Over 1,000 migrants dead in Mediterranean crossings in 2025: UN

India approves $5.1b support package for exporters hit by US Tariffs

Bangladesh summons Indian envoy over Sheikh Hasina’s media interviews

Australia and Indonesia announce new security treaty

Pakistan warns of possible strikes inside Afghanistan after deadly terror attacks

THE WORLD IN BRIEF

Saudi Arabia to host investment summit during bin Salman’s Washington visit

Saudi Arabia is expected to host a US-Saudi investment summit in Washington on Nov 19 during a visit by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to a source familiar with the planning.

Trump signs funding bill, ending historic 43-day US government shutdown

US President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday an agreement to fund the government through the end of January, ending a historic shutdown that has become the longest in history.

G7 condemns RSF attacks on civilians in Sudan, urges immediate ceasefire

Foreign ministers of G7 countries on Wednesday strongly condemned what they described as “ethnically motivated” attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on unarmed civilians and aid workers in El-Fasher and North Kordofan.

Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire

Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.

SOUTH ASIA

Bangladesh summons Indian envoy over Sheikh Hasina’s media interviews

Bangladesh

Pakistan warns of possible strikes inside Afghanistan after deadly terror attacks

Pakistan

Bangladesh ranks 13th in global long-term climate risk index

Bangladesh

Bangladeshi-origin Zara Rahim named to Mamdani’s all-female transition team

Bangladesh

Delhi blast kills nine; Indian police invoke terrorism law

India

Dhaka terms Rajnath Singh’s remarks on Yunus ‘Incorrect and Undiplomatic’

Bangladesh

Earthquake of magnitude 6.07 strikes India’s Andaman Islands

India

Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks collapse, ceasefire continues

Afghanistan

OPINION

Bangladesh’s Careful Diplomacy in the India-Pakistan Crisis

India’s transshipment cancellation: Steps towards ending Dhaka’s economic reliance?

The challenges and prospects of foreign investment in Bangladesh

Assessing Trump’s Tariff: Bangladesh Must Rethink Its Political Trade Dependence

Debunking The Specter Of Bangladeshi Involvement In Murshidabad Violence

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