The historic May Day is being observed today in Bangladesh and elsewhere across the world in a befitting manner. It is a public holiday in Bangladesh. This year’s theme of May- Day in Bangladesh is ‘Sramik-Malik Gorbo Desh, Smart Hobey Bangladesh’. Political parties, worker’s union and other organisations working to ensure Labour Rights organised a […]
New York City police raided Columbia University late on Tuesday to arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some of whom had seized an academic building, and to remove a protest encampment the Ivy League school had sought to dismantle for nearly two weeks. Shortly after police moved in, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik released a letter […]
South Korea has held talks about joining part of the AUKUS defence deal between the U.S., Britain and Australia, Defence Minister Shin Won-sik said on Wednesday, only weeks after the pact said it would consider including Japan. Formed in 2021, AUKUS is a two-stage security pact to counteract China’s growing power in the Asia Pacific […]
India and Croatia on Tuesday convened the 11th session of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in New Delhi. Both sides conducted a comprehensive review of their bilateral relations, focusing on enhancing cooperation across various sectors including trade and economics, defence and maritime affairs, science and technology, innovation, research and development, tourism, culture, and people-to-people ties. The […]
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order. In a written order, Justice Juan Merchan said the fine may not be enough to serve as a deterrent […]
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) offloaded Indian stocks in April, following two consecutive months of being net buyers. The ongoing geopolitical crisis in the Middle East, coupled with the strength of US bond yields, likely pushed investors to withdraw funds from their portfolios. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), who continued to remain net buyers for the third […]
Large swathes of East and South India remain in the grip of a severe heat wave, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The severe heat wave conditions are expected to persist over East India, including Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, and parts of Jharkhand until May 2 before gradually declining. South India experienced its […]
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the rescheduling of the polling date for the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary seat in Jammu and Kashmir from May 7 to May 25, 2024. This decision follows careful consideration of a report from the Union Territory administration and an assessment of the ground situation. According to a statement released […]
