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Former speaker Shirin Sharmin released on bail from Kashimpur Central Jail

Dhaka, April 12 -- Former parliament speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been released on bail. She walked out of Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur at 6:30pm on Sunday, Assistant Inspector General o... Read More


Assam Elections 2026: Guwahati journalists flag 'attacks on media' during polls

Guwahati, April 12 -- Allegations of "attacks on the media" during the recently held Assam Assembly elections have triggered alarm among journalists in Guwahati, who said the incidents point to growin... Read More


Uniform Civil Code becomes latest flashpoint between TMC, BJP in Bengal ahead of polls

India, April 12 -- We will revoke the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) "when they won't be in majority tomorrow", Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday in a scathing attack on the Bh... Read More


PM Modi vows to fast-track CAA implementation in West Bengal if BJP comes to power

India, April 12 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will expedite the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in West Bengal to grant c... Read More


"Moment above any one party or individual...": PM Modi urges Floor Leaders of all parties to support Women's Reservation Bill

New Delhi, April 12 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wrote a letter to Floor Leaders of all parties in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha requesting them for their support in the implementation of... Read More


From rings to rostrum: Commonwealth bronze medallist Pinki Jangra hails Women's Reservation Bill

New Delhi, April 12 -- On a day celebrating fitness and national progress, 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Pinki Jangra threw her weight behind the government's latest push for the Nari Shakti... Read More


Pharmacists call for buffer stock and stronger local production to secure Malaysia's medicine supply

Kuala Lampur, April 12 --   KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 - The move to require pharmaceutical companies to report potential medicine supply shortages at least six months in advance, starting July... Read More


Former law minister Shafique Ahmed dies at 89 after age-related illness

Dhaka, April 12 -- Senior Supreme Court lawyer and former law minister Shafique Ahmed has died. He passed away at around 5:45pm on Sunday while undergoing treatment at Bangladesh Medical Hospital in ... Read More


Former law minister Shafique Ahmed dies at 89 in Dhaka hospital

Dhaka, April 12 -- Former law minister and senior Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Shafique Ahmed has passed away. He was 89. He breathed his last at 5:45pm on Sunday at Bangladesh Medical College Hosp... Read More


Power cannot override judiciary

Bangladesh, April 12 -- Plaintiff in the judicial separation case, Masdar Hossain, has said that the decision to scrap the ordinance on judge appointments and the Supreme Court Secretariat will not br... Read More