- Thursday, February 27, 2025
MORE than 160 global figures, including Barack Obama and Ban Ki-moon, published a joint letter on Monday (28) warning of “threats to democracy and human rights” in Bangladesh ahead of upcoming elections. The letter decried the “continuous judicial harassment” of Nobel prize winner and micro-credit pioneer Muhammad Yunus and said…
An anti-caste discrimination bill has been passed by the California State Assembly on Monday (28) that seeks to combat caste discrimination and strengthen protections for marginalised communities across the state. It now heads to Governor Gavin Newsom for his signature to make it into law, making California the first US…
Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy said he was a tad disappointed to miss out on a World championships gold medal, but said the bronze meant a lot to him, calling it as the “first starting step” on way to the coveted title. Prannoy’s dream run at the World Championships ended…
RUSSIA will be represented by its foreign minister at the G20 summit in New Delhi, president Vladimir Putin told Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in a phone call on Monday (28) where the two leaders also discussed bilateral ties. The two leaders also spoke about the planned expansion of the…
A BANGLADESH court ordered the state-run telecoms regulator to delete speeches of an exiled opposition leader from social media as the country readies for general elections, officials said on Monday (28). Tarique Rahman, 55, acting chairm of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is a leading figure and staunch critic of…
TRANSPORT secretary Mark Harper said it would take days to resolve the widespread disruption to flights into and out of the country after air traffic control systems were hit by a technical problem. Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed on Monday (28) – one of the UK’s busiest travel…
Miss World Karolina Bielawska on Monday arrived in Kashmir on a day-long tour for an event. Poland’s Bielawska, along with other pageant winners, including Miss World India Sini Shetty, enjoyed breakfast with other dignitaries at a five-star hotel here. For the day-long tour, Bielawska and Shetty will be joined by…
British Asian stand-up Ahir Shah has won the Best Show award at the 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards for his show Ends. Shah, who had previously been nominated for the top comedy prize at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in 2017 and 2018, dedicated the prize to his wife-to-be, and to his late…
Sunny Deol-starrer Gadar 2 has been performing exceptionally well at the domestic box office ever since entering cinemas on August 11. The much-publicized film has now crossed the £45 million mark at the domestic box office, the makers said on Monday. Directed by Anil Sharma, the Hindi feature film is a sequel…
The San Sebastian Film Festival has added six more films to its competition line-up and a special screening. Among the additions is Oscar-winning actor Riz Ahmed’s Fingernails. Also featuring Jessie Buckley, Luke Wilson, Jeremy Allen White, and Annie Murphy on the cast, the film marks Apples director Christos Nikou’s second directorial venture. The…
