3 Russian warships arrive in Ctg on goodwill visit
Three Russian Navy warships 鈥楻EZKIY鈥�, 鈥楬ero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov鈥� and 鈥楶ECHENGA鈥� arrived on a-four-day goodwill visit to Bangladesh on Sunday.
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Rangamati addl SP in custody following ICT warrant
The police on Sunday took the Rangamati district additional superintendent of police for traffic, Anirban Chowdhury, in custody immediately after the issuance of an arrest warrant against him by the International Crimes Tribunal...
Israel is about to empty Gaza
ISRAEL is poised to carry out the largest campaign of ethnic cleansing since the end of World War II. Since March 2, it has blocked all food and humanitarian aid into Gaza and cut off electricity, so that the last water desalination plant no longer functions. The Israeli military has seized half of the territory 鈥� Gaza is 25 miles long and four to five miles wide 鈥� and placed...
Donald Trump admits trade war 'cost' as markets hit
Jitters about US tariffs hammered Asian stocks again early Friday as President Donald Trump acknowledged a 'cost' to his surging trade offensive against superpower rival China...
Declare April 10 as republic day: discussion
Politicians, academics and professionals at a discussion in Dhaka on Thursday demanded the declaration of April 10 as republic day since proclamation of independence was adopted on this day in 1971...
Rebeka Mohiuddin鈥檚 86th birth anniv today
Today is the 86th birthday of Rebeka Mohiuddin, one of the organisers of the Liberation War and a founder of Mahila Parishad...
Trump鈥檚 new tariffs take effect
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 punishing tariffs on dozens of economies came into force Wednesday, including 104 per cent in levies against Chinese goods, sending markets into a tailspin again...
Pahela Baishakh to be inclusive, says adviser
Cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki said on Wednesday that this year Pahela Baishakh would be celebrated with cultural inclusiveness and healing across the country...
Trump鈥檚 crazy trade war
THE Trump tariff shock is going to take a bit of time to sink in, though stock markets worldwide have already sunk. Altogether, 60 countries have been slapped with at least 10 per cent tariffs; those with large trade surpluses with the US will pay a much higher rate. Trump鈥檚 public argument was two-fold: force US trade partners with the highest surpluses to lower their...
The war that won鈥檛 end
THE tenuous nature of negotiations between the US, Russia, and Ukraine has left the world teetering on the edge of heightened conflict. If these talks ultimately fail, what follows could redefine the global order in ways both expected and unintended...
No war crimes trial, probe聽after Aug 5
Trials and investigations of the cases related to war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the liberation war in 1971 remain stalled in the International Crimes Tribunal after the political changeover on August 5, 2024 when the...
Nobody wins in a trade war, says UN chief
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned that 鈥榥obody wins in a trade war,鈥� according to his spokesperson on Friday...
US lawmakers threaten new sanctions on Russia
A bipartisan group of US senators has proposed legislation that would slap sanctions on countries friendly to Russia if Moscow disrupts on-going negotiations to end the Ukraine war...
US senior security official, CA's high rep hold phone talks
US Deputy National Security Adviser Alex N. Wong had a telephone meeting on Wednesday evening with Khalilur Rahman, the high representative of Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government.
SAD leader Umama rejects US award honouring women of July-August uprising
Umama Fatema, spokesperson of the Students Against Discrimination, has rejected the US State Department's 'Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award,' which was given in recognition of the courage and bravery of all Bangladeshi women involved in the July-August uprising in 2024...
Major economies vow retaliation as Trump set to unleash tariffs
US president Donald Trump was poised to unveil sweeping new 鈥楲iberation Day鈥� tariffs on Wednesday, but kept the world guessing until the last minute about the scope of an onslaught that could spark a global trade war...
鈥楨very atrocity imaginable鈥�
AS ISRAEL Defence Forces bombing continued to kill and maim large numbers of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip over the weekend and into Monday, the discovery of the bodies of medical workers who were apparently executed by their captors and the publication of several reports in which Israeli soldiers admit to torturing prisoners and using civilians as human...
Udichi condemns demolition of liberation war mural in Lalmonirhat
The Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi on Monday condemned Sunday鈥檚 demolition of a part of a liberation war mural in Lalmonirhat...
Huthis launch missiles at Israel, US warship
The Iran-backed Huthis said Thursday they targeted an Israeli airport and army site as well as a US warship, soon after Israel reported intercepting missiles launched from Yemen.
Global outcry as Trump heaps 25pc tariffs on auto imports
World powers on Thursday blasted US president Donald Trump鈥檚 steep tariffs on imports of vehicles and car parts, vowing retaliation as a widening trade war intensifies...
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for strikes endangering truce efforts
Ukraine accused Russia of launching 117 drones overnight while Russia accused Ukraine of firing drones at a 鈥榞as storage facility鈥� in annexed Crimean peninsula and a power installation in Bryansk region...
Dhaka civil surgeon鈥檚 speech bothers freedom fighters
Dhaka district鈥檚 civil surgeon, Mohammad Zillur Rahman, faced strong criticism from valiant freedom fighters on Wednesday after comparing the July 2024 uprising to the 1971 Liberation War...
Uprising paves way for聽liberation war spirit realisation: politicians
Political leaders say that the July uprising has paved the way for a discrimination-free society and democratic governance in line with the aspirations of the liberation war which have remained unfulfilled even 54 years after independence.
BETWEEN UNIFORMS AND WORDS: Struggle for democratic soul, shaped by 1971
NINETEEN seventy-one arrived, not as a year, but as a violation, a savage tear in the thin skin of what we dared call life. I was a child, a splinter of a being, four years old, yet the tremors of that brutal rending still reverberate in the hollow spaces of my bones. They call it the Liberation War, a tidy phrase for a messy, monstrous thing. It was the air we choked on, thick with...
Seven eminent individuals receive Independence Award 2025
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday conferred the Independence Award 2025 upon seven individuals, recognising their glorious and outstanding contributions to the nation...
Ethiopian, Eritrean officials accused of war crimes during Tigray conflict
Eight survivors of the devastating conflict in Ethiopia鈥檚 northern Tigray region have accused 12 high-ranking Ethiopian and Eritrean civilian and military officials of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the legal rights group representing them said on Monday.
Mangal Shobhajatra may get聽 new name: Farooki
Cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said that the name of Mangal Shobhajatra may be changed.
Huthis claim new attack on American warships
Yemen鈥檚 Huthis on Tuesday claimed their third attack on American warships in 48 hours, despite US strikes on the Iran-backed rebels that have sparked mass protests organised by the group.
Trade war threatens oil demand growth: IEA
Global oil demand growth is set to accelerate this year but the escalating trade war launched by US President Donald Trump threatens to disrupt the market, the International Energy Agency said Thursday...
7 named for Independence Award
The interim government has reinstated the Independence Award of former president Ziaur Rahman (posthumous) declared in 2003 and picked individuals for this year鈥檚 Independence Award, the highest civilian award, for their outstanding contributions to the country, reported United News of Bangladesh...