International

Campaigning starts for Bangladesh’s first national election after Hasina’s ouster

Dhaka, Jan 22: Campaigning began on Thursday for Bangladesh's first national elections since the 2024 uprising that ousted longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The major political parties held campaign rallies...

Europe relieved after Trump reverses Greenland tariff threat

Davos, Jan 22: Europe is breathing a sigh of relief on Thursday following a dramatic reversal by US...

Nuclear reactor owned by Fukushima plant operator TEPCO suspends hours-old restart

Tokyo, Jan 22: The restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant was suspended on Thursday, only hours...

India ‘stopped’ buying oil from Russia, claims US Treasury Secretary

Davos, Jan 21: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has claimed that India has "stopped" buying oil from Russia...

Pak passes bill to provide secrecy to assets of lawmakers

Islamabad, Jan 21: Pakistan's parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to provide secrecy to the assets of lawmakers...
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Vance calls killing of Minneapolis woman by ICE officer ‘tragedy of her own making’

Washington, Jan 9: Vice President J D Vance has blamed a federal immigration officer's fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on “a left-wing network,”...

Venezuela says it’s releasing ‘significant number’ of prisoners as gesture to ‘seek peace’

Caracas (Venezuela), Jan 8: Venezuela is releasing a “significant number” of citizens and foreigners from its prisons in a decision that the head of...

B’desh Air Chief meets Pak’s CDF Munir

Islamabad, Jan 8: Bangladesh Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan met Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir on Thursday and discussed bilateral defence...

Dhaka suspends visa service in India, seeks US visa bond exemption

Dhaka, Jan 8: Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday said it has asked its key missions in India, including at New Delhi, to suspend visa...

Indian national stranded on Yemen’s island evacuated to Saudi Arabia

Jeddah, Jan 8 : An Indian national, who was stranded on an island in Yemen for the past few weeks, was evacuated to Saudi...

What to know about fatal shooting of woman by ICE officer in Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Jan 8: Federal officials and local leaders clashed Wednesday over their differing characterisations of a fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

2 killed in shooting outside Mormon church in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Jan 8: Two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting outside a Salt Lake City church Wednesday night...

Trump withdraws US from over 60 global institutions, including UN bodies, International Solar Alliance

United Nations/Washington, Jan 8: President Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from over 60 international organisations, including UN bodies and the India-France-led International Solar...

Trump backs sanctions bill that provides for very high tariffs on India, China for buying Russian oil: US Senator

New York/Washington, Jan 8: US President Donald Trump has backed a sanctions bill that could impose 500 per cent tariffs on countries buying Russian...

ICE agent shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown

Minneapolis (US), Jan 7: A federal agent shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist when she allegedly tried to run over law enforcement officers during...

US seizes 2 sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in North Atlantic and Caribbean

Washington, Jan 7: The US has seized two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back actions in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean,...

Bangladesh expresses ‘potential interest’ in procuring JF-17 fighter jets, says Pakistan

Lahore, Jan 7 : Bangla­desh has expressed a "potential int­e­rest" in pro­cu­ring JF-17 Thun­der fighter aircraft from Pakistan, the military said on Wednesday. However, Bangladesh...
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