China urges citizens to avoid war zones
China on Wednesday urged its citizens to avoid conflict zones and participating in wars, after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said his troops had captured two Chinese citizens fighting with Russia...
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Shifting geopolitical landscape and Bangladesh
RECENTLY, the global geopolitical landscape has undergone rapid changes. The war in Ukraine, followed by the Israel-Palestine conflict and the rise of right-wing governments across various European nations, has significantly altered the world鈥檚 political dynamics. Additionally, the removal of Bashar al-Assad in Syria and Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh has introduced...
Musk says he鈥檒l work with Trump as 鈥榣ong as helpful鈥�
Elon Musk has said he would work with US president Donald Trump for as long as he 鈥榗an be helpful,鈥� as the pair dismissed concerns over possible conflicts of interest due to the tech tycoon鈥檚 work with the White House...
Palestinians to decide Gaza future: Qatar
Qatar, a key mediator in the Gaza conflict, said on Tuesday that Palestinians 鈥� not outsiders 鈥� must decide the territory鈥檚 future after the Israel-Hamas war...
A WOUNDED TRUST: Healing police-public relations
THE relationship between the police and the public has for long been marred by mistrust and conflict, rooted in colonial history and exacerbated by systemic abuse. The events of the student-led uprising in July-August 2024, when excessive police force, mass shooting and enforced disappearances took place, marked a low point in this strained relationship...
Gaza truce talks resume as 30 killed in fresh Israeli attack
As the violence raged, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed that indirect negotiations with Hamas had resumed in Qatar for the release of hostages seized in the October 2023 attacks...
Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in North Gaza since October: Oxfam
Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam said on Sunday, raising the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged territory...
Mystery over Couple鈥檚 Death in Sylhet: Relatives give conflicting account
Mysterious death of a young couple in Sylhet on Wednesday morning triggered a conflict among their relatives as the man鈥檚 family claimed the deaths as natural, while the woman鈥檚 relatives claimed that they were deliberately murdered...
Israeli officials in Doha for talks on Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal
Israeli officials arrived in Doha in Qatar on Monday for talks aimed at a Gaza ceasefire and a hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas...
Israeli strikes kill 40 Palestinians
Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera said its cameraman Ahmed al-Louh was killed 鈥榠n an Israeli bombardment鈥� that targeted Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza...
Indian troops kill seven Maoists
Indian troops shot dead seven Maoist rebels in a fierce gun battle on Thursday, as security forces step up efforts to crush the long-running armed conflict...
Israeli strikes kill 33 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least 33 people, including 12 guards securing aid trucks in southern parts of the Palestinian territory...
Syrian govt loses control of Darra
Local factions have taken control of more areas in Daraa province, including Daraa city and they now control more than 90 per cent of the province, as Syrian government forces successively pulled out...
ICC warrant: accountability or polarisation
THE International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on November 21 for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, citing alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to the ongoing Gaza conflict. This unprecedented move by the Hague-based court has sent...
US vows 鈥榝irm鈥� response to North Korea deployment in Ukraine conflict
US top diplomat Antony Blinken warned Wednesday that the deployment of North Korean troops alongside Russian forces fighting on the Ukrainian border demanded a 鈥榝irm response鈥�...
UN proposal for a 鈥榮afe zone鈥�
THE war and conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, Palestine and Israel, and others 鈥擝angladesh鈥檚 own political situation for the last couple of months, as it appears 鈥� turned the Rohingya refugee crisis a 鈥榣ess important鈥� concern. But the situation of the Rohingyas in Cox鈥檚 Bazar is dire. On the one hand, the number of Rohingya has been increasing...
Touhid optimistic about enhanced Arab solidarity amid ME conflict
Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossin on Wednesday expressed optimism for enhanced solidarity among Arab nations and the broader international community in their collective efforts to resolve the ongoing conflict...
Spain hosts meeting on Gaza war solution
Ministers from Muslim and European countries along with the European Union鈥檚 foreign affairs chief gathered Friday in Madrid to discuss how to advance a two-state solution to the...
8,000 more Rohingyas flee to Bangladesh: foreign adviser
Around 8,000 Rohingyas had recently crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing armed conflict in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state, foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Tuesday...
Russia says fighting off Ukrainian border attack
Russia said Tuesday it was holding off Ukrainian troops, tanks and armoured vehicles trying to break across the border into its Kursk region, the latest in several such attempted incursions throughout the conflict...
India marks Kargil conflict
Indian soldiers and top brass gathered Friday in the remote Himalayan foothills to commemorate a battle fondly remembered among compatriots for imposing a...
UN sees tripling of children killed in global conflicts in one year
Global conflicts killed three times as many children and twice as many women in 2023 than in the previous year, as overall civilian fatalities swelled 72 per cent...
Child victims of war spiked in 2023 amid Gaza, Sudan crises: UN
Violence against children in armed conflicts reached 鈥榚xtreme levels鈥� in 2023, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to a forthcoming UN report obtained by AFP on Tuesday...
Armed conflicts in 2023 highest since end of WWII: study
More armed conflicts took place worldwide in 2023 than any other year since the end of the Second World War, according to a Norwegian study published on Monday...
76 million IDPs worldwide: NGO
Conflict in Sudan and Gaza pushed the number of internally displaced people worldwide to a record 75.9 million at the end of 2023, an NGO monitor said Tuesday...
Two peoples鈥� experience of displacement
ISRAEL was founded with a UN mandate in 1948. The background was the genocide perpetrated by the Nazis. The idea that Jews needed a state of their own to feel safe was widely accepted...
Eyeless in Gaza
THE fact that the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on without resolution might appear to be rather strange. For many of the world鈥檚 conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement. In this case, it is not only possible, but there is near universal agreement...
US still opposes Rafah operation, Blinken tells Netanyahu
US secretary of state Antony Blinken reiterated US opposition to an Israeli assault on the crowded Gaza city of Rafah in talks on Wednesday with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
UK and Israel-Palestine conflict
THE United Kingdom has a historical link to the current Israel-Palestine conflict. With the Balfour Declaration in 1917, Britain pledged to establish a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, despite Jews constituting...
9 more Myanmar border guards enter Bangladesh
Nine more members of Myanmar Border Guard Police fled conflict and entered Bangladesh through Jhimongkhali and Kharankkhali border of Whykong at Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Sunday morning amid their ongoing conflict with the ethnic rebel group Arakan Army...