Dhaka- At least nine people were injured, and a house was set ablaze amid escalating incidents of post-election violence in five districts across Bangladesh, local media reported. As violence intensified, six individuals sustained injuries after two groups of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) workers clashed in Lalpur upazila of the Natore district on Saturday night.”At least…
Munich- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said that US President Donald Trump’s desire to obtain Greenland has not changed. “I think the desire from the US president is exactly the same. He is very serious about this theme,” Frederiksen said at a panel of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday (local time).”We have to…
Seoul- South Korea’s defence ministry said Friday it has excluded Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Kang Dong-gil from duty over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched martial law bid in late 2024. The move came a day after the ministry took a similar action against Ground Operations Commander General Joo Sung-un…
Dhaka- Expressing concern over recent incidents of intimidation and harassment of journalists and media institutions across Bangladesh, the country’s Editors’ Council warned that such actions pose a serious risk to press freedom and the democratic process ahead of the February 12 national elections, local media reported. Citing the February 7 entry of army personnel into…
Seoul- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her party’s victory in an election, wishing for Japan’s further development under her leadership and hoping to meet her in South Korea via shuttle diplomacy. Lee posted the congratulatory message on social media platform X after Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic…
Beijing- Chinese researchers have unveiled a crucial mutation in the Ebola virus that significantly enhanced its infectivity during a major outbreak, providing new insights for epidemic surveillance and drug development. The study, published in the journal Cell, focused on the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 2018…
Islamabad- Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori on Friday demanded judicial investigation into the Gul Plaza incident in Pakistan’s Karachi as the death toll from the fire increased to 67 while 77 people remain missing, local media reported on Friday. Addressing a press conference, Tessori stated that he would request the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court…
Seoul- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday called for bipartisan cooperation on diplomatic and security affairs, citing growing uncertainties in the international order. Lee made the remarks at a meeting with senior aides as he wrapped up separate summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this month.”Amid…
Sydney- The premier of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Wednesday that a footbridge used by the perpetrators of the terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach should be demolished. NSW Premier Chris Minns said at a press conference in Sydney that his personal view is that the footbridge at the northern…
Washington- US President Donald Trump has said that the only real constraint on his power on the world stage is his own morality, dismissing international law as a primary limitation on his actions. Trump made the remarks in an interview with The New York Times, last week, the transcript of which was released Sunday, when…
