Online retailers Shein and Temu are facing increased pressure in the US after two senior politicians pushed for investigations, including into claims of forced labour and intellectual property (IP) theft. In Texas, the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a probe into allegations of forced labour and the use of unsafe materials at Shein. At a national level, Senator Tom ...

Twenty-one children are among 33 people who have died in Cuba of the mosquito-borne chikungunya and dengue viruses since July, authorities said Monday. Most of the deaths were attributed to chikungunya — characterized by fever and joint pain that can be debilitating but rarely fatal — while the flu-like dengue claimed 12 lives, the country’s deputy health minister Carilda Pena ...

European Union (EU) Ambassador Michael Miller on Tuesday said the EU is preparing to send a very big election observer mission to Bangladesh to monitor what he described as the biggest democratic exercise anywhere in the world in 2026. ”This is a sign of our confidence in the election process and our support for elections in this wonderfully diverse country.” ...

The interim government has declared three-time former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, as Very Very Important Person (VVIP). Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud announced the decision at a press briefing after a meeting at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday. He said, “The meeting decided to declare Begum Khaleda Zia a Very Very Important Person (VVIP) ...

Venezuela does not want “a slave’s peace,” President Nicolas Maduro told thousands of supporters Monday of a US military deployment he said has been “testing” his country for 22 weeks, reports AFP. US President Donald Trump has ramped up pressure on Maduro with a major naval build-up in the Caribbean, bombings of suspected drug-ferrying boats, and ominous warnings to avoid ...

Locals of Paikpara–Chonogao road in Dowarabazar upazila of Sunamganj district are facing severe hardship as the road has remained unrepaired for a long time. They also allege that the upazila’s LGED (Local Government Engineering Department) has taken no effective measures to fix the deteriorating road. A visit on Monday reveals that the stretch from Chonogao to Paikpara Golap’s House along ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia can ‘maintain’ treatment, said her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, a member of the BNP National Standing Committee. He urged people not to spread misleading information. While speaking to reporters in front of Evercare Hospital around 12:30pm on Tuesday, Dr Zahid said, ”Khaleda Zia is responding to treatment or we can say, she can maintain ...

Remarkable support of countrymen is the source of strength and inspiration for our family, said BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, he wrote, “I want to take a moment, on behalf of the Zia family and BNP, to give our most profound thanks for the remarkable outpouring of support for Begum Khaleda Zia’s recovery.” ”The ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) President Chang Won-sam held a high-level discussion in Dhaka on Monday, focusing on strengthening development partnerships, expanding investment opportunities, and enhancing human capital to support Bangladesh’s transition from Least Developed Country (LDC) status. The meeting took place at the State Guest House Jamuna, where Chang conveyed warm greetings from ...

The government has officially declared BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as a Very Important Person and approved the deployment of the Special Security Force for her protection. The Chief Adviser Office issued the gazette notification on Monday (December 1). The notification was signed by Mohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, Director General (Administration) of the Chief Adviser’s Office, on ...