Student leader Hasnat warns media against airing Hasina’s speech
Vows to free Bangladesh from the 'pilgrimage site of fascism'
Sheikh Mujib’s house in Dhaka burnt and demolished by “anti-fascist” agitators
Dhaka, February 6 (The Daily Star): Protesters last night torched and tore down parts of the Dhanmondi-32 residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, after calls in social media for demolishing what they said was a “pilgrimage site of fascism”. An event titled “Bulldozer Procession” was...
Azad Maulana should be questioned: Catholic Church
Colombo, February 5 (Daily Mirror)- Whilst highlighting that Criminal Investigation Department (CID) should be allowed to carry out investigations on the Easter Sunday attacks independently, Member of the Communications Committee Archdiocese of Colombo Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando today said onetime Secretary of MP Sivanesathurei Chandrakanthan...
Maulana alleges Pillayan was involved in Easter Sunday carnage – Defence sources
Pillayan, whilst in Batticaloa prison, is accused of having aided and abetted the conspirators of the Easter attack to make connections with Zaharan and his suicide team
Congress slams Modi govt, claims Indians deported from US were handcuffed, humiliated
The Congress voiced disappointment over the "images of Indians being handcuffed and humiliated" during their deportation from the US.
USAF plane carrying deported Indians lands in Amritsar
While 30 of the deportees are from Punjab, 33 each are from Haryana and Gujarat, three each from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, and two from Chandigarh, sources say
Trump hints at deploying US troops to help rebuild Gaza, sees ‘long-term’ US ownership of Gaza
Washington, February 5: President Donald Trump suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area into “the Riviera of the Middle East,” the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Trump’s brazen proposal...
Rise, decline and resurgence of Bodh Gaya
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, February 5: Bodh Gaya (or Buddha Gaya as it is called in Sri Lanka), is the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was a major international pilgrimage centre in ancient India when Buddhism was a thriving faith. But by the 12...
The concept of “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”
Perspectives of Professors Keyu Jin of London School of Economics and Pranab Bardhan of University of California, Berkeley
India to Maldives’ rescue again
President Muizzu faces grave economic challenges which have spawned discontent both within and outside his Peoples’ National Congress (PNC).
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