Friday, 14 March 2025, 12:14 pm
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Sweden Crown Princess Victoria due in Dhaka March 18
Online Desk: Sweden Crown Princess Victoria will visit Bangladesh on March 18–21 as part of her role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)read more
US to send new weapons package worth $300m for Ukraine
Online Desk: The United States will send a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $300 million, President Joe Biden’s administration said on Tuesday, the first suchread more
Bangladeshis among 3 killed in shootout with police in Malaysia
Online Desk: Three foreign nationals including a Bangladeshi, suspected of being members of the Centro Gang, were killed in a shootout with the police in Malaysia. Theread more
An explosion in a building outside Beijing kills 2 people and injures 26
Online Desk: Rescuers were responding to a suspected gas leak explosion Wednesday in a building in northern China that has killed two people and injured 26, authoritiesread more
Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if threatened, Putin tells state media
Online Desk: President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to Russian statehood, sovereignty, or independence. Speaking inread more
Stage set for rematch: Biden, Trump clinch nominations
Online Desk: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting upread more
WHO report reveals gender inequality at the root of global crisis in health and care work
Online Desk: A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work,”read more
ADB approves $71 million loan to improve flood control, water resources management in Gopalganj and Madaripur
Online Desk: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $71 million loan to improve flood control, irrigation, and water resources management in rural communities in Gopalganjread more
4 million people face ‘acute food insecurity’ in troubled Haiti, says UN food agency official
Online Desk: Four million people face “acute food insecurity” and one million of them are one step away from famine, the U.N. food agency’s director in theread more
