United Nations: For the first time,the UN chief has issued his New Year’s message for the year 2026 in Hindi, among other languages, calling on world leaders today to invest in development, not destruction. Antonio Guterres’ New Year message has been issued in 11 languages, including in the six official UN languages of Arabic, Chinese,…
Mumbai: Four people, including three women, died and nine were injured after a reversing bus of Mumbai’s civic-run transport undertaking BEST knocked down pedestrians on Monday night, a police official said. The incident took place around 10 pm at the busy Station Road in suburban Bhandup (West). Four people, including three women, died, while nine…
Dhaka: Khaleda Zia, the first woman prime minister of Bangladesh and the second in the Muslim world, dominated the country’s politics for decades alongside her arch-rival Sheikh Hasina. Zia, the longtime chief of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a three-time prime minister, died early Tuesday in Dhaka after a prolonged illness. She was 80….
Dhaka: Former Bangladesh prime minister and long-time Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia died early Tuesday while undergoing medical treatment in Dhaka, her party confirmed. She was 80. Khaleda Zia passed away at 6 am at the capital’s Apollo Hospital, according to A.K.M. Wahiduzzaman, BNP’s ICT Affairs Secretary and head of its Online…
Dhaka: Critically ill former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia’s condition has worsened and she is being treated at a specialised private hospital in the capital, reports quoting her doctors said late Sunday. “Khaleda Zia’s condition is extremely critical,” private UNB news agency quoted medical board member Ziaul Haque as saying,…
Dhaka: Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Reaz Hamidullah overnight reached Dhaka following an “urgent call” from the foreign ministry amid visibly strained bilateral ties, reports said late Monday. “In view of the recent situation in bilateral ties with India, Bangladesh High Commissioner in New Delhi M Reaz Hamidullah was called to Dhaka on an urgent…
New Delhi: In an effort to ensure the punctuality of trains during foggy weather conditions, the Railway Ministry on Monday advised various zones and divisions to monitor train movements on a real-time basis along with passenger amenities. Officials said that necessary instructions in this regard have been issued to general managers of Northern Railway, North…
Mumbai: Ruling allies BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena will contest 137 and 90 seats, respectively, in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls. A seat-sharing pact was revealed by Mumbai BJP president Amit Satam on Monday, following hectic parleys a day before the deadline for filing nomination papers closes on December 30. Both parties will allocate…
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday held a meeting at the BJP office in Salt Lake here to take stock of the party’s organisational preparedness for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections in 2026 after landing here on a three-day visit to the state. The meeting was held for more than two hours, where…
Our Correspondent In a significant development that vindicates months of investigative reporting and sustained pressure by Orangenews9, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), acting on a directive from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has imposed a two-year ban on a registered cricketer for alleged age manipulation. It is learnt that the ban…
