International

Dhaka: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin will administer the oath of office to the new cabinet of BNP chairman Tarique Rahman February 17 at the National Parliament complex's South Plaza, a deviation from the tradition of the ceremony being held at the presidential palace, according to...

New York: A 22-year-old Indian postgraduate student who went missing in the US less than a week ago has been found dead, the Indian mission has said. Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, hailing from Karnataka, had been missing since Monday....

Dhaka: BNP chairperson and soon-to-be Prime Minister of Bangladesh Saturday said extradition of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina "depends on the legal process." The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader's comments at a press conference here came a day after one of his senior colleagues reiterated...

London: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin from the skin of dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday, blaming the Russian state for the attack. The foreign ministries of the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analysis of...

Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio used his first major address at the Munich Security Conference  Saturday to call for what he described as a renewed transatlantic mission — one rooted in “seriousness and reciprocity” and focused on reindustrialisation, border control, and emerging technologies...

Dhaka: BNP chairman Tarique Rahman Saturday called for maintaining law and order at any cost and sought cooperation from all in building a safe and humane Bangladesh. Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Friday secured a sweeping victory with more than two-thirds majority in the landmark...

Dhaka: A bomb explosion and a clash claimed three lives in Bangladesh Friday and Saturday following the country's national parliament election Thursday, said the police. At least two people were killed and three others injured in an explosion that occurred early Saturday morning in Bangladesh's...

Dhaka: With the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) set to form the next government in Bangladesh following a decisive victory in the 13th Parliamentary election, the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami alleged that the results in some constituencies were rigged, local media reported. Addressing a press conference...

Kyiv: A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Odesa killed one person, officials said Saturday, ahead of fresh talks next week aimed at ending the war. The drone hit a residential building in the Black Sea port city, leaving an older woman dead,...

Colombo: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will visit Sri Lanka for two days from February 16, the global lender announced. This will be her first visit to the island nation since Sri Lanka entered an IMF bailout in March 2023. During her...