By M. Rahman, PhD, Advisor, Dhaka Straits Times In the shifting map of South Asian geopolitics, Bangladesh today stands at an important crossroads. The region is becoming increasingly contested, with India asserting its traditional influence, China expanding its economic corridors,
The news from Afghanistan’s Khost province is heartbreaking in a way that words can barely hold. Nine children, five boys and four girls and one woman lost their lives when Pakistani forces reportedly bombed a family home at 12.00 am
DST News: At least nine children and one woman were killed when Pakistani forces bombed a home in eastern Afghanistan’s Khost province, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday. According to Mujahid, the overnight strike targeted the residence of a
DST News: Colombian authorities have recovered the first set of treasures from the legendary San José galleon, a Spanish warship that sank in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago and has long been regarded as one of the world’s
DST News: A South Korean court on Monday handed a life sentence to a 33-year-old man who masterminded an online blackmail operation that sexually exploited hundreds of people over a four-year span. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that the
DST News: A volcano in Ethiopia that has been silent for millennia burst back to life on Sunday, throwing towering columns of ash into the atmosphere and disrupting daily life at home—and even flight schedules thousands of miles away. The
