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Lawmaker urges TESDA to target more poor beneficiaries

MANILA, Dec. 1 -- Solid North partylist Rep. Ching Bernos on Monday urged the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to fine-tune their process to ensure that more poor and disad... Read More


Five sets of Vietnamese martyr remains recovered in Cambodia

Dong Thap, Dec. 1 -- Search Team K91 under the Dong Thap provincial Military Command, following nearly one month of deployment in Cambodia's Prey Veng province, recovered the remains of five Vietnames... Read More


St Martin's reopens to overnight tourists as 1,174 arrive on day one

, Dec. 1 -- Bangladesh reopened St Martin's Island to overnight tourists on Monday after months of restrictions, drawing 1,174 visitors on the first day as authorities tightened monitoring of operator... Read More


Tk 2105 cr housing projects for July martyrs' families, injured get govt nod

, Dec. 1 -- The government on Monday approved two major housing projects involving over Tk 2100 crore aimed at rehabilitating families of July martyrs and the injured protesters. The approval was giv... Read More


Tarique not a voter, but could be if EC decides: EC Secretary

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is not a voter, but he could still become one if the Election Commission (EC) makes a decision in this regard, said Election Commission Senior Secre... Read More


Only Dr Zahid to brief media on Khaleda's health: BNP

, Dec. 1 -- BNP has said all official updates over party chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's health will be communicated exclusively by Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, a member of the ... Read More


BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari alleges large-scale irregularities in SIR data entry by TMC

Kolkata, Dec. 1 -- BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday alleged that around 1.25 crore data entries of SIR forms in West Bengal were done by I-PAC, a political consultancy firm working for the ruling... Read More


SC rejects plea against Maharashtra local body delimitation; says elections cannot be delayed further

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the validity of the delimitation process for local bodies in Maharashtra, making it clear that no further impediments ... Read More


Allegations of mass voter deletion in Bengal 'highly exaggerated': EC tells SC

New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has informed the Supreme Court that claims of large-scale disenfranchisement of voters in West Bengal during the ongoing Special Intensive R... Read More


NIA raids home of alleged Delhi blast mastermind Dr Shaheen in Lucknow

Lucknow, Dec. 1 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out a raid at the Lucknow residence of Dr. Shaheen Shahid, accused of masterminding the recent Delhi car blast. The operat... Read More