Bangladesh gets cautious as global rice price spikes

Global rice-price spike in recent months has nudged major rice-consuming countries like Bangladesh into bracing with preparation to fend off any external shocks to food security.According to the FAO Rice Price Update (January 2026), the FAO All Rice Price Index rose 4.3 per cent month on month in December 2025,...

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Maduro captured, flown out of Venezuela after strikes: Trump

The US attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, President Donald Trump said, in Washington's most direct intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama, reports Reuters."The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its...

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149 nominations cleared, 66 rejected

Returning officers on Saturday declared 149 nomination papers valid and rejected 66 across all 20 parliamentary constituencies in Dhaka following the scrutiny for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election.Two nominations remained pending and one had been withdrawn, election officials said as the scrutiny neared completion.The decisions were announced after the verification...

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