- Monday, February 24, 2025
FIVE members of Bangladesh’s main opposition party have died in prison in the past two weeks, officials and relatives said last Sunday (9), as thousands took to the streets before next month’s general election. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is boycotting the January 7 vote, leaving the reelection of incumbent…
INDIAN police have filed terrorism charges against four people in connection with a security breach in parliament in which a man jumped into the chamber, shouted slogans and set off a smoke canister, a police officer said on Thursday (14). The major security breach occurred on Wednesday (13), the 22nd…
GRADUATE ethnic minority voters are more likely to vote for the Conservative party, a new survey has found. Lead researcher James Kanagasooriam, from FocalData, said the voting intentions of ethnic minority graduates is in contrast to their white counterparts. They are more left-leaning and more likely to vote Labour, although…
Public discontent surged on Saturday (9) night, over the new Tory visa rules and the government’s perceived love only toward the rich, which could compel numerous British families to face the tough choice of separation or leaving the country. The announcement by home secretary James Cleverly last week outlined that…
Shah Rukh Khan has added to a year of stunning achievements by topping the Top 50 Asian Celebrities In The World list for 2023. The Bollywood superstar beat off strong competition from around the world in this year’s edition of the popular list, published annually by UK based Eastern Eye…
Britan’s National Theatre has appointed Indhu Rubasingham as the next Director and Joint Chief Executive. Rubasingham, who was born in Sheffield to Sri-Lankan Tamil parents in 1970 and has been artistic director of Kiln Theatre in Kilburn, north London, since 2012, will succeed current Director and Chief Executive Rufus Norris,…
New research has found that smoking causes the brain to shrink, with genetics potentially playing a significant role, as roughly half of the smoking-related risk could be attributed to one’s genetic makeup. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, US, said that since a natural reduction in brain volume is…
Four members of the BBC staff on Tuesday (12), revealed intentions to leave the organisation and establish a new entity in India called Collective Newsroom. This new entity aims to offer services “as commissioned by the BBC,” ensuring compliance with India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) rules. According to a statement…
THE year 2022 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Ugandan Asian expulsion which saw the uprooting and resettlement of some 80,000 Ugandan Asians when Idi Amin Dada, the self-styled dictator of Uganda, declared on 4 August 1972 that he had had a dream in which he was enjoined by God…
BRITAIN’S economy shrank in October, official data showed on Wednesday (13), raising the risk of a recession and testing the Bank of England’s resolve to stick to its tough line against cutting to interest rates from their 15-year high. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3 per cent from September,…
