2023

Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on US foreign policy, died on Wednesday at age 100, according to his geopolitical consulting firm…

Delegates from nearly 200 countries will convene today for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, where conference host and OPEC member the UAE hopes to sell the vision of a low-carbon future that includes, not shuns, fossil fuels. That…

Awami League will not accept delaying of the elections beyond January 29, said its General Secretary Obaidul Quader. "The constitution has set a time frame for the elections. We will never support deferment of the polls beyond that…

Leader of the opposition in parliament Raushan Ershad has announced she will not participate in the national election because tested leaders of her party have been undermined. "I took part in the 2014 and 2018 national elections in…

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday said the EC doesn't have the scope to engage itself in any disputes or differences in the political arena. "We told the EU delegation that if there is any difference of opinion…

You can tell a general election is in the offing when sculptures made almost 500 years before the birth of Christ become the subject of a very public diplomatic snub in November 2023. Rishi Sunak was due to meet Greece's…

Ranveer Singh, alongside Diane Kruger and Abdullah Al-Sadhan, are set to be honoured at the forthcoming Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Reports from Variety have confirmed that Ranveer Singh, along with actor…

Ashraful Hossen Alam, popularly known as Hero Alom, is reportedly going to star in a Bollywood movie with Indian actress Rakhi Sawant. Hero Alom confirmed the news to The Daily Star and said, "The film is going to be my first Bollywood…

President Joe Biden will miss the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, after two years of attending the talks in hopes of highlighting US leadership, a US official said Sunday. Some 70,000 people including national leaders and Pope Francis…

Indian rescue teams digging by hand are within just five metres of reaching 41 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 17 days, officials said Tuesday, saying a breakthrough was expected "soon." "The escape passage has been prepared…