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Pop star Dua Lipa has joined approximately 300 UK celebrities in signing an open letter today, urging Britain to halt arms sales to Israel. This collective plea follows similar calls from prominent lawyers and writers. The...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has taken an initiative to release a new series of banknotes across all denominations (Tk1,000, Tk500, Tk200, Tk100, Tk50, Tk20, Tk10, Tk5, and Tk2) under the theme “Historic and Archaeological structures of Bangladesh.”...

Kenda Zellner-Smith hauled up a corrugated metal door to reveal hundreds of wooden boards covered with graffiti, each telling a story of the protests that followed George Floyd’s killing by a US police officer. The 28-year-old...

Uganda has “suspended” all military cooperation with Germany, its army said Sunday, claiming the German ambassador “engaged in subversive activities” in the east African country. The army earlier accused some European embassies of supporting “negative and...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday publicly endorsed a new “partnership” between American steel giant US Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel, triggering a significant surge in US Steel’s share price. The announcement signals a potential resolution...

President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on smartphones made outside of the United States on Friday, sending a clear message to major smartphone makers, including tech behemoth Apple and its rival Samsung....

The UK’s serious and organised crime agency has frozen luxury London property worth about £90m belonging to two men linked to the deposed ruler of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, according to The Guardian newspaper. The newspaper in...

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam today said police can’t be a killer force and they can only have shotguns to maintain law and order.   “Police can’t be a killer force. We can at best have...

Two days after being admitted for observation due to a cold, Denmark’s 85-year-old Queen Margrethe, who abdicated last year, departed Copenhagen’s major hospital on Saturday, according to the palace. “H. M. Queen Margrethe was discharged from...

In accordance with the Anti-Terrorism Act, the council of advisers has resolved to prohibit all Awami League operations until the International Crimes Tribunal has finished trying the AL and its leaders. At its extraordinary meeting, which...