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Trump says unlikely to have good relation with Cameron

Donald Trump says he is unlikely to have a good relationship with David Cameron because the British prime minister cast the US presidential candidate as "divisive, stupid and wrong" for proposing a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.
16 May 2016, 11:01 AM

A Trump presidency has Americans looking north

Some Americans are threatening to leave the US for Canada if Donald Trump becomes President, but will they actually move?
16 May 2016, 04:03 AM

Bangladesh, India to fight terrorism together: Jaishankar

Bangladesh and India will closely work together to counter violent extremism and terrorism, visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says.
12 May 2016, 05:51 AM

US, India and Bangladesh extremism

The matter is compounded further when one of the two happens to be the main protagonist of the current global war on terror and whose policy of fighting that war stemmed from the most injudicious, self-centered strategy that has accentuated rather than attenuated extremism, and whose policy has helped extremists spread their tentacles in countries which were not in their radar before the start of the GWOT.
11 May 2016, 18:00 PM

US deputy asst secy Todd to visit Dhaka this week

The US Department of State’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs William E Todd will lead an interagency delegation on a visit to Bangladesh.
11 May 2016, 09:33 AM

Sanders beats Clinton in West Virginia primary

Bernie Sanders has won the West Virginia primary in the Democratic race for the presidential nomination, US media project.
11 May 2016, 04:55 AM

BB heist: FBI suspects insider involvement

US Federal Bureau of Investigation finds evidence that at least one Bangladesh Bank employee acted as an accomplice of hackers. Investigators suspect it was partly an inside job, WSJ reports
10 May 2016, 08:50 AM

IS leader in Iraq's Anbar killed: Pentagon

A key leader of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq's Anbar province has been killed in a coalition air strike, the Pentagon says.
10 May 2016, 05:32 AM

A ‘productive’ Bangladesh trip: Nisha Biswal

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal says that she has had a “productive” Bangladesh trip taking forward bilateral cooperation on countering terrorism and extremism.
7 May 2016, 04:29 AM

Air strike on Syria refugee camp 'kills 28'

At least 28 people are reported to have been killed in an air strike on a refugee camp in rebel-held northern Syria, monitors say.
6 May 2016, 04:28 AM

US ready to help Bangladesh fight terror

The United States yesterday said it was ready to help Bangladesh fight terrorism and violent extremism by providing it with experts and technical support.
5 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Govt displeased with anti-religion bloggers, their killers: Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today says the government is not pleased with “bloggers who demean religion” and the people who are killing them.
5 May 2016, 10:04 AM

John Kasich, last Republican Trump rival, 'quits race'

Ohio Governor John Kasich has dropped out of the presidential race after struggling to gain traction against Republican front-runner Donald Trump, US media report.
4 May 2016, 16:48 PM

Nisha Biswal to arrive tomorrow

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow for a two day official visit to Bangladesh.
3 May 2016, 17:03 PM

Johnson & Johnson hit with $55m damages in talc cancer case

Pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered to pay more than $55m (£40m) in compensation to an American woman who says its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer.
3 May 2016, 11:14 AM

Russia challenges US after Baltic jet face-off

Russia says it was right to confront a US Air Force reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea.
30 April 2016, 10:51 AM

Take all steps possible to protect citizens, US tells Bangladesh

The United States wants to see Bangladesh government take every step possible to protect its citizens, Spokesperson of US State Department Mark Toner says in a daily press briefing.
30 April 2016, 04:36 AM

Bangladesh origin couple’s elder son said he killed father: California cops

The older of two sons of a Bangladesh-origin couple in California charged with murdering their parents at their home said he shot his father multiple times, but he did not shoot his mother, according to police.
30 April 2016, 03:59 AM

Brother of San Bernardino shooter arrested with two others

Three people linked to the couple responsible for December's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California are arrested on conspiracy, marriage fraud and other charges unrelated to the massacre, US prosecutors said.
29 April 2016, 09:53 AM

US man jailed for spying in N Korea

North Korea has sentenced a US man to 10 years of hard labour for spying.
29 April 2016, 05:26 AM