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Dhaka, Aug 9 (IANS) For Bangladesh, a nation where over 160 million people depend on the Brahmaputra - known locally as the Jamuna - the consequences of China building a colossal $170 billion hydropower dam in Tibet could be catastrophic,...
Tokyo, Aug 9 (IANS) Japan and India are breaking through decades of constraints and traditional defence partnerships to forge an "unprecedented high-technology military collaboration", Tokyo-based Japan Forward Association emphasised this week in a detailed report. "The Indo-Pacific region is at...
Dhaka, Aug 8 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday accused the radical Islamist Party Jamaat-e-Islami of attempting to erase the memories of sacrifices made during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War from the public mind through various means. Jamaat, it...
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) The Human Rights Council (HRC) of Pakistan has condemned the Pakistani authorities for shutting down internet and mobile phone services in Balochistan, terming it as a "blatant violation" of fundamental human rights. "The decision by the...
Dhaka, Aug 8 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League party on Friday condemned the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government for seizing power in blatant disregard of the country’s Constitution, marking one year since the takeover.The party mentioned that the “collective failure of the...
Beijing, Aug 8 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged all-out search and rescue efforts, as well as flood control and disaster relief work, after mountain torrents since Thursday in northwest China's Gansu Province have left 10 people dead and...
Dhaka, Aug 8 (IANS) In yet another case of growing violence against journalists in Bangladesh, a reporter working for a Bangladeshi daily was publicly hacked to death in Chandana Chowrasta of Gazipur district, just hours after he went live on...
Dhaka, Aug 7 (IANS) Bangladeshi police on Thursday arrested Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, a former Vice Chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, in Rangpur district in connection with a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of the country, local media reported.Confirming...
Dhaka, August 7 (IANS) Hasnat Abdullah, the Chief Organiser of Bangladesh's National Citizens Party (NCP) in the southern region of the country, stated on Thursday that he "did not feel the need" to attend the July Declaration reading ceremony by...
Islamabad, Aug 7 (IANS) Transgender community of Pakistan on Thursday organised a major protest against the rising number of violent attacks in Pakistan, especially the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Trans Action Alliance President Farzana Riaz and Manzil Foundation Executive Director Madam...
Dhaka, Aug 7 (IANS) Several students from Jahangirnagar University (JU) of Bangladesh organised a torchlight procession and burned effigies labelled 'Razakar' in protest against an exhibition organised by Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of radical Islamist Party Jamaat-e-Islami at...
Beijing, Aug 7 (IANS) China’s decision to push the Yarlung Zangbo dam project in Tibet amid mounting concerns signals a significant shift in South Asian water diplomacy, marked by a surge in confrontational tactics, a report cited on Thursday. The...
