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  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy issues a warning that the Strait of Hormuz is "closed," citing five tankers that have been hit since Friday.
  • Four drones were intercepted and destroyed over the provinces of Riyadh, Eastern, and Southern, according to the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
  • The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
  • Police and pritesters clashed during Saturday's large-scale protests across France over social injustice, exorbitant prices, and the condition of the educational system.
  • Just two days before the new sanctions and tariffs on Russia mandated by the law named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham were scheduled to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving them.
  • On Saturday afternoon, a car drove through a soccer match in Wichita, Kansas, killing a child and an adult and injuring numerous others.

Tag: Bangladesh News

January 5, 2023

Bangladesh’s Share of US Apparel Imports...

American orders for apparel made in Bangladesh are growing faster than U.S. imports from clothes manufacturing giant China.

December 23, 2022

Activists,Families Call for Rescue of Boat...

As many as 20 people have died aboard a boat stranded at sea for days north of Indonesia’s Aceh province and carrying scores of Rohingya refugees

December 17, 2022

Bangladesh Govt Criticizes US Envoy for...

U.S.-Bangladesh tensions notched up this week after protesters caused the American ambassador to Dhaka to cut short a visit to the home of the mother and sister of a missing opposition politician for security reasons.

December 15, 2022

Unable to Return Home, Rohingya Risk...

Human rights defenders are seeing a surge in potentially deadly boat journeys by Rohingya refugees as they try to reach countries in Southeast Asia where they can access schools, food and jobs.

December 14, 2022

In an Increasingly Authoritarian Bangladesh,the Opposition...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the country’s principal opposition organ, this past weekend held what was arguably the nation’s biggest anti-government rally in years, marking a solid end to the party’s long hiatus.

December 10, 2022

With key Leaders arrested,BNP Supporters Flock...

Bangladesh has arrested two senior opposition party leaders ahead of a huge anti-government rally in the nation’s capital Saturday and after political violence that drew a rare high-profile statement from the White House. 

December 9, 2022

24 Rohingya Leave Bangladesh for US

Two dozen Rohingya departed for the United States on Thursday where they will be allowed to live, officials with Bangladesh’s foreign ministry and repatriation office announced,

December 8, 2022

BNP, Police Clash Ahead of Major...

At least one man was killed and scores were injured when violence broke out Wednesday as police clashed with a big crowd of supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party outside its headquarters in Dhaka, officials and activists said.

December 6, 2022

BNP: Police Conduct Mass Arrests of...

Police have arrested hundreds of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders, field-level organizers, and other members of the opposition party in the past five days ahead of a massive rally it plans to hold in Dhaka next weekend, BNP officials alleged Monday. 

November 30, 2022

Bangladesh,Myanmar Border Police Agree to Work...

The Bangladesh and Myanmar border police forces have agreed to work jointly to prevent illegal crossings by militants along the countries’ common frontier, the chief of the Bangladeshi border guard said Tuesday.

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