Dhaka, Oct 27 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) on Monday refused to allocate the Shapla (water lily) symbol to the National Citizen Party (NCP), citing its absence from the official list of symbols under the election regulations, local media reported.
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has called on US President Donald Trump to use his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on October 30 in South Korea to publicly condemn Beijing's ongoing genocide of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic people in occupied East Turkistan and make clear that America will never compromise its values or interests with a genocidal Communist regime.
Dhaka, Oct 27 (IANS) At least eight leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations were arrested by Bangladesh police on charges of taking part in a flash mob procession in Dhaka.
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) The cruelty of Pakistan's justice system is demonstrated through hundreds of children sleeping behind bars not for crime but because their mothers have nowhere else to go. At least 140 children under the age of six are growing up behind bars alongside their incarcerated mothers in the province of Punjab alone, a report has revealed.
Canberra, Oct 27 (IANS) In a significant milestone, the Indian Army Sailing Vessel (IASV) Triveni, crewed by six women officers from the Indian Armed Forces, reached the Australian city of Perth on Monday after completing the first leg of its global circumnavigation expedition under mission Samudra Pradakshina.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 27 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar held a meeting with Vietnam's Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung on the sidelines of East Asia Summit (EAS) in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur on Monday, discussing the deepening of strategic partnership and bilateral economic engagement.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 27 (IANS) Highlighting that both countries share fundamental values and strategic interests, Japan's new Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday asserted that Japan and India have a major role to play in realising peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and the international community as a whole.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 27 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of 20th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
Dhaka, Oct 27 (IANS) As many as six people died due to dengue in Bangladesh in the 24 hours leading up to Monday morning, raising the total number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to 269 in 2025.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 27 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met with Japanese counterpart Motegi Toshimitsu on the sidelines of ASEAN Summit in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur on Monday as both discussed expanding bilateral ties and agreed to work closely to implement the joint vision for the next decade of India-Japan cooperation.
