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US sends 17,000-tonne food aid for Rohingyas

The US has sent 17,000 tonnes of vital food aid to Bangladesh this week, to support Rohingya refugees residing in Coxs Bazar camps. The aid has reached Chattogram seaport, the US embassy in Dhaka has said in a statement. The food aid, produced by American farmers, will be delivered through...

Carmakers face doubts and jolts over US tariffs

Raise prices or cut into their margins, open or close factories: carmakers must soon make major decisions as the United States imposes stiff tariffs on imported vehicles, reports BSS. The 25-percent tariffs that the administration of President Donald Trump is imposing as of April 3 will apply to...

100% tariffs from India, 50% from EU: White House

Amid suspense over US President Donald Trumps Liberation Day tariff plans, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday that there wont be any exemptions on reciprocal tariffs, reports NDTV. Listing tariffs imposed on American products by foreign nations, Ms Leavitt said that...

Iran rejects direct nuclear talks with Trump

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ruled out direct negotiations with the administration of US President Donald Trump over the countrys nuclear programme but signalled a willingness for indirect talks, while Trump threatened bombings and secondary tariffs if Tehran does not come to an...

No substitute for NATO, says former British PM Boris Johnson

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that Europeans should not be deluded into thinking there is an alternative defense framework to NATO. In an article for the Daily Mail on Friday, he stressed the need for European nations to increase their defense spending. This follows a report...

UAE to use drones, AI to sight Shawwal crescent

Five AI-powered national observatories will participate in the crescent moon sighting as the UAE Fatwa Council will convene Shawwal Crescent Sighting Committee meeting on March 29. The meeting will be held at the historic Al-Hosn site in Abu Dhabi, which was selected due to its national and...

US Defense gives $1B contract to GDEB for Virginia-class Block VI submarines

General Dynamics Electric Boat has secured a $1 billion contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense to procure long lead time materials for the Virginia-class Block VI submarines. The agreement supports efforts to strengthen the U.S. Navys submarine fleet by ensuring a steady supply...

Greenland’s PM slams ‘highly aggressive’ visit by US officials

Greenlands prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is highly aggressive, plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory, reports CNN. Vance, the wife of US Vice President JD...

European nations tighten U.S. travel advisories

Several European countries have updated their travel advisories for the United States this week following the detention of multiple European nationals, including German citizens, upon arrival, reports Xhinhua. Germanys Foreign Office said it is taking the recent incidents involving German...

US revokes temporary status of 5 lakh migrants

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month, reports NDTV. The order applies to about 5, 32, 000 people from the four...

Trump reverses tariff hike on Canada, sparking market turmoil

President Donald Trump reversed his decision to double tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada to 50% on Tuesday afternoon, just hours after announcing the increase, causing chaos in financial markets. The switch came after a Canadian official also backed off his own plans for a 25% surcharge...

Zelensky apologizes to Trump for Oval Office clash, US envoy claims

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has apologized to former U.S. President Donald Trump for their heated Oval Office exchange, U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff said in a Fox News interview on March 10, reports Kyiv Independent. Zelensky sent a letter to the president. He apologized for...

James Cameron confirms longer runtime for Avatar 3

James Cameron has confirmed that Avatar: Fire and Ash will have a longer runtime than Avatar: The Way of Water, which was already an epic three hours and 12 minutes. Speaking to Empire magazine, the filmmaker explained that the decision stemmed from having too many compelling ideas packed into the...

Iran not received Trump’s letter to negotiate nuclear deal

Iran said that it has yet to receive a letter from the US President Donald Trump after he had sent one seeking talks with the countrys leadership about its nuclear programme, reports Al Jazeera. We have not received such a letter so far, a spokesman for Irans embassy said on Friday. The...

Hundreds of US diplomats oppose USAID cuts

Hundreds of diplomats at the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development have written a letter addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio protesting the dismantling of USAID, saying its demise would undermine U.S. leadership and security and create a power vacuum which China and...

MoFA refutes Trump’s allegation linking $29m

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has refuted the claim that the USAID awarded an organization in Bangladesh with $29 million which is owned by only two individuals, reports BSS. Recently, US President Donald Trump made the remark about Strengthening Political Landscape (SPL) Project in...

Most USAID employees to be fired or put on leave

USAID stated that most of its workers will be sent on leave or fired by midnight on Sunday as the Trump administration reduces government spending, reports AFP. Around 1,600 workers based in the United States will be laid off in a reduction-in-force effort, according to a notice on the US Agency...

Trump criticizes USAID funding for India, sparks diplomatic tensions

US President Donald Trump has criticized the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for allegedly allocating funds to interfere in Indias electoral process, reports UNB. He questions why American taxpayers money was being sent to the country. Speaking at the Conservative...

US imposes sanctions on drivers of violence in Congo

On Thursday, the United States imposed sanctions on two individuals and two entities linked to violence and human rights abuses in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The sanctions target Rwandas Minister of State for Regional Integration, James Kabarebe, as well as the M23 group...

Nearly 10,000 fired as Trump, Musk step up assault on US agencies

The campaign by President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk to radically cut back the US bureaucracy spread on Friday, firing more than 9,500 workers who handled everything from managing federal lands to caring for military veterans. Workers at the departments of Interior, Energy, Veterans...

Anger, chaos take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs

Workers across the U.S. responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administrations aggressive effort to shrink the federal workforce. Agencies were ordered to lay off probationary employees who had yet to qualify for civil service protections. While much of the...

BNP delegation joins national prayer breakfast in USA

A delegation of BNP joined the National Prayer Breakfast event in Washington DC, the USA on Wednesday (local time), reports BSS. Partys Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and acting Chairman Tarique Rahmans representative...

Trump administration to withdraw most USAID workers

The Trump administration has announced plans to withdraw nearly all employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from their global assignments, effectively dismantling the agencys long-standing mission of addressing global hunger, education, and disease prevention, reports...

Hundreds of US government websites go offline amid controversial cuts

Hundreds of US government websites went offline on Monday, with more than 350 sites unavailable, according to an AFP review of federal sites. The outage affected key departments, including Defense, Commerce, Energy, Transportation, Labor, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency and the Supreme...

Arrest warrant issued for New York doctor for prescribing abortion pill

An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country. Grand jurors at the District...

Texas authority bans DeepSeek, RedNote from government devices

Texas governor Greg Abbott has banned the use of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence platform, on state-issued devices, making Texas the first U.S. state to impose such a restriction. The move comes as DeepSeek gains traction in the U.S., shaking up the AI industry with its ability to rival...

The rise of Donald Trump’s meme coin in the crypto market

The cryptocurrency world is buzzing with the rise of the Donald Trump meme coin ($TRUMP), a digital token that blends political identity with speculative trading. Its dramatic price movements and political affiliations have turned it into one of the most talked-about crypto assets. But why are...

FBI closes diversity office amid growing political debate

The FBI has officially confirmed the closure of its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), a move that has sparked political controversy and raised questions about the agencys direction under the incoming administration. The announcement, made public by the agency in a statement to Fox...