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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures as he speaks at Tehran's Friday prayer on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2022. President Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Middle East

Who is Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president whose helicopter suffered a 'hard landing' in foggy weather?

Raisi, 63, previously ran Iran's judiciary. He ran unsuccessfully for president in 2017 against Hassan Rouhani, the relatively moderate cleric who as president reached Tehran's 2015...

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Bangladesh

Mamun Rashid becomes ShopUp president

Presidential candidate Jose Raul Mulino celebrates with his supporters after Mulino was declared the winner of the presidential election based on preliminary results by the electoral authority, in Panama City, Panama, May 5, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
World+Biz

Panama's Mulino wins presidency with support from convicted former leader

'Pahela Baishakh main part of nation's eternal tradition': President greets countrymen
Events

'Pahela Baishakh main part of nation's eternal tradition': President greets countrymen

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

President, PM greet Muslim Ummah on the occasion of holy Shab-e-Qadr

Ambassadors of Portugal, Bahrain present credentials to President
Bangladesh

Ambassadors of Portugal, Bahrain present credentials to President

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi attends a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in Cairo, Egypt on September 14, 2023. KHALED DESOUKI/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Egypt President El-Sissi sworn in for a third 6-year term after running virtually unopposed

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

President asks ICB to be proactive

File photo of President Shahabuddin. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

President asks police to play a responsible role in maintaining law and order

Photo: BSS
Education

President asks for enhanced UGC role for research

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via video link in Moscow, Russia, April 14, 2023. Sputnik/Alexei Babushkin/Kremlin via REUTERS
World+Biz

Putin formally registered as presidential candidate

Local representatives and leaders of different political parties greet President Mohammed Shahabuddin after his arrival in Pabna on 16 January. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

President reaches at hometown Pabna on three-day visit

Yekaterina Duntsova, a former regional journalist who plans to run for Russian president in the March 2024 election, speaks with journalists after meeting officials of the Central Election Commission to submit documents at an office in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2023. REUTERS
World+Biz

Who is Yekaterina Duntsova? Vladimir Putin challenger barred from elections