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Kathmandu Mayor named as PM candidate

India, Dec. 29 -- Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, was on Sunday named the prime ministerial candidate as he and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) inked a pact t... Read More


The retreat of tolerance and the rise of religious patriotism

India, Dec. 29 -- As societies across the world retreat into hardened identities, tolerance is giving way to religious patriotism. From the West to South Asia, faith is being tied to geography - squee... Read More


Cheap intelligence, expensive institutions: What the data really says about India

India, Dec. 29 -- Artificial intelligence has become astonishingly cheap. India's institutions, however, still move at the same old speed. That mismatch now sits at the heart of India's AI story. As t... Read More


New York subway ends its Metro Card era

India, Dec. 29 -- When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world's oldest and largest transit system... Read More


Top Thailand, Cambodian diplomats meet in China

India, Dec. 29 -- Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia kicked off two-days of talks in China on Sunday as Beijing seeks to strengthen its role in mediating the two countries' border dispute, a day... Read More


CA calls for enhanced cyber security ahead of polls

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, who also serves as Chairman of the National Cyber Security Council, on Sunday stressed the need to significantly strengthen technological capa... Read More


Mahfuz won't Jamaat-NCP alliance

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Mahfuz Alam, former adviser to the interim government and one of the key leaders of the July movement, believes that maintaining his long-term political position is more important th... Read More


What Samantha said over NCP-Jamaat alliance

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Samantha Sharmin, Senior Joint Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has said that she sees no justification for resigning from the party. She made the statement in a post on... Read More


BADC delivers fertiliser to farmers' doorsteps on time

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Bangladesh, an agriculture-dependent nation, owes much of its farming success to the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC). Established on October 16, 1961, via ordi... Read More


There will be no concessions if anyone goes too far: Misty Jannat

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- Misty Jannat is a popular and critically acclaimed actress of Dhallywood. She is in the news most of the time because of her personal life and blunt comments rather than her acting o... Read More