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Oct 11, 20242 min read
Argentina lawmakers fail to overturn Milei veto of university funding
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's lower house of Congress failed on Wednesday to muster the votes needed to reverse President Javier Milei's...
Aug 9, 20243 min read
Nobel laureate Yunus takes charge of Bangladesh, hopes to heal strife-torn country
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday, hoping to help heal the country...
Aug 8, 20243 min read
Nobel laureate Yunus makes emotional return to Bangladesh to lead caretaker government
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus made an emotional return home to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a new interim government...
Aug 8, 20244 min read
Bangladesh new interim leader Yunus heads home, government to be sworn in on Thursday
DHAKA - The Nobel Peace laureate tapped to lead an interim government in Bangladesh called for calm and boarded a flight on Wednesday to...
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Hindu homes, temples targeted in Bangladesh after Hasina ouster, minority group says
DHAKA - Hundreds of Hindu houses, businesses and temples have been vandalised since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a...
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Protesters force four Bangladesh cenbank deputies to resign, bank sources say
DHAKA - Four deputy governors of Bangladesh's central bank were forced to resign on Wednesday after about 300-400 officials protested...
Aug 7, 20241 min read
India evacuates non-essential staff from its embassy, consulates in Bangladesh, Indian official sources say
NEW DELHI - India has evacuated all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy and consulates in neighbouring Bangladesh,...
Aug 7, 20244 min read
Exclusive-Bangladesh army refused to suppress protest, sealing Hasina's fate
DHAKA/NEW DELHI - The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a...
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Bangladesh unrest: 20 Awami League leaders found dead
Dhaka, Aug 7 - Amid the ongoing unrest in Bangladesh, the bodies of 29 people, including 20 Awami League leaders, were found across the...
Aug 7, 20243 min read
Bangladesh Nobel laureate Yunus named chief adviser of interim government
DHAKA - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was named chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government on Tuesday, a day after...
Aug 6, 20243 min read
Bangladesh unrest and Hasina’s ouster: What lessons does it have for India?
New Delhi, Aug 6 - The month-long turmoil in Bangladesh reached a crescendo this weekend as the students' stir not only resulted in...
Aug 6, 20242 min read
Student leader to kingmaker - Nahid Islam becomes vital cog in Bangladesh politics
Dhaka, Aug 6 - Nahid Islam, one of the main coordinators of the anti-quota protests that eventually led to the resignation of Bangladesh...
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