NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday that the United States was “totally committed” to the alliance’s mutual defence clause, after President Donald Trump appeared to cast doubt on it. “For me, there is absolute clarity that the United States is totally committed to NATO, totally committed to Article Five,” Rutte told reporters ahead of a summit meeting of alliance leaders. On his way to the summit, Trump refused to commit to NATO’s Article Five clause, the basic agreement that says an attack on one member is an attack on all. “Depends on your definition. There’s numerous definitions of…
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Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen today said actions will be taken against Tulip Siddiq after consulting with the Interpol. “Tulip Siddiq is a warrantee and an absconder,” he said, responding to questions from journalists at the headquarters of the anti-graft body in city’s Segunbagicha area. It is not expected that the case would be settled after getting letters from her, the chairman said, adding: “One should face in the court if any case is registered. If anybody has any allegation against anyone, he or she should go to the court.” She cannot claim that she has been relieved…
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was holding, shortly after he lashed out at both countries and cursed as he accused them of violating the truce. In a fast-moving series of declarations, the 79-year-old Republican, who was on his way to attend a NATO summit in The Hague, posted on his Truth Social app that “the Ceasefire is in effect!” “ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran. Nobody will be hurt,” Trump wrote. Minutes earlier, he had…
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that it will respect a ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump provided that Israel also upholds its terms. “If the Zionist regime does not violate the ceasefire, Iran will not violate it either,” Pezeshkian said during a phone conversation with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, according to the presidency’s website.
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said a new era in financial transactions has begun with the launch of digital payment service ‘Google Pay’. He made the remark in a post on his verified Facebook account on Tuesday. “A new era in financial transactions has begun! Welcome Google Pay to Bangladesh. Now transactions will be easier, smarter,” Asif said. “Google Pay’ was officially launched in Bangladesh from today,” he added.
Lulzim Pllana, Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Bangladesh, paid his maiden call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus this afternoon at the State Guest House Jamuna here. The Chief Adviser extended his heartfelt congratulations to Ambassador Pllana on his appointment and warmly welcomed him to Bangladesh. Reflecting on the spirit of the ‘July Uprising’ in Bangladesh, he commended the people of Kosovo for their steadfast commitment to freedom, peace and national sovereignty. In response, Ambassador Pllana expressed his sincere gratitude to the government and people of Bangladesh for their unwavering support in recognising the Republic of Kosovo as…
Classified US intelligence suggests that American strikes on Iran set back its nuclear programme by just a few months, contradicting President Donald Trump’s claim of total destruction. Here are the latest developments as a truce between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding early Wednesday: – US intel report – US media on Tuesday reported that a classified US intelligence document had concluded that American strikes last weekend did not fully eliminate Iran’s centrifuges or stockpile of enriched uranium. B-2 bombers hit two Iranian nuclear sites with massive GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs while a guided missile submarine struck a third with…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today inaugurated the Environment Fair-2025′ and the ‘National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair-2025’ at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre here. He also distributed the National Environment Award, the National Wildlife Conservation Award and the National Tree Plantation Award among the recipients in recognition of their outstanding contributions to protection of environment and conservation of wildlife. Profit-sharing cheques were, as well, handed over among beneficiaries of the Social Forestry Programme. Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan and Environment Secretary Dr Farhina Ahmed also spoke at the event. Speaking at a recent press…
A classified preliminary US intelligence report has concluded that American strikes on Iran set back Tehran’s nuclear program by just a few months — rather than destroying it as claimed by President Donald Trump. US media on Tuesday cited people familiar with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) findings as saying the weekend strikes did not fully eliminate Iran’s centrifuges or stockpile of enriched uranium. The aerial bombardments and missile strikes sealed off entrances to some facilities without destroying underground buildings, according to the report. US media coverage of the DIA assessment appeared to anger Trump, who insisted news outlets like…
The interim government instituted commission on enforced disappearance has observed that a “systemic problem” within the institutional culture rather than “individual misconducts” resulted in the related crimes committed during the ousted regime as they received 1800 related complaints. “It appears that there was an environment in which such crimes were tacitly condoned, and those who committed them were not regarded as offenders in any meaningful way,” read the commission’s second interim report, obtained by BSS. The commission said the intelligence agencies documented descriptions of cases of enforced disappearances by different security forces while it reviewed seven such files revealing prima…
