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'Perceptions of Bangladesh in the US and the Jamaat-e-Islami problem'

On 16th of August (Wednesday) at 3 PM, the Observe Research Foundation (ORF) is organizing a discussion session titled ' Perceptions of Bangladesh in the US and the Jamaat-e-Islami problem'. Read More...

China Rejects US Proposal for Defense Chiefs' Meeting in Singapore Amid Strained Relations

China has rejected a proposal from the United States for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to meet with his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu at the Shangri-La Dialogue Security Forum in Singapore this week, according to a statement from the Pentagon. Read More...

Gujarat ATS arrests 4 Bangladesh nationals, says al-Qaeda module busted

Four Bangladesh nationals have been arrested in Gujarat on charges that they illegally entered the country and were trying to radicalise local youth in Ahmedabad and collecting money, according to a statement by Gujarat’s anti-terrorist squad (ATS) on Monday. Read More...

CONFESSIONS OF A POLITICAL FLACK

Last weekend the New York Times published a report that President Biden has been missing in action in recent months when it comes to serious question-and-answer sessions with the Washington press corps. The obvious reason for the lack of press conferences is “to protect” the president from unscripted exchanges that often result in missteps and confusion. Read More...

High tide! Italy police find $440 million worth of cocaine floating at sea

Almost 2 tonnes of cocaine with a market value of more than $440 million (400 million euros) were found floating at sea off eastern Sicily, in what Italy's tax and customs police on Monday (17 April) called a record seizure. Read More...

US accuses 4 Black nationalists of acting for Russian intelligence.

The US Justice Department on Tuesday (18 April) charged the founder and three members of a half-century-old Black nationalist group with working with Russian intelligence to influence elections in the United States. Read More...


US accuses 4 Black nationalists of acting for Russian intelligence

The US Justice Department on Tuesday (18 April) charged the founder and three members of a half-century-old Black nationalist group with working with Russian intelligence to influence elections in the United States. Read More...

US penchant for Islamist radicals resurface with human rights report

The US deep state and policy establishment seems very fond of right-wing Islamist radicals or the 'mullahs'. They used them to bring down Iran's secular nationalist and democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh regime when it threatened to nationalise Iran's oil industry in the 1950s. Read More...

Pakistan's Financial Woes: On the Brink of Bankruptcy

Pakistan, the South Asian nation with a population of over 220 million people, is facing a severe financial crisis that has put the country on the brink of bankruptcy. The country's economy has been struggling for several years, with a range of factors contributing to the crisis. Here are some of the reasons why Pakistan is on the verge of bankruptcy. Read More...

Putin meets top military brass to discuss Ukraine strategy: Kremlin

President Vladimir Putin has held extensive meetings with the military top brass overseeing Russia's campaign in Ukraine, where Moscow has stepped up bombardments, the Kremlin said Saturday. "On Friday, the president spent the whole day at the army staff involved in the special military operation in Ukraine," a statement said. Read More...

Bangladesh a truly important strategic partner: US

US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Afreen Akhter has said the United States sees Bangladesh as a “truly important strategic partner" and looks forward to working over the next 50 years for a stronger relationship. She said in the last 50 years Bangladesh-US relations have seen incredible progress between the peoples, economies and governments. Read More...

North Korea fires over 100 artillery rounds in military drill - South Korea

North Korea fired around 130 artillery shells into the sea off its east and west coasts on Monday, South Korea's military said, in the latest apparent military drill near their shared border. Some of the shells landed in a buffer zone near the sea border in what Seoul said was a violation of a 2018 inter-Korean agreement designed to reduce tensions. Read More...

G7 begins to press Russia on Ukraine with oil price cap

A Group of Seven (G7) price cap on Russian seaborne oil came into force on Monday as the West tries to limit Moscow's ability to finance its war in Ukraine, though Russia has said it will not abide by the measure even if it has to cut production. The G7 nations and Australia on Friday agreed a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil after European Union members overcame resistance from Poland. Russia is the world's second-largest oil exporter. Read More...

Gunmen kidnap worshippers in Nigeria mosque attack

Gunmen abducted 19 Muslim worshippers after attacking a mosque in the restive northwest of Nigeria, police said Sunday. The attackers stormed the mosque in Maigamji village, in Katsina state, during evening prayers Saturday and carried out the kidnappings after shooting and wounding the imam and another worshipper, said local police spokesman Gambo Isah. Read More...

Nearly 20 dead, 300 injured in Indonesia's 5.6 magnitude quake

More than a dozen people were killed in a 5.6-magnitude quake that rattled Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, a local official said. Herman Suherman, a government official from Cianjur, the town in West Java where the epicentre of the quake was located, told news channel MetroTV that up to 20 people had died at one hospital in the area. Read More...

Turkey launches airstrikes over northern Syria

Turkey launched airstrikes over several towns in northern Syria on Saturday, U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces reported. The airstrikes occurred a week after a bomb rocked a bustling avenue in the heart of Istanbul, killing six people and wounding over 80 others. Turkish authorities blamed the attack on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, as well as Syrian Kurdish groups affiliated with it. The Kurdish militant groups have, however, denied involvement. Read More...