Dhaka – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is likely to arrive here on a three-day state visit next month to advance the ‘special relations’ with Bangladesh.
Category: Int’l relations
16 killed in fiery bus crash on Italian highway
Rome — A bus carrying Hungarian school students home from a skiing trip to France slammed into a highway barrier in northern Italy and caught fire, killing at least 16 people, police said Saturday. Thirty-nine people survived, though some were…
Trump executive order first strike at ending at ‘Obamacare’
Washington: In an opening salvo against “Obamacare,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday night that appears aimed squarely at the undoing the healthcare law’s unpopular requirement that individuals carry insurance or face fines. The order directs federal agencies…
Trump’s inauguration – full speech: Rolling US back
Here’s a full transcript of his speech: “We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its promise for all of our people. Together, we will determine the course of…
Trump’s inauguration crowd couldn’t fill US National Mall
Inauguration-goers had plenty of room to watch Donald Trump become the 45th president Friday. Photos appear to show that Trump, whose campaign trail crowds snaked for blocks around jammed arenas, only managed to fill about half the National Mall in…
Obama leaves Oval Office for last time
Dhaka, Jan 20 – President Obama has left the Oval Office for the last time – making room for Donald Trump. Asked for any final words for the American people, he replied simply: “Thank you.”
Donald Trump sworn in as 45th US president
Donald Trump has been officially sworn in as the 45th president of the United States as protests turned violent in Washington DC.. The inauguration took place outside US Capitol in Washington, DC on Friday, ushering in a new political era.…
‘Hope’ artist Fairey reveals new posters to protest Trump
Washington: Shepard Fairey — the artist behind the 2008 “Hope” poster depicting then presidential candidate Barack Obama — has produced a new set of images in time for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration this Friday. The three posters feature Muslim, Latino,…
Assange promises ‘big publishing year ahead’
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has said he’ll stand by his promise to be extradited to the US following Chelsea Manning’s commutation, while promising a “big publishing year ahead.” In a press conference broadcast on Periscope on Thursday, Assange said he…
More than 2 billion seps in the right direction
Janet Walsh Marches Around the Globe Affirm That Women’s Rights are Human Rights On Saturday, an estimated 200,000 people will participate in the Women’s March in Washington, DC. More than a million marchers are expected for the more than 600…
Trump pledges unity at concert prior to inauguration
Donald Trump has pledged to unify America as he addressed cheering supporters at a concert on the eve of his presidential inauguration.
BD native killed in Los Angeles
Dhaka – A Bangladesh national who was working as gas station attendant at Los Feliz in Los Angeles was shot dead during an early morning robbery on Tuesday.The victim was identified as Mizanur Rahman Russell, son of Abdur Rafique, hailing…
PM urges int’l community for greater focus on food security
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the global community to put greater focus on agriculture and food security to minimize the risk of lives and livelihoods of farmers, fishers, artisans and women.”As we move to implement the…
Restore calm, punish perpetrators, OIC asks Myanmar
The OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) on Thursday called upon the government of Myanmar to take decisive steps to restore calm to the affected areas and hold all the perpetrators of acts of violence accountable.“The government of Myanmar should…
Malaysian PM urges Muslim world to help oppressed Rohingya
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to help end the persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority.Najib told the opening of a special meeting of OIC foreign ministers to discuss the crisis that it…
Here’s what we know about Trump Inauguration Day protests
If all goes as planned, Ethan Miller will be standing among 100 people near one of the checkpoints to enter the inauguration viewing area on Friday, loudly chanting:“When Muslim communities are under attack, what do we do? . . . Stand up,…
Collapse of burning Tehran high-rise kills 30 firefighters
A high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and injuring some 75 people, state media reported.The disaster struck the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran just north of the…
Tentacles of Philippine Police Killings Spread
The killing by Philippine police of a South Korean businessman is an ominous indicator of the breakdown of rule of law under President Rodrigo Duterte.A government investigation released this week concluded that the Philippine National Police (PNP) officers who killed…
Gambia crisis: Barrow inauguration in Senegal as Jammeh stays put
The man who won The Gambia’s disputed election says he will be sworn in as president at the country’s embassy in neighbouring Senegal.The message, posted on Adama Barrow’s social media accounts, invited the general public to attend the ceremony.Last-ditch efforts…
Italy Rigopiano avalanche: Dozens missing under snow and rubble
Rescuers have removed three bodies from a hotel engulfed by an avalanche in central Italy as a desperate search for up to 30 other people continues.Heavy snow and disruption caused by multiple earthquakes have hindered rescue efforts in the rubble…
Obamacare repeal: Trump pledges ‘health insurance for all’
President-elect Donald Trump has promised “insurance for everyone” as Republicans draw up a replacement for the Affordable Care Act.
BSF returns body of BD national at C’nawabganj border
Dhaka – Indian Border Security Force (BSF) returned the body of a Bangladeshi national to the Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.Ismail Islam, 30, son of Habibur Rahman, a resident of Ghughudanga village in Shibganj upazila, was…
SAARC’s work is not yet over, says PM Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the need for South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is ‘not yet over’.”The SAARC is still needed. The eight-nation regional body is very much alive and I think it can work for…
Water can no longer be a free input: PM
Describing water as a wealth, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said it can no longer be a free input and infinite resource to production or development.“Water can no longer be a free input and infinite resource to production or…
OIC to discuss steps in KL Thursday to halt Rohingya crisis
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will discuss ‘genuine steps’ on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur what the OIC and the international community should take to address the root causes of violence in the Rakhine…
Kader Siddique loses legal battle for Tangail-4 by-polls
Dhaka – Kader Siddiqui’s petition challenging a High Court verdict scrapping his nomination for the 2015 Tangail-4 by-polls has been rejected by the Appellate Division.
Palestinian killed in Israeli home demolition
Four other Palestinians wounded as Israeli police conduct demolition raid in the Negev desert village of Um Al Hiran.
Fatah and Hamas to form unity government
Agreement reached after three days of talks in Moscow paving the way for the formation of a new National Council. The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) has agreed to form a unity government with rival organisation Hamas, Al Jazeera has learned.
Obama commutes Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning sentence
President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release. She was sentenced to…
US companies in China feel ‘less welcome’
Beijing, Jan 18 (AP/UNB) — U.S. companies feel less welcome in China and some are shifting operations to other countries, a business group reported Wednesday, amid rising tension between President-elect Donald Trump and Beijing over trade.