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Representational image of Spain-Bangladesh flag. Photo: Collected

Spain eager to finance dev projects in Bangladesh

It has proposed that Spanish companies be allowed to participate in projects financed under its credit line

Representational image. Picture: Collected

5 Bangladeshi employees of Hyundai construction face corruption charges in Singapore

South Korea and US flags are seen at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, US December 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

North Korea condemns US missile sale approval to South Korea: KCNA

Police tape cordons off an area at Little Aresha daycare centre, as Indonesian police investigate allegations of physical abuse of children, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 30, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Budi Satriawan

Outcry in Indonesia after police find toddlers tied up at daycare centre

A screen grab from a surveillance footage shows a wild bear running past bystanders in a residential area in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, June 7, 2026. Photo: ORION STREET MALL PROMOTION ASSOCIATION/Handout via REUTERS

Bear hunt continues as Japanese city shuts schools for second day

Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe speaks during a joint press conference with Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll and Formula One Group President and F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, on their partnership launch announcement in Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

How Honda's old guard tried, and failed, to oust its CEO

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands on the day of their bilateral summit in Beijing, China, September 4, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

Flags, gun salute greet China's Xi on arrival in North Korea for summit

A road is blocked near the collapsed building after a magnitude 7.8 quake in General Santos, Philippines, June 8, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Photo: REUTERS/Edwin Espejo

Earthquake of magnitude 7.8 strikes off southern Philippines, 32 feared dead

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un chairs a key meeting of the country's ruling party in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 28, 2024 in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea reaffirms nuclear status a day before Chinese president's visit

A demonstrator raises his fist as people surround a vote-counting centre to protest a controversy over a shortage of ballot papers that disrupted voting in the local election and to call for a rerun of the election, in Seoul, South Korea, June 6, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Thousands demand South Korea repeat local elections after ballot shortage

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrive for a reception marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 3 September 2025. Reuters/Florence Lo/File Photo

China's Xi to visit North Korea in push for deeper ties

FILE PHOTO: A passenger plane is seen with the moon behind as it flies over London, Britain, January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

India cabinet clears $1.05b aviation fuel price stabilisation fund to help domestic carriers

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'That is not Bangladesh's matter to discuss': Shama Obaed about Mamata's remarks