Yearly Archives

2025

El Salvador offers to swap US deportees with Venezuela

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offered Venezuela Sunday a trade of 252 Venezuelans deported to his country by the United States for an equal number of political prisoners held by President Nicolas Maduro's regime. The offer followed a…

Israel carried out ‘summary executions’

Gaza's civil defence agency yesterday accused the Israeli military of carrying out "summary executions" in the killing of 15 rescue workers last month, rejecting the findings of an internal probe by the army. The medics and other rescue…

‘Borbaad’ and ‘Daagi’ dominate overseas theatres

Bangladeshi films "Borbaad" and "Daagi" have sustained packed audiences in theatres both locally and internationally, even twenty days after their Eid release. "Borbaad' has emerged as a major crowd-puller, attracting attention at both…

I don’t miss tennis: Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal insisted on Monday that he doesn't "miss tennis" after being honoured with a Sporting Icon award at the Laureus World Sport Awards in Madrid. The 38-year-old Spaniard, winner of 22 Grand Slam trophies, including 14 at…

Will hold ‘best election’ in nation’s history

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday expressed his commitment to ensuring that the upcoming national election will be the best in Bangladesh's history. According to a statement from the chief adviser's press wing, Yunus…

Eliminate gender disparities in laws

The Women's Affairs Reforms Commission has proposed a series of comprehensive reforms to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women embedded in the country's laws, constitution, policies, and institutions. The 10-member…

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