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Bengaluru-Tumakuru Metro gets green signal; Surya raises concerns

Bengaluru, Nov. 17 -- Namma Metro has received the green signal for its Bengaluru-Tumakuru extension, offering inter-district metro connectivity for the first time. However, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya has ... Read More


KLF 2026 returns with 400 global participants

Bengaluru, Nov. 17 -- The ninth edition of the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF), Asia's largest and the world's most attended literary festival, will be held from January 22 to 25, 2026, at the Kozhik... Read More


Bangladesh urges India to hand over Hasina, Asaduzzaman

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Bangladesh on Monday urged the government of India to immediately hand over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, both convicted alread... Read More


Dhaka to write to Delhi again seeking Hasina, Asaduzzaman's extradition

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Bangladesh on Monday urged the government of India to immediately hand over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, both convicted alread... Read More


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


BEPZA signs land lease agreements with two foreign firms

, Nov. 17 -- The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) on Monday signed land lease agreements with two fully foreign-owned companies to establish new industrial units at the BEPZA Econo... Read More


Govt calls death sentences for Hasina, Asaduzzaman a historic verdict

Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The interim government on Monday said the death sentences announced against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on charges of crimes a... Read More


P838.5M worth of assistance provided to Tino, Uwan victims

Manila, Nov. 17 -- Around PHP838.5 million worth of assistance has already been extended to the victims of twin typhoons Tino (international name Kalmaegi) and Uwan (international name Fung-wong), acc... Read More


24 absentee LGU execs during Tino, Uwan face raps

Manila, Nov. 17 -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to file complaints against local government officials who were out of the country during the onslaught of back-to-b... Read More


Vida takes oath as Acting Justice Secretary

Manila, Nov. 17 -- Department of Justice (DOJ) Acting Secretary Fredderick Vida officially took his oath before President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday, marking his full assumption of the DOJ's to... Read More