鈥業 may do it, I may not do it鈥�: Trump
US President Donald Trump said he was considering Wednesday whether the United States will join Israeli strikes on Iran and said that Tehran had reached out to seek negotiations on ending the conflict.
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Yunus thanks Australia for resuming visa processing in Dhaka
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus thanked Australia for resuming visa processing operations in Dhaka as newly appointed Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday.
G7 confronts Israel-Iran crisis
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.
Trump calls Putin in push for Ukraine ceasefire
Donald Trump spoke with Russia鈥檚 Vladimir Putin on Monday as the US president seeks a breakthrough to end the grinding conflict triggered by Moscow鈥檚 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
ACC sues Saad Musa Group owner, ex-NBL MD, nine directors
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 16 people, including Saad Musa Group proprietor Mohammad Mohsin and former National Bank Limited managing director Chowdhury Moshtaq Ahmed, on charges of embezzling Tk聽404 crore from the government-declared Covid stimulus package and laundering the fund...
US envoy in Bangladesh meets Sylhet city administrator
The United States Embassy in Dhaka Charge D鈥橝ffaires and acting ambassador to Bangladesh Tracey Ann Jacobson paid a courtesy call to Sylhet City Corporation administrator Khan Mohammas Reza-Un-Nabi, also Sylhet divisional commissioner, at the Nagar Bhaban in Sylhet city on Tuesday noon.
Bangladesh interim govt chief Yunus lauds Modi, Shehbaz for ceasefire efforts
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus has commended Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif for agreeing to ceasefire and engaging in talks amid a bloody escalation between the two-nuclear armed rivals for days.
US for 鈥榬esponsible resolution鈥� to maintain peace, stability in South Asia
The United States has said they continue to urge India and Pakistan to work towards a 鈥榬esponsible resolution鈥� that maintains long-term peace and regional stability in South Asia.
UN, US urge restraint as India-Pakistan tensions escalate over missile strikes
The United Nations and the United States have urged both India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint following deadly missile strikes by India into Pakistani territory that Islamabad has condemned as an 鈥榰nprovoked act of war.鈥�
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.
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.