Weaponising global money

With the world likely to head towards a recession, what is the future of the dollar and monetary policy?
22 April 2023

US top court preserves access to abortion pill -- for now

The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, freezing rulings by lower courts that would have banned or severely restricted availability of the drug. .Two conservative justices disagreed with the decision in the most significant abortion case
22 April 2023

Twitter's blue ticks start vanishing

Twitter began the mass removal of its blue ticks on Thursday, as the symbol previously used to signify a verified account vanished from users including the Pope, Donald Trump and Justin Bieber.
21 April 2023

Street battles in Sudan as Eid ceasefire calls ignored

The forces of two rival generals fought intense street battles in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses reported, as the warring parties ignored appeals for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire.
21 April 2023

UK deputy PM resigns after most bullying claims upheld

UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab announced his resignation on Friday after bullying claims against him were upheld in a report, a fresh political shock for Britain's Conservatives.
21 April 2023

Sudan's RSF agrees to ceasefire for Eid, residents report gunfire

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had agreed to a 72-hour truce from 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Friday but residents of Khartoum and its sister city Bahri reported gunfire as Sudanese troops deployed in the cities on foot.
21 April 2023

China FM warns of 'dangerous consequences' of Taiwan criticism

Criticising China over Taiwan will have dangerous consequences, Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Friday, as he insisted Beijing is a "growing force for peace and justice".
21 April 2023

Western allies to meet as Ukraine urges more support

The United States will host a meeting in Germany on Friday to discuss further support for Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed Western allies to send more fighter jets and long-range missiles.
21 April 2023

Charity Distribution: 85 killed in Yemen stampede

At least 85 people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush at a Ramadan cash handout in Yemen early yesterday, as the impoverished country suffered one of its worst tragedies just as optimism was growing over its bitter civil war.
20 April 2023

First Test Flight: SpaceX Starship, world’s biggest rocket, explodes

SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded yesterday during the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
20 April 2023

Iran army gets 200 ‘strategic’ drones: report

Iran’s defence ministry has delivered the army with more than 200 new drones equipped with missile capabilities and electronic warfare systems, state media reported yesterday.
20 April 2023

World could face record temperatures this year

The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say.
20 April 2023

Janata Ins profit up 4.3% last year

Janata Insurance Company Ltd’s profit increased 4.3 per cent year-on-year to Tk 5.59 crore in the last financial year of 2022.
20 April 2023

Saudi Arabia to celebrate Eid on Friday

Saudi Arabia has issued official confirmation that the first day of Eid-ul-Fitr will fall on April 21, Friday
20 April 2023

At least 85 killed in stampede for donations in Yemen

The latest tragedy to strike the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country came days ahead of Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday celebrated around the world by feasting to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan
20 April 2023

Sudan Fighting: Thousands flee capital as ceasefire crumbles

Thousands of residents yesterday fled Sudan’s capital, where witnesses said bodies lay in the street from fighting between the army and paramilitaries after a 24-hour truce failed to take hold.
19 April 2023

15 Tunisian migrants missing in the Mediterranean

Fifteen Tunisian migrants are missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean during an attempt to reach Europe, authorities said yesterday.
19 April 2023

US Election Lies: Fox settles Dominion case for $787.5m

Fox Corp FOXA.O and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a trial putting one of the world’s top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 US election.
19 April 2023

Fox settles Dominion case for $787.5m

Fox Corp FOXA.O and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a trial putting one of the world’s top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 US election.
19 April 2023

Angry crowd heckles France's Macron over pensions legislation

Protesters greeted French President Emmanuel Macron with boos and calls for him to resign in his first public appearance since he signed into law an unpopular rise in the retirement age.
19 April 2023