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Electronic Voting Machine

Only AL, three others want EVM in next election

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader urged to take steps to make the EVM popular and accessible to all through mass campaigns

Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari (C) being greeted by state chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aaditya Thackeray with a bouquet on his 80th birthday, at Raj Bhavan, in Mumbai on 18 June 2022

Maharashtra politics Governor asks Uddhav Thackeray to prove majority, Shiv Sena questions move

In a jolt to the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, senior Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde and other rebel MLAs revolted against the party on 20 June and camped in Gujarat’s Surat

People walking on a submerged road in Sylhet

Nearly 1 in 4 globally at risk from severe flooding: Study

Overall, nearly 90 per cent of those exposed to inundations live in lower or middle income countries, according to the study

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, on 28 February, 2022

US, Iran chief negotiators in Qatar for nuclear talks

Iran's chief negotiator joined his US counterpart in Qatar on Tuesday ahead of indirect talks between the two rivals aimed at reviving a landmark nuclear deal, officials and media said

Graphic charting Hong Kong's main socio-economic indicators and opinion polls on government performance

A promise kept or betrayal? Hong Kong 25 years on from handover

Hong Kong will mark the 25th anniversary of the handover on Friday and the halfway point of One Country, Two Systems -- the governance model agreed by Britain and China under which the city would ...

Information and broadcasting minister Hasan Mahmud

Rights situation in Bangladesh better than US: Hasan Mahmud

Hardinge Bridge is only a railway bridge but Padma Bridge is a multipurpose one having four-lane road on top and single track dual-gauge rail on the bottom as well as gas line and fiber optic cable

State minister for disaster management and relief Enamur Rahman

Govt has managed flood situation efficiently: Enamur

The state minister made this statement under section 300 of the rules of procedure at the Jatiya Sangsad in the afternoon with speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair

Peter Haas, US Ambassador to Bangladesh

Many people ‘over-exaggerating’ impact of sanctions: US ambassador

The US envoy also said over the past few months the two countries had partnership dialogue, security dialogue, military partnership and high level economic dialogue

A handout picture provided by the Iran's Ministry of Defence on 26 June, 2022, shows an Iranian satellite-carrier rocket, called “Zuljanah,” blasting off from an undisclosed location in Iran

Iran says to hold indirect talks with US on nuclear sanctions

Iran said Monday that its indirect talks with the United States would resume this week in a Gulf country, as part of wider efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal

(From C, clockwise) Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US President Joe Biden, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and France's President Emmanuel Macron have taken seat at a round table as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses G7 leaders via video link during their working session on 27 June 2022 at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, where the German Chancellor hosts a summit of the Group of Seven rich nations (G7)

US announces new G7 sanctions targeting Russia’s defence sector

The United States on Monday announced new G7 sanctions targeting Russia’s defence industry in a bid to hobble the Kremlin’s ability to maintain the military machine during its invasion of Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg holds application documents presented by Finland's Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen and Sweden's Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff during a ceremony to mark Sweden's and Finland's application for membership in Brussels, on 18 May, 2022

Finland, Sweden to discuss NATO bid with Erdogan

Ankara has accused Finland and Sweden, in particular, of providing a safe haven for outlawed Kurdish militants whose decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state has claimed tens of thousands of ...

The RM 3 cargo ship is loaded with steel rolls at the Port of Mariupol, during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern city of Mariupol, Ukraine on 30 May 2022

Ship to take metal from Mariupol to Russia, Kyiv calls ‘looting’

Ukraine’s Human Rights Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova said the shipment amounted to looting by Russia

A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency, shows Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi (R) taking part in a joint press conference with Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi in the capital Tehran, on 26 June, 2022

Iraqi PM visits Saudi Arabia, Iran to discuss regional stability

Raisi welcomed an April ceasefire in Yemen -- where Tehran and Riyadh back opposing sides in the seven-year civil war

Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosts the G7 leaders summit, is seen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on 26 June 2022

G7 to ban Russian gold imports, choking key market for Putin

The attempt to clamp down on Russian gold is likely to be the most meaningful economic measure against Moscow announced at the G7’s three-day meeting

ndonesian president and G20 chairman Joko Widodo

Indonesian president to meet Zelensky and Putin to urge peace talks

Indonesian president and G20 chairman Joko Widodo set off on Sunday to Europe where he said he plans to visit Russia and Ukraine and meet with the countries' leaders to urge peace talks

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