Section: Bangladesh
Hungary’s Orban courts diaspora for election boost
DUNAJSKA STREDA, Slovakia – Posing on Facebook in December beside the millionth “new citizen” Hungary has welcomed in recent years, an ethnic-Hungarian farmer from Serbia, nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban had reason to look pleased, reports BSS. A 2011 law offering dual citizenship, according to Orban, “makes Hungarians officially part of...
US, EU expel scores of Russian diplomats over UK spy attack
US, EU expel scores of Russian diplomats over UK spy attack A general view shows the Russian embassy in Kiev, Ukraine March 26, 2018Reuters Russia said it would respond in kind The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in taking action against the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a...
FACTBOX: Diplomatic moves against Russia after nerve gas attack
Following are diplomatic measures announced against Russia by the United States, Canada, several EU countries and Ukraine in response to the poisoning of a former Russian double agent with military-grade nerve agent in the English town of Salisbury. …read more Source:...
Putin wins fourth term with record vote
MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin was Monday set for another six years in power after his landslide victory in Russia’s presidential election but so far only close allies have congratulated him as Moscow’s relations with the West disintegrate, reports BSS. Putin, who has ruled Russia for almost two decades, recorded his best election...
Putin set for 4th term
Putin set for 4th term Presidential candidate President Vladimir Putin walks out of a voting booth after casting his vote at a polling station in Moscow yesterday. Photo: AFP Vladimir Putin won Russia’s presidential election yesterday with almost 74 percent of the vote, according to an official exit poll, with the opposition reporting...
Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over chemical attack on ex-spy
A man takes the flag off the flagpole outside the consular section of Russia’s Embassy in London, Britain, March 14, 2018Reuters Skripal betrayed dozens of Russian agents to Britain before being arrested in Moscow and later jailed in 2006. Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats in response to a nerve toxin attack on a Russian ex-spy in...
‘Fake News,’ Trump’s Obsession, Is Now a Cudgel for Strongmen
‘Fake News,’ Trump’s Obsession, Is Now a Cudgel for Strongmen By STEVEN ERLANGER DEC. 12, 2017 President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, center, answers questions at the Gostiny Dvor studio during the annual “Direct Line with Vladimir Putin broadcast live” by Russian TV channels and radio stations in Moscow in June. Credit Mikhail...
Russia hackers had targets worldwide, beyond US election
Washington – The hackers who upended the U.S. presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton’s campaign, targeting the emails of Ukrainian officers, Russian opposition figures, U.S. defense contractors and thousands of others of interest to the Kremlin, according to a previously unpublished digital hit list obtained by The...
Protect online acts from cyber espionage, govt to FIs
DHAKA : The government has asked all the financial institutions to take preventive measures to secure their online activities, including financial transaction, reports UNB. The government instruction came as infamous cyber espionage groups Lazarus and Cobaltgoblin have successfully breached financial institutions of Bangladesh, Malaysia, South...
As he turns 65, Putin’s power slowly wanes
On October 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin turned 65. As of this year, this is the maximum retirement age for Russian civil servants, which can only be raised in special cases. Though Putin, as an elected official, is not subject to this law and has indicated that it’s too early for him to retire, he reaches this milestone in a...
