Ex-B'desh PM Khaleda Zia critical, BNP signals plans for possible transfer abroad

IANS | November 30, 2025 9:28 AM

Dhaka, Nov 30 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia remains in a critical state at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, where she has been admitted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) under the supervision of local and foreign specialists, local media reported, quoting BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Intl legal bodies slam judicial harassment of Pakistani human rights lawyers

IANS | November 29, 2025 9:09 PM

Islamabad, Nov 29 (IANS) Several leading international legal organisations have expressed their grave concerns over the ongoing judicial harassment of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, calling on the Pakistani authorities to immediately drop all charges and end criminal proceedings against them.

Pakistan's madrassas breeding ground for extremism: Report

IANS | November 29, 2025 9:05 PM

Colombo, Nov 29 (IANS) Madrassas play a double-edged role in Pakistan, providing primary education in a country where the government has failed to deliver, while at the same time perpetuating a system of ideological indoctrination that erodes social cohesion and global security, a report detailed on Saturday.

Bangladesh: Over 100 injured as rival BNP factions clash

IANS | November 29, 2025 8:41 PM

Dhaka, Nov 29 (IANS) In an escalating internal conflict within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), over 100 people were injured on Saturday in a series of clashes between two rival groups seeking to establish dominance in Saltha upazila of Faridpur district, local media reported.