The bond would not apply to citizens of countries enrolled in the Visa Waiver Program, which enables travel for business or tourism for up to 90 days. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter … Read more
This image courtesy of the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows the epicenter of an 8.7 earthquake that hit off of Russia’s far east on July 30, 2025. Photo: AFP PHOTO / US Geological Survey (USGS) A nuclear submarine base in Russia’s remote Far East region was damaged last week following one of the most powerful … Read more
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi personally ordered an unnamed federal prosecutor to initiate legal proceedings and the prosecutor is expected to present department evidence to a grand jury. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed federal prosecutors to launch a grand jury probe into allegations that members of Democratic former … Read more
Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters during a protest rally in Dhaka. File | Photo Credit: AP The July Proclamation that is being planned on the anniversary of the anti-Sheikh Hasina uprising on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) in Dhaka will be opposed if it goes against the constitution of Bangladesh, said a senior leader of Bangladesh Nationalist … Read more
The Trump administration on Monday (August 4, 2025) reversed course on requiring U.S. cities and States to rebuke boycotts of Israeli companies in order to receive disaster funds, according to a statement, and deleted the earlier policy from its website. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security removed its statement that said States must certify they … Read more
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday (August 4, 2025) ordered the house arrest for the country’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election — a case that has gripped the … Read more
Pallets are loaded on a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130 Hercules transport aircraft before airdropping some of approximately 21,600 pounds of humanitarian aid over the Gaza Strip, at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, on August 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: via Reuters Canada said on Monday (August 5, 2025) it delivered humanitarian assistance … Read more
Bangladesh today is abysmally different from the trajectory promised to the people by Professor Muhammad Yunus when he was sworn in (August 8, 2024) as Chief Adviser of the Interim Government. Many myths have been shattered. The first myth that has unravelled is that Sheikh Hasina’s ouster was the result of a “spontaneous students’ uprising”. … Read more
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Bangladesh former PM Sheikh Hasina. File A year after then Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka and arrived in India, she remains in regular contact with Awami League party leaders in Bangladesh and in exile around the world. Her exact whereabouts in the present and political future, however, remain a mystery, as New … Read more
