Dhaka, Nov 5 (IANS) As political tensions escalate in Bangladesh, radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday reiterated its demand for a referendum on the July National Charter, insisting that it should be held on a separate day before the February...
Tel Aviv, Nov 4 (IANS) India and Israel deepened their strategic defence partnership on Tuesday when an MoU was signed during the 17th meeting of the JWG on defence cooperation held in Tel Aviv. The meeting was co-chaired by Defence...
Dhaka, Nov 4 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the possibility of the Muhammad Yunus led interim government employing "unlawful means" to secure electoral victories in favour of the two political parties it currently...
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) India’s maritime resurgence lies at the heart of the Quad’s strategic coherence and the Indo-Pacific’s long-term stability, a report said on Tuesday. It added that with China expanding its naval power and increasing maritime assertiveness, the...
Quetta, Nov 4 (IANS) Two more Baloch civilians were extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Tuesday.The latest incident comes against the backdrop of a continuing cycle of persecution marked by a surge...
Dhaka, Nov 4 (IANS) Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman's recent unconditional apology for the party's past mistakes - the Islamist party had collaborated with Pakistan in genocide during the 1971 Liberation War - merits being called a "blanket apology" as...
Beijing, Nov 3 (IANS) The 'Rising Dragon' fireworks display in Tibet has left consequences that may reverberate for decades across the damaged grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau near Gyantse County. The incident underscored broader contradictions between China’s rhetoric of ecological...
Islamabad, Nov 3 (IANS) Pakistan-based entities have been linked to arms trafficking networks extending beyond India and Afghanistan - from Iranian arms transfer to Yemen's Houthis to wider black markets across the Middle East and Africa, a report cited on...
Dhaka, Nov 3 (IANS) Bangladesh’s advisory council of the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, on Monday, expressed concern over growing differences among the country’s political parties regarding the implementation of the July Charter, local media reported. Addressing reporters following...
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has become one of the busiest travelers in global finance. One week he’s in Washington, lobbying the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for yet another tranche of emergency funding; the next,...
Dhaka, Nov 1 (IANS) Although the interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus, has downplayed Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's call to boycott the February 2026 elections, the support base of the Awami League tells a different story, a report...
Dhaka, Nov 1 (IANS) The reputation of Chinese military hardware and equipment has suffered a major dent due to several prominent export failures. Frequent issues with Pakistan's F-22P frigates, groundings and technical problems experienced by JF-17 customers, and recently reported...