UK to unveil sweeping sanctions against Russia
London will unveil a significant package of sanctions against Russia on Monday, which marks three years since the start of its war with Ukraine, UK foreign secretary David Lammy said Sunday.
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US proposes Ukraine UN text omitting occupied territory
The United States proposed Friday a United Nations resolution on the Ukraine conflict that omitted any mention of Kyiv鈥檚 territory occupied by Russia, diplomatic sources told AFP.
Rain, thundershowers likely in Dhaka, three other divisions: BMD
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rain or thundershowers at different parts of the country, including Dhaka in 24 hours starting from 9:00am on Saturday...
US pushes Zelensky to sign Ukraine resources deal
Trump wants Ukraine to give US companies access as compensation for the tens of billions of dollars of aid delivered under his predecessor Joe Biden, but Ukraine is seeking security guarantees from the United States in exchange for signing away precious rights to vast amounts of its natural resources and critical minerals...
Zelensky to sign minerals deal in 鈥榲ery short term鈥�: White House
The White House insisted Friday that Ukraine would 鈥榠n the very short term鈥� sign a deal granting Washington access to its mineral deposits that was previously rejected by Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky over its lack of security guarantees...
Walls close in on Zelensky
Outgunned Ukrainian forces have slowly lost territory to Russian troops over recent weeks. But in the capital Kyiv, the ground is shifting rapidly beneath president Volodymyr Zelensky鈥檚 feet...
Lanka passenger train kills 6 elephants
A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed on Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island鈥檚 worst such wildlife accident, police said...
UKRAINE WAR: Russia, US to name negotiators
Washington said Russia and the United States will name teams to negotiate a path to ending the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, as the superpowers met on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia without Kyiv or the EU.
Car driver injured as train hits vehicle in Sylhet
A car driver was injured when an intercity train hit his vehicle at a railway level crossing in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet Tuesday noon...
JICA completes mediation training for legal professionals
Japan International Cooperation Agency completed advanced mediation training for legal professionals, under the 鈥楧evelopment of mediation and civil litigation practices for enhancement of access to justice project鈥� in collaboration with the Law and Justice Division of law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry, and the Judicial Administration Training Institute on the..
Top Russia, US officials to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday
Top US and Russian diplomats will meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting the countries鈥� fractured relations and possibly paving the way to ending the Ukraine war...
1,00,000 without heat in Ukrainian city after Russian strike: Zelensky
Ukraine鈥檚 Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday 1,00,000 people were without heating in the southern city of Mykolaiv in cold temperatures after a Russian drone strike on 鈥榗ritical infrastructure鈥�.
Russian army captures village in eastern Ukraine
Russia鈥檚 army on Saturday claimed to have captured a village in Ukraine鈥檚 eastern Donetsk region close to a road linking key towns as Moscow slowly eats up territory.
Zelensky calls for European army amid US support doubts
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky called Saturday for the creation of a European army, as he insisted Kyiv and its backers on the continent must be listened to in peace talks with Russia.
Trump, Putin set to meet in Saudi Arabia on Ukraine
US president Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday he expected to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, in an extraordinary thaw in relations after a surprise phone call between the two leaders...
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:聽Red Cross probes fate of 50,000 missing
The Red Cross said on Thursday it was trying to find out what happened to nearly 50,000 people who have disappeared in the past three years of Russia鈥檚 war in Ukraine.
Significant part of Ukraine wants to be Russia: Kremlin
The Kremlin said Tuesday that a 鈥榮ignificant part鈥� of Ukraine 鈥榳ants to be Russia,鈥� hours after US president Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine 鈥榤ay be Russian someday.鈥�...
Russia, Ukraine trade strikes on energy sites
Kyiv and Moscow traded long-range attacks on each other鈥檚 energy infrastructure overnight, officials in the warring countries said Tuesday, allegedly sparking a fire at a Russian oil refinery and fresh power restrictions in Ukraine.
Russia claims east Ukraine village near strategic town
Russia said on Sunday that its forces had captured the eastern Ukrainian village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, near the strategic military hub of Chasiv Yar that Moscow is attempting to seize...
Police disperse MATS students鈥� long-march to secretariat
Police on Sunday afternoon dispersed students of Medical Assistant Training School during their long march to the Bangladesh Secretariat in front of Shikkha Bhaban in the capital Dhaka...
Zelensky urges allies to 鈥榠nvest鈥� in mineral wealth
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday Kyiv wants its allies to invest in its mineral resources after US president Donald Trump asked for 鈥榬are earths鈥� in exchange for military aid...
Russian strikes kill three in Ukraine
Russian strikes on the Ukrainian border region of Sumy overnight killed three people who were pulled from the rubble of a two-story residential building, prosecutors said on Friday.
Kyiv captures 909 Russian troops over Kursk operation
Ukraine said on Thursday it had captured more than 900 Russian troops over six months of fighting in the western Russian Kursk region...
BRAIN ROT: Social media is rewiring human brains
WHY does time pass so quickly while searching for one specific piece of information on an electronic device? Time passes unnoticed in a never-ending cycle of marathon-like scrolling. One app leads to another in an endless loop, especially when a notification pops up, diverting attention to yet another platform before returning to the original task. The...
Russia, Ukraine exchange 300 POWs
Russia and Ukraine each said on Wednesday that 150 of their captured soldiers had been returned in the latest prisoner-of-war exchange between the two warring countries...
Metro train services to start in morning on Fridays: DMTCL
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited is planning to increase the frequencies of metro trains and start the train services in the morning on Fridays by May due to a rise in the number of commuters.
Russian missile kills five in east Ukraine
A Russian missile attack Tuesday on the Ukrainian city of Izyum, briefly occupied by Russia in 2022, killed five people and wounded more than four dozen others, officials said...
Ukraine strikes more oil facilities in western Russia
Ukraine on Monday stepped up its bombing campaign of Russian energy sites with aerial attacks on two oil facilities in the west of the country, Kyiv鈥檚 military said.
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for attack on Kursk school
Kyiv and Moscow traded blame on Sunday for a strike on a school in a Ukrainian-occupied town in Russia鈥檚 Kursk region, while Kyiv said new missile and drone attacks killed at least 18 people in Ukraine.
Russia fired 42 missiles, 123 drones at Ukraine
Russia fired 42 missiles and 123 drones including decoys at Ukraine overnight in a barrage that damaged buildings and left several people dead, the Ukrainian air force said on Saturday.