President Joe Biden made an impassioned call for the United States to show global leadership by backing Israel and Ukraine, saying in a speech from the Oval Office Thursday that defeating Hamas and Russia was a vital US interest. Biden, 80, said he would make an “urgent” request to Congress on Friday for funding to help Ukraine and Israel, arguing ...

The 8th meeting of Awami League Parliamentary Party will be held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Sunday, reports BSS. AL Parliamentary Party leader and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting to be held at around 6pm, said a press release of the Parliamentary Secretariat. AL Parliamentary Party Secretary and Chief Whip of Parliament Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury has requested ...

The West is seeking after establishing control over the global economy but the majority of countries understand that qualitative development is impossible in such conditions, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the Made in Russia 2023 International Export Forum. Fierce competition is underway in the world for the technology leadership and “for control over the global economy, in the first ...

 Golapganj upazila Correspondent : A teenager was stabbed to death and another was injured over a trivial matter at Golapganj upazila in Sylhet district on Thursday. The incident took place at around 7.00pm near Shahi Eidgah of Amura Union’s Amoni Bazar area. The deceased was identified as Tazel Ahmed, 18, son of Moin Mia, a resident of Amura village under ...

Australia have got a mountain-like total against Pakistan in the 18th game of the World Cup in Bengaluru despite falling into a batting collapse at the end. The five-time world champions posted 367 runs losing nine wickets after the full 50 overs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. Being asked to bat, two openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh ...

The Hamas-controlled interior ministry said several displaced people sheltering at a church compound in Gaza were killed and injured after an Israeli strike late Thursday. The strike left a “large number of martyrs and injured” at the compound of the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City, the ministry said, reports AFP. Witnesses told AFP the strike appeared to ...

The inauguration date for the Agargaon to Motijheel section of the Dhaka metro rail’s MRT Line-6 has been deferred again. The new opening date is scheduled for November 4. ABM Amin Ullah Nuri, secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, acknowledging the matter on Friday (October 20) said the service would not be opened on October 29. The inauguration ...

Canada said Thursday it had withdrawn 41diplomats from India — fallout from a bitter row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. New Delhi planned to revoke diplomatic immunity for all but 21 of Canada’s diplomats and their families by Friday, forcing Ottawa to pull out the others, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said, reports AFP. “We ...

Australia (AUS) are scheduled to face Pakistan (PAK) in the 18th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 at Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday, October 20. Australia’s World Cup journey gained momentum as they secured a significant victory over Sri Lanka. Opting to field, Zampa spearheaded the Aussie bowlers, claiming four crucial wickets to restrict Sri Lanka to a ...

Britain’s ruling Conservative Party suffered two damaging by-election defeats to Labour on Friday, boding ill for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his party’s chances at the next general election. The elections were in traditionally safe Tory seats, but Labour managed to overturn huge majorities in both on a notable evening for the opposition party, AFP reports. Labour had played down ...