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Bengaluru mall's pink parking spot for pregnant women wins praise online: 'Hats off'

India, Jan. 1 -- A Bengaluru shopping mall has drawn widespread attention after a video highlighted a dedicated parking space reserved exclusively for pregnant women. The initiative has been praised o... Read More


Sayedur Rahman returns as CA's special assistant two days after resignation

Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- Prof Sayedur Rahman is set to return to his post as special assistant to the chief advisor tasked with overseeing the health ministry, just two days after he stepped down from the pos... Read More


"Hindus being killed under Yunus govt": VHP urges UN intervention in Bangladesh; cites human rights body report

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) spokesperson Vinod Bansal on Thursday said Hindu minorities are being framed in false cases and being killed in Bangladesh under the interim government... Read More


Forget inflation! Small-cap mutual funds failed to beat bank FD returns in 2025. Details here

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- India's small-cap mutual fund category went through a sharp reality check in calendar year 2025, emerging as one of the clear underperformers among diversified equity categories. ... Read More


'New York, this power is yours': Zohran Mamdani's first address to New Yorkers after his oath - What he said

New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani has taken oath just after midnight to became the youngest mayor of New York City. Accompanied by his wife Rama Duwaji, mother Mira Nair and father, Ma... Read More


Levon Aronian criticises arbiter after Magnus Carlsen's table slam vs Arjun Erigaisi: 'Normalising tantrums'

India, Jan. 1 -- Magnus Carlsen ended 2025 on a dominating note, clinching the World Rapid and Blitz titles in Doha. The World No. 1 was at his best, once again justifying why he is considered the GOA... Read More


Deadly attacks, Nnamdi Kanu's life imprisonment, other defining events in South-east in 2025

Nigeria, Jan. 1 -- From the worsening, deadly attacks in Nigeria's South-east to the life imprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu and his fellow pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, the year 2025 was characterised by... Read More


Uncertainty in politics undermines economic rebound

Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- A mixed economic picture comes clear in the yearbook 2025 with Bangladesh having witnessed its external accounts fairly strengthened while stubborn inflation, weak private investment ... Read More


E-cigarettes, emerging tobacco products fully banned in Bangladesh

, Jan. 1 -- cigarettes, vapes and other emerging tobacco products have been completely banned in Bangladesh as the Smoking and Tobacco Products Use Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 has come into ef... Read More


Cuncolim project revival draws fresh opposition

MARGAO, Jan. 1 -- The revival of a proposed Housing Board colony at Charam Moddi In Panzorconi has triggered fresh opposition in Cuncolim, with villagers mobilising once again and pointing to unresolv... Read More