Around 84 per cent of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, leaving the economies of China, India, South Korea and others vulnerable should Iran blockade the crucial trading route over US strikes on its nuclear sites...
Ukraine鈥檚 top military commander vowed to increase the 鈥榮cale and depth鈥� of strikes on Russia in remarks made public Sunday, saying Kyiv would not sit idly by while Moscow prolonged its three-year invasion...
Russia launched dozens of drones and missiles at Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens of others, as negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow break down...
Stocks rose and oil prices pulled back on Monday as fears of a wider Middle East conflict eased even as Israel and Iran pounded each other with missiles for a fourth day...
Oil prices soared and stocks sank Friday after Israel launched strikes on Iran, prompting retaliation from Tehran and stoking fears of a full-blown war...
Fresh Russian strikes on Ukraine鈥檚 northeastern city of Kharkiv killed three people and wounded 60 others, including children, on Wednesday, authorities said, as Moscow pushed ahead with attacks after rejecting an unconditional ceasefire...
Russia launched fresh drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and port city of Odesa early on Tuesday, killing three people and hitting a maternity hospital, Ukrainian officials said...
THE civil defence agency in Gaza said an Israeli strike on a tent housing displaced Palestinians near the southern city of Khan Yunis on Wednesday killed at least 12 people...
The government employees at the secretariat in the capital Dhaka will observe a one-hour work stoppage every day starting today, demanding the cancellation of newly promulgated Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 that allows dismissal of public servants for misconduct in an easier way...
Israeli air strikes blew up the last remaining plane at rebel-held Yemen鈥檚 international airport, Israel and a Yemeni official said on Wednesday, weeks after an earlier attack inflicted major damage...
Employees and workers of Palli Bidyut Samity observed their work abstention for the seventh day on Tuesday as part of their on-going protest demonstration at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital...
Officers from 25 cadres outside the administration cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service on Tuesday began a two-day pen-down protest against the dominance of the administration cadre as well as the suspension of and departmental actions against 12 officers from these cadres...
Assistant teachers of different government primary schools across the country continued their indefinite whole-day strike for the second day running on Tuesday, pressing for an increase in the entry-level pay scale as well as promotion...
Rescuers said devastating Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 52 people on Monday, 33 of them in a school turned shelter...
Assistant teachers of the government primary schools will begin a countrywide full-day work abstention from today, demanding upgrading the entry-level pay scale and promotion...
The petrol pumps and tank lorry owners on Sunday called off their strike after the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation assured them of meeting their demands by different timelines, up to two months...
Government employees continued their protest for the second consecutive day on Sunday at the Secretariat, demanding the withdrawal of the draft Government Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, disrupting official activities...
A group of students started an indefinite period fast-unto-death strike at National University demanding immediate issuance of an admission circular for on-campus honours courses...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli strikes had killed at least 52 people since dawn Thursday across the territory, where Israel has ramped up its military offensive in recent days.
The protesting officials of the National Board of Revenue will continue their ongoing 鈥榩en-down strike鈥� today from 10:00am to 03:00pm, demanding revocation of a lately promulgated ordinance to split the revenue board...
Officials and employees of various tiers of the dissolved National Board of Revenue observed a five-hour pen-down strike for the second consecutive day on Thursday, protesting at the government鈥檚 recent ordinance to dissolve and restructure the NBR...
Officers and employees of the National Board of Revenue continued their work abstention on Thursday, marking the second day of a three-day protest called by the NBR Reform Unity Council-a platform representing officials from the Customs, VAT, and Income Tax wings...
A Border Guard Bangladesh member was killed and four others were injured after being struck by lightning while on patrol along the Kauniya Char-Khetarchar border in Darbhanga union of Roumari upazila, Kurigram on early Thursday...
Palestinian rescuers reported more than 100 people killed Thursday in Israeli strikes on blockaded Gaza, where a US-backed organisation said it intends to begin distributing aid by the end of the month.
The EU on Wednesday voiced shock at a deadly air strike on a school in central Myanmar, warning the 鈥榩erpetrators must be held accountable for this atrocity鈥�...
A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school Monday killing 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses said, despite a purported humanitarian ceasefire called to help the nation recover from a devastating earthquake...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence on Sunday reported eight deaths, including four young children, in an Israeli air strike on tents housing displaced people in the southern city of Khan Yunis...
At least 12 people, including a child and three farmers, were killed by lightning strikes and fallen trees during nor鈥檞ester in five districts on Sunday...
THE relationship between India and Pakistan has been shaped by decades of historical grievances, territorial disputes and intermittent armed clashes. However, India鈥檚 recent cross-border strikes inside Pakistan 鈥� allegedly killing 26 civilians, including women and children 鈥� have jolted an already fragile region and raised urgent questions about legality, leadership, and...
IN THE early hours of 7 May 2025, South Asia was once again shaken by a violent escalation. According to reports from Reuters, an Indian military strike on Pakistani territory claimed the lives of more than 26 people. The Pakistani government confirmed the attack and, in swift retaliation, launched a counterstrike on Indian soil in the morning, reportedly killing at least...