Dhaka: The rise of religious extremism in Bangladesh did not happen overnight. It has been designed gradually — through years of falsification, cultural delegitimization, and the systematic replacement of plural values with rigid identity politics. In the 1990s, children going...
Moscow, Jan 15 (IANS) The Kremlin said Thursday that it is necessary and important to continue its dialogue with the United States on Ukraine.Commenting on the possible visit of US presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff and entrepreneur Jared Kushner to...
Oslo, Jan 15 (IANS) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday described recent talks with the United States on Greenland as difficult, noting that Washington's ambition to take over Greenland remains unchanged despite a firm Danish rejection. In her first...
Quetta, Jan 15 (IANS) A female teacher was shot dead outside Allahabad Girls High School in Sibi area of Pakistan's Balochistan on Thursday, local media reported, citing police officials. The attack took place outside the school, where unknown assailants riding...
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Senior members of Nepal’s former cabinet, including deposed Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, have reiterated the involvement of “foreign hands” behind the Gen Z protests that led to the ouster of the government in September...
Dhaka, Jan 12 (IANS) Chief observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) in Bangladesh, Ivars Ijabs has stated that the EU wants the upcoming election in Bangladesh to be "inclusive and participatory" through a peaceful, credible and...
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) On April 4, 1811, in the House of Commons in London, the Chancellor of the Exchequer rose to perform a formality mandated by law. It was a routine step, yet the quiet words he spoke...
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) In a startling revelation that further exposes the alleged deep nexus between Pakistan's military and banned terrorist outfits, Saifullah Kasuri, Deputy Chief of the Hafiz Saeed-led Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), openly admitted receiving regular invitations from the...
Dhaka, Jan 10 (IANS) The growth of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, largely represents the spread of a fragile economic geography, with the city failing to emerge as a modern city. Although Dhaka has expanded swiftly in both size and population over...
Quetta, Jan 10 (IANS) Expressing deep concerns over the escalating enforced disappearances across Balochistan, a leading human rights body on Saturday stated that at least 12 women, including minors and pregnant women, were forcibly disappeared by Pakistan's security forces and...
Naypyidaw, Jan 10 (IANS) China's establishment of an "electromagnetic kill zone" in the South China Sea underscores the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ambition and assertiveness, reflecting a calculated gamble by the party that equates military dominance with political control, a...
Kathmandu, Jan 10 (IANS) Nepal's former King Gyanendra Shah on Saturday blamed the country's political leadership for adopting an increasingly imbalanced foreign policy and conduct which is seriously affecting the country's national interests. In an address to the nation ahead...