38+ min ago   (1105+ words) The 10th United Nations secretary-general will be chosen this year for a five-year term starting on 1 January 2027.A second informal poll took place on Friday and showed Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett was narrowly ahead, according to sources close to the process,…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (803+ words) Deir el-Balah cemetery: Palestinians visiting the graves of their loved ones. -Al JazeeraTwenty-year-old Omar al-Sawhi has to find a burial place for his father, Mohammad, 40, who was shot dead close to the "Yellow Line", an Israeli-designated military zone in Gaza....

1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1700+ words) Bangladesh's Constitution places the president above all other offices in rank.Yet the post's ceremonial weight far outstrips its executive muscle.Mohammed Shahabuddin, the country's 22nd president, stepped down on July 24, citing ill health, nearly two years before his term was…...

3+ hour, 16+ min ago   (173+ words) Four newly appointed ministers and two state ministers on Saturday paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War at the National Memorial at Savar on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka.The new cabinet members arrived at the memorial…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (404+ words) Sound statecraft cannot prevail without a free, independent and responsible mass media, speakers said at a discussion held at Cosmos Center in Malibagh in the capital on Saturday.They stressed that a vibrant media is essential for ensuring transparency, accountability…...

4+ hour, 44+ min ago   (344+ words) Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said Hindu, Sikh and Jain refugees who were forced to flee Bangladesh would be granted Indian citizenship within the next six months, while vowing to identify and remove illegal immigrants from West Bengal. Speaking in…...

4+ hour, 49+ min ago   (470+ words) Turkiye has sought an international arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of "genocide" for Israel's attack in May on activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla for Gaza. In a post on X on Friday, Turkish Justice…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1177+ words) The architecture of twenty-first-century global power is no longer defined strictly by traditional territorial conquest or maritime chokepoints; it is anchored in the microscopic domain of the semiconductor, the insatiable energy grids of artificial intelligence and the geopolitical containment of…...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1205+ words) Dr. Shantanu MukharjiIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Australia visit (July 8-10, 2026), soon after a visit to Indonesia proved an all-round success in terms of several deals in different areas bringing both the countries further strategically more closer.Here, it may be…...

11+ hour, 43+ min ago   (576+ words) India's presidential palace has withdrawn a notice announcing a rehearsal for the ceremonial welcome of the Bangladesh prime minister amid uncertainty over a possible visit by Tarique Rahman to New Delhi.The notice, dated Aug 21 and published on the website…...