Nobel Laureate and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus has been appointed as the chief adviser of the interim government, days after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power amid violent anti-government protests which the nation paralysed.
Gaza/IBNS: Hamas Tuesday named Gaza Strip chief Yahya Sinwar as its new political leader after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran last week, media reports said.
The Baloch community of Germany recently demonstrated in Hannover against the ongoing atrocities by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan province.
Former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty has said India will continue monitoring the developments in the neighbouring nation after PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and escaped from the country amid violent anti-government protests.
Government-led crackdowns on protesters in Iran have had a disproportionate impact on the country’s ethnic and religious minorities since 2022, particularly in the Kurd and Baluch communities, according to a new advocacy paper released by the Human Rights Council-appointed International Fact-Finding Mission on Monday.
Bangladesh's former IT minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, who was part of the now ousted Awami League government, was detained at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip of the iceberg”, UN independent human rights experts warned on Monday, calling for swift action to end impunity surrounding reports of violations against Palestinian detainees.
Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip of the iceberg”, UN independent human rights experts warned on Monday, calling for swift action to end impunity surrounding reports of violations against Palestinian detainees.
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday made way for the formation of the interim government after officially dissolving the Parliament, a day after ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and escaped to India amid anti-government demonstrations in the country.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has agreed to lead the interim government in Bangladesh as the chief adviser, a day after Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country amid violent anti-government protests which left over 100 people dead so far, leaving a political vacuum in the nation.
Giving a blow to Google, a US judge on Monday ruled that it illegally acted to beat competition and maintain a monopoly in the area of online search and related advertisement.
Kolkata/IBNS: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslina Nasreen has pointed out an "irony" in her dig at Sheikh Hasina, who resigned as the Prime Minister and fled the country in the face of violent anti-quota protests in Dhaka.
The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel.
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has declared the dissolution of the Parliament and the formation of an interim government to facilitate prompt elections in the country which is witnessing severe anti-government protests that triggered former PM Sheikh Hasina's resignation.
Dhaka/IBNS: Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh broke into Sheikh Hasina's official residence in Dhaka on Monday, hours after she resigned as prime minister and fled the country.
The financial crisis in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region is not over yet with Islamia Collage University and University of Agriculture Peshawar employees still not received their salaries for the past two months.
A German tourist was robbed when he was camping in Lahore city of Pakistan recently.
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday ordered the release of jailed former Prime Minister and key opposition leader Khaleda Zia, hours after her arch-rival Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country following the takeover by the country's army.
Dhaka/IBNS: Two Hindu councillors were among the 100 people killed in Sunday’s violent clashes across Bangladesh that also witnessed the vandalisation of several homes and temples of Hindus, including ISKCON and Kali temples, forcing devotees to seek shelter, local media reports said.
Sheikh Hasina, who stepped down from the post of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and fled the turmoil-hit nation on Monday, might not return to politics, her son and former Chief Advisor Sajeeb Wajed Joy has said.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), in collaboration with the United States Navy, held a Maritime Cooperative Activity on July 31, in the South China Sea, amid growing tension in the region with China.
Violent protesters set several key locations, including Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka's Dhanmondi 32 area, on fire with demonstrations continuing in the country even as Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and went to an unknown location on Monday.
Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced an interim government, with the participation of all parties, will be formed soon after Sheikh Hasina quit and left the country on Monday.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana left their official residence and headed to a 'safer place' amid deadly anti-government clashes in the country on Monday.
A UK girl was denied a passport since she is named after a popular “Game of Thrones” character, media reports said.
Tech executives from Google, Netflix, and OpenAI will be hosting a fundraiser for Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington DC on August 27, media reports said.
Bangladesh Army General Waker-Uz-Zaman will address the nation shortly on Monday amid ongoing deadly violence against the incumbent government.
The UN’s top human rights official on Sunday called for an immediate stop to the violence in Bangladesh, which claimed scores of lives, including those of police officers, over the weekend.
A fresh round of anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh on Sunday leading to the death of over 90 people and thousand others injured.
A stabbing incident in the Israeli city of Holon on Sunday left at least two people dead, media reports said.
