- Extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances brought nearly to zero: Asaduzzaman
- Future traffic management must be technology-driven: IGP
- BB allows banks to offer loans against govt bonds
- PM urges nationwide cleanliness drive to prevent dengue, chikungunya
- DG urges a more transparent and accountable FSCD
- Main Eid Jamaat to be held at Nat’l Eidgah
- BNP wants effective, vibrant parliament: Chief Whip
- Nearly 780,000 displaced in Lebanon since Israeli attacks began
- Fuel being unloaded from six ships, four more on way
- Mohammadpur cat killing accused sentenced to 6 months in jail
- President to address Parliament: Home Minister
- Iran’s new supreme leader safe despite injury reports
- Former chief justice Khairul Haque granted bail, release hurdle cleared
- Tigers to bowl first in first ODI against Pakistan
- Most of Iran’s women’s soccer team leave Australia, few accept asylum offers
- BPC increases fuel supply to petrol pumps
- Cargo ship on fire in Strait of Hormuz, crew evacuating: UKMTO
- BPP meets to finalise Speaker, Deputy Speaker candidates
- Scientists create AI-powered digital library of ants
- Elon Musk worth $839bn in new Forbes list
Infantino says Trump assured Iran can travel to US for World Cup
FIFA expects Irans national football team will be able to travel to the United States and participate in the upcoming World Cup despite tensions between the two countries, reports AP. FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Tuesday that he discussed tournament preparations with US President Donald...
Iran vows oil blockade until attacks end, Trump warns of intensified strikes
Irans Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that they would prevent one litre of oil from leaving the Middle East if U.S. and Israeli attacks continue, escalating tensions in a region that supplies a fifth of the worlds oil, reports Reuters. President Donald Trump responded with a stark warning,...
Trump on Cuba: “May or may not be a friendly takeover”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday described Cuba as being in deep trouble on a humanitarian level and said that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is handling the situation, which may or may not be a friendly takeover. Hes dealing with it, and it may be a friendly takeover, it may not be a...
US may take some oil sanctions off: Trump
Washington will lift oil sanctions on some countries and may even refrain from reinstating those, US President Donald Trump announced, reports Tass. Were going to take those sanctions off till this straightens out. Then, who knows, maybe we wont have to put them on, Trump told reporters at his...
Putin and Trump hold hour-long call on Iran, Ukraine conflicts
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a phone conversation with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov has told journalists. The American president initiated the call to discuss the latest international developments, he said, reports Russia Today. The conversation...
Trump slams Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment as Iran projects defiance
US President Donald Trump says he is not happy with the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as Irans new supreme leader, reports Al Jazeera. He had warned repeatedly against electing the son of assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to lead the country as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran...
Oil plunges, stocks rally as Trump says war ‘pretty much’ complete
Oil prices tumbled and global equities rallied Tuesday after US President Donald Trump suggested the US-Israel war against Iran could end sooner than expected, reports AFP. Crude markets swung sharply over the past 24 hours as the conflict in the oil-rich Middle East entered its second week with...
Trump says he will decide, with Israel, when Iran war ends
US President Donald Trump said he will decide, together with Israel, when to end the war with Iran, CNN reported. In a brief telephone interview with The Times of Israel, Trump said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be part of the decision but that Washington will have the...
US does not need UK Iran war: Trump
United States President Donald Trump has posted on social media that he does not need the United Kingdom to deploy aircraft carriers to the Middle East, amid the ongoing war with Iran, reports Al Jazeera. Saturdays post on Truth Social follows a statement from the UKs Ministry of Defence that...
Trump demands ‘unconditional surrender’ from Iran
US President Donald Trump said Washington is not seeking a negotiated settlement with Iran and instead wants Tehrans unconditional surrender as the conflict between the two countries intensifies, reports Al Jazeera. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said the United States...
US unlikely to repeat Venezuela-style ‘regime capture’ in Iran: The Guardian
Experts said that the United States is unlikely to replicate in Iran the strategy it recently used in Venezuela to remove a hostile government and install a more compliant leadership. US President Donald Trump has suggested that Washington could play a role in selecting Irans next leader...
Only Iran's ‘unconditional surrender’ can end war, Trump says
US President Donald Trump said Friday that only Irans unconditional surrender would end the escalating Middle East war, as global oil prices surged amid fears of major supply disruptions, reports AFP. The conflict has expanded rapidly across the region, with Israel intensifying air strikes on...
Israel announces new wave of 'broad-scale' strikes on Tehran
Israel announced a new wave of broad-scale strikes on Tehran on Saturday, as US President Donald Trump said only Irans unconditional surrender would bring an end to the escalating Middle East war, reports AFP. Iran meanwhile launched attacks on Israel and its Gulf neighbors. Saudi Arabia said it...
Trump betrayed diplomacy and Americans who elected him: Iran FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that US President Trump has betrayed diplomacy and Americans who elected him by launching attacks in the middle of nuclear negotiations with Iran, reports Al Jazeera. When complex nuclear negotiations are treated like a real estate transaction, and...
Trump says he ‘does not care’ if Iran play in World Cup
US President Donald Trump has said he is unconcerned about whether Iran take part in this summers 2026 World Cup, as tensions escalate following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, reports BBC. The United States will co-host the tournament from June 11 to July 19 alongside Canada and Mexico. In an...
Trump attacks Britain’s PM Starmer for not joining Iran war
US President Trump has lashed out at Britains PM Starmer for refusing to back Washingtons war against Iran, warning that the so-called special relationship now faces strain, Al Jazeera reported. He has not been helpfulI never thought Id see that. I never thought Id see that from the UK, Trump...
Democrats say any threat posed by Iran was to Israel, not the US
Democratic members of the US Congress have criticised claims by the Trump administration that recent strikes on Iran were justified due to a threat to the United States, saying any danger from Tehran was directed at Israel, not Washington, reports Al Jazeera. Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia...
Trump will not let US get ‘into a multi-year conflict’: Vance
US Vice President JD Vance has dismissed critics who say Trump has broken his campaign promise to avoid endless foreign wars, reports Al Jazeera. Speaking on Fox News, Vance argued that Trumps decision to attack Iran was different to the US wars on Iraq and Afghanistan. Whats different about...
No sign Iran planned to attack US first
Officials from the administration of US President Donald Trump told Congress there was no indication that Iran was preparing to attack the United States before the joint US-Israeli strikes that reportedly killed Irans Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, reports Reuters. Citing two sources familiar with...
Trump vows to avenge us troops, says Iran war could last weeks
US President Donald Trump vowed Sunday to avenge the deaths of three American service members killed in the ongoing conflict with Iran, reports Agencies. He also warned that the war could last for weeks and that more casualties were likely. In a video address posted on Truth Social, Trump...
How US-Iran tensions could shape world markets
The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting its leadership and plunging the Middle East into a new conflict that President Donald Trump said would end a security threat and give Iranians a chance to topple their rulers. The strikes put nearby oil-producing Gulf...
Trump announces ‘major combat operations’ as US joins Israeli strikes on Iran
US President Donald Trump announced that the United States has begun major combat operations in Iran, hours after Israel said it had launched missile attacks on the country. Short time ago, US military began major combat operation in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by...
US backs Pakistan’s ‘right to defend itself’ amid escalation with Afghan Taliban
The United States said Friday it supports Pakistans right to defend itself after Islamabad launched airstrikes on neighboring Afghanistan and declared war against its Taliban-led government following escalating clashes, reports AFP. Allison Hooker, the US under secretary of state for political...
US–Iran nuclear talks end without breakthrough, war risks persist
Indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehrans nuclear program ended Thursday without an agreement, underscoring persistent tensions and the risk of renewed conflict in the Middle East, reports AP. Omans Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who mediated the talks in Geneva,...
US and Iran to hold talks today as pressure for nuclear deal builds
US and Iranian officials are due to meet in Geneva on Thursday for a third round of indirect talks, as President Donald Trump threatens to strike Iran if a nuclear deal is not reached, BBC reported. The discussions come amid the largest US military build-up in the Middle East since the US-led...
Trump warns countries against ‘playing games’ with tariffs
US President Donald Trump on Monday warned countries that they would face significantly higher tariffs if they chose to play games with trade, following the US Supreme Courts ruling that struck down several Trump-era tariff measures, reports AFP. Any country that wants to play games with the...
Trump-backed stablecoin USD1 briefly dips after attack, quickly recovers
The Trump family-backed crypto stablecoin, USD1, briefly fell below its $1 benchmark on Monday, dipping to around $0.994 before swiftly recovering, reports Reuters. A spokesman for World Liberty Financial, for which USD1 is a signature product, told Reuters that its engineering and security...
Trump’s Letter: Courtesy or Strategy?
The current phase of Bangladeshs politics and statecraft cannot be confined to a single event. Rather, multiple threadsdiplomacy, global relations, political conduct, and the human foundations of culturecome together to form a larger picture. While four separate developments have emerged this week,...