A rare 2,500-year-old coin that originated in Cyprus was recently discovered on a beach in Ashdod, Israel. Avi Chaprak, Deputy Director of the Ashdod Beaches Department, usually helps swimmers find lost jewelry and other personal items. But this time, he discovered something far more unusual: a rare ancient coin that originated from Cyprus. Chaprak, following Israel’s…
The Israeli military said it intercepted on Monday two drones near the Jordanian border and was investigating where they had been launched from. Earlier this month, the military said Israeli and Jordanian forces had intercepted an Iranian missile fired towards the Jordanian city of Aqaba. “A short while ago, the IDF intercepted two UAVs identified…
Despite its crucial need to ensure cost-effective and timely transportation of goods ahead of Bangladesh’s expected graduation from the least developed country (LDC) status, no effort has been made to form a working group or hold stakeholder meetings as part of implementation, sources say. They say an inter-ministerial meeting with the participation of all concerned…
Israel is pitching itself to Canada as a technology partner that can offer tangible solutions and safer artificial intelligence, despite the heavy strains on the bilateral relationship over wars and conflict in the Middle East. “Canada and Israel are both countries that are very much looking to export technologies, to open new markets and to…
27.07.2026 06:40 Israel’s goal of becoming a regional trade hub through the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) suffered a major blow from diplomatic initiatives led by Ankara following the outbreak of war in Gaza. While the project centered on Israel has been pushed to the background, alternative trade corridors led by Türkiye and Saudi Arabia…
The government has banned the import of goods that are produced with the use of forced labor, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to ban goods tied to forced labor was approved as a “step of major moral, economic, and strategic importance, reinforcing the State of Israel’s…
The Red Sea, one of the world’s busiest maritime corridors, has once again emerged as a major geopolitical flashpoint after Iran warned that its campaign to pressure global energy markets could expand from the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The warning has raised fears that the Iran conflict could threaten another critical…
This past weekend provided a painful reminder to those who believed international borders would grant them immunity: In a series of combined operations by the State Attorney’s Office International Affairs Department and the Israel Police Interpol unit, two significant extraditions were completed. Landing in Israel from one side of the terminal was Efraim Yaniv Mualem,…
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has said if the initiative of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to strengthen deduction, deposit, monitoring and verification of source tax under the tax law is properly implemented, it will play a positive role in overall revenue collection and expansion of the tax net. In a…
A group of 80 UK MPs and peers has written to the new British prime minister asking him to impose sanctions on Israel, including a full arms embargo and a ban on trade that supports Israel’s settlements. The letter, led by MP Kim Johnson, urges the government to “decisively change its stance in order to…
