US Senators delivered near-unanimous bipartisan approval to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden Wednesday, calling expansion of the Western defensive bloc a “slam-dunk” for US national security and a day of reckoning for Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has underscored the structural weaknesses of the UN.

Strips of colourful lights adorn the lamp posts on the road divider of Kemal Ataturk Avenue in Dhaka’s Banani area, as seen on August 1, 2022.

“With cheap gas, electricity, water, and a strong economy, Russia can withstand thousands of sanctions,” says a video posted today (July 31, 2022) on the verified Facebook page of the Russian Embassy in Bangladesh.

The left should maintain solidarity with those who resist aggressive, arbitrary power, whether in Ukraine or elsewhere.

Shares of small capital-based companies surged abnormally on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the past month whereas the benchmark index of the premier bourse of Bangladesh, as well as blue-chip securities, has been in a bearish mood. 

The decision to close shopping malls, stores and kitchen markets by 8pm every night across the country will be implemented from tomorrow.

Russia struck Ukraine's capital Kyiv with missiles early on Sunday for the first time in more than a month, while Ukrainian officials said a counter-attack on the main battlefield in the east had retaken half of the city of Sievierodonetsk.

Bangladesh’s trade deficit shot up 53 per cent year-on-year to $27.5 billion in the July-April period of the current fiscal year as the surge in imports continued against lower export receipts, exceeding last year’s total shortfall.

Just a day after restricting all sorts of foreign travels of bank employees, Bangladesh Bank yesterday (May 23, 2022) said bankers can travel abroad for essential personal purposes at their own expense.

Two foreigners, suspected to be Ukrainian nationals, have been detained by police at Badarpur Railway Station in northeastern Indian state Assam as they were disembarked from a train for travelling without valid documents, a police officer said today (April 22, 2022)

In dispelling the confusion being spread about the mega projects being implemented in the country Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reaffirmed that her government remains cautious so the loans don’t become a burden.

Cotton prices surged to more than a decade high in global market in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, abnormal hike in freight charge and drought in the US,