Dhaka: Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has urged Beijing to extend its economic influence to Bangladesh, controversially mentioning that India’s northeastern states being landlocked could prove to be an opportunity. The remark, apparently made during Yunus’ recent four-day visit to China, surfaced on social media on Monday. Yunus, who met President Xi Jinping and signed…
New York: Women student leaders, who were “key drivers”, in the protest against the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh last year, are among the women from around the world who will be awarded by the Donald Trump administration for their “exceptional courage, strength, and leadership”. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and First Lady Melania…
Tehran: Iran has missiles in launch-ready status at many of its underground facilities with the capability to strike US-related positions, hours after US President Donald Trump warned the Middle East country to make a nuclear agreement or else “there will b bombings,” a report said. The US has been asking Iran to make a deal…
Kathmandu: Authorities in Nepal on Saturday lifted a curfew imposed in the eastern part of Kathmandu following violent clashes between the security personnel and the pro-monarchy protesters, as tensions eased in the area. Parts of Kathmandu on Friday witnessed a tense situation after pro-monarchy protesters pelted stones, attacked the office of a political party, set…
Bangkok: A 30-story skyscraper under construction for government offices collapsed in Bangkok on Friday after the city was rocked by a strong earthquake. The building in the north of the Thai capital was reduced to a tangle of rubble and twisted metal in seconds after the 7.7-magnitude quake, which had its epicentre in Myanmar. The…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to visit India and preparations are underway for it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday. In a video address to a conference titled “Russia and India: Toward a New Bilateral Agenda” hosted by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Lavrov said,…
Dhaka: The United States has expressed its interest in equipping the Bangladesh Army with its military hardware, taking into account its importance for regional security as US Army’s deputy commanding general for the Pacific made a 24-hour visit to Dhaka, officials said. In a brief statement issued late on Tuesday, the US embassy said that…
Kyiv: Ukraine’s defence minister said Kyiv agreed to two ceasefire agreements with Russia that were announced by the United States on Tuesday and that Kyiv would welcome third countries supporting the implementation of the accords. The United States said earlier it had made separate agreements with Kyiv and Moscow to ensure safe navigation in the…
Washington: US President Donald Trump announced Monday steep tariffs on imports from countries buying oil and gas from Venezuela, a punitive measure that could hit China and India, among others, and sow fresh global trade uncertainty. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has unleashed tariffs on US allies and foes alike, attempting…
Ottawa: Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called early elections for April 28, pledging to defeat Donald Trump’s drive to annex the United States’s huge northern neighbour. Carney, a former central banker, was chosen by Canada’s centrist Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, but he has never faced the country’s…
