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BUET hosts workshop on engineering diplomacy

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in collaboration with the United States’ Tufts University hosted a day-long workshop on engineering diplomacy at BUET in Dhaka on Saturday...

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33 killed as tornadoes ravage central US

At least 33 people have been killed and dozens more injured when tornadoes and violent storms raked across the central United States, as forecasters warned more severe weather was expected Sunday.

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US consumer confidence plunges again in March

Consumer confidence in the United States declined sharply again in March, falling more than analysts had expected, according to a study Friday that cited economic turbulence now that Donald Trump is back in power...

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Ukraine, US discuss partial truce as drones hit Russia

Ukraine said talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia began ‘very constructively’ on Tuesday, with a partial ceasefire with Russia on the table hours after Kyiv conducted its largest drone attack on Moscow in three years of war...

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RMG exports to US grow 46pc in Jan

The readymade garment exports to the United States, the single largest export destination of Bangladesh, witnessed a robust growth of 45.93 per cent in January of 2025 to $799.65 million, according to the latest data published by the Office of Textiles and Apparel (Otexa)...

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Trump’s deal-making and western security

WHEN Volodymyr Zelenskyy penned his letter to Donald Trump, he wasn’t merely addressing to the president of the United States,  he was appealing to a man who views international diplomacy as a high-stakes real estate negotiation, where leverage, not principle, dictates the terms. Zelenskyy’s softened tone is not just a nod to reality — it is an invitation for Trump to...

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I got no visa to visit Dhaka in past 10 years: Milam

Visiting former United States ambassador to Bangladesh William B Milam said on Saturday that he was denied visa to visit Bangladesh in the past 10 years of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime.

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US top remittance source in Feb

Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States sent home the highest remittance amounting to US$491.26 million in February, according to Bangladesh Bank data...

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Greenland rejects Trump pledge to make the island American

Greenland’s prime minister on Wednesday hit back at President Donald Trump’s pledge to take the Arctic territory ‘one way or the other’, insisting that islanders did not see their future with the United States or even Denmark...

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Bikalpa Dhara leaders hold meeting with ex-US diplomats

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh leaders had an ‘insightful and engaging discussion’ with William B Milam, former US ambassador, and John F Danilowicz, former US diplomat, on Tuesday evening, said its leader Mahi B Chowdhury on Wednesday...

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US approves $3b arms, bulldozers sale to Israel

The United States on Friday announced the approval of the sale of more than $3 billion in munitions, bulldozers and related equipment to Israel, which used American-made weapons to devastating effect in densely populated Gaza.

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US slashes overseas aid contracts by over 90pc

The United States has slashed its multi-year aid contracts by 92 per cent, as it sought around $60 billion in savings in development and overseas humanitarian programs, the State Department said on Wednesday.

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Ukraine ‘agrees mineral deal with US’

Ukraine has agreed on the terms of a minerals deal with the United States and could sign it as early as Friday on a trip to Washington by president Volodymyr Zelensky, a senior Ukrainian official said...

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Lanka’s moderate politics despite govt’s massive mandate

DONALD Trump in the United States is showing how, in a democratic polity, the winner of the people’s mandate can become an unstoppable extreme force. Critics of the National People’s Power government frequently jibe at the government’s economic policy as being a mere continuation of the essential features of the economic policy of former president...