Women losing jobs in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry: Report

IANS | July 27, 2026 1:56 PM

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Large-scale sacking of women has taken place in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry, which was one of the world’s most celebrated stories of female economic empowerment, pulling millions of women into paid work and reshaping families, villages and the national economy, according a report in the Dhaka-based The Daily Star.

China exploiting rift among EU members to push exports: Report

IANS | July 27, 2026 1:22 PM

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) While Beijing’s relations with the European Union (EU) remain strained due to China’s growing trade surplus, the Communist country has been cleverly cultivating several individual members of the EU bloc to step up its exports, according to an article in Financial Times.

Bangladesh's care economy rests on back of child labour: Report

IANS | July 27, 2026 12:39 PM

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Bangladesh’s care economy holds one of the country’s largest untapped economic opportunities, but it cannot be expanded on the backs of children and must be formalised to deliver decent work and rights, a new report has said.

Punjab on high alert as ISI orders BKI to launch major terror strikes

Vicky Nanjappa | July 27, 2026 12:19 PM

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan has directed the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) to carry out a series of major terror attacks in Punjab in an attempt to revive the Khalistan movement in the state, according to investigative agencies. In response, the Punjab Police have launched a massive crackdown on BKI operatives across the state.

Bangladesh: Awami League alleges ‘systematic targeting’ of student wing members

IANS | July 27, 2026 11:39 AM

Dhaka, July 27 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League alleged that the academic futures of thousands of students affiliated with its student wing have been systematically dismantled through mob intimidation, arbitrary expulsions, arrests, and an atmosphere of fear created by supporters of the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, the National Citizen Party (NCP), Jamaat-e-Islami and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).