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Factbox-India's struggles with high rape cases, low conviction rates
NEW DELHI - The rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata last week has brought women onto the streets across India, furious at...
Aug 16, 20242 min read
More Indian hospitals hit by doctors' protest after rape and murder of medic
KOLKATA - Hospital services were disrupted in several Indian cities on Tuesday after a doctors' protest spread nationwide following the...
Aug 13, 20242 min read
Nobel laureate Yunus takes charge of Bangladesh, hopes to heal strife-torn country
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday, hoping to help heal the country...
Aug 9, 20243 min read
Nobel laureate Yunus makes emotional return to Bangladesh to lead caretaker government
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus made an emotional return home to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a new interim government...
Aug 8, 20243 min read
Fear gripped global markets this week – but was it all overblown?
This week has been a rollercoaster ride for investors. Financial markets across the world were gripped by a fearsome selloff that...
Aug 8, 20243 min read
President Murmu calls for deepening India-New Zealand educational ties
New Delhi, Aug 8 - President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said educational exchanges are an important aspect of the bilateral relations...
Aug 8, 20242 min read
President Murmu holds bilateral talks with New Zealand's Governor General, Deputy PM
Wellington, Aug 8 - President Droupadi Murmu met New Zealand's Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters...
Aug 8, 20242 min read
Bangladesh new interim leader Yunus heads home, government to be sworn in on Thursday
DHAKA - The Nobel Peace laureate tapped to lead an interim government in Bangladesh called for calm and boarded a flight on Wednesday to...
Aug 8, 20244 min read
President Murmu arrives in New Zealand on second leg of three-nation visit
Auckland, Aug 7 - After wrapping up her State Visit to Fiji - the first-ever by a Head of State from India to the South Pacific nation -...
Aug 8, 20242 min read
Hindu homes, temples targeted in Bangladesh after Hasina ouster, minority group says
DHAKA - Hundreds of Hindu houses, businesses and temples have been vandalised since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a...
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Protesters force four Bangladesh cenbank deputies to resign, bank sources say
DHAKA - Four deputy governors of Bangladesh's central bank were forced to resign on Wednesday after about 300-400 officials protested...
Aug 7, 20242 min read
India evacuates non-essential staff from its embassy, consulates in Bangladesh, Indian official sources say
NEW DELHI - India has evacuated all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy and consulates in neighbouring Bangladesh,...
Aug 7, 20241 min read
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