BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman (AP photo) BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman made a dramatic return to Dhaka on Thursday after 17 years in exile, stepping back into a nation gripped by turmoil and into crowds that surged to welcome him home. The son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia landed to celebrtions scenes and […]
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has responded to claims that a British grandmother was held by immigration authorities for six weeks even though she had a valid visa, saying the detention was a matter of law enforcement, not an arbitrary action.DHS said 65-year-old Karen Newton violated the terms of her visit by […]
US President Donald Trump asked a surprising question to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a White House meeting on Monday, an exchange that quickly went viral online.Trump welcomed the 43-year-old Syrian leader in the Oval Office, marking the first visit by a Syrian president to the United States in nearly 80 years. In an unusual […]
Hosting nearly two dozen of the world’s top oil and gas executives at the White House on Friday, Trump abruptly paused the discussion to stroll over to a window in the East Room, eager to check on the progress of his pet project: the long-promised White House ballroom. Mid-sentence, the president rose from his chair, […]
File photo: US President Donald Trump and New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that New York City’s mayor-elect, Zohran “Kwame” Mamdani, will meet him at the Oval Office on Friday, 21 November. In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote: “Communist Mayor of New […]
India on Friday flagged its concerns to the US over the cancellation of pre-scheduled H-1B visa interviews for large numbers of Indian applicants and said both sides were engaged on the issue. The interviews of thousands of H-1B visa applicants slated from the middle of this month in India were abruptly postponed by several months […]
The constant sound of explosions has become the default soundtrack in the Middle East as Donald Trump‘s mission-driven US military, along with its “wonderful partner” Israel, continues its offensive against Iran. The raging, Tehran after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has delivered a strong response to the military campaign that began as Operation Epic […]
US President Donald Trump in his Christmas message on Thursday (local time) launched a sharp attack on his critics, calling them “sleazebags” and accusing them of having close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein before “dropping him like a dog” and then “blaming Trump.” He also fired shots at Democrats and “fake media coverage” […]
British Indian politician Suella Braverman stirred a row after reacting to a student’s plea about bringing her family to the UK for university. Braverman posted on X that “You don’t need to bring your husband and three children to do a degree in Media Studies. Universities need to stop selling immigration instead of education.”Her comment […]
Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, was reportedly excluded from key planning meetings for the operation to oust Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro because of her past opposition to US military action in the country. Her previous stance cast doubt on her willingness to support the operation, reports Bloomberg. The exclusion became so well-known among […]
