The Hindu community in Bangladesh has launched a political outfit of its own ahead of the general elections scheduled for next year, amid a surge in attacks on minorities following the fall of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s government in 2024.
The National Citizen Party (NCP), a political outfit formed by student leaders who spearheaded the July–August 2024 uprising that led to the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has announced a seat-sharing agreement with one of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist parties ahead of the general elections scheduled for next year.
At least 16 people were killed after a fire broke out at a retirement home in Indonesia’s Manado city on Sulawesi island, media reports said.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Sunday claimed that the prime accused in the killing of radical leader Osman Sharif Hadi has fled to India.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has criticised Canada’s healthcare system following the death of a 44-year-old Indian-origin man who allegedly waited nearly eight hours for treatment at a hospital in Edmonton.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari made a striking revelation during a recent rally, admitting that he was advised to take shelter in a bunker during the four-day conflict with India in May, following the launch of Operation Sindoor.
At least four people, including two children, were injured after a bomb exploded inside a madrasa in the southern Keraniganj area of Bangladesh, located near the capital Dhaka, local media reported.
The health condition of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia remains critical, her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said late Saturday night.
Indian-origin US Congressman Ro Khanna has condemned the killing of a Hindu man in Bangladesh as “horrific,” an incident that has triggered global outrage and protests.
Khalistani proxies on Saturday disrupted a peaceful protest held outside the Bangladesh High Commission in London against the mob lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, sources told CNN-News18.
Pakistan is witnessing an unprecedented outflow of skilled professionals even as its military leadership frames the trend as a strategic advantage rather than a national setback.
Ottawa/IBNS: Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday to discuss recent developments in ongoing peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who recently returned to Bangladesh after ending a 17-year exile, on Saturday visited the Election Commission (EC) to register as a voter ahead of the 13th national parliamentary elections.
Berlin/DPA: People in Germany are less willing to donate, figures from the German Red Cross (DRK) showed, with donations down by about €10 million ($11.8 million) so far this year, the Rheinische Post reported in a story to be published on Saturday.
Berlin/DPA: The black box recovered from the plane crash in Turkey that killed a Libyan general and his companions is being sent to Germany for evaluation, the Libyan Interior Ministry said on Thursday evening.
Berlin/DPA: Germany will not participate in an international stabilisation force (ISF) to implement the Gaza peace plan "in the foreseeable future," German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said.
Washington DC/IBNS: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has announced that she is expecting her second child, a baby girl, due in May 2026.
French police have arrested a suspect in connection with the stabbing of three women near Paris metro stations on Friday, authorities said.
At least 25 people were injured after an Islamist mob attacked a concert by popular Bangladeshi rock icon James in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh, forcing the event to be cancelled on Friday evening.
Kyiv/IBNS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed plans to meet US President Donald Trump in Florida this weekend, marking a significant moment in ongoing efforts to bring Russia’s full-scale war to an end.
An Israeli reservist soldier was dismissed from military service after he rammed an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) into a Palestinian man who was praying by the roadside in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said on Thursday.
Dhaka/IBNS: The return of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman after 17 years in exile has triggered political tremors across Bangladesh—and not least because of what it could mean for India.
Demonstrators staging a sit-in protest over the alleged enforced disappearance of four members of a family, including two women, continued to block the CPEC Highway in Pakistan’s Kech district for a third consecutive day on Thursday.
A sign of growing discontent in Pakistan has emerged as a senior Islamic scholar from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) publicly questioned the legal immunity granted to Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir under the 27th Constitutional Amendment.
A Bangladesh court on Thursday sent two men to jail in connection with vandalism, arson and looting at the Dhaka offices of the country’s leading newspapers, The Daily Star and Prothom Alo, during last week’s unrest following the death of anti-India leader Sharif Osman Hadi.
The family of a 44-year-old Indian-origin man has alleged medical negligence after he reportedly died of a suspected cardiac arrest following an eight-hour wait for treatment at a hospital in Edmonton, Canada.
At least five people were killed and more than 30 others injured after a bomb blast ripped through a crowded mosque in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state, media reports said on Friday.
Bangladesh police have arrested six more people in connection with the lynching of Hindu man Dipu Chandra Das, whose killing on December 18 triggered widespread condemnation both within the country and internationally.
An Indian doctoral student was shot dead near the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Campus in Canada, triggering shock and concern within the Indian community abroad.
Amid growing concerns over violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched a sharp attack on the interim Muhammad Yunus-led regime in a Christmas address, accusing the current ruling authorities of seizing power illegally and subjecting minorities to “unspeakable torture”.
