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Bangladesh's radical Jamaat party working overtime to reshape image

Baidya Bikash Basu | October 6, 2025 9:08 PM

Dhaka: Over the last weekend, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (BJI) Secretary General, Mia Golam Parwar, while speaking as the Chief Guest at the members’ reunion (1977-2025) organised by Khulna Metropolitan Branch of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), stated that now is the best time to send "Deen", or the righteous and pious, to the Parliament. He underscored that all those who were once associated with the student politics should now become active again.

Reviving long-lost practice, India to send two parliamentary delegations to UNGA

IANS | October 6, 2025 8:49 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Two groups of Indian parliamentarians will head to New York in the coming days as part of the country's Non-Official Delegation to the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This follows the decision taken by the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revive the longstanding tradition of sending parliamentary delegations to the UNGA, allowing Members of Parliament (MPs) to contribute to international discourse.

Bangladesh: Three more dengue fatalities raises 2025 death toll to 215

IANS | October 6, 2025 7:54 PM

Dhaka, Oct 6 (IANS) As many as three people died in Bangladesh due to dengue in the past 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the total number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the country in 2025 to 215, local media reported.

Takaichi likely to appoint Motegi as Japan's next Foreign Minister

IANS | October 6, 2025 6:42 PM

Tokyo, Oct 6 (IANS) Japan's former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, who was elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a vote on Saturday and is now set to become the first female Prime Minister of the country on October 15, is likely to appoint former LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi as the next foreign minister.

Rights group accuses Pak forces of forcibly disappearing man from Balochistan

IANS | October 6, 2025 6:01 PM

Quetta, Oct 6 (IANS) A man was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces from his home in Balochistan's Khuzdar district amid an escalating wave of enforced disappearances across the province, a leading human rights organisation stated on Monday. Paank, the Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department, has identified the victim as Asad Ullah.

Denied care and proper legal aid, detained Awami League leader slams Yunus govt

IANS | October 6, 2025 5:44 PM

Dhaka, Oct 6 (IANS) Dipu Moni, the former Foreign Affairs, Education and Social Welfare Minister of Bangladesh and Joint Secretary of the Awami League party, lashed out at the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus on Monday, accusing authorities of depriving detained opposition leaders of medical treatment.

In run up to COP30, Stockholm Paper blames China's expansion, resource extraction for Tibet's extreme ecological stress

IANS | October 6, 2025 5:32 PM

New Delhi/Stockholm, Oct 6 (IANS) A report by the Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA‑IPA) at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), has urged governments, research institutions, and civil society to place the Tibetan Plateau at the core of international climate policy and has come down heavily on China’s state‑centric model of infrastructure expansion, militarisation, and resource extraction, which it states has transformed one of the world’s most fragile environments into a zone of extreme ecological stress.

Pakistan: Four killed, 28 others injured in Punjab province after heavy rains, storms

IANS | October 6, 2025 5:10 PM

Islamabad, Oct 6 (IANS) As heavy rains and strong winds wreaked havoc across several districts of Pakistan's Punjab province over the past 24 hours, four people were killed and 28 others injured due to roof and wall collapses, according to the Rescue 1122 spokesperson, local media reported on Monday.

UN calls for humanitarian assistance for earthquake-impacted people in Afghanistan's Kunar

IANS | October 6, 2025 4:58 PM

Kabul, Oct 6 (IANS) The United Nations has called for urgent humanitarian aid for thousands of earthquake-impacted families in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province as the winter season approaches, local media reported on Monday.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen faces two no-confidence votes

IANS | October 6, 2025 4:11 PM

Brussels, Oct 6 (IANS) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen faces two votes of no confidence this week, three months after surviving her first-ever motion of censure. The Patriots for Europe (PfE) and The Left have tabled no-confidence votes against Leyen.

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Bangladesh's radical Jamaat party working overtime to reshape image

Reviving long-lost practice, India to send two parliamentary delegations to UNGA

Bangladesh: Three more dengue fatalities raises 2025 death toll to 215

Takaichi likely to appoint Motegi as Japan's next Foreign Minister

Rights group accuses Pak forces of forcibly disappearing man from Balochistan

Denied care and proper legal aid, detained Awami League leader slams Yunus govt

In run up to COP30, Stockholm Paper blames China's expansion, resource extraction for Tibet's extreme ecological stress

Pakistan: Four killed, 28 others injured in Punjab province after heavy rains, storms

UN calls for humanitarian assistance for earthquake-impacted people in Afghanistan's Kunar

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen faces two no-confidence votes

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