Anthrax biolab in Ukraine!

Russia yesterday said the United States must explain what Moscow claims was a military biological programme in Ukraine - an allegation Washington has already dismissed as “absurd” misinformation.
9 March 2022

Ousting Ukraine govt not aim

Moscow yesterday said it does not intend to occupy Ukraine or overthrow its government as Russia and Ukraine agreed to open more humanitarian corridors to evacuate terrified civilians from bombarded cities.
9 March 2022

Russia’s war in Ukraine: Developments

Power has been cut to the Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Ukraine said yesterday, but the UN’s atomic watchdog said
9 March 2022

‘Why didn’t you come back too?’

As the 28 sailors came out of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s arrivals terminal one after the other, one pained cry stood out among the otherwise cheerful sounds of happy reunions.
9 March 2022

Ukraine no longer wants to join Nato

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is no longer pressing for Nato membership for Ukraine, a delicate issue that was one of Russia’s stated reasons for invading its pro-Western neighbor.
9 March 2022

Refugee influx sparks rare EU unity

The flood of refugees escaping war in Ukraine for the European Union has sparked a rare show of unity from the bloc’s 27 nations after years of disputes over the sensitive issue of migration.
9 March 2022

Putin angry, aggrieved over Ukraine

US intelligence chiefs on Tuesday branded Russia’s Vladimir Putin an “angry,” isolated leader craving global clout, frustrated about how his Ukraine invasion has not gone to plan, and lobbing provocative nuclear threats at the West.
9 March 2022

On train to Lviv

Now that he was alive and heading towards Lviv, the Ukrainian city near the border with Poland, it was some sort of a miracle for Rubaiyat Habib.
9 March 2022

Wait for response to ‘economic war’

The Kremlin yesterday accused the United States of declaring an economic war on Russia that was sowing mayhem through energy markets, and it put Washington on notice it was considering its response to a ban on Russian oil and energy.
9 March 2022

Lost shipwreck found after 100 yrs

One of the famous shipwrecks in history, Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, has been discovered off the coast of Antarctica more than a century after its sinking, explorers announced yesterday.
9 March 2022

US demands Venezuela supply oil in exchange of lifting of sanctions

US officials have demanded Venezuela supply at least a portion of oil exports to the United States as part of any agreement to ease oil trading sanctions on the OPEC member nation, two people close to the matter said.
9 March 2022

Russia tells US to await response to 'economic war'

The Kremlin accused the United States on Wednesday of declaring an economic war on Russia that was sowing mayhem through energy markets, and put Washington on notice it was considering its response to a ban on Russian oil and energy.
9 March 2022

Indian youth enlists with Ukrainian army to fight Russia

After failing twice to make it to the Indian Army over height, a 21-year old Indian youth from Coimbatore city of Tamil Nadu, who is reportedly studying in Ukraine, has enlisted with the Ukrainian army to fight against the Russian invasion.
9 March 2022

EU to impose fresh sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion

The European Union has agreed further sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine that will hit Russian officials and oligarchs, the maritime sector and three Belarusian banks, France said on Wednesday.
9 March 2022

Ukraine warns of possible radiation leakage after power cut at Chernobyl

Radioactive substances could be released from Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant because it cannot cool spent nuclear fuel after its power connection was severed, Ukraine’s state-run nuclear company Energoatom said on Wednesday.
9 March 2022

Over 1 million children had to leave homes in Ukraine since Russia invaded

After bombs started falling in her hometown of Kharkiv, Annamaria Maslovska left her friends, her toys, and her life in Ukraine and set off on a days-long journey with her mother toward safety in the West.
9 March 2022

US rejects Poland’s offer to send MiG-29 fighter jets for Ukraine

The United States rejected a surprise offer by NATO ally Poland on Tuesday to transfer its Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets to a US base in Germany as a way to replenish Ukraine's air force in its defense against invading Russian forces.
9 March 2022

‘My son, why didn’t you come back too?’

 Abdur Razzak Hawlader was wailing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport as the body of Hadisur Rahman, third engineer of MV Banglar Samriddhi, did not arrive in Dhaka with 28 crew members.
9 March 2022

28 crew members of Banglar Samriddhi reach Dhaka

All 28 crew members of the Bangladeshi ship "Banglar Samriddhi", who were stranded in war-ravaged Ukraine, have arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this noon.
9 March 2022

Clashing views on Ukraine invasion tearing Russian families, friends apart

When Russian actor Jean-Michel Scherbak wrote on social media that he was ashamed his country had started a war in Ukraine, his mother, a longtime supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, blocked him online.
9 March 2022