GREECE PLANE CRASH: CARGO AIRCRAFT WAS CARRYING WEAPONS TO...
July 17 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A cargo plane which crashed in northern Greece was carrying 11 tonnes of weapons - including land mines - to Bangladesh, officials say....
BANGLADESH WILLING TO INVEST IN NEPAL’S SUNKOSHI-3 HYDROPO...
July 16 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury has said that the government is "positive" about investing in Nepal's Sun...
JAPAN’S EX-PM SHINZO ABE DEAD AFTER BEING SHOT
July 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — one of the most consequential leaders in Japan's postwar history — died Friday, Japanese...
BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNS AS BRITISH PM
July 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was resigning as Britain's prime minister, bowing to calls from ministerial colleagues and lawmakers...
SHINZO ABE IN 'GRAVE CONDITION' AFTER BEING SHOT DURING JA...
July 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was shot on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with public broa...
MI5, FBI CHIEFS WARN OVER CHINA IN RARE JOINT ADDRESS
July 7 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The heads of MI5 and FBI warned of the growing long-term threat posed by China to UK and US interests, in their first joint appearance...
UK PM JOHNSON COULD FACE CONFIDENCE VOTE TONIGHT
July 7 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A confidence vote in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could be triggered as early as tonight, Sky journalist Tom Larkin said on Twi...
SRI LANKA PRESIDENT ASKS RUSSIA'S PUTIN TO HELP IMPORT FUE...
July 7 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday said he urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to help his cash-strapped island nation import fuel as i...
DEFENCE MINISTRY SAYS ‘BLACK JULY’ TERROR THREAT UNCONFIRM...
July 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Defence Ministry says a ‘Black July’ terror threat is unconfirmed, but has not been ruled out.
A letter sent by the In...
PROTEST STAGED NEAR PM’S OFFICE
July 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A protest was staged near the office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today.
Former MP Hirunika Premachandra was among those who...
UKRAINE NEEDS $750 BLN FOR RECOVERY PLAN, PRIME MINISTER S...
July 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Ukraine needs $750 billion for a three-stage recovery plan in the wake of Russia's invasion, its prime minister said on Monday.
Denys...
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA IS NOT IN HOSPITAL
July 3 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Reports claiming that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was serious in hospital, is false, his office said.
There were reports that M...
TALIBAN'S LARGE GATHERING ENDS WITH CALLS FOR INTERNATIONA...
July 3 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A Taliban-run gathering of thousands of male religious and ethnic leaders ended on Saturday by asking foreign governments to formally r...
INDIAN POLICE ARREST 'MASTERMINDS' BEHIND EXECUTION OF HIN...
July 3 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Indian police made fresh arrests in the case of the execution of a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan, a murder that stoked unease between the H...
BANGLADESH EXPECTS $5.5B FROM WB, IMF IN BUDGET SUPPORT
June 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh is for the first time looking to get more than $1 billion from the World Bank at zero interest – a fillip to dwindling...
HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION ARRIVES IN SRI LANKA
June 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A high-level delegation representing the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of State arrived in Sri Lanka today....
PADMA BRIDGE OPENS TO TRAFFIC
June 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Padma Bridge has been opened for vehicular movement from 6am today.
Hundreds of vehicles were seen gathering on the Dhaka-Mawa Express...
PM SALUTES PEOPLE, OPENS PADMA BRIDGE
June 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
It was a cloudy morning in Mawa. Monsoon rainclouds were looming on the horizon, as the much-anticipated Padma Bridge awaited its inaug...
PM HASINA INVITES US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO VISIT BANGLADE...
June 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited US President Joe Biden to visit Bangladesh.
In a tweet on Friday, Bangladesh Ambas...
IRAN NUKE TALKS WITH US TO RESUME SOON
June 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal will resume in the coming days, the European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said ye...
US HAS NO PREFERENCE IN BANGLADESH POLITICAL ARENA: HAAS
June 18 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
US ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas has reiterated that the United States has no preference for any particular party or platform in...
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