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Crude oil shortage forces Eastern Refinery to halt production

Chattogram, April 14 -- Production at Eastern Refinery Limited, the country's only state-owned oil refinery, has been halted due to a shortage of crude oil, officials said. The production at the two ... Read More


Harvard's Pakistan Conference 2026: Pakistan's Resilient Trajectory & Rising Diplomatic Profile!Published on: April 14, 2026 8:55 AM

Pakistan, April 14 -- The Pakistan Conference 2026 which held at Harvard University on April 12, emerged as a landmark symposium. It signals a definitive shift in the global discourse surrounding the ... Read More


Israel, Lebanon hold direct talks in Washington; Hezbollah tops agenda

New Delhi, April 14 -- Israel and Lebanon will hold their highest-level direct talks in more than 40 years in Washington on Tuesday (April 14), with discussions taking place at the US State Department... Read More


Asian stocks rally, crude drops on lingering hope for peace deal

HONG KONG, April 14 -- Stocks rose and oil fell Tuesday on hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Donald Trump saying Tehran had called to seek an agreement ... Read More


UK PM Starmer calls for end to Israeli strikes on Lebanon

London, April 14 (Sputnik/UNI) UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for an end to Israeli strikes on Lebanon and for Lebanon to be included in the Middle East ceasefire."We call for Lebanon to be inc... Read More


Bangladesh targets trillion-dollar economy by 2034 amid mounting climate and debt pressures

Dhaka, April 14 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has unveiled an ambitious vision to transform Bangladesh into a trillion-dollar economy by 2034, even as rising debt and intensifying c... Read More


Kim Jong Un watches as North Korea fires cruise, anti-ship missiles from naval destroyer

India, April 14 -- North Korea has conducted test-firings of strategic cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles from its naval destroyer Choe Hyon, in an exercise closely observed by its supreme leader ... Read More


Overseas equity mutual funds outperform as Indian stock market slumps

New Delhi, April 14 -- With the stock markets in a tailspin, most equity mutual fund (MF) categories have come up with a poor show in the last one year. But MFs investing in overseas markets and globa... Read More


Opposition trying to stall public-interest programmes under 'ghost of autocracy': Tarique

Dhaka, April 14 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has issued a stern warning against those opposing the government's public-interest initiatives, claiming the "ghost of autocracy" is gradually possessi... Read More


China reveals details of 4 points to peace in Middle East by President Xi Jinping

Beijing, April 14 -- Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Mao Ning on Tuesday listed out the four-point proposal given by Chinese President Xi Jinping for lasting peace in the Middle ... Read More