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New Delhi: Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Pranay Verma attended the oath-taking ceremony of Muhammad Yunus as the head of interim government of Bangladesh. Nobel laureate Yunus, 84, was administered the oath of office by Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin at a ceremony at the presidential...

Dhaka: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus Thursday took oath as the head of an interim government, replacing Sheikh Hasina who abruptly resigned and fled to India leaving the country in turmoil following deadly protests against her government over a controversial quota system in jobs. Yunus, 84,...

Kyiv: Russian troops are fighting Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region on the third day of one of the largest cross-border incursions of the war, the Russian Defence Ministry said Thursday. A ministry statement said the Russian military and border guards have blocked Ukrainian forces...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Thursday discussed the unfolding situation in Bangladesh with his British counterpart David Lammy during a phone conversation. In a post on X, Jaishankar said he and Lammy also deliberated on the developments in West Asia. The phone call...

New Delhi: Population decline is rapidly increasing, said tech billionaire Elon Musk Thursday. “Population collapse is accelerating,” Musk said in a post on X, citing a population chart by the New York Times which showed how birth rates decline in a year. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1821408782712291808   The...

New Delhi: Amid the crisis in Bangladesh that forced Sheikha Hasina to resign as the Prime Minister, all Indian visa application centres in Bangladesh will remain closed until further orders However, Indian diplomats remain in the country and the missions are functional, sources said The...

Kendrapara: In the backdrop of the unrest and violence in neighbouring Bangladesh, the Odisha Police is on its toes to tackle the influx of immigrants to this coastal district. Kendrapara Superintendent of Police (SP) Siddharth Kataria Wednesday alerted all the three marine police stations of...

Dhaka: Nobel laureate Prof Mohammad Yunus, the designated head of Bangladesh's interim government, Wednesday fervently appealed everybody "to stay calm" and "refrain from all kinds of violence" as the country witnessed a major reshuffle in the security establishment following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina...

Dhaka: A total of 2,400 individuals, including several top leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, have been granted bail in connection with cases related to the recent violence following student protests in the South Asian country, local media reported Wednesday. Among those...

Dhaka: Amid the ongoing unrest in Bangladesh, the bodies of 29 people, including 20 Awami League leaders, were found across the country, local media reported Wednesday. These deaths follow the resignation of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her departure from the country Monday,...