THE effort of the March 12 movement, a civil society collective, to bring presidential candidates onto one platform and share their visions and hopes with the general population was successful in its second round. All six of the presidential candidates who had been scheduled for the debate participated as expected and shared their visions and aspirations...
The United States Embassy in Bangladesh, in a security alert on Thursday, said that although the situation had calmed in recent days, isolated violent incidents continued, and it remained highly unpredictable...
Hong Kong lashed out at the US House of Representatives on Wednesday for passing a bill that could potentially shut the Chinese city鈥檚 trade outposts across the United States...
Argentine Mauricio Pochettino has been named as the new head coach of the United States national team, the US Soccer federation announced on Tuesday...
Iran and Iraq on Wednesday signed more than a dozen agreements to deepen already strong ties as Masoud Pezeshkian visited Baghdad on his first foreign trip as president of the Islamic republic...
Transparency International US and Transparency International Bangladesh have said the United States can show its genuine partnership by playing a proactive role in helping the people of Bangladesh recover the assets that rightly belong to them and that are so desperately needed to rebuild its future...
The United States assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on an official visit next week.
Europe must massively ramp up investment including through joint borrowing as part of a 鈥榥ew industrial strategy鈥� to keep pace with the United States and avoid dependence on China, a keenly awaited report warned Monday...
THE US elections are scheduled to be held on November 5. In these elections, not only will the president and vice-president be elected, but all 435 Congressional seats of the US House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the United States senate will be selected. That would be the 119th United States Congress...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday underscored the need for expedited third country resettlement of the Rohingya people who have been living in Bangladesh...
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the United States in January-July of 2024 witnessed a significant fall both in value and volume while the other competing countries, such as China and Vietnam, performed well in the market...
A 14-year-old boy killed four people, including two students, and wounded nine more when he opened fire at a high school in the US state of Georgia on Wednesday, law enforcement said...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has sent a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking information about 38 officials and employees of Bangladesh embassies in 10 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, over allegations of abuse of power and embezzlement of public money...
The United States said on Tuesday it was time to 鈥榝inalise鈥� a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the Gaza war, after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 refusal to bow to pressure...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday decided to initiate an inquiry against former army chief retired General Aziz Ahmed over allegations of amassing a huge amount of illegal wealth at home and abroad...
Transparency International Bangladesh and four UK-based anti-corruption organisations have called for the immediate freezing of illegal assets held by Bangladeshis in several countries including the United States, the United Kingdom and European Union nations...
At least four people were shot dead on a train in the US city of Chicago on Monday, police said, with a suspect apprehended soon after the mass shooting occurred.
A senior-level United States delegation is likely to visit Bangladesh this month to discuss ways with the interim government to take forward the relations between the two countries in a changed political scenario...
United States embassy charge d鈥橝ffaires Helen LaFave on Monday met with Bangladesh interim government鈥檚 chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and discussed issues of mutual interest...
The United States said Friday that it has requested dispute settlement talks with Canada over a recently introduced digital services tax...
The contract-based appointments of two Bangladeshi ministers (press) in the United Kingdom and the United States have been terminated....
Chinese president Xi Jinping told top White House aide Jake Sullivan Thursday that Beijing remained committed to good ties with the United States, despite 鈥榞reat changes鈥�.
The United States reaffirmed its commitment to supporting survivors of the Rohingya genocide, as Washington marked the anniversary of the atrocities committed by Myanmar in 2017....
Sales of previously owned homes in the United States edged up in July, industry data showed on Thursday, breaking a four-month trend of declines...
Meta said on Friday that it had warned United States presidential campaigns to be wary after it discovered an Iran-linked hacking attempt using the WhatsApp messaging service...
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said Friday that the 鈥榯ime has come鈥� for the United States to start cutting interest rates,聽adding that his 鈥榗onfidence has grown鈥� that the...
Hopes were dwindling on Thursday for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where fighting raged despite pressure from the United States on Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas to reach an agreement...
The United States has said they will look forward to working to support their shared values and interests, such as a free and open Indo-Pacific...
The United States has said they are in touch with their Indian partners as well as other countries in the region to discuss recent events in Bangladesh...
Israeli air strikes targeted Gaza on Wednesday ahead of ceasefire talks that the United States hopes will stop Iran striking Israel in retaliation for the killing of a Hamas leader...