Washington
Dhaka turns down Washington’s request to shelter some Afghans
Bangladesh has rejected a request from the United States to give temporary shelter to some people from Afghanistan, saying Bangladesh is already in a big problem by giving shelter to over 1.1 million ...
Four people shot outside baseball stadium in Washington
Some fans and players scrambled for cover at a professional baseball game in Washington on Saturday night as the sound of gunfire filled the stadium, and police later said four people had been shot ...
At least 108 dead as devastating floods hit Europe
The death toll from devastating floods in Europe soared to at least 108 on Friday, most in western Germany where emergency responders were frantically searching for missing people
US sending Bangladesh 2.5m doses of Moderna's Covid vaccine: White House
The US began shipping 2.5 million doses of Moderna's Covid vaccine to Bangladesh, a White House official said
Rights group finds 'crimes against humanity' in Uyghurs
China is guilty of ongoing "crimes against humanity" in its oppressive treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a detailed report released Monday
Taiwan chip firms to adhere to new US rules blacklisting China supercomputing entities
Taiwan said on Wednesday its chip companies will adhere to U.S. rules after Washington added seven Chinese supercomputing entities last week to an economic blacklist and after a Taipei-based ...
Rohingya Crisis
US Congressman Deutch lauds PM Hasina's role
US Congressman Ted Deutch (Democrat- Florida), an influential member of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, has praised Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina for giving shelter to over one ...
Diplomacy
Biden ‘committed to strengthening’ ties with Bangladesh
US president Joe Biden and secretary Antony J Blinken are "committed to strengthening" Dhaka-Washington relationship as the two countries address common challenges, says a senior US official
US joins WHO programme aimed at boosting COVID-19 fight
A US official told a World Health Organisation meeting that Washington would join a programme to boost COVID-19 testing, diagnostics and vaccines as officials urged it to increase financing for a ...
Biden to speak broadly on foreign policy Thursday
US president Joe Biden will speak broadly about foreign policy when he visits the State Department on Thursday
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