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Southeast Asia walks tightrope between China, US

Dhaka, April 19 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cambodia on Thursday for the last leg of his week-long tour of Southeast Asia, which included earlier stops in Vietnam and Malaysia. Although... Read More


Iran stages nationwide Army Day parades

Dhaka, April 19 -- Iran staged military parades on Friday to mark its annual Army Day celebrations, showcasing a wide array of its latest domestically built drones, missiles, tanks, and other hardware... Read More


Airlines happy with Japanese takeover

Dhaka, April 19 -- Foreign and private airlines operating in Bangladesh have expressed optimism following the announcement that a Japanese consortium is set to take over ground handling operations at ... Read More


Jamaat calls for reforms, justice before nat'l polls

Dhaka, April 19 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar has urged the interim government to ensure comprehensive political reforms and initiate trials for crimes against human... Read More


Dulat refutes reports suggesting Farooq Abdullah supported Article 370

Jammu, April 19 -- Abdullah has dismissed Dulat's claims that he had "privately backed" the abrogation of Article 370 as a "cheap stunt" to boost the sales of the top spy's forthcoming memoir Former ... Read More


Fundamentalism in Bangladesh

India, April 19 -- Once hailed for secularism and cultural vibrancy, Bangladesh now finds itself at a critical crossroads. Islamist fundamentalist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami are regaining prominence,... Read More


The Saudis: Peacekeepers or power brokers?

India, April 19 -- In a transformation as ambitious as it is paradoxical, Saudi Arabia is rebranding itself from an austere theocracy to a cosmopolitan architect of global diplomacy. This evolution ra... Read More


Telangana govt signs MoU with Japanese company Neysa Networks to set up AI data centre cluster

WEB DESK, April 19 -- Japan based global digital transformation and IT services company, NTT DATA, cloud platform company Neysa Networks, and the Telangana government have signed an agreement to set u... Read More


Interpol 'Red Notice' sought for Sheikh Hasina, 11 others

Dhaka, April 19 -- Bangladesh Police have submitted applications to Interpol seeking red notices against 12 former high-ranking officials, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in connection ... Read More


What happened at White House? Trump's press conference ends abruptly after Dr Oz's swearing-in

India, April 18 -- President Donald Trump's press conference, after Dr Mehmet Oz's swearing-in ceremony, after a young girl fainted. Reporters were asked to immediately leave the premises as Dr Oz, th... Read More