- BNP focuses entirely on elections
- Instagram profile grids to switch from squares to rectangles
- Govt seeks opinion on July proclamation
- Over 50,000 garment workers unemployed in a year
- Russia sentences Navalny lawyers to prison for relaying his messages
- 116 Palestinians killed since agreement announced
- Erdogan criticizes opposition over mayor's arrest amid corruption probe
- Trump to be sworn in at indoor ceremony first time due to extreme cold
- UK to announce significant hike in visa sponsorship fees
- David Lynch, iconic filmmaker, dies at 78
- Import duty hike sends fruit market in turmoil
- Dhaka's air quality 2nd worst globally this morning
- Unsweetened coffee reduces Alzheimer's disease risk by 30%
- UK central bank's Bailey warns of economic nationalism risks
- Awareness meeting on dowry held in Dinajpur
- Country at 5 risks, inflation at top
- TikTok says it will go dark Sunday without Biden’s interference
- ISRO releases video of SpaDeX satellite docking
- Rangpur Riders extend perfect winning streak to eight
- Israel prepares for hostages’ return
Russia sentences Navalny lawyers to prison for relaying his messages
Russia has sentenced three lawyers who defended opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison terms for passing on his messages from behind bars. This case, unfolding amid a broader crackdown on dissent during Russias invasion of Ukraine, has sparked alarm among rights groups, who fear an escalation...
Iranian president arrives in Russia to ink partnership treaty
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Russia on Friday for the signing of a broad cooperation treaty as his country grapples with growing economic problems and other challenges. After laying a wreath at the Unknown Soldiers Tomb at the Kremlin Wall, Pezeshkian was to hold talks with...
Oil prices rise on supply concerns, Fed rate cut expectations
Oil prices climbed on Friday, set for a fourth consecutive weekly gain, fueled by concerns over tightening supply due to U.S. sanctions on Russian oil producers and signals from a Federal Reserve official hinting at potential interest rate cuts, reports Reuters. Brent crude futures rose by 13...
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
BBC reported the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is willing to hand over two captured North Korean soldiers to Pyongyang in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia. For those North Korean soldiers who do not wish to return, there may be other options available, Zelensky said on...
N Korean troops boost combat skills in Ukraine, strengthen Russia ties
Ukrainian forces have been confronting an unfamiliar enemy on the battlefield: North Korean soldiers deployed to support Russia. Their arrival, following a summer incursion by Ukraine into Russias Kursk region, marks a significant escalation in the war. Initially inexperienced, the North Korean...
Russia to continue oil and gas projects despite US sanctions
Russia would continue with large oil and gas projects, said Russias Foreign Ministry on Saturday, as reported by Reuters. Foreign ministry claimed new U.S. sanctions against Moscows energy sector as an attempt to harm Russias economy at the risk of destabilising global markets. A statement...
Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia
Two wounded North Korean soldiers have been captured as prisoners of war by Ukrainian troops in Russias Kursk Oblast. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday. The two men are receiving necessary medical assistance and are in the custody of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)...
US, UK impose sweeping sanctions on Russia's oil industry
The United States and the United Kingdom imposed further sanctions on Russias energy sector on Friday in an attempt to curb funding for Moscows full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The US Treasury Department said it was designating two of Russias largest oil companies, Gazprom Neft and...
Iran, Russia to sign comprehensive cooperation deal
The presidents of Iran and Russia will sign a comprehensive agreement for long-term cooperation in Moscow in mid-January. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed the development. Speaking to reporters at his weekly press conference in Tehran on Monday, Baghaei said the...
Russia claims to have downed 8 US-made ATACMS
CNN reported that Russia has vowed retaliation after claiming to have shot down eight US-made ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine on Saturday morning. Moscow sees the use of such missiles, which have a range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles), as a major escalation. The countrys air defenses...
Brazilian investigators join forces to extract data from crashed Azerbaijani Airliner’s black box
A team of Brazilian air force investigators is collaborating with experts from three other countries to analyze data extracted from the black box of an Azerbaijani airliner that tragically crashed in Kazakhstan on December 25, killing 38 people. Azerbaijan has claimed the aircraft was...
Highest price for war: Russia lost 4,30,000 soldiers in 2024, says Ukraine
Russias gradual, grinding advance in parts of Ukraines eastern region of Donetsk succeeded in wresting away 4,168 sq km (1,609 square miles) of fields and abandoned villages in 2024 equivalent to 0.69 percent of the country. That was the assessment of the Institute for the Study of War, a...
Ukraine hopes to withstand war with West’s help: Kazakh President
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Russia is militarily invincible while Ukraine is trying to withstand in the armed conflict with the Wests help at least not to lose in it. He said it in an interview with the Ana tili (Native Language) newspaper on Friday. The situation is unique....
2024: Russian made more than 1,500 strikes by precision weapons
Russian state news agency TASS reported that the countrys forces made more than 1,500 group strikes by high-precision weapons and attack drones against military targets in Ukraine in 2024. The media referred data released in weekly reports of the Russian Defense Ministry, More than 1,500 group...
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...
Russians have greater media freedom on Telegram than EU citizens, says Durov
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has stated that Russians enjoy more media freedom on the platform than EU citizens, in a New Years message posted Tuesday, reports RT. Durov highlighted that while some Russian media outlets are banned in the EU under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and sanctions, all...
Ukraine to end transit of Russian gas to European Union
Russian gas supplies to European Union (EU) states via Ukraine are to end on Wednesday, when a five-year deal between Ukraines gas transit operator Naftogaz and Russias Gazprom expires. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not allow Russia to earn additional billions on...
Zelenskiy pins hopes on continued U.S. support
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late on Tuesday that no one would give peace to his country as a gift, but he believed the United States would stand alongside Kyiv as it fights to stop Russias 34-month invasion. Zelenskiy, in a slick 21-minute New Year video greeting to his...
Sanction imposed on Russian judge for detention of human rights advocate Gorinov
Olesya Mendeleeva, the Russian judge who sentenced Moscow city councilor and human rights advocate Alexei Gorinov to seven years in prison, has been sanctioned on Tuesday (Washington local time) under the Global Magnitsky sanctions program. The 2022 ruling, which aimed to suppress dissent against...
Sanctions enacted against Iranian-Russian interference in US elections
The United States has imposed sanctions on individuals and organizations linked to Iranian and Russian interference in the 2024 general election. The action of Tuesday (Washington local time) targets efforts to undermine democratic institutions and sow sociopolitical discord. Among those...
Ukrainian drone attack causes oil depot fire: Russian governor
A Ukrainian drone attack in western Russia caused a fuel spill and fire at an oil depot, a Russian regional governor said Tuesday, reports AFP. Vasily Anokhin, the governor of Smolensk region -- which borders Ukraine -- said that Russian air defence systems had suppressed an attack by Ukrainian...
Can Ukraine face another year of war?
Ukraine is losing the battle on the ground. Many of its soldiers are tired and exhausted after three years of fighting. The question can the country endure another year of war? Their forces are still resisting Russian advances in the east. But theyre almost surrounded near the town of Kurakhove...
Azerbaijan urges Russia to accept blame for plane crash
Azerbaijans President Ilham Aliyev has called on Russia to accept blame for a plane crash on Christmas Day that killed 38 people. The plane is thought to have come under fire from Russian air defence systems as it tried to land in Chechnya before being diverted to Kazakhstan, where it crashed,...
Projects are being affected as donors not disbursing funds
Foreign aid supply flow falls because of go slow policy of several Asian stakeholders. Funding disbursement from development partners have significantly decreased during a crucial moment, when Bangladesh needs dollars to increase its forex reserves. Officials informed that they see a slow pace...
Sanctions imposed on Georgia’s ruling party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili
Bidzina Grigoris Dze Ivanishvili, founder and honorary chairman of Georgias ruling party, Georgian Dream, has been sanctioned for undermining the democratic and Euro-Atlantic future of Georgia in favor of the Russian Federation. The U.S. Department of State, through Secretary of State Antony...
Blinken condemns Russian attacks, reaffirms US commitment
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Friday (Washington local time) to address Russias intensified missile and drone attacks on Ukraine. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller informed that the discussion covered battlefield updates...
no violation of airspace by Russian missile: Romania
NATO member Romania said Wednesday it had not detected any Russian missile passing through its airspace to target Ukraine as claimed by Kyiv, reports AFP. Ukraine said Russia had launched 170 drones and missiles targeting its energy grid in an inhumane Christmas Day attack. The Romanian...
Russian cargo ship under US sanctions sinks
A Russian cargo ship, Ursa Major, has sunk in the Mediterranean between Spain and Algeria after an explosion in the engine room. According to Russias foreign ministry, 14 members of the crew had been rescued and taken to the Spanish port of Cartagena but that two others were missing. Ursa...