AFP: President Xi Jinping heads to Russia yesterday hoping to deliver a breakthrough on Ukraine as China seeks to position itself as a peacemaker. Freshly reappointed for a third term in power, Xi is pushing a greater role for China on the global stage, and was crucial in m ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to Mariupol, the Kremlin said yesterday, his first visit to territory captured from Ukraine since the start of Moscow's invasion. The visit triggered an angry reaction from Ukraine, with a presidential aide blasting ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: At least five suspected criminals and two soldiers were killed in a shootout after gunmen ambushed a military unit in southwest Mexico, authorities reported yesterday. The confrontation occurred Friday afternoon in the community of El Pescado, in a mountainous area of ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday visited Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula's annexation, a day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him over the Ukraine conflict. Turkey announced the extension of a deal that ...বিস্তারিত
AP: North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea yesterday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to US-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. The missile launched from the North's northwestern reg ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida yesterday pledged to boost child allowances and paid parental leave as he warned the country faced its "last chance" to tackle a declining population. Like many countries, Japan has been battling a falling birth rate for years, wit ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: Dhaka Wasa Managing Director Taqsem A Khan has suggested all to be rational while using water during the upcoming month of Ramadan. "Don't waste water," the Wasa MD said at a views-exchange meeting with journalists on the water supply system of Dhaka during Ram ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Marauding attacks by gang members in northeast Brazil continued for a third night despite a beefed up presence of security forces, authorities said yesterday. Media reports carried images of public buses and buildings in flames in nine cities -- including state capital ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter, personally oversaw the recent test-firing of the country's most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, state media images showed yesterday. The launch on Thursday -- Pyongyang's second ICBM test this ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: French President Emmanuel Macron's government yesterday rammed a controversial pension reform through parliament without a vote, sparking angry protests in Paris and other cities as well as tumult in the legislature. The move to use a special constitutional power ena ...বিস্তারিত