A supporter holds a sign following a hearing in the multi-state lawsuit over President Trump’s order ending all federal funding or support for healthcare that aids gender transitions for people younger than 19, outside a courthouse in Seattle, Washington, U.S., February 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A second federal judge on Friday (February 14, … Read more
Former Biju Janata Dal MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda’. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda to head 31-member select committee to examine Income Tax Bill The select committee of the Lok Sabha, which will examine the Income-Tax Bill, 2025, was constituted on Friday with BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda appointed as chairman of … Read more
United States Vice-President JD Vance, second right, and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, third right, meet with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance pledged on … Read more
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldiers are seen sitting on top of a truck driving in the streets of Bukavu on February 14, 2025. The intensifying conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has provoked fears of a regional war. Several of the DRC’s nine neighbouring countries, as … Read more
Kevin Kelly, the Irish Ambassador to India and Bangladesh, meets Chief Adviser Mohammad Yunus of the interim government in Dhaka on February 10. Bangladesh will soon witness the birth of a new political party that will safeguard the young generation’s contribution to the uprising that overthrew the Sheikh Hasina government in August 2024. Nahid Islam, … Read more
Donald Trump has floated the possibility of cutting off aid to longstanding allies Jordan and Egypt should they refuse his plan. File | Photo Credit: AP Saudi Arabia will host the leaders of four Arab countries at a summit on February 20 to discuss President Donald Trump’s proposal for a U.S. takeover of Gaza, a source … Read more
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te holds a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan February 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Friday (February 14, 2025) he would communicate more with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s concerns over the chip industry and invest more in the U.S, hours after Mr. Trump ordered reciprocal … Read more
SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh said on Friday (February 14, 2025) it had asked tech billionaire Elon Musk to bring satellite internet service Starlink to the South Asian country, as its fragile interim government seeks U.S. diplomatic support. Mr. Musk has a highly visible White House role as … Read more
Adani Power has agreed to fully restore supply from a 1,600 MW India power plant to Bangladesh in a few days after a gap of three months but has rejected Dhaka’s request for discounts and tax benefits, two sources told Reuters. Billionaire Gautam Adani’s company halved supply to Bangladesh on October 31 due to payment … Read more
American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, 65, center left, waves as he is escorted by Hamas fighters to be handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City, Saturday Feb.1, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A freed Israeli hostage said Friday (February 14, 2025) that Hamas militants starved and tortured him during captivity, as the Red Cross … Read more