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Malaysia plans to spend $111 billion in 2026, boost tax collection

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Malaysia said on Friday it plans to boost tax collection and strengthen social protection systems next year, as it looks to bolster government revenue amid external uncertainties. S... Read More


Make NCDs Visible and Treatable: A National Registry with a Medicines Guarantee

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- World leaders gathered in New York for the fourth UN High-Level Meeting on noncommunicable diseases on 25 September 2025. They adopted a declaration urging countries to make prevent... Read More


North Korea's Kim hails 'cooperative' ties with China

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un hailed "friendly and cooperative" ties with China as he hosted Premier Li Qiang and other foreign dignitaries for celebrations marking 80 years under... Read More


India to upgrade Kabul mission to full embassy

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- India is upgrading its technical mission in Kabul to a full embassy, India's foreign minister announced Friday after meeting his Afghanistan counterpart in New Delhi. The announceme... Read More


Trump undergoes checkup at Walter Reed amid Middle East trip plans

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- President Donald Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday for a medical checkup ahead of a planned trip to the Middle East, the White House said. Press S... Read More


No uncertainty over election in Feb Press Secretary

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said that there was no uncertainty over the upcoming parliamentary election scheduled to be held in early February next year. He assert... Read More


Maria Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Maria Corina Machado, a key opposition leader in Venezuela, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 for her struggle to promote democratic rights in her country. Machado, a ... Read More


White House reacts after Trump denied Nobel Peace Prize

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- In its first reaction after US President Donald Trump was denied the Nobel Peace Prize 2025, the White House lambasted the Nobel Committee, alleging it had placed "politics over peac... Read More


Expat 'July Activist' Abdul Hamid buried

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Eighteen days after his death in the UAE, expatriate July activist Abdul Hamid was laid to rest with state honours at his family grave in Noapara Union of Rauzan, Chattogram, on Frid... Read More


Karnataka implements paid menstrual leave for women employees

India, Oct. 11 -- In a pioneering step toward gender-sensitive governance and workplace equity, the Karnataka Government has officially announced the implementation of 12 days of Paid Period Leave ann... Read More