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DHAKA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua/APP) –: In an apparent bid to ease the subsidy burden, the Bangladeshi government has again raised the prices of power at both the wholesale and retail levels. The new rates will come into effect from Feb. 1, 2023, according to a […]

Oslo, Jan 31 (AFP/APP): From NATO’s secretary general to the Ukrainian president, the war in Ukraine dominates the publicly known names submitted by Tuesday’s deadline for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. The list of nominees submitted to the committee is kept secret for at least […]

CAIRO, Egypt – January 30 (ONLINE) The US has affirmed its support for Egypt’s economic, social and political development, according to a report issued by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and published it on its website. This comes amid […]

TEHRAN, Iran – January 30 (ONLINE) The Iranian foreign ministry has summoned the Ukrainian charge d’affaires in the country over comments made by a top presidential adviser, who appeared to link a recent drone attack in central Iran to the war in Ukraine. The envoy […]

TUNISIA,Jan 30 (AA/APP):The turnout in the second round of the early general elections held on Sunday in Tunisia was 11.3%, an official said. “The voting process was completed without any problems at all polling stations established across the country. 887,638 out of a total of […]

RIYADH / PARIS – January 29 (ONLINE) Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman held a meeting on Saturday with French Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Bruno Le Maire in the capital, Riyadh, the state-run SPA news agency reported. […]

PALESTINE – January 29 (ONLINE) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians after a pair of shootings in occupied West Bank that left seven Israelis dead and wounded five others. The controversial measures, announced late on Saturday, […]

ANKARA ,Jan 29 (AA/APP):Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party’s (MDP) presidential primary election, becoming eligible to contest for another term, the preliminary results showed on Sunday. Preliminary results showed that the MDP was on track to win over two-thirds […]

ANKARA, Jan 29 (AA/APP):Portugal’s Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho will visit Türkiye on Monday. Talks with Cravinho will focus on “bilateral relations as well as regional developments and current international matters,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. […]

Seoul, Jan 29 (AFP/APP): North Korea on Sunday denied providing arms to Moscow after the United States said the nuclear-armed state supplied rockets and missiles to Russia’s private military group Wagner. Washington earlier this month designated the Wagner group as a “transnational criminal organisation”, citing […]