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F-16s arriving in Ukraine will take “several months at best,” US Air Force Secretary says

Intl desk, May 23: It will take “several months at best” to get F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Monday. The administration has...

Turkey’s third-place candidate endorses Erdogan in runoff

Intl desk, May 23: Turkey's third-place election candidate endorsed President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, boosting the incumbent and intensifying the challenges for opposition candidate...

Modi, Blinken meet Pacific Island leaders in Papua New Guinea

Intl desk, May 22: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged support for the Pacific Islands at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Monday,...

Russia and China hit back at a G7 that saw them as a threat

Intl desk, May 22: Moscow and Beijing lashed out against the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, where leaders of major democracies pledged new...

Russia says supplying F-16 jets to Ukraine would carry ‘colossal’ risks for West

Intl desk, May 21: Western countries will run "colossal risks" if they supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, TASS news agency quoted Russian Deputy...

Ukraine war: Kyiv rejects Wagner claim over Bakhmut

Intl desk, May 21: Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated the Wagner paramilitary group, after it claimed to have captured the Ukrainian city of...

Moscow bans ‘500 Americans’ from Russia including CNN journalists

Intl desk, May 20: Former United States President Barack Obama, late night television host Stephen Colbert, and CNN’s Erin Burnett are some of the...

US to unveil ‘significant’ new Russia sanctions at G7

Intl desk, May 19: The United States unveiled "significant" new sanctions targeting Russia's "war machine" on Friday, as President Joe Biden meets fellow G7 leaders in Japan. The heads of...

Natural disasters displace 12.5m in South Asia in 2022: IDMC

Dhaka, May 18: Around 12.5 million people were displaced in South Asia in 2022 due to natural disasters, while Bangladesh, India and Pakistan were...

Prince Harry and Meghan allege ‘near catastrophic’ paparazzi car chase in NY

Intl desk, May 18: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were involved in a chaotic car chase with paparazzi in New York on Tuesday...

4 killed after US convoy attacked in Nigeria

Intl desk, May 17: A United States convoy was attacked in Nigeria on Tuesday killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate...

Many Rohingya Muslims killed after cyclone hit Myanmar

Intl desk, May 16: A large number of Rohingya Muslims were killed in Myanmar when Cyclone Mocha struck at the weekend, residents, a relief...
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Govt making each effort to keep country’s economy vibrant, PM tells JS

Dhaka, May 31: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that the government is making all sorts of effort to keep the country's...

Air travel in first class at govt expenses suspended

Dhaka, May 31: The government has suspended funding first class flights for its employees for now in the context of post-Covid economic recovery and...

Not EC’s duty to make any candidate win or lose: CEC

Khulna, May 31: It is not the Election Commission's duty to make any candidate win or lose, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul...

No direct subsidy given to fuel oil: Nasrul Hamid

Dhaka, May 31: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Wednesday said the government does not directly give any subsidy...