Ukraine reportedly fires UK 'Storm Shadow' missiles into Russia
Ukraine reportedly fires UK 'Storm Shadow' missiles into Russia

Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time, British media reported Wednesday, after being given the green light from London. Several missiles were launched against at least one Russian military target, The Financial Times said, citing an unidentified...

VR training tool to boost surgical skills of ophthalmologists
VR training tool to boost surgical skills of ophthalmologists

Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) has been equipped with a virtual reality training tool to boost the surgical skills of ophthalmologists. Orbis International has donated the simulation tool it has developed in partnership with medical technology company Fundamental VR to...

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...

Erdogan opposes US move to allow Ukraine use long range-missiles
Erdogan opposes US move to allow Ukraine use long range-missiles

Turkish media have quoted that Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying that he opposes the USs decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to attack inside Russia, reports Al Jazeera. Such a development might inflame the conflict and bring the region and countries beyond to the...

Train derails in B'Baria, up line services halted
Train derails in B'Baria, up line services halted

A container train derailed in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday at around 11:30 am. Due to the accident, train services on the up line towards Dhaka have been halted. Confirming the incident, Md. Jashim Uddin, station master of Brahmanbaria, told that the Dhaka-bound container train No. 601 crossed...

Ukraine’s success in building clean energy is Putin’s achilles heel
Ukraine’s success in building clean energy is Putin’s achilles heel

CEO of DTEK Maxim Timchenko pulls out a piece of paper with bar charts showing how much new electricity his company has brought online this year in the country versus how much Russian bombs have destroyed. Total electricity goes up, then down, then up, then down capturing the companys constant...

US temporarily shuts its embassy in Kyiv
US temporarily shuts its embassy in Kyiv

The US Embassy in Kyiv announced a temporary closure following specific intelligence of a potential large-scale air attack expected on Wednesday, reports India Today. The US department of states consular affairs said in a statement, Out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed, and...

US to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines
US to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines

A defence official said the US outgoing president Joe Biden has agreed to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines, reports BBC. The US made the decision aiming to slow Russian troops who have been steadily advancing in Ukraines east in recent months. The official, who was speaking on condition...

Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches 1,000-day mark
Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches 1,000-day mark

Russia conducted drone attacks on Ukraine overnight, intensifying its full-scale invasion as the conflict reached its 1,000th day. In the northeastern region of Sumy, a Russian drone strike claimed the lives of six people, including a child, and left 12 others injured, according to regional...

Delhi declares air emergency, seeks Centre's approval for artificial rain
Delhi declares air emergency, seeks Centre's approval for artificial rain

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has written to the Central government, requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modis intervention to initiate artificial rain in the capital to tackle the deteriorating air quality. Addressing the media on Tuesday, Rai stated, Layers of smog have blanketed North...

G20 summit calls for Gaza aid and resolution to Ukraine conflict
G20 summit calls for Gaza aid and resolution to Ukraine conflict

Leaders of the worlds 20 largest economies have called for a global agreement to combat hunger, increased humanitarian aid for Gaza, and an end to hostilities in both the Middle East and Ukraine. The leaders issued a joint declaration on Monday that emphasized these priorities but offered few...

Team Trump criticizes Biden's decision on missiles for Ukraine
Team Trump criticizes Biden's decision on missiles for Ukraine

Donald Trumps allies sharply criticized President Joe Biden on Monday for allowing Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia, accusing him of escalating the conflict, reports AFP. With two months left in office, lame-duck US President Biden made a major...

Kim slams US, West over Ukraine
Kim slams US, West over Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the United States and the West are using the Ukrainian military as shock troops to fight Russia and risk triggering a global conflict, state media reported Monday. Seoul and Washington have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending more than 10,000 soldiers...

Trump may review Biden’s decision using long-range missile
Trump may review Biden’s decision using long-range missile

The United Nations president elect Donald Trump may review his predecessors decision to authorize the use of US-supplied long-range missiles to strike inside Russia, reports TASS. In condition of anonymity, a member of Trumps translation team shard this information to the media. I suspect...

Russia launches fiercest missile and drone strike on Ukraine
Russia launches fiercest missile and drone strike on Ukraine

A Russian strike on a nine-story building in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy has left at least eight people dead and dozens more injured, according to officials. The attack comes as Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile barrage, described by authorities as the most extensive in recent...

Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia
Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia

A US official informed AFP on Sunday that President Joe Biden has granted Kyiv permission to deploy long-range American missiles against military targets in Russia, shortly after Russia carried out a deadly strike on Ukraines power grid. The official, who spoke anonymously, confirmed reports...

Oil prices edge higher after Russia-Ukraine tensions escalate
Oil prices edge higher after Russia-Ukraine tensions escalate

Oil prices rose slightly on Monday following an escalation in fighting between Russia and Ukraine over the weekend. However, gains were limited by concerns over weak fuel demand in China, the worlds second-largest oil consumer, and projections of a global oil surplus, reports Reuters. Brent...

Russia launches ‘massive’ strike on Ukraine: Zelensy
Russia launches ‘massive’ strike on Ukraine: Zelensy

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has launched a massive air strike on Ukraines energy system in the early hours of Sunday morning, reports Guardian. Citing Reuters the media reported the Vladimir Putins forces have fired about 120 missiles and 90 drones. However, Zelenskyy...

How food cravings trigger your brain's reward system and affect mental health
How food cravings trigger your brain's reward system and affect mental health

During challenging times, we often turn to comfort food for reassurance. After heartbreak, we crave something sweet, and at other times, cravings seem to appear out of nowhere. Cravings arent exclusive to womens PMS phase; men experience them too. Some even talk about sharing pregnancy cravings...

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...

German chancellor opens “Pandora’s box” with Putin: Zelensky
German chancellor opens “Pandora’s box” with Putin: Zelensky

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that the German chancellor Olaf Scholz is opening Pandoras Box with the Russian president Vladimir Putin, reports CNN. He made the criticism following a conversation between two world leaders that took place on Firday, first time in two years. It comes...

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...

Russia breaks silence with drone and missile
Russia breaks silence with drone and missile

Russia on Wednesday morning struck Kyiv with a combined missile and drone attack for the first time in 73 days, reports AP. Confirming the issue to the media, top Ukrainian officials said that the attack damage is still being assessed. Air raid warnings blared for hours, Serhii Popko, head of...

Putin was 'hours' away from detonating a nuclear weapon in Ukraine: Report
Putin was 'hours' away from detonating a nuclear weapon in Ukraine: Report

Vladimir Putin was so close to launching a nuke in Ukraine in October 2022 that Britain was preparing for the fallout, it is understood. Former Prime MinisterLiz Trussreportedly spent her final days in office examining weather maps and preparing for UK radiation cases after American spies raised...

Russia deployed 50,000 troops in Kursk to tackle Ukraine
Russia deployed 50,000 troops in Kursk to tackle Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer, reports CNN. Ukrainian troops continue to hold back the nearly 50,000-strong enemy group in Kursk,...

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...

Russia denies Trump call urging restraint in Ukraine war
Russia denies Trump call urging restraint in Ukraine war

Russia has denied media reports that US President-elect Donald Trump held a call with Vladimir Putin, in which he is said to have warned the Russian president against escalating the war in Ukraine. The call, which was first reported by the Washington Post on Sunday, is said to have happened on...

Russia destroyed, intercepted 96 Ukrainian drones: Ministry
Russia destroyed, intercepted 96 Ukrainian drones: Ministry

The Russian defence ministry said that it has repulsed a massive attack on the countrys civilian infrastructure on Sunday, with 96 Ukrainian drones destroyed and intercepted, reports TASS. The ministry emphasized that most of the drones were eliminated over the Moscow Region. The agency said,...