Dhaka, Aug 26 (IANS) Bangladesh is witnessing a deeply troubling surge in violence against women and children, with cases rising at an alarming rate nationwide, the Awami League party said on Tuesday, urging urgent attention and coordinated action to tackle the crisis.
Dhaka, Aug 26 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League highlighted the series of factory shutdowns across the nation that have left thousands of workers jobless and mentioned that there has been a two-fold increase in defaulted loans in the banking sector.
Kyiv, Aug 26 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his warm wishes on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day, and called on India to play a greater role in fostering peace and diplomacy amid the ongoing war with Russia.
Sydney, Aug 26 (IANS) Postal services in Australia and Switzerland have become the latest to announce a suspension of deliveries to the United States, joining a growing list of countries halting shipments in response to the Trump administration's sudden tariff changes.
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that he hopes to meet with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), later this year.
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing "additional specific actions" to "further crack down on crime" in Washington, while signaling nationwide deployment of the National Guard.
Quetta, Aug 25 (IANS) Sammi Deen Baloch, an activist of the human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), on Monday accused the officials of Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of brutally assaulting a Baloch woman who tried to prevent the forceful abduction of her brother from a street in Karachi, finally leading to his enforced disappearance.
Islamabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Pakistan has emerged as one of the most radical and alarming cases among the Muslim countries in terms of discrimination against non-Muslim children, particularly Hindus and Christians, a report cited on Monday.
Berlin, Aug 25 (IANS) Shafi Burfat, Chairman of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), has made an international appeal to the United Nations, highlighting the systematic oppression, exploitation, and the looming threat of Sindh’s division by the Pakistani government.
Tokyo, Aug 25 (IANS) Providing strategic flexibility and adaptability, the Japan-India partnership operates through multiple institutional layers with the bilateral mechanism complementing broader regional arrangement while allowing their respective functional independence, a report stated on Monday.
