the US itself the suspension of USAID programmes has been accompanied by large scale loss of jobs in the aid sector without due...
US judge temporarily lifts funding freeze on aid programs
A federal judge has temporarily lifted a freeze on funding to US aid and development programs ordered by President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration, court documents seen by AFP on Friday showed....
Musk and the myth of USAID
WHAT hath the make America great again movement wrought? I doubt the archest of Donald Trump鈥檚 arch-enemies ever imagined that in his second term he would take things this far in the direction of dangerous or dumb or both...
Trump leaves USAID staff in despair
Beyond putting its work in some of the world鈥檚 poorest countries in doubt, US president Donald Trump鈥檚 sudden move to shut down USAID has left many of its thousands of employees in shock and despair.
Dev sector jobs, services in Bangladesh hit by USAID fund suspension
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...
Trump fires USAID inspector general
US president Donald Trump has fired the independent inspector general for the US Agency for International Development, US media outlets reported on Wednesday...
CA seeks continued US support for key projects, reforms
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday sought continued US support for key projects and reforms as US Charge d鈥檃ffaires to Bangladesh Tracey Jacobson met him in the city.
Syria leader tells thousands joining new army
Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview released Monday that 鈥榯housands鈥� of people were joining the country鈥檚 new army following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and the dissolution of his military...
USAID places US, global staff on leave
The US government's giant humanitarian agency USAID on Tuesday announced it was placing its staff in the United States and around the world on administrative leave as it moved to recall employees from overseas postings.
Hundreds of US govt sites go offline
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...
Musk brands USAID criminal
Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a 鈥榗riminal organisation鈥� on Sunday, as president Donald Trump claimed the agency was 鈥榬un by radical lunatics鈥� and said he was considering its future.
US foreign aid suspension hurts global development
IN 2019, I worked with a USAID-funded project called Nobo Jatra, which was implemented across 40 unions in the Khulna and Satkhira districts of Bangladesh. One of these unions was Buri Goalini, located in Shyamnagar Upazila. Like many other villages in the southwestern region of the country, Buri Goalini suffered from high salinity levels, leading to...
Future of US aid in Bangladesh
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...
Nat鈥檒 unity sought to resist Indian aggression on border
Leaders of the Bhashani Onusari Parishad, a partner of the Ganatantra Mancha, on Wednesday called on the political parties to form national unity to resist Indian aggression in the border areas between Bangladesh and India...
Astronomer Syed Ashraf Uddin explores hubble tension in a lecture at IUB
Syed Ashraf Uddin, a faculty, astronomer and astrophysicist from the University of South Carolina, USA, delivered a lecture at the third colloquium of the Center for Astronomy, Space Science, and Astrophysics at Independent University, Bangladesh on Monday, says a press release.
Pochettino wants to see some Argentine spirit in his USA squad
USA national team coach Mauricio Pochettino has been quick to praise the quality of American players but says he wants to inject some Argentine spirit and patriotism into his squad.
BUFT, CSU-USA sign MoU
BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology and Coppin State University, USA, signed a transformative Memorandum of Understanding to foster academic and research collaboration recently...
Yarn-fabric show begins
The 23rd Dhaka International Yarn and Fabric Show 2025 (Winter Edition) organised jointly by CEMS-Global USA and CCPIT-Tex China began on Wednesday at the International Convention City Bashundhara in the capital Dhaka, said a press release...
Malala tells Muslim leaders not to 鈥榣egitimise鈥� Taliban
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday not to legitimise the Afghan Taliban government and to 鈥榮how true leadership鈥� over their assault on women鈥檚 rights.
Govt should walk back tax increase, resume truck sales
THE government鈥檚 having increased value-added tax and supplementary duty on more than a hundred products and services by way of two ordinances, promulgated on January 9, has rightly raised the call for the government to walk back the decision. The products and services that have become dearer include mobile talk time, internet usage, biscuit...
Malala to visit Pakistan for girls鈥� summit
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai will attend an international summit on girls鈥� education hosted by her native Pakistan, where she was nearly killed by militants as a schoolgirl.
US-based Friedkin Group complete Everton takeover
The US-based Friedkin Group have completed the takeover of Everton, the Premier League club announced Thursday.
Growing distrust of USA globally
THE special military operation in Ukraine essentially puts an end to the unipolar world in which the Americans considered themselves the supreme ruler, bossing around other countries...
Sisimpur brings nursery rhymes to children
USAID鈥檚 Sisimpur project, the local production of Sesame Street in Bangladesh, has launched an initiative to bring the joy of nursery rhymes to children, says a press release.