Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has confirmed that the government has taken stringent measures to prevent arms smuggling into Bangladesh ahe... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned on Friday after a cabinet meeting failed to agree to sanctions against Israel. The centre-right New Social Contract Party, of which V... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- India's foreign minister said on Saturday that trade negotiations with Washington are continuing but there are lines that New Delhi needs to defend, just days before hefty additional... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung reaffirmed security cooperation between the two East Asian neighbours on Saturday, ahead of a summit L... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- President Donald Trump said on Friday he would nominate Sergio Gor, one of his closest aides, to be the next U.S. ambassador to India, where he will oversee frosty relations that hav... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou vowed Friday to uncover lawmakers and officials who take undue benefit, warning that the public believes all poiticians are "lining their pocket... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- North Korea on Saturday accused the South of firing warning shots at its troops near the border, saying it risked raising tensions to "uncontrollable" levels. The confrontation happ... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- India is working with a French company to develop and manufacture fighter jet engines in the country, New Delhi's defence minister said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in May approv... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- A suicide attack on Friday at a security checkpoint in Syria's east killed one police officer, state media said, blaming the bombing on the Islamic State group (IS). A second would-... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with a fear and anguish that still haunts her. She nearly lost parental righ... Read More