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Experts for MPs’ oath by CEC as govt weighs options M Moneruzzaman 14 February, 2026, 00:32 File photo The interim government is considering two options to administer the oath to members of the 13th parliament, as the speaker and deputy speaker of the 12th parliament are no longer in office...

Fakhrul outlines three immediate challenges for next government bdnews24.com Published : Feb 13, 2026 19:45 Updated : Feb 13, 2026 19:45 BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has outlined three immediate challenges for the next government after his party secured an absolute...

India clears proposal to buy of French Rafale jets Agence France-Presse . New Delhi, India 12 February, 2026, 23:42 Indian officials have cleared the proposed purchase of $39 billion worth of defence equipment, including more Rafale jets, the defence ministry said Thursday, days ahead of a...

Referendum to fundamentally transform political order Feb 12 vote to mark 'historic break' with past: CA FE REPORT Published : Feb 10, 2026 08:17 Updated : Feb 10, 2026 08:17 Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus presides over a meeting of the advisory council at the Chief Adviser’s Office in...

Ex-army chief for DGFI, RAB abolition RAW officials used meeting room at DGFI headquarters as office, he tells ICT-1 Staff Correspondent 09 February, 2026, 15:50 Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan. | File photo Former army chief and retired general Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan on Monday testified before...

Bangladesh is an influential actor of Iran in South Asia: Iran ambassador Diplomatic Correspondent Dhaka Published: 09 Feb 2026, 23: 06 Bangladesh is an influential actor of Iran in South Asia. Collected On behalf of the people and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, ambassador...

Suicide blast at Pakistan mosque kills at least 31, wounds over 130 AFP Islamabad, Pakistan Updated: 06 Feb 2026, 22: 57 Security personnel and locals gather at a blast site inside a mosque in Islamabad on 6 February 2026. AFP A suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Pakistan's capital...

Handover of power to new govt won't not go beyond 17-18 Feb: press secretary Special CorrespondentDhaka Published: 05 Feb 2026, 20: 41 Members of the press team, including chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam, at a briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka on 5 February 2026...

Who is the Baloch Liberation Army behind Pakistan's Balochistan attacks? REUTERS Published : Feb 05, 2026 00:42 Updated : Feb 05, 2026 00:42 Pakistan's banned separatist group the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for coordinated gun and bomb attacks that killed dozens of...

Bangladesh, Japan sign defence equipment, technology transfer agreement BSS Published : Feb 04, 2026 00:12 Updated : Feb 04, 2026 00:12 Bangladesh and Japan signed a defence equipment and technology transfer agreement at Dhaka Cantonment under the supervision of the Armed Forces Division...

NASA delays Moon mission over frigid weather Agence France-Presse . Washington, United States 31 January, 2026, 21:57 AFP photo NASA on Friday pushed back the earliest date that astronauts could fly to the Moon, due to forecasts of freezing temperatures at the Florida launch site. The...

India budget pledges record infrastructure, defence boost Agence France – Presse . New Delhi, India 01 February, 2026, 21:30 India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) poses for photos before she leaves the Finance Ministry to present the annual budget to parliament at the Kartavya...

UK Awami League leaders meet Sheikh Hasina in Delhi Saidul Islam from London Published: 30 Jan 2026, 22: 33 Sheikh Hasina File photo A group of leaders from the UK chapter of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) has met former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Delhi, following her flight to India...

BAF, China’s CETC ink deal to produce unmanned aerial vehicles in Bangladesh G2G agreement includes technology transfer, skills development, and domestic manufacturing By Star Online Report Photo: BAF Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) and China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC)...

Defence economic zone to be set up instead of Indian economic zone in Chattogram's Mirsharai Staff Correspondent Dhaka Published: 26 Jan 2026, 23: 14 Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority Executive Chairman Ashik Chowdhury addresses a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy on Bailey...

After 2026 election, Dhaka must set out clear India, China, and US policies By Asif Bin Ali VISUAL: STAR Bangladesh often seems to treat foreign policy as subject to seasonal political moods. If one government is branded “India-friendly,” another “China-leaning,” then a third is cast as...

US military to prioritise homeland and curbing China, limit support for allies AFP Washington, United States Published: 24 Jan 2026, 10: 37 A general view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, 15 October 2025. Reuters The US military will prioritize protecting the homeland and deterring...

US-brokered peace talks break off without deal after overnight Russian bombardment of Ukraine REUTERS Published : Jan 24, 2026 22:49 Updated : Jan 24, 2026 22:49 The members of delegations participating in the UAE hosted trilateral talks between the U.S., Russia and Ukraine, Director of the...

Trump threatens 200pc tariff on French wines, Champagne over 'Board of Peace' snub AFP Washington, United States Updated: 20 Jan 2026, 12: 08 US President Donald Trump (L) talks with reporters as U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum (R) looks on at Palm Beach International Airport on...

Trump calls UK's Chagos deal with Mauritius 'stupid' and 'weak'' REUTERS Published : Jan 21, 2026 00:01 Updated : Jan 21, 2026 00:01 An undated file photo shows Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the...