US embassy in Pak issues securiy alert for Peshawar
The US Mission here has issued a security alert urging its citizens not to visit Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan until December 16 due to “security concerns.” The security alert titled ‘Threat to Serena Hotel, Peshawar’ advising the US Mission personnel to avoid the said hotel in...
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Zuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago
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Canada is already examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump’s threat
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Thousands of Lebanese return home as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holds
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Sheikh Hasina condemns arrest of Hindu spiritual leader, seeks release
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Bangladesh seeks Hasina’s trial in ICC
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Attacks on minorities in B’desh: Indian-American body urges Biden, Trump to intervene
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Dhaka High Court refuses to ban ISKCON in Bangladesh
29 November 2024 | PTI
Four dead, several missing as Sri Lanka faces massive rains, floods
Four persons, including two children, have died and several others remained missing while over 2.30 lakh individuals were affected across Sri Lanka due to inclement weather following a massive rain system in southwest Bay of Bengal, authorities said on Wednesday. At least six Colombo-bound flights were diverted to other airports on...
Ex-Bangladesh PM Zia acquitted in graft case
angladesh High Court on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years in jail by a lower court, according to media reports. Zia, 79, was convicted in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in 2018 by a...
ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for head of Myanmar’s military regime
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor asked judges on Wednesday to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing, who took power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in 2021,...
Imran’s party suspends protest, at least four dead in crackdown
Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Wednesday formally suspended for the time being its protest here blaming the midnight crackdown by the authorities that left at least four dead and over 50 injured even as the PTI earlier claimed “hundreds” were killed in the violent clashes with security...
Bill passed in Australia to ban young children from social media
Australia’s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from social media, leaving it to the Senate to finalise the world-first law. The major parties backed the bill that would make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for...
ISKCON Bangladesh urges Yunus-led govt to promote ‘peaceful coexistence’ for Hindus
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has urged the Bangladesh authorities to promote “peaceful coexistence” for Hindus in the country as it “strongly” denounced the recent arrest of the prominent community leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari. Das, the spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested from Dhaka’s Hazrat...
Trump signs MoU with WH for next phase of transition
President-elect Donald Trump has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with President Joe Biden’s White House on the next phase of his transition so that the new administration and its team are ready from day one, the incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles has said. Unlike in the past, the...
