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No Gaza cease-fire deal soon as mediators work to bridge gaps: Biden

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U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday he doesn’t expect to seal a Gaza cease-fire deal in the near future, as an American-backed proposal with global…

No Gaza cease-fire deal soon as mediators work to bridge gaps: Biden

Arrest warrant against Rafsan the ChotoBhai

An arrest warrant has been issued against YouTuber Iftekhar…

Arrest warrant against Rafsan the ChotoBhai
History will remember Peter Haas

Peter D Haas, the US ambassador to Dhaka, has stepped down from…

History will remember Peter Haas

UAE wants job confirmation before issuing visa to Bangladeshi migrants: Envoy tells PM

UAE wants job confirmation before issuing visa to Bangladeshi migrants: Envoy tells PM

The United Arab Emirates will issue visa for Bangladeshi workers only after confirmation of their jobs in the Gulf nation, the country's envoy said on Thursday during a meeting with…

Chinese Premier Li starts New Zealand, Australia visits

Chinese Premier Li starts New Zealand, Australia visits

Chinese Premier Li Qiang touted trade and "friendship" as he started a tour of New Zealand and Australia on Thursday, a rare visit that comes as both hosts grapple with Beijing's influence…

Saint Martin’s residents struggle for food amid vessel suspension

Saint Martin’s residents struggle for food amid vessel suspension

Over 10,000 residents of Saint Martin’s Island are facing severe food shortages following the suspension of water vessel operations on the Teknaf-Saint Martin’s Island…

Russia will remain a reliable partner to Bangladesh

Russia will remain a reliable partner to Bangladesh

Ambassador of Russia to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy has said despite “artificial obstacles” imposed by the West to hinder mutually beneficial relations with friendly…

Court orders confiscation of more assets of ex-IGP Benazir

Court orders confiscation of more assets of ex-IGP Benazir

A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the confiscation of more properties in the names of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, and his family members. Dhaka Metropolitan…

US Embassy responds to The Mirror Asia's report 

US Embassy responds to The Mirror Asia's report 

Today The Mirror Asia has run a report on the resignation of Peter Haas, the US Ambassador to Dhaka.  The US Embassy has responded to the report. In an email sent to TMA, the…

Tarique, 14 others are fugitive convicts in Aug 21 grenade attack case: PM tells JS

Tarique, 14 others are fugitive convicts in Aug 21 grenade attack case: PM tells JS

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) that BNP leader Tarique Zia and 14 other convicts of the August 21, 2004 grenade attack case are fugitives.…

What Dr Yunus is saying is untrue, offensive: Law Minister

What Dr Yunus is saying is untrue, offensive: Law Minister

Law Minister Advocate Anisul Huq on Wednesday said Dr. Yunus is being tried in the same way as any citizen of the country who breaches the law but what he(Yunus) is saying is untrue…

Cyclone Remal losses estimated at Tk 7,000cr: Govt

Cyclone Remal losses estimated at Tk 7,000cr: Govt

 The government has so far estimated the losses caused by cyclone Remal at Tk 7000 crore, said State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Mohibur Rahman on Wednesday.…

Dr Yunus, 13 others indicted in money embezzlement case

Dr Yunus, 13 others indicted in money embezzlement case

A court here framed charges against GrameenTelecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and 13 others forallegedly embezzling Taka 25 crore from the company and laundering…

Hamas seeks 'complete halt' to war

Hamas seeks 'complete halt' to war

Hamas says it has submitted its response to a US-backed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, with a senior group official telling the BBC that it still requires an Israeli commitment to a…

More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Makkah for hajj

More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Makkah for hajj

Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale.…

More than 35 dead in Kuwait building fire: interior ministry

More than 35 dead in Kuwait building fire: interior ministry

More than 35 people were killed in a building fire in an area heavily populated with foreign workers in Kuwait, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. More than 30 people were also injured, a hospital official told Interior Minister Sheikh Fahd Al-Yousef as he visited victims, according to footage posted by Al-Jarida newspaper.

Sales of sacrificial animals begin tomorrow at 22 cattle markets in capital

Sales of sacrificial animals begin tomorrow at 22 cattle markets in capital

Sales of sacrificial animals at 22 cattlemarkets including two permanent haats in the capital will start tomorrow,five days before the second largest religious festival of the Muslimcommunity,…