US to continue to encourage Bangladesh to ensure fair legal process for Yunus
The United States said that it was closely monitoring the developments in the case against Nobel laureate professor Muhammad Yunus...
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Three United States children discover remains of teen T-Rex
What did you do for summer vacation? Three pre-teen dinosaur aficionados have the answer of a lifetime鈥� they discovered the remains of a rare juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex in the North Dakota dirt...
Biden unveils sweeping Mexico border curbs as election looms
The United States will temporarily close its Mexico border to asylum seekers from Wednesday, as President Joe Biden tries to neutralise his political weakness on migration ahead of November's election battle with Donald Trump.
Ukraine to ask for greater freedom to target Russia
Ukraine said on Monday it would urge allies to give its troops more freedom to strike military targets inside Russia after the United States partially lifted restrictions on the use of some Western-supplied weapons...
US seeks to build Asia-Pacific version of NATO: China聽
A Chinese defence official accused the United States on Saturday of seeking to build an Asia-Pacific version of NATO to maintain its hegemony in the region and...
Trump campaign announces $53 million raised after conviction
Donald Trump鈥檚 campaign said on Friday that it had raised nearly $53 million in online small-dollar donations after he was convicted in his New York hush money trial, boasting that the verdict had galvanized his support 鈥榣ike never before.鈥�...
Cricket in uncharted territory as T20 WC begins
Cricket ventures into uncharted territory on Saturday as the first ever major tournament to be staged in the United States gets under way in Texas with the...
US, China to resume military dialogue
The United States and China will resume military-to-military communications 鈥榠n the coming months鈥�, US defense secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday, as Beijing hailed...
US, Italy discuss refugee swap
The United States and Italy are drawing up a plan to exchange a small number of refugees, a Rome source said Friday, in a reported bid to deter...
US, UK air strikes on Yemen kill 16
The United States and Britain carried out air strikes on Yemen in what they said was a bid to degrade Iran-backed rebels鈥� maritime attack capabilities, with Huthi....
We have nothing to announce about former Bangladesh police chief: US
The United States Department of State spokesperson, Matthew Miller, on Tuesday said that the US had nothing to announce whether any US agency had found assets of Bangladesh鈥檚 former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed in the United States of America or in any other country...
Giants and minnows ready to battle
Cricket鈥檚 ability to grow its global presence beyond its heartlands, while still maintaining the quality at the highest level, will be tested over the coming month in the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the United States...
Grameen America to invest $40 billion for underserved women of USA
Grameen America, the fastest-growing nonprofit microfinance organisation in the United States of America, plans to invest $40 billion of loan capital in underserved women entrepreneurs by 2033, according to a press release...
Fitch Ratings downgrades Bangladesh
United States-based credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded Bangladesh's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating to 'B+' from 鈥笲B-鈥�, due to the lingering weakening of the country's external buffers...
Bangladesh's RMG exports to major markets fall
Bangladesh鈥檚 readymade garment exports to its major markets, including the United States and Germany declined in 10 months (July-April) of the current financial year 2023-24...
Critics of campus protests are weaponising anti-semitism
COLLEGE campuses and universities across the country have organised some of the largest peace activities and anti-war protests since 1969. As the social movement points in specific directions in calling for Palestinian liberation, over 100 schools scattered across the United States...
PM Sheikh Hasina urges US business leaders to invest in Bangladesh
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought support of the United States businesses in Bangladesh鈥檚 journey to become a developed and smart country by 2041...
Tornadoes, storms kill 21 in United States
The death toll from tornadoes and other extreme weather that buffeted the central United States over the weekend climbed to 21 on Monday, as the severe storms threatened to roil parts of the East Coast.
US, UK, EU call on all states to cease flow of arms, aviation fuel to Myanmar
Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States reiterated their call on all states to prevent or cease the flow of arms or military and dual-use material, including aviation fuel to the Myanmar military....
EU, US, others alarmed at 鈥榠ncreasing harm to civilians鈥� in Myanmar
The EU, United States and other countries jointly voiced alarm on Friday at the worsening conflict in Myanmar and the 鈥榠ncreasing harm to civilians鈥� it was bringing...
Open letter on Gaza
AS WE write this, Israel has embarked on the final phase of its genocidal war in Gaza, bombing Rafah where more than a million Palestinians have been driven by repeated evacuations from the rest of the Gaza Strip. Today, they have nowhere left to go...
US imposes visa restrictions, reviewing relations with Georgia
The United States was imposing new visa restrictions and reviewing relations with Georgia, secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Thursday, after it pushed forward a Russian-style 鈥榝oreign influence鈥� law that triggered mass protests...
Russia passes decree to allow seizure of US assets
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree allowing the confiscation of assets inside Russia belonging to the United States, its citizens and companies, to compensate those hit by Western sanctions against Moscow.
Former White House hopeful Nikki Haley pledges her vote to Trump
Former presidential hopeful Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that she would vote for Donald Trump in the US election, but said her one-time bitter rival would have to work to win over her moderate support base as he faces President Joe Biden in November.....
Slow-motion execution of Assange
THE decision by the High Court in London to grant Julian Assange the right to appeal the order to extradite him to the United States may prove to be a Pyrrhic victory. It does not mean Julian will elude extradition. It does not mean the court has ruled, as it should, that...
US justice dept trains 26 bank MDs of Bangladesh
The Association of Bankers Bangladesh, an organisation representing top bank officials, clarified that the United States Department of Justice鈥檚 Office of...
US sanctions ex-chief of Bangladesh Army Aziz Ahmed, family
The United States Department of State has announced that the former chief of the Bangladesh Army, General Aziz Ahmed, and his family members are generally ineligible to...
Russia accuses US of seeking to place weapons in space
Russia on Tuesday said the United States was seeking to place weapons in space, the latest accusation in an ongoing row that comes a day after Washington vetoed a...
Contribution from all sectors needed for energy transition in Bangladesh: Haas
United States ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Tuesday said that it would take contributions from the government, private sector, and civil society to achieve a just energy transition in Bangladesh...
US imposes restrictions on ex-chief of Bangladesh Army Aziz over graft: FM
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said that the Bangladesh mission in Washington was earlier informed about the United States restrictions on entry of ex-chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed and his family members to the United States over corruption...