October2024

Malaysia’s nearly 100-year-old former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been hospitalised for a respiratory infection, his aide told AFP today. The two-time former prime minister was last hospitalised in July for “continuous coughing”.  On Wednesday his...

According to a source familiar with the management-union negotiations, the troubled defence and space sector of the massive European airline Airbus intends to eliminate up to 2,500 positions. The source stated, under anonymity, that the details...

Following Pyongyang’s accusation that Seoul’s military was using drones to enter its airspace, North Korea said on Wednesday that over a million young people had enlisted in or returned to the army this week. On Tuesday,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Tuesday the idea of a ceasefire in Lebanon that would leave Hezbollah close to his country’s northern border, as the militant group threatened to widen its attacks. Netanyahu’s comments came...

Sanaa, an Iraqi Kurdish seamstress, will abstain from voting later this month, joining a rising number of people who are losing faith in the political elite that has long ruled the autonomous territory. Because of its...

In Japan, the October 27 election will see new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba trying to hold onto the majority of his party, which has ruled for a long time. Campaigning for the election began on Tuesday....

State media said on Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called a high-level national security conference with the goal of directing “immediate military action” in response to a disagreement with South Korea regarding drone...

Professor Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser, visited the Dhaka University campus today to view the graffiti created by young revolutionaries during the July and August student-led popular revolt. Among those accompanying the Chief Adviser on the...

Bangladesh Police will soon get a new uniform and logo in light of the political climate that has evolved since the student-people uprising. According to police spokesperson Enamul Haque Sagor, AIG, Media and Public Relations, the...

Md. Touhid Hossain, the foreign adviser, voiced grave worry today over the recent over 40,000 Rohingyas who have entered Bangladesh as a result of violence in the neighbouring states of Myanmar. According to an official press...