The price of gold on the US futures market hit a record high before pulling back Friday, as worries flared over whether President Donald Trump’s latest wave of tariff hikes would apply to certain gold bars. US customs authorities issued a letter saying that gold bars at two standard weights — one kilogram and 100 ounces (2.8 kilos) — should be classified as subject to tariffs, threatening to upend global trade of the precious metal. But following this update, which was first reported by the Financial Times on Thursday, a White House official told AFP that the Trump administration plans…
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The Lebanese army said a blast at a weapons depot near the Israeli border killed six soldiers on Saturday, with a military source saying the troops were removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility. Under the truce that ended last year’s war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanese troops have been deploying in the country’s south and dismantling the Iran-backed militant group’s infrastructure in the region. The deaths come after the Lebanese government decided this week to disarm Hezbollah and tasked the army with drawing up a plan to complete the process by year end. Hezbollah has said it will ignore the…
(BSS/AFP) – Greece on Saturday joined EU countries in dropping food aid over Gaza, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. “This morning, two aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force dropped 8.5 tonnes of essential food supplies in areas of Gaza,” Mitsotakis said on Facebook. “The operation was organised in collaboration with countries from the European Union and the Middle East, aiming to support the basic needs of people in the afflicted region.” “Greece will continue to undertake initiatives for the immediate cessation of hostilities, the release of hostages, and the unhindered flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza. It is the duty…
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and US Vice President JD Vance will host a meeting of national security advisers from Europe and the US on Saturday to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said. The meeting will be “a vital forum to discuss progress towards securing a just and lasting peace,” Downing Street said, in an account of a phone call Saturday between Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Both leaders welcomed President Trump’s desire to bring this barbaric war to an end and agreed that we must keep up the pressure on Putin to end…
Staff Correspondent : The government has taken note of recent newspaper reports in which former government official ABM Abdus Sattar made unsubstantiated allegations against unnamed advisers. “We strongly reject these allegations. Making broad claims without presenting evidence or identifying individuals is both irresponsible and detrimental to public trust,” reads a statement of the Cabinet Division issued here today. “Our administration remains steadfast in its commitment to transparency, integrity, and accountability. If Mr. Abdus Sattar possesses credible evidence of misconduct, we urge him to submit it promptly to the appropriate legal and investigative authorities,” it said. “Until such evidence is presented,…
(BSS)- Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin today said that the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections will be held in the first half of February next year. “The schedule may be announced in early December, two months before the Jatiya Sangsad elections,” he said. The CEC said this while talking to reporters after coming out of a view- exchange meeting with the administration and law enforcement agencies on the law and order situation as the chief guest at the Divisional Commissioner’s conference room this afternoon. Rangpur Divisional Commissioner Md Shahidul Islam presided over the meeting. Deputy Inspector General (DIG)…
DJ Desk Ukraine won’t surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the US state of Alaska next Friday, to try to resolve the three-year conflict, despite warnings from Ukraine and Europe that Kyiv must be part of negotiations. Announcing the summit on Friday, Trump said that “there’ll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both” sides, without elaborating. Hours later, Zelensky said on social media: “Ukrainians will not…
Staff Correspondent : Medical treatment for persons with intellectual disabilities is available at hospitals in China. Kunming Tongren Hospital, a leading private healthcare facility in Yunnan Province, has successfully treated a large number of such patients. Shen Ling, Vice President of Kunming Tongren Hospital, said a Bangladeshi family recently received treatment for their teenage son at the hospital. She shared a video message from the patient’s family during an exchange of views with a group of Bangladeshi journalists who recently visited Kunming for three days, said a press release issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing today. In the video…
Staff Correspondent : The interim government plans to procure at least 40,000 body-worn cameras for police to enhance security at voting booths during the upcoming general election to be held in February next. The move was discussed at a high-level meeting at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Saturday with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the chair. Home Adviser Lt General (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury and the Chief Adviser’s Special Assistants Khuda Baksh Chowdhury and Faiz Tayeb Ahmed attended the meeting, said a press release issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing today. Faiz Tayeb Ahmed said…
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday announced a multi-billion-dollar military spending package, affirming his government’s plan to hit NATO’s two percent defense spending target this year. Since taking office in April, Carney has repeatedly warned that Canada’s military is not equipped to confront the growing threats facing the country. He has cited the prospect of Russian aggression undermining Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic and the United States’ increasingly uncertain role in shaping global security, among other risks. “The international order built after the Second World War, and reshaped following the Cold War, is under pressure,” Carney said Friday in…
