International

Industry Desk: Bangladeshi workers, who were in institutional quarantine after returning to their workplaces in Saudi Arabia since 20 May and who are scheduled to do so by 30 June, have been asked to apply to receive the cost of their quarantine.Those who possess Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on the UN Security Council to seek an early de-escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. He also blamed the US for the council’s lack of action so far. “Regrettably, the council has so far failed to reach an agreement, with…

As Covid-19 cases keep rising, over 162 million people have so far been infected with the deadly virus around the world. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total caseload from the virus reached 162,203,982 while the death toll mounted to 3,365,081 as of this (May 16) morning. Some 1,436,372,…

WHY don’t America’s wars ever end? I know, I know: president Joe Biden has announced that our combat troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 9/11 of this year, marking the 20th anniversary of the colossal failure of George W Bush and Dick Cheney to defend America. Of course, that…

Reacting to the insurgent attacks on some police outposts and an army camp on August 25, the Myanmar security forces have unleashed a “war” of sorts against the Rohingya—an ethnic minority group living for centuries in the Rakhine state of Myanmar—burning down their villages, killing their men and raping their…