Palestine

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman/File Photo
Middle East

Palestinian leader Abbas names likely successor in bid to reassure world powers

Abbas, 89, has headed the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) since the death of veteran leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 but he had for years resisted internal...

Palestinians inspect the damage after two Israeli missiles hit a building inside the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, shortly after patients were evacuated following a call from someone who identified himself with Israeli security, in Gaza City, April 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Middle East

Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury. File Photo: Collected
Foreign Policy

Bangladesh's supports for Palestinians to continue: Home adviser

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World+Biz

EU announces €1.6 billion in new aid for Palestinians

Islamic scholar Mizanur Rahman Azhari speaks at the “March for Gaza” protest rally in the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan on 12 March 2025. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Palestine lives in each of our hearts: Azhari

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed during a press briefing on 12 April 2025. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

BNP to join 'March for Gaza' protest against Israeli genocide in Palestine

A massive number of people gathers in Dhaka's Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday, 12 April 2025 to join the "March for Gaza" rally protesting Israel's continued invasion of Gaza. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

In Photos: Sea of people flood Suhrawardy Udyan in solidarity with Gaza

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World+Biz

Israel frees Palestinian who developed schizophrenia in prison for attack at age 13

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks in front of humanitarian aid destined to Gaza, at the Egyptian Red Crescent warehouse in Arish, Egypt April 8, 2025. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Macron says France could recognise Palestinian state in June

A woman reacts over the body of a person killed during overnight Israeli army airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, at the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. AP/Jehad Alshrafi
Middle East

Israel's blockade leaves Gaza hospitals 'dangerously low' on medicine

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Law & order

1,200 sued over vandalising shops, restaurants during pro-Gaza protests in Ctg; 8 arrested

Yamama Jundia, 13, injured in an Israeli airstrike, grieves alongside others over the bodies of their relatives, who were killed in the same strike, at the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Photo: AP via UNB
Middle East

At least 60,000 children malnourished in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade continues

Images of shattered glass facades at KFC outlets and looted Bata showrooms have competed with the polished presentations of economic potential. Photo: TBS
Panorama

Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025: Vandalism, looting couldn’t have come at a worse time