Thursday, 17 September 2026, 12:12 am
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Palestinian families rejoice over release of minors and women in wartime prisoner swap
Online Desk: Over three dozen Palestinian prisoners returned home to a hero’s welcome in the occupied West Bank on Friday following their release from Israeli prisons as part of aread more
Aware of Moscow’s ‘deliberate mischaracterization’ of US foreign policy, Ambassador Haas’ meetings: Washington says
Online Desk: The United States has said it is aware of Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s “deliberate mischaracterization” of US foreign policy and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas’read more
FOC: Bangladesh, India hold comprehensive discussions on trade, security, border issues
Online Desk: Bangladesh and India have held “comprehensive discussions” on a wide range of issues covering border and security, trade, commerce and connectivity, cooperation in water, power and energy sectors,read more
Bangladesh-India FS-level talks held in New Delhi
Online Desk: Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen had a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Vinay Kwatra at Hydrabad House in New Delhi on Friday. This was the second Foreignread more
Russia says downed 16 Ukrainian drones in south, Crimea
Online Desk: Russia said Friday it had destroyed 16 Ukrainian drones in the south of the country and over the annexed Crimean Peninsula. On Thursday night, “an attempt by theread more
COP28 has to make progress towards clean energy: UK
Online Desk: British Deputy High Commissioner and Development Director, Matt Cannell has said Bangladesh and the UK continue to work closely to turn climate commitments into action and have commonread more
4-day truce begins in Gaza, setting stage to swap dozens of hostages for Palestinian prisoners
Online Desk: A temporary truce in the Israel-Hamas war took effect early Friday, setting the stage for the exchange of dozens of hostages held by militants in Gaza for Palestiniansread more
Iran top diplomat meets Hezbollah chief in Lebanon
Online Desk: Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has met with Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah which has traded deadly cross-border fire with Israel since the start of the Gazaread more
WHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters
Online Desk: The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia inread more
