DHAKA: Bangladeshi exporters are raising concerns over India’s newly imposed port restrictions on key export items such as readymade garments (RMG) and processed foods, warning that the move will lead to “delays, higher costs, and disruptions” in bilateral and regional trade. While experts view the restrictions as non-tariff barriers that could significantly impact Bangladesh’s export…
Israeli fighter jets flew over 1,000 miles to strike the port city of Hudaydah in western Yemen on Monday, after Houthi militants fired a ballistic missile that landed near Israel’s main international airport this weekend. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The Israeli strike was the latest tit-for-tat volley between Israel and the Houthis,…
The death toll from a massive explosion at an Iranian port rose to 25 on Sunday with more than 1,100 people injured, according to the state media. The blast Saturday evening at Iran’s largest and most important shipping port resulted in a major fire, which spread and caused destruction in the surrounding areas. Iran’s heath…
A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing 25 people and injuring around 800 others. Helicopters and aircraft dumped water from the air on the raging fire through the night into Sunday morning at the Shahid…
A massive explosion at a port in southern Iran on Saturday killed at least five people and injured more than 700, according to state media. The exact cause of the blast at the Shahid Rajaee port in the city of Bandar Abbas was not immediately clear, but the Iranian authorities did not suggest it was…
Today’s top stories cover major developments in politics, international relations and sports. Tensions rise along LoC after the Pahalgam terror attack, meanwhile Sukanta Majumdar and Omar Abdullah reject Pakistan’s “neutral investigation” offer into the attack. Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas rocked by deadly blast. Trump and Zelenskyy meet ahead of Pope Francis’ funeral. Ravi…
Massive clouds of smoke billowed across the sky in Iran’s Bandar Abbas as a powerful explosion ripped through the Rajaei port, injuring over 400 people on Saturday. The impact of the blast, which was felt over a radius of several kilometres, also led to the collapse of a building, AP reported. Videos showed glass windows…
The latest round of United States airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen have killed dozens of people in bombardments targeting a port in the country’s northwest, according to the Iran-backed militia. The strikes late on Thursday were part of an escalating campaign by the Trump administration against the Yemeni militia. The Houthis have been…
For more than a year, pro-Western marchers in Georgia, a former Soviet republic that borders Russia, have been accusing their government of allowing Moscow to increasingly reassert its sway over their country. But driving around this nation of 3.6 million people in the heart of the mountainous Caucasus region, the influence of another ambitious power…
Dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts reached a tentative labor agreement with employers on Wednesday, averting a strike that could have hammered the economy days before President-elect Donald J. Trump took office. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the dockworkers’ union, and the United States Maritime Alliance, the employers’ negotiating group, overcame their differences over a…