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Why has the United States withheld billions in UN dues?
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (88+ words) The Business Standard Recasting Bangladesh’s idle industrial assets From compliance to confidence: Building trust in workplace grievance mechanisms Track the bribe: Young duo launches 'GhushSite' to map public corruption via anonymous reports Want to prevent capital flight? Build a functioning…...
NATO allies discuss how to restore freedom of navigation through Strait of Hormuz
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (126+ words) The Business Standard NATO's top commander, General Alexus Grynkewich, has brought together interested allies to discuss possible measures to support freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. But NATO insists this is not an official alliance mission. Recasting Bangladesh’s…...
Iran calls US economic pressure 'declaration of war"
4+ hour, 32+ min ago (683+ words) Sunday August 23, 2026 Iran has granted permission for several Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz following repeated requests from Baghdad, offering limited relief to Iraq as shipping through the strategic waterway remains severely disrupted amid the nearly…...
Imran Khan's party seeks contempt action over jailed leader's hospital move
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (277+ words) The party of Pakistan's jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan filed a contempt petition against the government on Saturday (22 August) after authorities took the cricketer-turned-politician to a state-run hospital instead of the private facility ordered by the top court, party officials…...
Integrated social movement must be built to eradicate drugs: Mir Helal
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (278+ words) Sunday August 23, 2026 State Minister for Land and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Barrister Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin today (22 August) called for an integrated social movement involving people from all sections of society to eradicate drug abuse and its related crimes. "Drugs…...
Iraq gets Hormuz passage as Trump threatens Iran sanctions
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (792+ words) Sunday August 23, 2026 Iran has granted special permission to a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after repeated requests from Baghdad, offering limited relief to Iraq as the key energy corridor remains severely disrupted amid…...
Nine years on, experts call for stronger global action on Rohingya crisis
6+ hour ago (423+ words) Sunday August 23, 2026 Experts and government officials have called for stronger, coordinated and sustained international action to ensure a durable solution to the Rohingya crisis and greater support for Bangladesh. The call was made at "Confluence 2026: A Convening of Partnership, Appreciation…...
What Does Iran Gain by Striking Europe’s ‘Soft Underbelly’?
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (87+ words) The Business Standard Recasting Bangladesh’s idle industrial assets From compliance to confidence: Building trust in workplace grievance mechanisms Track the bribe: Young duo launches 'GhushSite' to map public corruption via anonymous reports Want to prevent capital flight? Build a functioning…...
Kobir seeks mounting global pressure on Myanmar for Rohingyas' return
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (208+ words) Sunday August 23, 2026 Newly appointed State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir today (22 August) urged the international community not to let the Rohingya crisis become a "forgotten crisis" and to exert meaningful pressure on Myanmar for the sustainable and dignified repatriation…...
US, Maldives congratulate Mirza Fakhrul on becoming President
8+ hour, 43+ min ago (150+ words) Saturday August 22, 2026 The US Embassy in Dhaka and Maldivian President Dr Mohamed Muizzu have congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on his election as the 23rd President of Bangladesh. In a statement today (22 August), the US Embassy said it looks forward to…...