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Sheikh Hasina's Developmental State: A pigment of imagination

Dhaka, March 15 -- Even in the very recent past under Sheikh Hasina's kleptocratic rule Bangladesh was hailed as a great success story for achieving rapid economic growth and raising millions of peopl... Read More


Woman throws 8-year-old daughter from balcony, dies by suicide

India, March 15 -- A 37-year-old woman died by suicide on Wednesday after allegedly throwing her eight-year-old daughter from the balcony of their 29th-floor apartment in Panvel. The deceased woman w... Read More


British era relics at Kalyan stn make engineers stop in their tracks

India, March 15 -- While carrying out remodelling work of Kalyan railway station - the five-year project that was flagged off in 2023 -- engineers recently came upon railway relics that made them stop... Read More


Gas supply to remain off for 6 hours in parts of capital on Sunday

Dhaka, March 15 -- Gas supply will remain suspended for 6 hours in different areas in the northern part of the capital on Sunday. Gas supply will remain off for all kinds of consumers from 8 am to 2 ... Read More


Four Class 10 students drown in Ulhas River after Holi festivities

India, March 15 -- Four Class 10 students drowned in the Ulhas River on Friday afternoon, when they went to wash off Holi colors. It appeared the teenagers, three of whom dived in to save a fourth who... Read More


100 years later, villagers in Mulshi satyagraha suffer on, says new book

India, March 15 -- The Mulshi dam satyagraha may have ended over a century ago, but it lives on in the repercussions for Mulshi taluka's 52 villages that were sacrificed to it. A book of 70 essays com... Read More


MbPA plans recreation, tourism, biz spaces on eastern waterfront

India, March 15 -- More than 11 years since Mumbai's eastern waterfront's revamp plan was first formalised, the Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) has taken another halting step forward by initiating plans ... Read More


Standard Chartered raises 1 billion Euro via first social bond to support 'low income countries', commits 57% for India

New Delhi, March 15 -- Standard Chartered has raised 1 billion euro (about Rs.9,400 crore) through issuance of the first social bond which will support sustainable development projects across the bank... Read More


Thieves steal solar panels from Akmal brother's family farmhouse

Pakistan, March 15 -- Thieves broke into the Lahore farmhouse of Pakistani cricketers Kamran and Umar Akmal's father, stealing newly installed solar panels worth Rs500,000. The incident occurred in br... Read More


"Ye to vardi ko bhi apni jaagir samajhte hai": Giriraj Singh lambasts Tej Pratap over his order to cop on Holi

Patna, March 15 -- Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday hit out at RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav over his "Dance" remarks on a police personnel and said that these are the "successors of Jungle Raj"... Read More