United States

US revises third quarter growth down to 4.9%
Global Economy

US revises third quarter growth down to 4.9%

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Bassam Masoud
Hamas-Israel war

Top US official says not 'right' for Israel to occupy Gaza long-term

A Tesla logo is seen in Los Angeles, California U.S. January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Tech

Tesla recalling 2 million US vehicles over Autopilot safeguards

An Israeli soldier looks on from a Merkava tank while operating in a location given as Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this handout picture released on December 7, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
Hamas-Israel war

Biden administration presses Congress to approve 45,000 tank shells for Israel's war in Gaza

A general view shows a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on December 8, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
Hamas-Israel war

US tells UN meeting it opposes immediate Gaza ceasefire

File photo of Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy. Photo: REUTERS
Bangladesh

Russia does not recognise 'illegal' sanctions by West: Ambassador

A file photo of Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen addressing a press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 30 November. Photo: UNB
Economy

US memorandum on labour standard: Nothing to worry about, Momen says

Henry Kissinger. Photo: UNB
World+Biz

Henry Kissinger, controversial US statesman, dies at 100

Photo: US Embassy
Education

Over 13,000 Bangladeshis currently studying in the US, an all-time high

Representational Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Gold inches higher as investors focus on US inflation data

Crude oil pouring out of a barrel. File Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Oil prices ease on worries of waning demand in US and China

FILE PHOTO: US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
World+Biz

Biden to meet Xi on Wednesday in San Francisco Bay area, US says

People sign “I love you,” while gathered at a vigil for the victims of mass shootings days earlier on 29 October 2023, outside the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine. Two senators from Maine are asking the US Army inspector general to provide a full accounting of interactions with a reservist before he killed multiple people at a bowling alley and bar. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
World+Biz

US senators seek answers from Army after reservist killed 18 in Maine