- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
BANGLADESH'S main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday (20) called for a “non-cooperation” movement against the Awami League-led government of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, urging people not to pay taxes and utility bills, as the premier launched her poll campaign amid political unrest ahead of the January 7 elections.…
HENRY Kissinger, a key figure in Cold War diplomacy who passed away last month at the age of 100, is still the subject of intense debate mostly revolving around the ethical implications of his foreign policy actions. The veteran diplomat's tenure as the US secretary of state and the national…
THE results of the recently held elections in five states in the country have not gone in their favour but India's opposition bloc INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) is in no mood of giving up. The bloc, comprising several opposition parties, was floated earlier this year to challenge prime…
SONIA Gandhi, a senior member of India's opposition Indian National Congress, on Wednesday (20) lashed out at the Narendra Modi government accusing it of "strangulating democracy" after more than 140 parliamentarians from various opposition parties were suspended for seeking a statement from home minister Amit Shah over the huge security…
INDIAN-AMERICAN presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday (20) opposed the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to disqualify former president Donald Trump from the presidency next year in the state because of his role in the attack on the US Capitol in January 2021, months after the 2020 presidential…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (19) broke his silence over the allegations that an Indian national plotted to murder American-Canadian Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, designated as a terrorist by New Delhi saying the charges will be looked into but "a few incidents" cannot derail ties between…
LEFT-ARM fast bowler Nandre Burger and opening batsman Tony de Zorzi took South Africa to a series-levelling eight-wicket win in the second one-day international against India at St George's Park on Tuesday (19). Burger, in his second one-day international, took three for 30 as India were bowled out for 211…
PAKISTAN'S former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday (19) said neither India nor the US were behind the cash-strapped country's miseries but "we shot ourselves in our own foot", indirectly referring to the powerful military establishment for its woes. During a conversation with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ticket aspirants in…
RESCUERS in remote villages of northwest China dug through the rubble of collapsed homes in freezing conditions on Tuesday (19) after the country's deadliest earthquake in years killed at least 127 people. State media said the shallow tremor just before midnight had caused the deaths of at least 113 and…
INDIA emerged as a “key market” for technology investments into London this year as a leading source in the tally for the UK capital's 100 foreign investment projects in the sector for 2023, according to the city's business growth agency. London & Partners said in an analysis released last week…
