Putin gifts over 70 animals to North Korean zoo following troop support for Russian army
Putin gifts over 70 animals to North Korean zoo following troop support for Russian army

Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented over 70 animals from Moscow Zoo, including an African lion and brown bears, to Pyongyang Central Zoo in North Korea. The move comes amid reports that over 10,000 North Korean troops have joined the Russian Army in its ongoing operations in Ukraine,...

President Shahabuddin recalls Liberation War martyrs on Armed Forces Day
President Shahabuddin recalls Liberation War martyrs on Armed Forces Day

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday paid tribute to the martyrs of the Bangladesh Liberation War by placing a wreath at the Shikha Anirban (Eternal Flame) in the Dhaka Cantonment area. The president paid the tributes to the martyrs to commemorate the Armed Forces Day today (November 21),...

U.S. Embassy in Kyiv shuts down due to Russian air attack threat
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...

New Canadian High Commissioner submits credentials to President
New Canadian High Commissioner submits credentials to President

On Wednesday, President Mohammed Shahabuddin called on the international community, including Canada, to take robust actions to address the ongoing Rohingya crisis. The President made this appeal during a meeting with Ajit Singh, the newly appointed High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh, who...

Paraguayan president hospitalized after falling ill at G20 summit
Paraguayan president hospitalized after falling ill at G20 summit

Paraguays President Santiago Pena was taken to a Rio hospital late Monday after falling ill while attending a G20 summit, officials said, reports BSS. We inform that the President of the Republic, Santiago Pena, was treated today at the Samaritano Hospital (Botafogo) in Rio de Janeiro due to an...

Ex-Serbian President Tadić lauds Prof Yunus's leadership
Ex-Serbian President Tadić lauds Prof Yunus's leadership

Former Serbian President Boris Tadić paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday, reports BSS. The former Serbian president praised Prof Yunuss leadership and the mass uprising of July and August. He said he would be keen to support Bangladesh. I love...

What could a Trump 2.0 presidency mean for the world?
What could a Trump 2.0 presidency mean for the world?

As Donald Trump seeks a second term as U.S. president, many are asking whether his approach will differ from his first stint in office. While domestic policies dominate concerns within the U.S., the world is watching closely, particularly when it comes to his foreign policy. Donald Trump is...

Kyiv aims at ending war by diplomacy next year: Zelensky
Kyiv aims at ending war by diplomacy next year: Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through diplomatic means, as both countries prepare for Donald Trumps return to the White House. February 2025 would mark the third anniversary of Moscows invasion of Ukraine, with...

President pays homage to Maulana Bhasani on his death anniversary
President pays homage to Maulana Bhasani on his death anniversary

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Saturday paid rich tributes to late politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, popularly known as Majlum Jananeta (the leader of the downtrodden) on his 48th death anniversary on Sunday. On the 48th death anniversary of the Majlum Jananeta Maulana Abdul Hamid...

Biden meets allies, gives signals of 'significant political change'
Biden meets allies, gives signals of 'significant political change'

US President Joe Biden has tried to reassure the leaders of Japan and South Korea as the allies met on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Peru. Joe Bidensought to use the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru to shore up relations with key allies beforeDonald Trumpreenters the White...

Five key takeaways from Trump’s first week as President-Elect
Five key takeaways from Trump’s first week as President-Elect

Donald Trump has quickly begun laying the groundwork for his second term in the White House following his victory in the U.S. presidential election. He has made his priorities clear from the outset, surprising many in Washington and across the globe with his early moves. Here are the key...

Germany's Scholz holds first conversation with Russia's Putin in two years
Germany's Scholz holds first conversation with Russia's Putin in two years

The leaders of Russia and Germany held their first conversation in nearly two years as Western nations brace for the incoming Trump administration, which has signaled its intent to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz initiated a phone call with Russian President...

Karoline Leavitt: Youngest White House press secretary
Karoline Leavitt: Youngest White House press secretary

Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trumps 27-year-old pick for White House press secretary, has had a meteoric rise since getting her break as a student assistant for Fox News during his 2016 campaign for the White House, reports BSS. After serving as an assistant press secretary during...

Azerbaijan expresses interest in strengthening ties with Bangladesh
Azerbaijan expresses interest in strengthening ties with Bangladesh

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev expressed his countrys eagerness to strengthen its ties with Bangladesh and elevate their bilateral relationship to new heights. He shared this view during a meeting with Banadesh Chief Advisgler Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the COP29 global...

FIFA President to Join Youth Festival in January
FIFA President to Join Youth Festival in January

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has said he will join the youth festival set to be held in Bangladesh in January, reports UNB. Infantino accepted an invitation extended by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, who briefed him on the festivals goals and sought his support in bringing renowned womens...

Indonesian president starts U.S. visit with call to Trump ahead of Biden meeting
Indonesian president starts U.S. visit with call to Trump ahead of Biden meeting

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto extended his congratulations to Donald Trump on his election victory during a phone call after arriving in Washington for an official visit. The visit includes a scheduled meeting with President Joe Biden on Tuesday. Prabowo, who has said he will pursue a...

Trump may pick China hawk for crucial national security role
Trump may pick China hawk for crucial national security role

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked former a army special forces veteran and noted China hawk, Michael Waltz, for the crucial National Security Advisor post in the White House, reports said on Monday. Waltz looks set to be a key advisor in the incoming adminstration as it faces a raft of...

Judge to decide if Trump’s hush money conviction is affected by president-elect immunity claim
Judge to decide if Trump’s hush money conviction is affected by president-elect immunity claim

After Donald Trumps criminal conviction last spring on 34 counts of falsifying business records, many defendants would have been reeling. But for Trump, it became a rallying point. His supporters emblazoned T-shirts, hats, and lawn signs with the slogan, Im Voting for the Felon, turning the legal...

Trump announces immigration official Tom Homan as 'border czar'
Trump announces immigration official Tom Homan as 'border czar'

US President-elect Donald Trump said late Sunday he was bringing back hardline immigration official Tom Homan to oversee the countrys borders in the incoming administration, reports BSS. I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be...

Trump wins Arizona, completing sweep of swing states
Trump wins Arizona, completing sweep of swing states

Donald Trump, Republican candidate for the presidential election 2024 of the United States has secured 270 electoral-college votes needed to win the election early Wednesday, reports Al Jazeera. However, the Associated Press declared on Saturday that Donald Trump has won the presidential...

10 arrested over implementing orders from Hasina’s viral audio clip
10 arrested over implementing orders from Hasina’s viral audio clip

Police on Saturday night arrested 10 individuals in Dhaka on charges of implementing orders from former prime minister Sheikh Hasina given in an audio clip which went viral recently. A large amount of evidence was also recovered from them during the arrest, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)...

Pelosi blames Biden for election loss
Pelosi blames Biden for election loss

The Former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Democrats might have fared better in election if President Joe Biden had exited the race sooner, reports BBC. Pelosi - one of the most powerful politicians in Washington - told the New York Times that had the president gotten...

No space for AL collaborators in politics: Nur
No space for AL collaborators in politics: Nur

Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur on Friday said the collaborators of the fascist Awami League will not get any space in the politics of Bangladesh. Theres no place for fascism in this Bangladesh. Those who were collaborators of the Awami League will have no place in this country,...

Trump's foreign policy: Balancing alliances in a time of global tensions
Trump's foreign policy: Balancing alliances in a time of global tensions

U.S. presidents usually pay lip service at least to being leaders of the free world, at the helm of a mighty democracy and military that allies worldwide can rally around and reasonably depend upon for support in return. Not so under President-elect Donald Trump, a critic of many existing U.S....

Biden promises 'peaceful' transition in wake of Trump win
Biden promises 'peaceful' transition in wake of Trump win

US PresidentJoe Bidengave an address tothe nation on Thursday, in his first comments sinceDonald Trumpselectionwin over presidential rival and Bidens Vice PresidentKamala Harris. On January 20, we will have a peaceful transfer of power, Biden saidin the Rose Garden of the White House. We have 74...

Biden to address nation after Trump's mighty comeback
Biden to address nation after Trump's mighty comeback

US President Joe Biden is set to deliver a poignant address to the nation on Thursday, pledging a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump following his decisive victory over Kamala Harris. In what promises to be an agonizing moment for Biden, he will speak in the Rose Garden of the White...

Trump and allies prepare for power shift following landslide victory over Harris
Trump and allies prepare for power shift following landslide victory over Harris

President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters geared up on Wednesday to assume power following a resounding election win that could grant Republicans full control of the government and provide Trump with a strong mandate to implement his bold agenda for change. Vice President Kamala Harris...

World leaders rally to congratulate Donald Trump
World leaders rally to congratulate Donald Trump

Global leaders have extended early congratulations to Donald Trump on what many are calling a historic comeback to the White House. Despite the official results not yet being declared, the election has drawn considerable international response, reports UNB. Ukrainian President Volodymyr...