B’desh to review major energy projects
A review committee formed by Bangladesh’s interim government on Sunday recommended engaging an investigation agency to examine power agreements signed by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime with different business groups, including one with India’s Adani Group. “The National Review Committee on Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has recommended...
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Lebanese soldier killed, 18 wounded in Israeli strike
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UN motion paves way for first-ever treaty on crimes against humanity
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Pak’s spl coin to mark Guru Nanak’s 555th birth anniv
(): Pakistan has issued a commemorative coin to mark Guru Nanak’s 555th birth anniversary as more than 2,500 Indian Sikhs pilgrims who were here to attend the special occasion departed for their homes on Saturday. The celebrations to mark the 555th birth anniversary – which was on November 14 — started...
Philippine vice president threatens to have president assassinated
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin referred the “active threat” against President...
S Korea won’t attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan
South Korea’s government said Saturday it will not attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines due to disagreements with Tokyo over the event, which stirred longstanding tensions over the abuse of Korean forced labourers at the site before the end of World War II. The decision marked a...
Multiple cases against Bushra for remarks on Saudi Arabia
Multiple cases have been registered in Punjab province of Pakistan against jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi for allegedly speaking against Saudi Arabia, officials said here on Saturday. At least four cases were registered against Bushra Bibi under the Telegraph Act of 1885 and other provisions on the...
37 killed in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
At least 37 people have been killed and over two dozen others injured in tribal sectarian violence in northwest Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the last 24 hours, police said on Saturday. The clashes between Alizai and Bagan tribes in Kurram district, bordering Afghanistan, took place following Thursday’s attack...
ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu over ‘war crimes’
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader, Mohammed Deif. The court claims both sides have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes from the day Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 onwards. Although a warrant...
At least 11 killed, dozens injured in Israeli strikes in Beirut
Israeli airstrikes Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured dozens in central Beirut, officials said, as diplomats scrambled to broker a ceasefire. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the death toll could rise as emergency responders dug through the rubble looking for survivors. DNA tests are being used to identify the...
