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Workers install a security grill at the window of the Louvre Museum, where in October four burglars made off with jewels worth $102 million, in Paris, France, December 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Noemie Olive

Louvre heist probe: What we know

Three months on from the brazen heist, four suspects are in police custody but the jewels are still nowhere to be found

Crores spent, plans abandoned: Why govt scrapped notable projects last fiscal

Crores spent, plans abandoned: Why govt scrapped notable projects last fiscal

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Why payment delays left BPC, Petrobangla owing Tk34,000cr

Iranian demonstrators gather in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026. Photo: Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Why Iran's clerical establishment still holds as protests rage

Venezuela's Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, interim President Delcy Rodriguez, Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son of ousted president Nicolas Maduro, and National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, walk together at the National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 5, 2026. Photo: Marcelo Garcia/Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

Who's really running Venezuela?

US President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, DC, US, July 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo/File Photo

Donald Trump versus the Federal Reserve - what you need to know

Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Pacts, patronage and fear: How Myanmar's junta chief holds on to power

How national digital platform will help freelancers

How national digital platform will help freelancers

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam leaves after attending a parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of independence in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Pool

How a five-yearly Communist Party congress will pick Vietnam's next leaders​

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Military drone deal with China: What are the conditions

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Why and how Nepal has become a new trafficking route

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What four local airlines plan for int'l expansion this year amid global aviation bottlenecks

A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Photo:Reuters

Who is Chen Zhi, the young tycoon accused of running global cyber scams?