November 2023

India will meet five-time champions Australia in the final of the ICC World Cup today at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Here is the factfile ahead of the final. OVERALL: ***Tournament hosts India are eyeing a first major ICC global…

Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick in France's record-breaking 14-0 thrashing of 10-man Gibraltar as the Netherlands, Switzerland and Romania booked their places at Euro 2024 on Saturday. Les Bleus set a new record margin of victory in…

A senior lawmaker in Israel has urged the military to "burn" Gaza and not allow any fuel into the Palestinian enclave unless all hostages held by Hamas are released. The comments made on Friday by Nissim Vaturi, deputy…

Pacific Rim leaders showed divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum on Friday, although they pledged support for reform of the World Trade Organization.…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a government can only be changed through vote. "We want to protect the voting rights of the people ... and the government can only be changed through vote," she said while inaugurating the…

Conflict within the Jatiya Party came to the fore once again as two top leaders wrote to the Election Commission yesterday about the authority to sign the nomination forms of candidates and taking part in the January 7 national…

In a triumphant continuation of her illustrious career, Jaya Ahsan, the acclaimed Bangladeshi actress, has achieved another milestone. Just three days after securing her fifth National Film Award, she received the exciting news that five of…

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday called for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses in fighting between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip for a "sufficient number of days" to allow aid access. The…

Renewed fighting this week between Myanmar's military and an ethnic minority armed group has displaced more than 26,000 people in western Rakhine state, the United Nations said on Friday. Ongoing clashes between the Arakan Army (AA) and…

The increasing interest of some foreign countries in Bangladesh's upcoming general election can be seen as a reflection of their response to the country's divisive politics and the current state of democracy, say foreign policy analysts.…