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View: Unsettled LAC is Xi's pressure point on India to stay away from West

India, March 1 -- It seems that China is in no mood to resolve its dispute with India. On February 19, the India-China Corps Commanders met at Chushul-Moldo border point to discuss disengagement, relo... Read More


Sri Lanka ratifies UN Convention on Int'l Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation

Sri Lanka, March 1 -- With the deposit of the instrument of ratification at the UN Headquarters in New York, Sri Lanka has become the 14th State Party to the United Nations Convention on International... Read More


PM Hasina expresses shock over Bailey Road building blaze

Dhaka, March 1 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow over the fire incident at a commercial-cum-residential building on Bailey Road in Dhaka that claimed dozens of ... Read More


Bailey Road fire: Death toll reaches 46

Dhaka, March 1 -- The death toll from Thursday night's devastating fire that tore through a commercial building in the capital's Bailey Road reached 46 on Friday morning. And it may rise further, acco... Read More


Bailey Road fire: Death toll reaches 44

Dhaka, March 1 -- A total of 44 people died in a fire that broke out at a seven-storey building in Dhaka's Bailey Road on Thursday night. More than 100 people trapped in the fire have been rescued an... Read More


UN warns of growing risks of starvation in Gaza, urging end to conflict

Geneva, March 1 -- The United Nations (UN) agencies and officials on Thursday warned of growing risks of starvation, desperation and social disorder in war-torn Gaza. They also condemned the killi... Read More


UNEA-6: Countries reject solar engineering as way to combat climate change

Nairobi, March 1 -- Delegates attending the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 6) have adopted 15 resolutions, two draft decisions, and one ministerial declaration. The cu... Read More


Hasina distributes portfolios among seven new state ministers

Dhaka, March 1 -- Sheikh Hasina has distributed portfolios among the seven new state ministers, who have taken oath of office nearly a month and a half after she appointed her latest cabinet. The new... Read More


US Senate averts a potential government shutdown with last-minute funding bill

India, March 1 -- A potential US government shutdown was narrowly avoided after the Senate passed a short-term funding bill on Thursday afternoon, following a House vote earlier that day. The Senate ... Read More


Laos, Timor Leste bolster cooperation

Vientiane (VNA), March 1 -- General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith held talks with visiting President of Timor Leste Jose Ramos-Horta on Fe... Read More