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Prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses a press conference at Bangladesh Permanent Mission in the United Nations in New York on 24 September 2022

12th JS elections There is nothing to be worried, PM Hasina assures BNP

Awami League never ever came to the power through rigging votes rather AL always comes to the power through the votes of the people, said Sheikh Hasina

Police officers detain a man in Moscow on 24 September, 2022, following calls to protest against the partial mobilisation announced by the Russian president

Russia stiffens penalty for surrender

Russia on Saturday toughened penalties for voluntary surrender and refusal to fight with up to 10 years imprisonment and replaced its top logistics general after a series of setbacks to its ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about the release of the 2021 Congressional Report Pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act at the Department of State in Washington, US, on 12 July 2021

Blinken urges calm on Taiwan in talks with China

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Friday for calm over Taiwan as he met his Chinese counterpart, as soaring tensions showed signs of easing a notch

A refugee from Ukraine casts a ballot in a referendum at a polling station in Rostov-on-Don on 24 September, 2022, as Moscow-held regions of Ukraine vote in annexation referendums that Kyiv and its allies say are illegal and illegitimate

Russia replaces top general, pursues breakaway Ukraine polls

Moscow replaced its top logistics general on Saturday after a series of setbacks as Kremlin-held regions of eastern and southern Ukraine voted for a second day on becoming part of Russia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the 77th United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., on 23 September, 2022

Taiwan issue China accuses US of ‘sending very wrong and dangerous signals’

Wang told Blinken that China wished for “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan and warned that “the more rampant ‘Taiwan independence’ activities are, the less likely a peaceful solution would be,” ...

A device, that Anti-aircraft units of the Ukrainian Air Forces who operate in Southern Ukraine hit and identified as an Iranian-made Qods Mohajer-6 UAV, which then was found and captured in waters, is seen floating in an unconfirmed location in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on 23 September, 2022

Ukraine to slash ties with Iran over ‘evil’ drones supply to Russia

The Ukrainian foreign ministry earlier said the supply of drones had dealt a serious blow to bilateral relations

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina delivers speech at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on 23 September 2022

77th UNGA PM seeks effective role of UN on Rohingya repatriation

Uncertainty over repatriation has led to widespread frustration. Cross border organised crimes including human and drug trafficking are on the rise. This situation can potentially fuel ...

Denis, 9-years-old, waits in a wheelbarrow with a box holding 12 kilos (26 pounds) of basic food provisions enough to feed one person for one month during a food rations in the former frontline village of Lebyazhe on 22 September, 2022

Russia holds breakaway polls in Ukraine

The referendums in eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions, as well as in the southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions have been roundly dismissed as a sham by Kyiv’s Western allies

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot arrives at Congress Headquarters for party General Secretaries, DPCC in charge, and Chief Ministers meeting, in New Delhi on 18 August 2022

No Gandhi to contest Congress president elections: Gehlot

Rahul Gandhi said it in 2019 that he would work more without any post. He had said this in the working committee, said Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen

Bangladesh working to make 25 March as Int’l Genocide Day: Momen

The foreign minister made the remark through a video message at an international seminar ‘Remember and Recognise: The Case of Bangladesh Genocide of 1971’ which was held at the Human Rights Museum, ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin

Pressure on Putin as reservists called up for war

Pressure ratcheted up on president Vladimir Putin as his decision to send reservists to Ukraine triggered spreading protests and hundreds of arrests at home, and Western leaders tore into the Russian ...

This handout picture released on on 21 September, 2022 by the Kremlin shows Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking during a televised address to the nation in Moscow

Putin mobilises more troops for Ukraine, says West wants to destroy Russia

Putin’s speech was a worrying escalation and the threats he made in it must be taken seriously, British foreign office minister Gillian Keegan told Sky News

A photo shows a destroyed car at a petrol station in Siversk, Donetsk region, on 20 September, 2022, amid Russia's military invasion on on Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war Moscow-held Ukraine regions to vote on annexation by Russia

Moscow-held regions of Ukraine will urgently vote on annexation by Russia, separatist officials said Tuesday, as Kyiv's troops wrest back territory captured by the Kremlin's forces

"It's a son-of-a-pig economy"

"It's a son-of-a-pig economy"

"The people of developing countries must tell their people: 'Sir, we do not want your help, kindly just keep your sons of a pig away from us."

BGB members recover the mortars landed in Bangladesh territory from Myanmar on 28 August 2022

Myanmar summons Bangladesh ambassador, explains border situation

Myanmar has claimed that the Arakan Army and ARSA have created the ongoing situation in the border area to destroy the “cordial relations” between the two countries

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