AFP: South Korea said Thursday it had staged joint air drills with the United States featuring strategic bombers and stealth fighters, prompting Pyongyang to warn that such exercises could "ignite an all-out showdown". The exercises, the first by the security allies this ye ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday stressed the importance of NATO's working closely with partners in the Indo-Pacific, saying Europe could not ignore what happens in East Asia because the global security is interconnected. "Working with partners ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: A suicide blast at a mosque inside a Pakistan police headquarters was a targeted revenge attack, a police chief said Tuesday, as rescue efforts ended with the death toll standing at 100. Between 300 and 400 policemen had gathered for afternoon prayers at the compound's ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Most Asian markets bounced from two days of losses on Wednesday as traders tracked a Wall Street surge fuelled by data pointing to slowing US inflation and hopes the Federal Reserve's rate hike drive is coming to an end.The gains will provide some relief to investors af ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has said the average voter turnout in the by-elections to six constituencies – vacated by BNP leaders following their resignation in December – was 15-25%,reports TBS. "Voter turnout was relatively low in the by-po ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: The Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB), an organisation of private bank entrepreneurs and directors, has sought relaxation in the strictness imposed by the Bangladesh Bank on opening LC or letter of credit,reports TBS. A delegation led by BAB Chairman and Exim ...বিস্তারিত
UNB: South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-keun on Wednesday said this year will be momentous in terms of Bangladesh-Korea relations and efforts are underway to further strengthen the relations through joint efforts. “We want to make it a milestone year,” he sa ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Memphis police said yesterday a seventh officer has been suspended over the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man whose death shocked the United States and has seen five officers fired and charged with murder. The city's fire department also said it had ter ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Nine presumed members of Colombia's ELN guerrilla group, which is in peace negotiations with the government, were killed in a military offensive, a top official said yesterday. A soldier wounded in the confrontation Friday in a rural part of southwest Colombia died of ...বিস্তারিত