US ports brace for potential dockworkers strike
Tens of thousands of US dockworkers plan to strike next week if there is no breakthrough on contract talks, just a month before November鈥檚 closely contested presidential election...
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Biden justifies Israeli attack, calls Hezbollah leader's Killing 'Justice'
The United States on Saturday offered clear support for Israel's bombing campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, including a strike that killed the group's longtime leader, but also said the time has come for ceasefires there and in Gaza.
Trump irked as Google shows 鈥榖ad鈥� stories on him
Donald Trump on Friday accused Google of showing only 鈥榖ad stories鈥� about him and vowed to have the tech giant prosecuted if he gets back in the White House...
President for more initiative to execute RTI
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Friday urged the information commission and other public and private organisations to take more initiative to make people aware about...
US to help Bangladesh recover stolen money: Blinken
US secretary of state Antony Blinken said that Washington would help Bangladesh government rebuild the country, offering support in Dhaka鈥檚 effort to fight...
US intel warns of Iran threats to assassinate Trump
US intelligence has warned Donald Trump of 鈥榬eal and specific鈥� threats from Iran to assassinate him, his presidential campaign said in a statement Tuesday...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 left turn in political landscape
THE election and inauguration of Sri Lanka鈥檚 first leftist president, Anura Dissanayake, have marked the beginning of a new chapter in the country鈥檚 political landscape. There are many questions surrounding how the nation鈥檚 political vision and progress will unfold under his leadership. His role in addressing the country鈥檚 economic crisis, debt...
Biden, Clinton rally behind Bangladesh interim govt head Yunus
US President Joe Biden met Tuesday with Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus on the margins of the UN's annual summit, in a show of support after an uprising toppled the country's autocratic government.
UN chief warns Lebanon on 鈥榖rink鈥� as world leaders gather
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned world leaders on Tuesday that Lebanon was on 鈥榯he brink鈥� as clashes escalated between Israel and Hezbollah...
Fulfilment of Aragalaya in Lanka presidential election
THE extraordinary events that took place during 2022 have reached their denouement at the recently concluded presidential election. The Aragalaya protests that lasted for over three months in the middle of 2022 that were spearheaded by youth and became a mighty protest movement by tens of thousands of people from all walks of life and all parts of...
Marxist leader Sri Lanka鈥檚 president-elect
Sri Lanka鈥檚 election commission declared a previously fringe Marxist politician the country鈥檚 president-elect聽 on Sunday after a vote coloured by discontent over the island nation鈥檚 response to an...
WB pledges support for govt鈥檚 key reform initiatives
World Bank is ready to be part of key economic reforms of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government, a visiting top official of the multilateral lender said on Thursday.
Trump says will meet Modi
Former US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday he plans to meet next week with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, who will be visiting the United States for several official events...
Clashes erupt on Morales鈥檚 protest march
A weeklong march led by Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales against incumbent leader Luis Arce descended into violence when followers of each politician clashed along the route, leaving 26 people injured...
Wickremasinghe for tomorrow鈥檚 Sri Lanka
AS THE final lap of the presidential election campaign comes to its close at midnight on September 18, there is no certainty about the outcome. The only certainty is that it will be one of three candidates 鈥� incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa or NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The other 35 candidates...
Biden, Starmer put off Ukraine missiles decision
British prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden on Friday delayed a decision to let Ukraine fire long-range Western-supplied missiles into Russia, a plan that sparked dire threats from Moscow of a war with NATO...
Harris and Trump in presidential debate
ON SEPTEMBER 10, the Washington Post headline read, 鈥楬arris crisply attacks Trump, prompting retorts with fiery rhetoric.鈥�...
Harris, Trump ride debate buzz into election sprint
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump set out Wednesday to ride the momentum from their high-stakes debate into the final sprint to November as they seek to persuade undecided voters and shake up a presidential election locked in a dead heat...
Harris rattles Trump in fiery televised debate
Kamala Harris put Donald Trump on the defensive in a fiery televised debate on Tuesday, as they battled for a breakthrough in an agonisingly close US presidential election.
Army chief calls on president
Chief of army staff of Bangladesh army general Waker-Uz-Zaman on Monday called on president Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in Dhaka...
Touhid avoids president鈥檚 citizenship issue, terming 鈥榮ensitive鈥�
Amid ongoing speculation about president Mohammed Shahabuddin鈥檚 possible dual citizenship, which would render his presidency illegal, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday said that the issue was a very 鈥榮ensitive issue鈥� and he has nothing to say on such a speculation...
Harris, Trump to clash in debate on Tuesday
It will be the first time Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet in person.
Putin says Russia ready for talks with Ukraine
Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he was ready for talks with Ukraine, after having previously rebuffed the idea of negotiations while Kyiv鈥檚 offensive into the Kursk region was on-going...
Xi hosts two dozen African leaders at China鈥檚 biggest summit in years
Chinese president Xi Jinping hosted more than two dozen African leaders at a banquet in Beijing on Wednesday, kicking off the city鈥檚 biggest summit in years with promises of cooperation in infrastructure, energy and education...
Putin says Ukraine border incursion will not stop Russian advance
Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Monday that his army was rapidly advancing in east Ukraine, citing this as proof that Kyiv鈥檚 cross-border incursion into the Kursk region was failing...
Harris says US ready to turn page on Trump
Kamala Harris declared on Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump in her first interview since her dramatic entry into November鈥檚 presidential election.
South Korean president for pension fund reform
South聽Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol pledged Thursday to reform the country鈥檚 multi-billion dollar pension scheme, as a looming demographic crisis threatens to upend the payment system鈥檚 stability...
President urges all to stand by flood victims
President Mohammed Shahabuddin urged the people of Bangladesh to stand by the flood-affected as he addressed the Janmashtami reception programme for the Hindu community, marking Janmashtami, the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu, at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Monday....
Legal notice seeks list of 1991-2024 presidential pardons
A legal notice has been sent to publish and provide a list of the number of persons whose sentences have been remitted, suspended or commuted by the president from January 1991 to July 2024...
Dealmakers ponder what鈥檚 next after tough Biden antitrust years
President Joe Biden鈥檚 sceptical approach to corporate mergers has been a hallmark of his administration鈥檚 business policy 鈥� a stance generally expected to ease if Donald Trump returns to the White House...