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Not too big to fail. Photo: Bloomberg/AFP/Getty Images

Meta CEO Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

USA

Melquiades Flores, owner of M&M Tomato and Chile Company, speaks as he stands near boxes with produce, in Los Angeles, California, US, November 27, 2024, in this screengrab taken from a video. Photo: REUTERS TV/via REUTERS

Under tariff threat, US wholesaler warns: ‘People will pay'

USA

Signage is seen at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, August 29, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

Musk calls for abolishing consumer finance watchdog targeted by Republicans

USA

Representational image. Photo: Collected

9 more arrested in joint forces’ raid in Ctg following clash

Bangladesh

FILE PHOTO: The US Department of Justice building is bathed in morning light at sunrise in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F Calvert

Trump's budget plans push US government lawyers to private sector

USA

Tapasi Tabassum Urmi, suspended assistant commissioner of Lalmonirhat. Photo: Collected

Suspended AC Urmi gets bail in defamation case

Court

People ride a scooter past Central Reserve Police Force personnel standing guard before the funeral of Meiteis who were killed after ethnic violence broke out in Borobekra, Jiribam in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, November 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

Ethnic strife frustrates peace efforts in India's Manipur

South Asia

Trust Bank and bKash introduce two-way fund transfer service

Trust Bank and bKash introduce two-way fund transfer service

Corporates

Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed. File Photo: Collected

Chief justice expresses concern over untoward situations in SC, district courts

Court

A man takes a photograph of a snow-covered neighbourhood as he cleans up the rooftop of a building after a heavy snowfall in Seoul, South Korea, November 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

South Korea battles second day of heavy snow; four dead

Asia

Workers of Mahmud Jeans Limited blocked Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kaliakair over unpaid wages on 28 November. Photo: TBS

RMG workers block Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kaliakair over unpaid wages

RMG

Pakistani Rangers guard the area, after security forces launched a raid on supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Nearly 1,000 held in Pakistan after pro-Khan protests

South Asia

The injured fisherman, Mohammad Ershad, 40, was hit in the right arm, causing severe bleeding. Photo: Collected

Bangladeshi fisherman injured by bullet fired by Myanmar Navy in Bay of Bengal

Bangladesh

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gives a briefing on the sidelines of a UN event in Lisbon, Portugal, November 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

Iran welcomes Lebanon ceasefire, reserves right to react to Israeli airstrikes

Middle East

Justice Mohammad Abdur Rouf and Professor Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq. Photo: UNB

11-member committee announced at first national Anti-Corruption Coordination Council conference

Bangladesh

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a televised address, dedicated to a military conflict in Ukraine and in particular to Russia's launch of a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile attack on a military facility in response to recent Ukrainian long-range strikes with Western weapons, in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

Nuclear attack unlikely despite Putin's warnings: US intelligence

Europe

Photo: Collected

Diddy denied bail for 3rd time, will remain behind bars until May 2025 trial

Splash

A child looks on as Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

No expectations of a swift deal for Gaza after Lebanon ceasefire

Hamas-Israel war

ICC Chief Prosecutor meets with Chief Advisor

ICC Chief Prosecutor meets with Chief Advisor

Videos

US President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a tour of the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig in Midland, Texas, US, July 29, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Trump administration picks targeted with bomb threats and swatting

USA

Global Islami Bank incurs Tk57cr loss in Jul-Sep

Stocks

Workers install solar panels at the Khavda Renewable Energy Park of Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) in Khavda, India, April 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

What the Adani allegations highlight about India's clean energy push

South Asia

A drone picture shows trucks waiting in line to cross into the United States near the border customs control at the World Trade Bridge, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, November 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo

Mexico warns Trump tariffs would kill 400,000 US jobs, threatens retaliation

World+Biz

Ukraine Destroys Russia's Powerful Air Defense System

Ukraine Destroys Russia's Powerful Air Defense System

Videos

Photo: Collected

Biden administration advancing $680 million arms sale to Israel: source

USA

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, 19 March, 2023. File Photo: Reuters

France says Netanyahu is immune from ICC warrant as Israel is not member of court

Europe

Masato Kanda. Photo: Courtesy

Masato Kanda elected as ADB president

World+Biz

Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was arrested on charges of sedition and later denied bail by a court. Photo: The Hindu

Indian-American pressure group requests Biden, Trump to take steps for preventing 'violence against Hindus' in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Photo: Reuters

Slot hails victory at last over 'pain' team Real Madrid

Sports

Photo: Courtesy

Rangpur Riders fall short in dramatic super over against Hampshire in Global Super League debut

Sports

Waste-filled drains, canals, ineffective chemicals plague mosquito control efforts

Waste-filled drains, canals, ineffective chemicals plague mosquito control efforts

Health

Photo: Reuters

Motta satisfied with point as 'compact' Juventus draw at Villa

Sports

Representational Image. Photo: Hindustan Times

6 preventive tips to boost spinal health

Health

Infograph: TBS

Global toy market could be Bangladesh's next forex giant after RMG

Economy

India's Sabroom land port likely to begin functioning soon

India's Sabroom land port likely to begin functioning soon

South Asia

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Bangladeshi girls trafficked to India, father seeks custody

South Asia

A man waves a Lebanese flag as he stands amidst the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli strikes, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, in Tyre, Lebanon, November 27. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Still counting its dead, Hezbollah faces long road to recover from war

Middle East

Photo: Reuters

Luis Suarez signs on for another season at Inter Miami

Sports

Taiwan’s Lin Yu Ting's Olympic gender row resurfaces ahead of British event, pulls out of competition

Taiwan’s Lin Yu Ting's Olympic gender row resurfaces ahead of British event, pulls out of competition

Sports

Photo: Reuters

Lamine Yamal wins 2024 Golden Boy award

Sports

Liverpool end winless run against Real Madrid with commanding Anfield victory

Liverpool end winless run against Real Madrid with commanding Anfield victory

Sports

ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan called on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna yesterday (27 November). Photo: PID

Govt to pursue charges of crimes against humanity against Hasina, CA tells ICC prosecutor

Bangladesh

A group of protesters pictured wielding locally-made weapons during Tuesday’s clash with law enforcement in Chattogram. Three among these youths have been identified by various sources and police to be allegedly involved in the attack on lawyer Saiful Islam Alif. They are Zia Uddin Fahim, first from left; Shuvo Kanti Das, sixth from left; and Rajib Bhattacharya in the orange t-shirt next to Shuvo. PHOTO: TBS

Who took part in attack on Ctg lawyer?

Crime

File photo of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman. Photo: Collected

Tarique Rahman urges people to remain patient, calm in current situation

Politics

Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam. File Photo: Collected

India attempting to further provoke Chinmoy incident: Nahid

Bangladesh

GQ Ball Pen under BSEC scanner

GQ Ball Pen under BSEC scanner

Stocks

The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and the National Citizens' Committee brought out a protest march from Raju Memorial Sculpture last night.Photo: Md Belal Hossen/TBS

Protest march at DU condemns 'assassination attempt' on Hasnat, Sarjis

Bangladesh

BB tightens loan default criteria

BB tightens loan default criteria

Banking