US President Donald Trump yesterday said that Russia and Ukraine “will immediately start negotiations” toward a ceasefire and an end to their three-year-old war, speaking after he held a call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
Washington often issues visa bans without publishing the names of those targeted
Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States “will lead nowhere” if Washington insists that Tehran drop its uranium enrichment activity to zero, Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takhtravanchi was quoted by state media yesterday as saying.
Israel pursued its military operation in Gaza yesterday, killing at least 52 Palestinians in overnight airstrikes after it agreed to lift a two-month-old blockade on aid deliveries that has left the enclave on the brink of famine.
BNP plans to develop ward-wise playgrounds for all in Dhaka if the party comes to power in the next election, said its acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
Prof Ali Riaz, vice-president of the National Consensus Commission, yesterday said the second phase of discussions will begin soon, focusing on resolving disagreements and advancing with the process of drafting a National Charter.
A Dhaka court yesterday issued a travel ban on former additional inspector general of police Mohammad Ali Mia in connection with corruption allegations.
The government has decided to form a search committee to recommend vice-chancellors, pro-VCs, and treasurers for public universities. But educationists are criticising the timing and intent of the move as most of these top positions in at least 47 universities have already been filled.
Amid ongoing protests over the murder of Dhaka University student and JCD leader Shahriar Alam Shammo, the platform "Students Against Terrorism" has once again demanded the resignation of the university's vice-chancellor and proctor, citing their failure to ensure campus security.
Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, alongside 61 Awami League leaders and activists, has been sued over the death of Sajal Mia, 20, a shoe factory worker, during student protests in the Shimrail area of Narayanganj on July 20 last year.
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the party has urged Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to take action against certain advisers who are “conspiring to destabilise the country”.
Asserting that the Liberation War is one of the founding pillars of the state, National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said his party does not subscribe to religious extremism or secularist ideologies.
Central Asia has been in the grip of a heatwave this spring, with all five countries reporting abnormally high -- and in some cases record-breaking -- temperatures over the past three months.
The landslide occurred early Sunday in Ba Be district of Bac Kan province following torrential rain on Saturday
South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol left his conservative party on Saturday as it gears up for snap elections triggered by his impeachment over a bid to impose martial law.
A week since Trump announced a surprise truce between India and Pakistan to end a brief but intense conflict
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has called for a “composite dialogue” with India to address the contentious issues between the two sides.
A Thai construction tycoon turned himself in yesterday to face charges of alleged negligence over the collapse of a skyscraper that killed dozens of people in a powerful earthquake, police said.
An Indian climber and another from the Philippines became the first mountaineers to die on Mount Everest in the current March-May climbing season of the world’s highest peak, hiking officials said yesterday.
Japan's economy contracted 0.2 percent between January and March, the first quarterly drop in a year, according to cabinet office data released Friday.
Britain and the European Union yesterday reached a landmark deal setting out closer ties on defence and trade, launching a new chapter after the UK’s acrimonious exit from the bloc five years ago.
US President Donald Trump said yesterday he would launch a “major investigation” into his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris over celebrities who backed her failed run for the White House.
The top UN rights body yesterday raised concerns over the impeachment of two Supreme Court judges in the Maldives, which effectively stalled the review of a new law banning defections by parliamentarians.
At least four people were killed while 12 others were wounded in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s turbulent southern province of Balochistan, a security official said yesterday.
Mountain guide Cool, 51, first climbed Everest in 2004
The action was a big win for Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson
The announcement came hours after the military said it had begun "extensive ground operations" in a newly intensified campaign in Gaza
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine held direct negotiations in Istanbul last week for the first time in almost three years
South Asia's two nuclear-armed countries, India and Pakistan, are once again embroiled in a new conflict over the issue of Pahalgam in Kashmir
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BNP plans to develop ward-wise playgrounds for all in Dhaka if the party comes to power in the next election, said its acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
Prof Ali Riaz, vice-president of the National Consensus Commission, yesterday said the second phase of discussions will begin soon, focusing on resolving disagreements and advancing with the process of drafting a National Charter.
A Dhaka court yesterday issued a travel ban on former additional inspector general of police Mohammad Ali Mia in connection with corruption allegations.
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 13 Beneficiary Owner (BO) accounts and shares of former Rajuk chairman major general (retd) Md Siddiqur Rahman Sarker and his wife Gazi Rebeka Rawshan in connection with corruption allegations brought against them.
The government has decided to form a search committee to recommend vice-chancellors, pro-VCs, and treasurers for public universities. But educationists are criticising the timing and intent of the move as most of these top positions in at least 47 universities have already been filled.
Amid ongoing protests over the murder of Dhaka University student and JCD leader Shahriar Alam Shammo, the platform "Students Against Terrorism" has once again demanded the resignation of the university's vice-chancellor and proctor, citing their failure to ensure campus security.
Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, alongside 61 Awami League leaders and activists, has been sued over the death of Sajal Mia, 20, a shoe factory worker, during student protests in the Shimrail area of Narayanganj on July 20 last year.
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the party has urged Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to take action against certain advisers who are “conspiring to destabilise the country”.
US President Donald Trump yesterday said that Russia and Ukraine “will immediately start negotiations” toward a ceasefire and an end to their three-year-old war, speaking after he held a call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
Asserting that the Liberation War is one of the founding pillars of the state, National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said his party does not subscribe to religious extremism or secularist ideologies.
