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- Bangladesh bowl out Nepal for 52 runs
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- Pakistan launches first home-made observation satellite
- Govt reaffirms zero tolerance on shrine attacks, urges complaints
- BNP demands withdrawal of vat on over 100 products
- Met office assumes dry weather nationwide
- Marma girl's accident injury being propagated as communal murder
- Tarique seeks prayers for mother
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- Bangladesh’s 2025-26 budget may reach 8 trillion
- Aafia Siddiqui appeals for presidential pardon before Trump's takeover
- Debapriya slams 'inconsiderate' VAT hike by interim govt
- Impeached South Korean president arrives at court to argue against his arrest
- This would be biggest trade war: Canada warns US
Aafia Siddiqui appeals for presidential pardon before Trump's takeover
Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist jailed in the US, has expressed hope for her release after new evidence emerged suggesting her innocence. Siddiqui, once dubbed Lady al Qaeda by critics, was convicted in 2010 for attempting to kill an FBI agent in Afghanistan, a charge she has long...
TikTok says it will go dark Sunday without Biden’s interference
TikTok warned late Friday it will go dark in the United States on Sunday unless President Joe Bidens administration provides assurances to companies like Apple and Google that it will not face enforcement actions when a ban takes effect. The statement came hours after the Supreme Court upheld a...
Cuban jailed opposition leader freed in deal with Biden
Cuban opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer was among a group of prisoners released on Thursday in a landmark deal with departing US President Joe Biden that has led to emotional reunions across the communist island. Ferrer, 54, is the most high-profile of the prisoners that Cuba began freeing...
Five things to know about Biden’s farewell address
With only days left in the White House, President Joe Biden was saving a few surprises for his farewell address Wednesday evening. Instead of simply summing up his term in office, he used the opportunity to issue dire warnings about the future and call for deep changes to the countrys foundational...
Oligarchy of ultra-rich taking shape in US: Biden
Outgoing US President Joe Biden warned of a dangerous oligarchy taking shape in America, as he delivered his farewell address and brought a decades-long career in politics to an end. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that really threatens our...
Biden to hand unfinished agenda to Trump for chaotic Mideast
US President Joe Bidens national security adviser Jake Sullivan described the Middle East in late September 2023 as quieter than it had been in two decades. That assessment did not age well. Just eight days later, Hamas launched a deadly surprise attack from Gaza into Israel, triggering a war...
Biden says Gaza deal based on his framework while Trump claims credit
US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both claimed credit on Wednesday for a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal that was months in the making but was helped across the line by a Trump envoy. In announcing the ceasefire, Biden noted the final deal largely mirrored the framework of...
How Biden saved about a million immigrants from deportation
In a move that could potentially delay the US President-elect Donald Trumps plans to crack down on immigration, the Joe Biden administration has extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine, and Sudan, reports NDTV. This decision,...
Biden extends temporary protections for nearly 1 million immigrants
The Biden administration on Friday extended temporary deportation protections (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants residing in the United States as communities brace for the incoming Trump administration. The relief known as Temporary Protected Status applies to people who would face...
Biden to deliver capstone address on foreign policy legacy
President Joe Biden plans to deliver a capstone address Monday on his foreign policy legacy, according to the White House, reports UNB. The outgoing president is expected to use his address at the State Department to highlight his administrations efforts to expand NATO, rally dozens of allies to...
USA govt moves to block plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind
The Biden administration has urged a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks, and two co-defendants, which would spare them the death penalty, reports CNN. In a brief filed Tuesday, the Justice Department argued that...
Blinken 'confident' Gaza ceasefire to come, either under Biden or after
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced confidence Monday that a ceasefire deal in Gaza would come together, but possibly after President Joe Biden leaves office on January 20. Blinken, who tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully last year to broker a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, said...
Nippon Steel may sue US over Biden's block of US Steel acquisition
Nippon Steel, whose multibillion-dollar proposal to buy struggling US Steel was blocked by President Joe Biden last week, says it is considering taking legal action against the US government. We are considering this as an important option, Tadashi Imai, president of Nippon Steel, told reporters...
Messi, Bono, Soros receive Presidential Medal of Freedom from Biden
US President Joe Biden on Saturday will award thePresidential Medal of Freedom to 19 honorees, bestowing the highest civilianhonor in the United States to entertainers, sports stars, politicians and diplomats. Among those to receive honors from the outgoing US president are legendary U2 band...
The endgame in Ukraine
I must say that the situation is changing dramatically, Russias president, Vladimir Putin, declared at his end-of-year news conference in December. There is movement along the entire front line. Every day, he said. In eastern Ukraine, Moscows war machine is gradually churning mile by mile...
Nippon Steel proposes no cuts to US Steel's output for 10 years
Nippon Steel has sent the White House a new proposal on US Steel, attempting to get the green light from President Joe Biden to acquire the American company, a US media report said Tuesday. The proposition involves giving the US government a veto over reducing US Steels production capacity,...
US-backed Gaza famine report draws anger, scrutiny
United States President Joe Bidens administration is facing criticism after a US-backed report on famine in the Gaza Strip was retracted this week, drawing accusations of political interference and pro-Israel bias, reports Al Jazeera. The report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS...
Biden regrets leaving presidential race, thinks he could’ve beaten Trump: Report
President Biden privately regrets dropping out of this years presidential election and reportedly insists he couldve beaten President-elect Trump if he wasnt pushed out of the race by his own party. Biden and some of his aides have boasted to confidantes in recent days that the president...
Trump criticizes Biden as commutes 37 death sentences
US upcoming president Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Department of Justice to vigorously pursue the death penalty after President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 federal inmates to life in prison, reports CNN. Echoing his long-standing advocacy for use of the death...
Biden calls alliance with S. Korea ‘linchpin for peace’ in region
US President Joe Biden underscored the strength of the US relationship with South Korea during a call Saturday with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became acting president after the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, reports BSS. President Biden expressed his confidence that the Alliance will remain...
Biden issues 39 presidential pardons, commutes 1,500 sentences
US President Joe Biden has issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes, and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 other people. The White House described it as the most acts of presidential clemency issued in a single day. It has not given the names of the people...
Biden calls for Assad to be ‘held accountable’
US President Joe Biden on Sunday said deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad should be held accountable but called the nations political upheaval a historic opportunity for Syrians to rebuild their country. In the first full US reaction to Assads overthrow by an Islamist-led coalition of rebel...
Biden monitoring ‘extraordinary events’ in Syria: White House
US President Joe Biden is keeping a close eye on extraordinary events transpiring in Syria, the White House said late Saturday, after a war monitor said President Bashar al-Assad fled the country and rebels declared they have taken the capital, reports BSS. President Biden and his team are...
Biden hosts AIDS memorial quilt at White House for 'World AIDS Day'
President Joe Biden commemorated World AIDS Day on Sunday by hosting the AIDS Memorial Quilt on the South Lawn of the White House, marking the first time the quilt has been displayed at the executive residence. The event gathered survivors, advocates, and families to honor those who lost their...
Biden pardons son Hunter, breaking previous promise
President Joe Biden granted a full pardon to his son, Hunter Biden on Sunday reversing his previous promise not to get involved in his sons legal issues. The pardon clears Hunter of federal felony convictions related to gun and tax charges, sparing him potential prison time just weeks before...
US and others to make push for Gaza ceasefire: Biden
The United States president Joe Biden has said his country over the coming days will make another push with Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, and others for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where nearly 14 months of Israeli attacks have killed at least 44,282 Palestinians, reports Al Jazeera. In a...
Biden and Macron to declare Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire deal
The outgoing president of US Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce a ceasefire between Lebanons Hezbollah and Israel, reports Reuters. Citing at least four unnamed Lebanese officials, the media claimed on Monday that the announcement may come within 36 hours...
U.S. Embassy in Kyiv shuts down due to Russian air attack threat
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv said it would stay closed Wednesday after receiving a warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital, reports AP. The precautionary step came after Russian officials promised a response to President Bidens decision to let Ukraine strike...