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No public unrest after Hasina verdict, says Home Adviser

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the overall situation in the country remains calm following the death sentences handed down to Sheikh Hasina and... Read More


BRICS emerges as new global hub of food security

Moscow, Nov. 17 -- The global food crisis continues to intensify, with new World Bank data showing sharp increases in food insecurity and inflation across low-income regions. Experts say BRICS nation... Read More


NIA uncovers chilling plan: Delhi terror module tried weaponising drones for mass carnage

India, Nov. 17 -- Investigators have now revealed that the suicide car bomb that shook Delhi near the Red Fort on November 10 was only the beginning of what the terror module had planned, media report... Read More


Good riddance: India is axing quality control orders on manufacturing inputs-let's push ahead and remove the rest

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- It has finally begun and it deserves recognition. A long-awaited overhaul of India's quality-control regime is taking shape. In just the past week, key ministries have moved deci... Read More


China-Japan spat drags Nikkei, CSI300; Japan's top tourism, retail stocks plunge up to 11%

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- Some of Japan's top tourism and retail stocks suffered deep losses in intraday tard on Monday, even as the key index Nikkei declined by almost a per cent after China warned its c... Read More


"This has been done on Pakistan's orders": BJP's Suvendu Adhikari on Sheikh Hasina's death sentence

Kolkata, Nov. 17 -- West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday alleged that the death sentence awarded to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was "done on th... Read More


Sino-Japanese brickbats do not augur well for a stronger Asean - Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lampur, Nov. 17 -- In a year when South-east Asia desperately needs calm, predictability, and a rules-based strategic environment, the escalating rhetorical exchanges between China and Japan cur... Read More


2 phones, 5 SIMs, 65 CCTVs: In Delhi blast probe, key pieces of the puzzle linked to 'suicide bomber'

India, Nov. 17 -- As the probe into the Red Fort blast continues, investigators are now trying to trace the final moments of the alleged "suicide bomber", Dr Umar Un Nabi. On Sunday, the NIA referred ... Read More


Lounge Loves: 'All Her Fault', One Floor Down and more

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- La Joconde, c'est partie!" was the message that went out from the Louvre on the morning of 22 August 1911. The Mona Lisa was gone! And so was a doorknob but that was discovered a... Read More


International Crimes Tribunal to deliver verdict against Sheikh Hasina

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) will announce its verdict on Monday in a case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is being tried in absentia on char... Read More