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Some of the hostages taken during the assaults on Israel on October 7 were turned over to the Red Cross on Friday so they could travel back to Israel via Egypt, according to two Hamas sources...

The Israel-Hamas conflict entered a four-day ceasefire on Friday, marking the first significant lull in fighting that has resulted in thousands of deaths. Hostages are expected to be freed in return for prisoners. After Hamas launched...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed a financial agreement recently with the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) to enhance locally appropriate and socio-economically beneficial adaptation and promote climate-resilient crop value...

Israel and Hamas announced a deal on Wednesday allowing at least 50 hostages and scores of Palestinian prisoners to be freed while offering besieged Gaza residents a four-day truce after weeks of all-out war. In the...

The Red Cross said Monday that its president had traveled to Qatar to meet with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh “to advance humanitarian issues related to the armed conflict in Israel and Gaza”. “President Mirjana Spoljaric met...

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Tuesday his militant movement was nearing a truce agreement with Israel, according to a statement posted on Telegram. “We are close to reaching a deal on a truce,” Haniyeh said,...

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday on the eve of an eagerly awaited meeting between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies. The pair will...

The 12th parliamentary election is scheduled on January 7, 2024, according to the Election Commission (EC). Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal announced the election timetable in a speech to the nation on state-run television...

On Saturday, the groups of small dairy farmers inside Dhaka North City Corporation received dairy equipment from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). According to a news release from the FAO today,...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government will take proper measures to establish rail connectivity between Cox’s Bazar and other parts of the country. “We will take measures to smoothen journey to Cox’s Bazar from...