Dhaka, Sep 8 (IANS) Over 600 workers of a garment factory in Bangladesh staged a protest on Monday over unpaid wages, blocking the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.
Quetta, Sep 8 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch on Monday highlighted that a massive uprising by the people of Balochistan has begun against the Pakistani forces across the province.
Dhaka: The Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) elections will be held on Tuesday after a gap of more than six years. Several student-led groups and student organisations affiliated with political parties are contesting in the September 9 election. They include Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-backed Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD); left leaning Pratirodh Parshad (PP) or Resistance Council comprising seven organisations; and, the Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad (GCS) or the Democratic Student Council that includes key organisers from the powerful Students Against Discrimination (SAD) group which spearheaded the July Uprising and overthrew of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The organisation is perceived to be the student wing of the National Citizen Party (NCP) due to the ideological similarities and organisational links between the two.
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s Trade Advisor Peter Navarro on Monday launched a sharp attack on Elon Musk’s social media platform X and criticised India for buying Russian oil, calling it "blood money".
Dhaka, Sep 8 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League party has accused the country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of turning legal proceedings into a political weapon, filing multiple cases against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family to influence public perception.
Ottawa, Sep 8 (IANS) Khalistan-linked money laundering is not Canada's largest financial crime problem but also one of the most politically charged, ignoring which risks not only financial integrity but national cohesion - a price that Ottawa cannot afford to pay, a report stressed on Monday.
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) Gordon Chang, a Senior Fellow at Gatestone Institute, has welcomed the lowering of tensions between India and the US after Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed US President Donald Trump's "special relationship" remark last week.
Kathmandu, Sep 7 (IANS) Hours after at least 19 people were confirmed dead and over 300 injured during the anti-government protests by the youths that rocked Kathmandu on Monday, Nepal's Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, who also serves as the government spokesperson, revealed that anarchists and reactionaries had infiltrated the Gen-Z movement which had organised the demonstrations across the country.
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Nepal's former Deputy Prime Minister Rajendra Mahato on Monday condemned the government’s ban on social media platforms amid widespread protests led by the country’s Gen Z youth and called for its immediate removal, warning that the current heavy-handed approach could further escalate unrest across the Himalayan country.
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday called trade patterns and market access "prominent issues" in the global economic discourse while stressing that world requires constructive and cooperative approaches to promote trade that is sustainable.
