17+ hour, 19+ min ago   (407+ words) NAIROBI, Sept 13, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Thousands turned out in Nairobi for an opposition rally led by a rising political star on Sunday, with the event remaining calm despite a recent surge in political violence in Kenya. Edwin Sifuna, 44, has emerged as…...

22+ hour, 14+ min ago   (188+ words) DHAKA, Sept 13, 2026 (BSS)- President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said democracy must be institutionalized and local government must be strengthened to consolidate democracy. The President said this when administrators from 33 district councils of the country paid a courtesy call on…...

23+ hour, 24+ min ago   (267+ words) DHAKA, Sept 13, 2026 (BSS) –Bangladesh and France today discussed issues and ways to further strengthen political engagement between the two countries as a three-member delegation of French senators met state minister for foreign affairs Shama Obaed Islam. The two sides also…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (244+ words) The four newly constituted committees are related to the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Public Administration and the Public Undertakings. Chief Whip Md. Nurul Islam Moni proposed the formation of the one…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (553+ words) BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, Sept 8, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Colombia on Tuesday, the first stop on a Latin American tour designed to bolster pro-US leaders and cement influence over the continent. The recent election of…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (409+ words) BEIJING, Sept 8, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - China's imports and exports surged in August, helped by a global AI buildout that has fuelled demand for technology products and ahead of an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump. After…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (282+ words) KYIV, Ukraine, Sept 8, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia showed readiness to negotiate towards a conflict settlement at talks with US envoys, Axios reported. The weekend visit to Moscow and Kyiv by Steve Witkoff and Jared…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (267+ words) LA PAZ, Sept 8, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The death toll from explosions at a Bolivian army base rose to nine -- all soldiers -- after rescuers found three more bodies in the rubble, the Ministry of Defense said Monday. Two huge explosions occurred Friday…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (292+ words) WASHINGTON, United States, Sept 5, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions Friday on a Turkish bank over its alleged ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as Washington pushes to economically isolate Tehran six months into their war....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (54+ words) Russia to close branches of Germany's Goethe Institute bssnews.net MOSCOW, Sept 3, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Russia will close multiple branches of Germany's cultural nonprofit Goethe Institute in response to Germany ordering the closure of a Russian-backed cultural centre in Berlin, Moscow's…...