35 per cent duty by US is not final: finance adviser
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said proposed 35 per cent duty by the United States on Bangladeshi export products was not a final settlement...
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German factory output up but tariff threat looms
German industrial production rose unexpectedly strongly in May, official data showed Monday, boosting hopes that Europe鈥檚 top economy has turned a corner despite trade tensions with the United States...
Trump slams Musk鈥檚 political party as 鈥榬idiculous鈥�
United States president Donald Trump on Sunday slammed former ally Elon Musk鈥檚 launching of a new political party as 鈥榬idiculous,鈥� deepening the Republican鈥檚 feud with the man who was once his biggest backer...
Search for missing girls as Texas flood death toll rises to 43
Rescuers searched on Saturday for 27 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in the US state of Texas, after torrential rains caused devastating flooding that killed at least 43 people -- with more rain pounding the region...
Elon Musk says he has created a new political party in US
Elon Musk, an ex-ally of US president Donald Trump, said on Saturday that he had launched a new political party in the United States to challenge what the tech billionaire described as the country鈥檚 鈥榦ne-party system.鈥�..
27 dead in Texas flood, 27 girls missing
Rescuers searched Saturday for 27 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in the US state of Texas, after torrential rains caused devastating flooding that killed at least 27 people鈥攚ith more rain on the way.
Syria to work with US to return to 1974 deal with Israel
Syria said on Friday it was willing to cooperate with the United States to reimplement the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel, which created a UN-patrolled buffer zone separating the two countries鈥� forces.
Ahmed Raihan Nizam dies in US
Ahmed Raihan Nizam, a former cricketer, businessman, died in New York in the United States of America on June 29...
US reaffirms support for reform efforts
The United States has reiterated its strong support for the ongoing reform initiatives, led by the interim government of Bangladesh under the leadership of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, during the celebration of US Independence Day in Dhaka Wednesday evening...
Trump hopes for Gaza ceasefire 鈥榮ometime next week鈥�
The United States is pushing for a truce in Gaza by 鈥榮ometime next week,鈥� US president Donald Trump said Tuesday...
Businesses await July 3 meeting with USTR
Businesses of the country are eagerly waiting for the July 3-meeting between representatives of the Bangladesh government and the United States Trade Representative in Washington, DC regarding reciprocal 37 per cent tariff imposed by Donald J Trump administration on April 2...
Trump says 鈥榲ery wealthy鈥� group to buy TikTok
President Donald Trump said Sunday a group of buyers had been found for TikTok, which faces a looming ban in the United States due to its China ties, adding he could name the purchasers in two weeks...
Rhetoric, hypocrisy and reckoning
THE Chinese embassy in Moscow recently published a list of 30 countries the United States has bombed since World War II 鈥� framing it as evidence of American aggression cloaked in the rhetoric of democracy and human rights. A full rebuttal to this sweeping indictment is beyond the scope and space of this article. Instead, this piece aims to offer an objective analysis...
Trump threatens to bomb Iran again
US president Donald Trump said Friday he had saved Iran鈥檚 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from assassination and lashed out at the supreme leader for ingratitude, declaring he would order more bombing if the country tried to pursue nuclear weapons...
Dhaka continues tariff negotiations with Washington DC
Bangladesh has continued its consultations with the United States on finalising the Agreement on Reciprocal Tariff...
Lawsuits against climate action on the rise
Legal efforts to block or unwind action on climate change are rising across the globe, new research showed Wednesday, particularly in the United States which leads the world on anti-green litigation...
Israel claims victory in war with Iran
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a 鈥榟istoric victory鈥� against Iran despite a United States intelligence report concluding that American strikes set back Tehran鈥檚 nuclear programme by just a few months...
UN estimates 2.5m refugees will need resettling in 2026
An estimated 2.5 million refugees worldwide will need to be resettled next year, the UN said Tuesday, at a time when the United States but also other nations are shrinking resettlement access.
鈥楳oment has come鈥� for Gaza ceasefire: Merz
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday said that 鈥榯he moment has come鈥� for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Ceasefire in Iran-Israel war takes hold
A fragile ceasefire in the Iran-Israel war appeared to be holding on Tuesday, after 12 days of strikes that saw Israel and the United States pummel the Islamic republic鈥檚 nuclear facilities.
US Supreme Court allows third country deportations to resume
A divided US Supreme Court paved the way on Monday for the Trump administration to resume deportations of undocumented migrants to countries that are not their own...
Israel agrees to Trump鈥檚 proposal for ceasefire with Iran
Israel said on Tuesday that it had agreed to 鈥榖ilateral ceasefire鈥� with Iran proposed by US president Donald Trump, following 12 days of war with its arch-foe...
Iran will stop attacks on Israel if Israel stops: Abbas Araghchi
Iran鈥檚 foreign minister said on Tuesday that Tehran did not intend to continue its strikes if Israel stopped its attacks, hours after the United States president Donald Trump announced a staggered ceasefire to bring about an 鈥榦fficial end鈥� to their conflict...
Putin terms attack on Iran as unprovoked, unjustified, yet offers no help
Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday slammed attacks on Iran as 鈥榰nprovoked鈥� and 鈥榰njustified鈥� in a meeting with Tehran鈥檚 foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, but did not announce any concrete support to his key ally in the Middle East...
United States urges China to keep Iran from shutting Strait of Hormuz
United States secretary of State Marco Rubio urged China on Sunday to help deter Iran from shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial trade route, following the US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites...
North Korea terms US strikes on Iran as violation of UN charter
North Korea condemned on Monday the United States strikes on Iran, calling it a violation of the United Nations charter and blaming the tension in the Middle East on the 鈥榬eckless valor of Israel鈥�...
Oil prices spike after United States strikes on Iran
Oil prices surged and Asian markets traded lower on Monday on concerns of disruption to energy markets after US air strikes on Iran鈥檚 nuclear facilities...
Additional US embassy staff left Iraq due to 鈥榬egional tensions鈥�
More personnel from the United States diplomatic mission departed Iraq over the weekend as part of on-going efforts to reduce embassy staffing due to 鈥榬egional tensions鈥�, a US official said Sunday after Washington attacked Iranian nuclear sites.
Chinese exports of rare-earth magnets drop in May
Chinese exports of rare-earth magnets continued their downward slide in May, official data showed on Friday, reflecting restrictions imposed by Beijing during its trade war with the United States...
US carries out strikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities: what we know
The United States has carried out strikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, with president Donald Trump saying Saturday it was a 鈥榲ery successful attack鈥� and that all American planes were safely on the way home...