Evening Brief

Bangladesh, Cambodia look to boost bilateral trade

Bangladesh and Cambodia are likely to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost bilateral trade between the two Asian countries.

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Cambodian counterpart, Hun Sen, are pictured during their meeting at the Lotte New York Palace in New York, US on Thursday, September 22, 2022 Focus Bangla

Iran stages rallies to counter week of deadly protests

Thousands demonstrated across Iran on Friday at government-backed pro-hijab counter rallies, after a week of bloody protests over the death of a woman arrested for "improperly" wearing the Islamic headscarf.

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Iranians wave the national flag as they march during a pro-hijab rally in the capital Tehran on September 23, 2022 AFP

PM Hasina to focus on world peace, climate change in UNGA speech

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is due to deliver her speech in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday afternoon (NY time), focusing on world peace, stability and impacts of global warming.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses a high-level meeting of the UNGA Platform of Women Leaders at the Trusteeship Council in the United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Focus Bangla

73 dead after migrant boat sinks off Syria

At least 73 migrants drowned when a boat they boarded in Lebanon sank off Syria's coast, Syria's health minister said on Friday, the deadliest such shipwreck from Lebanon in recent years.

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File photo: A Syrian refugee holding a baby in a life tube swims towards the shore after their dinghy deflated some 100m away before reaching the Greek island of Lesbos on September 13, 2015 Reuters

UN: Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine

The United Nations said on Friday that its investigators have found evidence of war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine.

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Forensic technicians exhume bodies and place them in bodybags at the site of a mass grave in a forest on the outskirts of Izyum, eastern Ukraine on September 18, 2022 AFP

Envoy: Political stability, good incentives attract Saudi companies to invest in Bangladesh

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to Bangladesh Essa bin Yousef Al Duhailan has said Saudi companies have expressed their eagerness to invest in Bangladesh in various sectors because of peace, political stability, rules-regulations and good incentives. 

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Essa bin Yousef Al Duhailan UNB

Four killed after blast near Kabul mosque

At least four people were killed and 10 injured by a blast near a mosque in the Afghan capital which struck as worshippers were streaming out of afternoon prayers on Friday, a nearby hospital said.

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File photo: People inspect the damage after a deadly attack at a Shia mosque in Kunduz on October 8, 2021 Collected