China sanctions three US firms over arms sales to Taiwan
China said on Monday that it would sanction three US defence companies over their sales of arms to Taiwan, as the self-ruled island inaugurated a new president.....
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Saudi crown prince, Biden aide discuss security deal
Saudi Arabia鈥檚 de facto ruler and a top aide to US president Joe Biden have discussed a 鈥榮emi-final鈥� version of a deal expected to beef up security ties...
US launches $34m climate smart livestock project
The US embassy Dhaka鈥檚 United States Department of Agriculture is launching its new Bangladesh Climate Smart Livestock project to enhance...
China can鈥檛 have it both ways with Russia and West: US
The United States on Thursday said Chinese President Xi Jinping cannot both improve ties with the West and support Russia after he vowed to boost relations with his counterpart Vladimir Putin...
US tariffs on Chinese EVs hurt green transition: XPeng boss
The president of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng on Friday criticised the fresh tariffs on Chinese cars imposed by Washington as 鈥榰nfavourable鈥� for the United States鈥� energy transition...
Sanctions against RAB will stay: US State Department
The United States has said that the sanctions imposed against Bangladesh鈥檚 elite force Rapid Action Battalion are not being withdrawn.....
Number of children fleeing Latin America soars: UN
More than 30,000 children have crossed the perilous Darien Gap jungle in four months on the path to a better life in the United States, a number...
Another Biden admin staffer resigns over US stance on Gaza war
Another staffer in United States president Joe Biden鈥檚 administration has publicly resigned in protest of the US鈥檚 continued support for Israel amid its war on...
Unfurling love from the window
ON APRIL 30, when Columbia University student protesters took over Hamilton Hall, they renamed it 鈥楬ind鈥檚 Hall鈥�, dropping a large banner out the windows above the building鈥檚 entrance. This was a hall famously occupied by students in the 1968 protests against the Vietnam War and against Jim Crow racism in the United States...
Lawrence Wong takes oath as new prime minister of Singapore
Singapore on Wednesday swore in Lawrence Wong as its new prime minister on Wednesday, replacing Lee Hsien Loong following two decades in office, with the new leader warning that the trade-dependent city-state faced a riskier, more conflict-ridden world...
Lifting sanctions on RAB depends on US Department of Justice: Salman
Prime minister鈥檚 private industry and investment adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman has said that the White House and the United States Department of State are in favour of lifting sanctions on the Rapid Action Battelion but it depends on the Department of Justice...
Donald Lu holds meetings聽in Dhaka
Visiting United States assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is scheduled to hold meetings with the ministries of foreign affairs and...
Move on from Afghan trauma, address rising threat: US study
The United States must move on from the 鈥榯rauma鈥� of two decades of war and step up counterterrorism efforts to face growing threats from Afghanistan and...
Donald Lu joins dinner at Salman鈥檚 Gulshan residence
Visiting United States assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, has attended a dinner at the residence of prime minister鈥檚 private industry and investment adviser, Salman F Rahman, at Gulshan in Bangladesh capital Dhaka....
US assistant secy Donald Lu begins Bangladesh visit
The United States assistant secretary of State for South and Central Asian affairs bureau Donald Lu arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday morning...
Donald Lu arrives today
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said that the issues relating to the United States鈥� visa policy for Bangladesh announced before the January 7 elections and...
Donald Lu鈥檚 visit not important for BNP: Nazrul
Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday said that the Dhaka visit of the United States assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs Donald Lu is not...
US envoy holds meeting with Bangladesh Bank governor
The United States ambassador to Bangladesh, Peter Haas, met with Bangladesh Bank governor Abdur Rouf Talukder on Monday....
US power shrinks in Middle East: AL
Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Monday that the power that the United States has in the Middle East has narrowed now...
Duke Univ students walk out on Seinfeld graduation speech supporting Israel
Dozens of students walked out of Duke University鈥檚 graduation ceremony on Sunday as comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who has vocally supported Israel over its war in Gaza, received an honorary doctorate, videos posted on social media showed...
Unionised US Apple store votes to authorise strike
Unionised workers at a Maryland Apple store voted on Saturday to authorise a strike, which would mark the first such labour action against the retailer in the United States if it goes forward...
US, China pledge joint methane action
The United States and China promised Friday to work together on reduction of methane, the second most abundant greenhouse gas, after talks between the...
US imposes trade curbs on Chinese firms over balloon incident
The United States added 37 Chinese entities to a trade blacklist Thursday, including some companies accused of supporting a suspected spy balloon that flew over US soil last year...
Donald Lu to discuss climate issues, economic ties during Bangladesh visit: US
United States assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will meet with government officials, civil society leaders, and other Bangladeshis to discuss US-Bangladesh cooperation.
David Slayton Meale named as next US ambassador to Bangladesh
United States president Joe Biden has nominated David Slayton Meale, currently deputy chief of mission in Beijing, as the next US ambassador to Bangladesh....
Exceptional campaign held in New York to popularise Sharee
An exceptional campaign programme has been held at Times Square in New York recently to popularise sharee as a dress for women....
US to continue support for Rohingyas: Prescott
The United States, through the Department of State Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration and USAID, is providing $30.5 million in additional assistance for Rohingyas in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Bhasan Char, and the region...
Rohingya crisis to be in focus during Donald Lu鈥檚 Dhaka visit: FM
The foreign minister said relations with the US remain 鈥榚xcellent,鈥� and the two countries are working closely to further improve the ties...
Student protests against Israel's offensive in Gaza spread
Student protests against the Israeli military assault on Gaza following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel have spread to several countries.