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Ukraine boosts grain exports despite intensified Russian attacks
KYIV/LONDON - Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has made in the...
Aug 12, 20244 min read


Russia evacuates another border region amid growing threat from Ukrainian units
MOSCOW - Russia on Monday evacuated parts of another region next to Ukraine after Kyiv sharply increased military activity near the...
Aug 12, 20242 min read


Russia battles Ukrainian troops for third day after shock incursion
MOSCOW - Russian forces were battling Ukrainian troops for a third day on Thursday after they smashed through the Russian border in the...
Aug 9, 20243 min read


Nobel laureate Yunus takes charge of Bangladesh, hopes to heal strife-torn country
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday, hoping to help heal the country...
Aug 9, 20243 min read


Nobel laureate Yunus makes emotional return to Bangladesh to lead caretaker government
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus made an emotional return home to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a new interim government...
Aug 8, 20243 min read


President Murmu calls for deepening India-New Zealand educational ties
New Delhi, Aug 8 - President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said educational exchanges are an important aspect of the bilateral relations...
Aug 8, 20242 min read


President Murmu holds bilateral talks with New Zealand's Governor General, Deputy PM
Wellington, Aug 8 - President Droupadi Murmu met New Zealand's Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters...
Aug 8, 20242 min read


Bangladesh new interim leader Yunus heads home, government to be sworn in on Thursday
DHAKA - The Nobel Peace laureate tapped to lead an interim government in Bangladesh called for calm and boarded a flight on Wednesday to...
Aug 8, 20244 min read


Hindu homes, temples targeted in Bangladesh after Hasina ouster, minority group says
DHAKA - Hundreds of Hindu houses, businesses and temples have been vandalised since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a...
Aug 7, 20242 min read


Protesters force four Bangladesh cenbank deputies to resign, bank sources say
DHAKA - Four deputy governors of Bangladesh's central bank were forced to resign on Wednesday after about 300-400 officials protested...
Aug 7, 20242 min read


India evacuates non-essential staff from its embassy, consulates in Bangladesh, Indian official sources say
NEW DELHI - India has evacuated all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy and consulates in neighbouring Bangladesh,...
Aug 7, 20241 min read


Exclusive-Bangladesh army refused to suppress protest, sealing Hasina's fate
DHAKA/NEW DELHI - The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a...
Aug 7, 20244 min read
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