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Maksudur Rahman, 31, who escaped after fighting for the Russian army, shows a Russian military dog tag during an interview with The Associated Press in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)

Bangladeshi workers tricked into Russian jobs forced onto Ukraine battlefield

Following complaints from families, BRAC launched its own inquiry and identified at least 10 Bangladeshis still missing after being lured to Russia.

The members of delegations participating in the UAE hosted trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine, Director of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kirill Budanov, United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov and Jared Kushner attend a meeting at Al Shati Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 24, 2026. Photo: Uae Government/Handout via REUTERS

US-brokered peace talks break off without deal after overnight Russian bombardment of Ukraine

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (centre) speaks with the heads of delegations participating in the UAE-hosted trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine, at the Al Shati Palace in Abu Dhabi on 23 January 2026. Photo: Reuters

Russia, Ukraine sit for tense talks on thorny territorial issue

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 22, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Russia, Ukraine and US to hold security talks in Abu Dhabi

The fertiliser handover ceremony was held at the auditorium of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC). Photo: TBS

Bangladesh receives 30,000 tonnes of fertiliser from Russia through WFP

A total of 35 Bangladeshi workers returned home from Russia and arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 5:45pm. 18 January 2026. Photo: TBS

35 Bangladeshi workers return from Russia alleging recruitment fraud

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a TV interview at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, in Samoa. Picture date: Friday, October 25, 2024. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

UK PM has 'no plan' to hold talks with Putin: spokesperson

Photo: UNB/AP

Russia expels British diplomat over spying allegations

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki. Photo: Collected

Only Trump can stop Putin: Polish president

Workers remove snow in a street in Moscow, Russia February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Record snowfall blankets Moscow after 56 years

File photo of US President Donald Trump pointing on 15 June 2025. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Trump says US needs to own Greenland to deter Russia, China

A US Coast Guard official looks through binoculars at the ship Marinera. Photo: Reuters

US seizes Russian-flagged tanker, another tied to Venezuela as Trump widens oil push

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2025. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Russia loses ally in Venezuela but hopes to gain from Trump's 'Wild West' realpolitik