Student activists and the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami could stump BNP and Awami League
By Kallol Bhattacherjee/The Hindu New Delhi, October 15 – Bangladesh’s political landscape is undergoing a rapid transformation ahead of the general election which is to take place in February 2026. Student advisers and the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI), Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, which extended support to...
Trump says he has authorized covert CIA action in Venezuela
License for the spy agency to conduct operations is the latest in a series of menacing U.S. steps against President Nicolás Maduro’s government.
Yunus the compulsive flyer – 14 foreign trips in one year
By Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan/Times of Bangladesh Colombo, October 15 – Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has been in office for just over a year. In that short span, he has managed 14 foreign trips—almost one every month. The Nobel laureate, once hailed as the face of...
UN Rights commissioner Volker Turk urges Bangladesh to substitute fairness and reconciliation for vengefulness and revenge
Geneva, October 15 (TOB)- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has welcomed the initiation of legal proceedings against those accused of enforced disappearances and torture under the previous regime in Bangladesh, calling it a critical step towards accountability. “This marks the first...
Trump says Egypt has less murders than some US cities
Cairo, October 14 (Egypt Today) – U.S. President Donald Trump described Monday, which witnessed his participation in the International Peace Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt as “a very important day.” “No body thought this was possible,” Trump added while he was speaking with the...
More things may come out from the Ashley Tellis’ case
He will be produced in court again on October 21
It’s time Sri Lanka tapped it’s rare earth and mineral resources
Sri Lanka can build a new export pillar and become a trusted supplier to global industries
India-origin strategist Dr.Ashley Tellis charged with keeping secret US defense files
Ashley Tellis is considered to be an expert on Asian strategic issues
Sheikh Hasina – The woman who carried Bangladesh through chaos, now tried by the court of Western opinion
As Bangladesh’s most enduring leader faces global scrutiny, her legacy forces the world to confront a deeper question — can stability born of strength still be called democracy?
Issue of cross border terrorism precipitates Pak-Afghan armed conflict.
By P.K. Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, October 14 – Bad relations between Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan nosedived towards a breaking point last weekend. An armed conflict broke out between the two, with Pakistan capturing 19 Afghan posts inside Afghanistan. Many Afghan Taliban militants were killed and...
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