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DHAKA : Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur has said it is quite possible to freeze the money and assets laundered abroad from Bangladesh within a year if the process can be expedited. "Generally four to five years are required...

WASHINGTON : Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine would "immediately" start peace talks after he spoke with Vladimir Putin on Monday, despite the Russian leader rebuffing the US president's call for an unconditional truce. Trump framed the two-hour conversation as...

WASHINGTON : US President Donald Trump will hold a phone call with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday as part of his long-running effort to end the war set off by Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Trump had vowed during the...

DHAKA, May 18, 2025 (BSS) - The National Economic Council (NEC) today approved an Annual Development Programme (ADP) outlay of Tk 2,30,000 crore for the next fiscal year (FY26) keeping highest allocation in the transport and communication sector. NEC Chairperson and...

WASHINGTON : A mega-bill central to US President Donald Trump's domestic agenda cleared a key hurdle Sunday, progressing out of the House Budget Committee after several lawmakers holding up the legislation dropped their opposition. Trump is pushing to usher into...

MEXICO CITY : At least 22 people were wounded, three of them critically, when a Mexican Navy training ship slammed into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday, the navy said in a statement. "No personnel fell into...

LONDON : Severe storms that swept through the US states of Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia left more than 25 people dead, laying waste to local communities and cutting off electricity to nearly 200,000, authorities said Saturday. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear...

DHAKA : Dhanmondi Road- 27 has been renamed after ‘Shaheed Farhan Faiyaz’, a martyr of July uprising. “The new name of Dhanmondi Road- 27 (old) is now ‘Shaheed Farhan Faiyaz Road’. Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) unveiled the plaque of the...

DHAKA : Information and Broadcasting Secretary Mahbuba Farjana today said Bangladesh Film Archive will work on collecting and preserving audio-visual documents of July uprising. She said this in a discussion meeting organized marking the 47th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Film...

DHAKA : A Dhaka court here today granted six-day police remand to three accused in the murder case of Dhaka University student Shahriar Alam Shammo, who was stabbed to death at Suhrawardi Udyan on May 13. The accused persons are...