Sheikh Hasina condemns arrest of Hindu spiritual leader, seeks release
Deposed prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on Thursday condemned the arrest of Hindu spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and said the leader must be released immediately. Das who was taken into custody earlier this week on sedition charges. “A top leader of the Sanatan religious community has been unjustly arrested, he...
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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
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Four dead, several missing as Sri Lanka faces massive rains, floods
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Ex-Bangladesh PM Zia acquitted in graft case
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ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for head of Myanmar’s military regime
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Imran’s party suspends protest, at least four dead in crackdown
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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...
Philippine police file complaints against V-P Sara Duterte, aides
Philippine police officials on Wednesday filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte and her security staff for allegedly assaulting and disobeying orders from authorities in a recent altercation in Congress. The criminal complaints filed by the Quezon City police were separate from any legal action may arise after she publicly...
As peace holds, Lebanese begin streaming south to their homes
A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah appeared to be holding Wednesday, as residents in cars heaped with belongings streamed back toward southern Lebanon despite warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese military that they stay away from certain areas. If it holds, the ceasefire would bring an end...
Trump team claims credit for truce deal brokered by Biden govt
The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that is slated to go into effect early Wednesday, according to the outgoing Democratic administration. Trump’s team, meanwhile, was quick to spike the football and claim credit for...
Peace deal designed for permanent cessation of hostilities: Biden
President Joe Biden has announced that Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have accepted a US-brokered peace deal that is designed to be a “permanent cessation” of hostilities between the two sides. As part of the ceasefire, Israel will gradually withdraw its troops from Lebanon over the next 60 days, Biden said in...
