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...
Tags : United States
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.
India not xenophobic, FM Jaishankar says after Biden remark
India is not xenophobic, the country鈥檚 foreign minister has insisted, after comments by United States president Joe Biden suggesting the South Asian nation and fellow ally Japan were struggling economically because they rejected immigrants....
Hundreds unite to demand int鈥檒 ban on weapons supply
Hundreds of Bangladeshis rallied at Shahbagh in the capital on Friday demanding an international ban on the supply of weapons by countries, including the United States, used in genocides and racial oppression...
UK worst-performing economy in G7 next year: OECD
The UK will be the worst-performing聽economy聽among the G7 next year because of lingering inflation and stubbornly high interest rates, said the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Thursday...
Hasina warns of going US-style aganist protests 聽
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday that she would ask the police to follow the style of the United States to handle street protests, referring to the...
US student Gaza rallies echo Vietnam, other demos: expert
Protest encampments, clashes with police, numerous arrests: for some observers, the demonstrations roiling university campuses across the United States over Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza have sparked a sense of deja vu.
China says to take necessary measures
Beijing on Thursday said it would take 鈥榥ecessary measures鈥� after the United States announced fresh sanctions aimed at crippling Russia鈥檚 military and...
Arrests, evictions continue on campuses across United States
Police tore down a protest encampment at the University of Texas on Wednesday, arresting more than a dozen people, as unrest over Israel鈥檚 war against Hamas in Gaza simmered on the United States campuses...
Rival protesters clash at UCLA amid escalation of US campus unrest
Clashes broke out on Wednesday at pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, as dozens of universities around the United States struggle to contain similar protests.
US still opposes Rafah operation, Blinken tells Netanyahu
US secretary of state Antony Blinken reiterated US opposition to an Israeli assault on the crowded Gaza city of Rafah in talks on Wednesday with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
5 Israeli military units committed abuses in West Bank: US
The United States has concluded that five Israeli security force units committed serious human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank before the...
Worker rights still elusive
MAY 1 is celebrated all over the world as International Workers鈥� Day or Great May Day. The day is a very significant and historical moment for the working people of the world. It is also a source of inspiration and motivation...
Reeling from boycott call, Mcdonald's profit edges up amid higher US sales
McDonald's reported a modest increase in quarterly profits Tuesday as higher sales in the United States offset the continued hit from conflict in the Middle East.
