Sports,Chess
The wonder boy of world chess Gukesh Dommaraju of India, who played in Bangladesh in the Premier League Chess, makes history after being the youngest player to win the prestigious Candidates Tournament in Canada.Gukesh a 17-year-old Indian chess prodigy played in Bangladesh in 2021 for Bangladesh Bi...
Sports
The organisers of the Paris Olympics have promised a "great national party", but with just 100 days to go, France's divisive politics and gloomy mood are casting a shadow over the anticipation.But Cyber attacks, a real concern for Paris 2024, as the Paris Olympics are preparing to face...
World
A fire has engulfed Copenhagen’s former stock exchange, one of the oldest and most well-known buildings in Denmark’s capital, causing its spire to collapse onto the roof.The historic 17th-century construction, also known as Borsen, had been under renovation when the blaze broke out on Tu...
Israel’s military chief said on Monday that Israel will retaliate to Iran’s weekend strike, but did not immediately elaborate when and how.Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said Israel is still considering its next steps. But he assured the Iranian missile and drone attack “will...
Sports,Football
Germany's 1974 World Cup-winning striker Bernd Hoelzenbein has died at the age of 78, Tributes pour in for the German World Cup winner and ex-Eintracht Frankfurt attacker as he passes away after a long illness. Former Germany attacker Bernd Holzenbein has passed away at the age of 78 following a...
The torch relay for the Paris 2024 Olympics sets off Tuesday from Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Games, after the flame was lit in a ritual inspired by antiquity and marked by messages of hope amid multiple global crises. Less than three and a half months before the opening of the Paris...
It was around 1.30 a.m. on May 23, 2023 at a resistance base in Kantbalu Township in Sagaing Region, central Myanmar. Everyone at the base was in a deep sleep when a loud voice woke them all.“There is no guarantee of your safety if you want to leave after defying me! You can only leave dead, n...
World,Back Page
An ethnic army captured a town near the Chinese border, less than a week after officials met in Myanmar’s capital to discuss cooperation between the two countries, residents told Radio Free Asia on Friday. Myanmar’s military junta, which seized all major governmental seats in a 2021...
Myanmar junta forces, pushed out by rebel groups at the border township of Myawaddy, have requested to be evacuated with their family members through a Thai border town, Thailand’s foreign ministry said on Monday. “After receiving the said request, and upon considering the urgency o...
The streets of the French capital saw of a popular marathon on Sunday, with around 54,000 people taking part. The route was different from the Olympic event, but it served as an appetizer, with Ethiopia's Abeje Ayana and Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot the favourites.Sunday's course in Paris is...
The Kremlin on Friday denounced as "unacceptable" French President Emmanuel Macron's claims that Russia was trying to undermine the Paris Olympics through a disinformation campaign. Macron said on Thursday that Moscow was trying to promote the narrative that France was incapable of hos...
French President Macron warned last Thursday of the danger of Russian disinformation during the Paris Olympics, saying his country was ready for the challenge. "I don't doubt" that the Games will be targeted by Russia, "including the field of information," Macron said at the ...
National,Back Page
Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said measures are being taken to bring home 170 Bangladeshis trapped in Myanmar and send back 180 members of border guard police (BGP) and army personnel of Myanmar who took refuge in Bangladesh.He said was exchanging views with journalists at his ministr...
Sports,Cricket
Sri Lanka continued their march toward a 2-0 series victory on day four, taking seven Bangladesh wickets, as they encountered only pockets of resistance from the opposition. Mominul Haque crossed fifty as Bangladesh strove to bat out almost five-and-a-half sessions to save the match, or hit the reco...
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is conducting a two-day military exercise on Tuesday and Wednesday along the border near Laiza and Lwelgel in Kachin State.A Southern Theater Command statement said the live-firing exercise would end at 6pm on Wednesday. Military spokesman Tian Junl...
China’s former “good friend” economist and ex-chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia Stephen Roach said he was prohibited from discussing Hong Kong in his speech while attending the China Development Forum in Beijing last week.Roach was invited to speak at this year’s forum in...
The Karenni armed revolutionary group formed after the 2021 coup has reiterated its pledge to eradicate the dictatorship from Myanmar and noted that it is now in control of 90 percent Karenni (Kayah) State.The Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) and resistance allies have seized seven towns i...
Russia struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine's western region of Lviv with missiles early on Sunday, Kyiv said, in a major airstrike that saw one Russian cruise missile briefly fly into Polish airspace according to Warsaw.Moscow launched 57 missiles and drones in the attack that also targete...
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and allied forces captured six Myanmar junta camps, includingNahpaw military camp, located between Laiza town, the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), and Pajau Bum village on 21 March, according to KIA sources.Starting from 19 March, the KIA and it...
Despite conscripting youths into its own army, the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) said that it would take decisive action against junta administrators conscripting people into the Myanmar Army.The statement was made on 19 March after the TNLA said th...
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