Kochi: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was Friday voted to power after an uprising ousted the previous Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2024.BNP led by late Prime Minister Khalida Zia’s son Tarique Rahman won 209 seats out of the 297 announced.Jamaat was in second position with 68 seats and the National Citizen Party with six seats …
Kochi: BNP led by Tarique Rahman won 120 seats and was leading in 150 out of the 300 parliamentary seats in Bangladesh national elections.BNP established a strong lead over the hardline anti-India Jamaat and its allies.Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is heading the present interim government, took charge after the collapse of the Hasina-led Awami …
Kochi: Former Pakistan Premier Imran Khan severe health deterioration andloss of eyesight, an advocate commission reported, NDTV World said.The report exposes what his aides described as “deliberate, inhuman, and illegal treatment” carried out under the watch of Pakistan’s powerful military establishment.The Pakistan Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Salman Safdar, accessed by NDTV, reveals that Imran Khan …
Kochi: Counting of votes is on in Bangladesh where over 2,000 candidates are contesting for 350 seats in parliament, BBC reported.Election was necessitated after student-led protests ousted Premier Sheikh Hasina ofAwami League in 2024.After 15 years in power Hasina fled after a brutal security crackdown against protesters in which hundreds of protesters were killed.Hasina’s Awami …
Kochi: Atleaat 69 people were killed and several injured in a suicide bomb blast in a Shia mosque in Islamabad in Pakistan.The explosion occurred at Khadija Tul Kubra mosque, in southeastern Islamabad’s Tarlai Kalan area, on Friday.The victims included adults and children. Photo: X
Kochi: US government-backed small business loans will nolonger be available for Green card holders from March 1, 2026, the Economic Times reported.This is due to the US Small Business Administration (SBA) tightening its citizenship and residency rules.The change applies to key SBA loan programmes and affects businesses with any ownership by lawful permanent residents, an …
Kochi: Desperation seems to be gripping Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for lack of support from other boards to boycott the India match even as a massive ICC fine of $38 million is looming large over Pakistan, NDTV reported.The ICC action included the forfeiture of crucial World Cup points, and potential suspension.PCB is yet to formally …
Kochi: India and the European Union sealed a vital Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Tuesday, media reports said.The EU Commission President and the President of the European Council joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the India-EU Summit.The agreement is a culmination of two decades of negotiations and partnership-building between two largest democratic markets.In 1962 India …
Kochi: China ‍and India are “good neighbours, friends and partners”, Chinese President Xi Jinping said while greeting President Droupadi Murmu ‌on the 77th ​Republic Day celebrations, the Hindu said quoting the official Xinhua news agency.Xi said that over the past year, China-India relations have continued to improve and develop and are of “great significance for …
Kochi: The war ravaged Gaza is in for a major makeover as the Chief architect US has unveiled plans to rebuild the devastated Palestinian territory from scratch, BBC reported.Skyscrapers, housing estates, agricultural and industrial areas will pop up for the 2.1 million population.The slides of the proposed makeover were presented during a signing ceremony at …
Kochi: Despite the Chinese government offering sops to parents to have more children, Beijing’s birth rates sank to a record low falling by 3.39 million to reach 1.4 billion by the end of 2025, BBC reported.This marks a quicker decline than the previous year, government data showed on Monday.China’s birth rate fell to 5.63 per …
Kochi: US President Donald Trump’s move to impose new taxes on eight US allies for Opposing US’ plan to takeover the autonomous Danish territory has intensified unity among those opposing US proposals, BBC reported.Trump warned tariffs on Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK in February if they opposed his takeover …
Kochi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK Premier Sir Tony Blair have been named as two of the founding members of its “Board of Peace” for Gaza, BBC reported.The Trump administration has named Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on the “founding executive board”, the White …
Kochi: Telling anti-government protesters in Iran that “help is on its way”, President Donald Trump has urged protesters to “keep protesting”, BBC reported.Trump has recently expressed his plans to intervene in matters where Iranian security was crushing people protesting against the poor economic situation.Thousands of people are feared dead after a crackdown on weeks of …
Kochi: Iran has killed hundreds of anti government protesters even as the Islamic Republic has warned tit for tat to US if it used force against Tehran, media reports said.There were reports of security forces“firing live rounds. It’s like a war zone, the streets are full of blood. They’re taking away bodies in trucks,” reports …
Kochi: Even as public protests against Islamic government continue in Iran, hospitals are struggling to deal with the flow of injured protesters and others, BBC reported.Iran blamed the US for turning the protests into what it called “violent subversive acts and widespread vandalism”.Meanwhile, international leaders called for protection of the right to peaceful protest.Anti-government protests …
Kochi: Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured by the US, Donald Trump said, according to BBC.Trump confirmed “large scale” strikes against the country. Maduro has been flown out of the country, Trump announced on his Social media platform.Venezuela announced a state of national emergency.
Kochi: A massive blaze is feared to have claimed many lives and injured several at a bar in Switzerland’s Crans Montana, NDTV reported.The blaze struck the bar Le Constellation in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans Montana during New Year’s celebrations at around 1.30 am local time (0030 GMT).Over 100 People were at …
Kochi: US President Donald Trump warned Hamas would have “hell to pay” if it did not disarm soon as part of implanting phase two of the Gaza peace plan “very quickly”, BBC reported.The US president’s 20-point peace plan requires the militant group to disarm, he said.Israel had “lived up to the plan 100%”, despite continuing …
Kochi: Former Prime Minister ofBangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia, 80, died due to health issues at a hospital in Dhaka, media reports said.Zia, who was the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), on Tuesday morning.She was hospitalized on November 23 with pneumonia and infections in her heart and lungs.She was facing complications liver cirrhosis, arthritis, …
