DHAKA: Bangladeshi anti-corruption officials testified in court on Wednesday against former British anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, accusing of using a family connection to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to obtain state-owned land in the South Asian country. Siddiq, who is Hasina’s niece, resigned from her post in Prime Minister Keir Starmer ‘s government in January […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI: Indian politicians are demanding action against the Israeli ambassador in Delhi following his verbal attack on Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. Gandhi, a lawmaker from the opposition Congress party, who is the daughter of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and sister of Rahul Gandhi — leader of the opposition — wrote on social […]
Read MoreKuala Lumpur, August 13, 2025 — Bangladesh has sought Malaysia’s assistance in developing a halal industrial park, aiming to tap into the rapidly expanding global halal products market. “Let’s make a move on this,” said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus during a meeting with Malaysian halal industry officials at his hotel in Kuala Lumpur on […]
Read MoreKuala Lumpur, August 12, 2025: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday urged leading Malaysian telecom firm Axiata to roll out 5G services in Bangladesh and invest in the country’s data centres. Professor Yunus stressed that Bangladesh needs high-speed internet for its growing economy and to attract investment from global companies eager to tap into […]
Read MoreBy Biman Mukherji For decades, India’s economic rise has been intertwined with the fortunes of its trading partners, none more so than the United States. Now, as Washington moves to impose punitive tariffs, industry leaders and policymakers alike are asking how the world’s most populous democracy might build a more self-reliant, resilient economic future. The […]
Read MoreChief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will hold official talks at Putrajaya tomorrow morning (12 August) to review the progress in diverse areas and outline steps towards elevating the relations between Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur to a new height. The chief adviser, who reached Kuala Lumpur at 7:50pm (KL time) […]
Read MoreThe conclusion and signing of the proposed free trade agreement between India and Oman is expected to be announced soon, an official has said. The trade pact text is being translated into Arabic in Oman. After that, the cabinets of both countries will approve the agreement, according to the official. “Both countries have, in principle, […]
Read MoreThe Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a ban on 25 books, including those for allegedly propagating “false narrative and secessionism.” Writer-activist Arundhati Roy’s ‘Azadi’; constitutional expert AG Noorani’s ‘The Kashmir Dispute 1947–2012’; political scientist Sumantra Bose’s ‘Kashmir at the Crossroads’ and ‘Contested Lands’ are among the 25 banned books. Writer and activist Arundhati Roy […]
Read MoreNew Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): China has officially extended a welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, which will be held in Tianjin at the end of this month. Addressing a press briefing in Beijing on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun made this announcement, expressing optimism […]
Read MoreBy Pallava Bagla Reaching for the stars is becoming an everyday affair at India’s space agency, having visited the Moon and Mars with orbital missions, now eyes are set on a mission to Venus and a sample return from the Moon. Human space flight to fly an Indian citizen on an Indian rocket from Indian […]
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