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).

Iran's support for Hezbollah 'strategic mandate': Supreme Leader

IANS | July 26, 2026 11:40 PM

Tehran, July 26 (IANS) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei on Sunday described Iran's support for Hezbollah as a 'strategic mandate' in a letter to Hezbollah's Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem, local media reported.

India-funded college building opens, school project begins in Nepal

IANS | July 26, 2026 11:33 PM

Kathmandu, July 26 (IANS) A new college building was inaugurated, and the foundation stone for a school building was laid in two districts of Nepal's western Sudurpaschim Province on Saturday under a scheme funded by the Indian government, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said on Sunday.