International

AFP/APP Berlin: Award-winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy said Friday she was withdrawing from the Berlin Film Festival over jury president Wim Wenders’s comments that cinema should “stay out of politics” when asked about Gaza. Roy…

News Desk  Dhaka: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured a sweeping two-thirds majority in Bangladesh’s general election on Friday, paving the way for its return to power after two decades and raising hopes of political stability…

News Desk Dhaka: Bangladesh’s opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami were locked in a neck-and-neck battle on Thursday as early results began to emerge from a landmark national election — the first since…

AFP/APP Istanbul: At least three people died and four others were reported missing after a migrant boat sank in the Aegean Sea on Thursday, the Turkish coastguard said. The inflatable rubber boat began taking on water off the coast…

News Desk  Dhaka: Bangladesh began voting on Thursday in its first national election since the deadly 2024 uprising that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, with long queues forming at polling stations across the country amid…

AFP/APP Madagascar: A powerful cyclone packing violent winds killed at least 20 people after striking Madagascar, toppling houses and triggering major flooding, the country’s disaster management authority said Wednesday. Cyclone Gezani…

AFP Dhaka: Bangladesh goes to the polls on Thursday in its first parliamentary elections since a 2024 uprising ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule, alongside a landmark referendum on sweeping democratic reforms. The interim government…

TASS/APP New York: SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said the company’s primary goal is to establish the first city on the Moon in less than a decade. “For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on…

News Desk  Washington: A 15-week “Walk for Peace” undertaken by a group of Buddhist monks is set to conclude on Wednesday at the Lincoln Memorial, marking the end of a journey that began in Texas late last year and carried a message of…

AFP/APP Los Angeles: Authorities have detained a person for questioning over the kidnapping of the mother of US television anchor Savannah Guthrie, media reported Tuesday, the same day the FBI released new images of an apparent suspect…