The bitter tribalism that drove the United States into a government shutdown is putting compromise out of reach, analysts say 鈥� and threatening to turn a staring contest between the Democrats and Donald Trump鈥檚 Republicans into a protracted crisis...
A US-Japanese trio on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by identifying its 鈥榮ecurity guards鈥�, the Nobel jury said...
National security adviser and high representative for the Rohingya issue Khalilur Rahman has met with senior United States officials in Washington and discussed regional political and security issues...
The would-be assassin of US Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh was sentenced Friday to just over eight years in prison鈥攆ar less than the 30 years prosecutors had sought.
Services activity in the United States was flat in September, survey data showed Friday, as President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs and other factors weighed on the sector鈥攚ith business activity cooling and employment weak...
The government of Bangladesh has demonstrated overall increasing efforts to deal with the trafficking in persons compared with the previous reporting period, says the United States...
Hamas said on Friday it was ready to start immediate talks on freeing the Israeli hostages it holds and ending the Gaza war, welcoming United States president Donald Trump鈥檚 call for Israel to stop bombing the Palestinian territory...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday returned home wrapping up his nine-day New York tour to attend the 80th UN General Assembly session in New York of the United States...
The United States and the United Kingdom announced fresh aid commitment of $96 million in the first ever high level conference on the Situation of the Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar at the UN headquarters on Tuesday...
Bangladesh has remained in Tier 2, as in the past year, in the United States Department of State鈥檚 Trafficking in Persons Report 2025 published on Tuesday...
Japan鈥檚 tariff envoy said Wednesday there were 鈥榥o discrepancies鈥� with the United States on the $550 billion of mooted investments by Tokyo as part of their recent trade agreement...
Taiwan 鈥榳ill not agree鈥� to making 50 per cent of its semiconductors in the United States, the island鈥檚 lead tariff negotiator said Wednesday, as Washington pressures Taipei to produce more chips on US soil...
Iranian authorities on Wednesday approved a bill toughening penalties for those convicted of spying on behalf of Israel and the United States, months after the 12-day war between the foes...
President Donald Trump said Tuesday it would be an 鈥榠nsult鈥� to the United States if he does not receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his self-proclaimed role in solving multiple wars.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States faces a 鈥榳ar from within鈥� from crime and immigration, in a darkly authoritarian speech to a rare meeting of the top US military officers...
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling Qatar鈥檚 prime minister from the White House on Monday, apologised for strikes against Hamas in the Gulf country and promised not to do so again, the United States said...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus had several meetings with the head of goverments and business leaders of different countries on the sideline of the 80th United Nations General Assembly at New York in the USA on Wednesday.
Bangladesh chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday (New York time) said that they must move towards an economy that places human well-being, social justice and environmental stewardship above the narrow accumulation of wealth...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said that his government was prepared to ensure a free, fair, and peaceful general election in the first half of February in Bangladesh as he had a meeting with United States special envoy...
United States president Donald Trump said on Saturday he 鈥榝ired鈥� a federal prosecutor who was reportedly facing pressure over investigations into two of the Republican leader鈥檚 political foes...
The US State Department鈥檚 2025 Fiscal Transparency Report has called on Bangladesh to take further steps to improve fiscal transparency, noting that while the interim government has made progress in budgetary openness, significant gaps...
The government is reconsidering Bangladesh鈥檚 graduation from the Least Developed Country status following pressure from the country鈥檚 business community.
Bangladesh鈥檚 readymade garment exporters have sought detailed clarification and an implementation mechanism regarding a recent United States executive order that allows a 20 per cent reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi goods to be reduced if at least 20 per cent US-origin content or raw materials are used...
India and the United States are set to hold trade discussions in the capital New Delhi on Tuesday, officials and Indian media reports said, as the two countries seek to resolve a tariff row...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday reaffirmed Bangladesh鈥檚 strong commitment to deepening bilateral relations with the United States, particularly in trade, investment, energy and development cooperation...
Globe Biotech Limited, a subsidiary of Globe Pharma Group of Companies, has obtained a United States patent for its homegrown Covid vaccine Bangavax...
The United States assured that it might cut the imposed 20 per cent tariffs on Bangladeshi products if the country continues to shrink the trade deficit, said commerce adviser on Sunday...
China and the United States kicked off the latest round of trade talks on Sunday in Madrid, where they are set to thrash out their TikTok dispute and President Donald Trump鈥檚 promised hefty tariffs...
On March 1, 2001, president George W Bush, speaking at the National Defence University in Washington DC, stated that the United States and Russia 鈥榓re not and must not be strategic adversaries.鈥� Yet, more than two decades later, as the 2024 US presidential elections approached, Republican nominee Donald Trump remarked during a televised interview on November...
Washington鈥檚 special envoy Adam Boehler made a rare visit on Saturday to Kabul, where he said the United States would move forward with a prisoner exchange, according to the Taliban government...
