August2025

The Israeli military on Thursday said it had informed medical personnel and aid groups in northern Gaza to start making evacuation plans ahead of a military offensive to seize the area. Israeli military officials this week...

A source close to the arrangement told AFP Thursday that Meta and Google have reached a cloud computing agreement worth over $10 billion over six years. The deal will involve Meta employing Google datacenter servers, storage,...

Canada’s measles case count has passed 4,500, with the western province of Alberta — which has about five million people — recording more cases this year than the United States, figures updated Thursday showed. World Health...

The world’s oldest person, British woman Ethel Caterham, turned 116 on Thursday, months after the title passed to her following the death of Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas. Caterham was due to mark the occasion quietly with her...

Swiss global exports fell in July but those to the United States rose slightly before President Donald Trump imposed huge tariffs on the Alpine country, official figures showed Thursday. Exports, the wealthy country’s economic engine, fell...

European Union (EU) Ambassador in Dhaka Michael Miller today held a meeting with Vice-Chairman of National Consensus Commission Professor Ali Riaz.  The meeting was held at the Consensus Commission office in Sangsad Bhaban area in the...

Japanese exports suffered their steepest drop in more than four years last month as tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump bit, official data showed Wednesday. The year-on-year drop of 2.6 percent in July included a...

A meeting was held between Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (R.) Dr. M Sakhawat Hussain and China’s Exim Bank Vice President Yang Donging at the bank’s headquarters in Beijing yesterday. During the meeting, the Shipping Adviser emphasized...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow on Thursday of shirking a meeting between him and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, despite US-led attempts to arrange a summit to end the war. US President Donald Trump is trying...

The Advisory Council today approved the ‘Revenue Policy and Revenue Management (Amendment) Ordinance 2025’ that splits the National Board of Revenue (NBR) into two divisions – Revenue Policy Division and Revenue Management Division. The approval was...