Monday, 14 September 2026, 08:08 pm
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New Zealand eyes increased engagement with South Asia: Envoy tells Hasan Mahmud
Online Desk: High Commissioner of New Zealand to Bangladesh (resident in New Delhi) David Pine on Wednesday said the new government of New Zealand (NZ) has identified the South Asian regionread more
Taiwan quake: Philippines warns of tsunami, orders evacuations
Online Desk: The Philippines warned of “high tsunami waves” and called for the evacuation of coastal areas in the country’s north on Wednesday, lowering an earlier warning after a major quakeread more
Taiwan hit by strongest quake in 25 years, buildings damaged
Online Desk: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years, shaking buildings from their foundations and sparking a tsunamiread more
Bangladesh has pioneered autism awareness in South Asia: Ambassador says at Autism Day event in Yangon
Online Desk: Bangladesh Ambassador to Myanmar Dr. Md. Monwar Hossain on Tuesday said Bangladesh played a pioneering role, led by Saima Wazed, the current Regional Director of WHO-South East Asia regionread more
BRAC empowers 1,200 disadvantaged young women in coastal areas with support from US Embassy
Online Desk: BRAC’s Skill Development Programme (SDP) has created employment opportunities for 1,200 young women who were previously disadvantaged and lagging behind in coastal areas vulnerable to climate change. School dropoutsread more
Urgent monetary reform, single exchange rate regime critical to improve foreign exchange reserves and ease inflation: World Bank
Online Desk: Bangladesh’s economy made a strong turnaround from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the post-pandemic recovery continues to be disrupted by high inflation, a persistent balance of payments deficit, financial sectorread more
An old land mine found by children near an Afghanistan village explodes, killing 9
Online Desk: An old land mine found by children in eastern Afghanistan exploded while they were playing with it, killing nine children, a Taliban spokesman said Monday. The mine, whichread more
Gaza medical officials say Israeli strike kills 4 foreign aid workers, driver after delivering food
Online Desk: An apparent Israeli airstrike killed four international aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity and their Palestinian driver late Monday, hours after the group brought in aread more
Israeli army says 600 soldiers killed since October 7
Online Desk: The Israeli military on Monday announced the death of a soldier in fighting in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of troops killed since the October 7 Hamasread more
