Bangladesh had asked the ICC to move their games to the tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka instead, but the governing body rejected the demand, dismissing any security threat to the team.

The shooting came one day after more than 10,000 people took to the frigid streets to protest the crackdown.

The Pakistani Taliban is an umbrella group of several Sunni militant groups, which has been fighting against the state since 1997.

Lanterns at the festival were made using a variety of materials, including straw, chillies and recycled medicine bottles.

The negotiations come a day after Zelenskiy met with US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Organisers said their demands included legal accountability for the ICE agent who shot dead Renee Good, a US citizen, in her car this month as she monitored ICE activities.

Ukraine is under mounting US pressure to reach a peace deal, with Moscow demanding Kyiv cede its entire eastern industrial area of Donbas before it stops fighting.

Russia warned after a late-night meeting between President Vladimir Putin and three US envoys that a durable peace would not be possible unless territorial issues were resolved.

Lam has been party chief since mid-2024 when he replaced the late general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The ICC board has dismissed Bangladesh’s concerns regarding the safety of its players and fans in India, despite persistent political tensions between the two South Asian neighbours.

The deal is a milestone for the social media firm after years of battles that began in August 2020 when President Donald Trump unsuccessfully tried to ban the app over national security concerns.

Details of any agreement were unclear and Denmark insisted its sovereignty over the island was not up for discussion.

Speaking in Davos, Trump on Wednesday stepped back from threats to impose tariffs as leverage to seize Greenland and ruled out the use of force.

India’s top court ruled last week that Mauritius-based entities used by Tiger Global to sell its $1.6 billion stake in Flipkart to Walmart in 2018 were “conduits” to evade taxes under the India-Mauritius treaty.

A December opinion poll by the US-based International Republican Institute ranked Jamaat as the most “liked” party and projected a tight race with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for the top spot in the February 12 election.