Dhaka: Bangladesh Supreme Court has stayed a High Court verdict that declared ‘Joy Bangla’ — popularised by Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — as the country’s national slogan. Rahman’s daughter Sheikh Hasina was ousted as prime minister on August 5. Recently, the country’s central bank decided to remove Rahman’s image from currency notes. Following the change…
London: A 32-year-old Indian student has died in a road accident in eastern England’s Leicestershire while four other people were hospitalised with serious injuries, according to police. Chiranjeevi Panguluri died on the spot as a passenger in a car that ended up in a ditch and three co-passengers, one woman and two men, and the…
Washington: President Joe Biden has approved a new national security memorandum that is meant to serve as a road map for the incoming Trump administration as it looks to counter growing cooperation among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, the White House said on Wednesday. Biden administration officials began developing the guidance this summer. It…
Washington: The United States has said that it wants India and Bangladesh to resolve their differences peacefully. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miler said this at his daily news conference on Tuesday. “We want to see all parties resolve their disagreements peacefully,” Miler said, responding to a question on the recent visit of India’s foreign secretary…
New Delhi: India-Russia friendship is “higher than the highest mountain and deeper than the deepest ocean”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday. Both leaders expressed that the partnership between the countries holds immense potential and combined efforts will pave the way for remarkable outcomes,…
Johannesburg: South Africa will use the G20 Presidency that it assumed at the beginning of this month to further push the shared goals of member countries, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola has said. Lamola delivered the opening remarks at the first G20 Sherpas meeting on Monday where he said that South Africa’s…
Dhaka/Kolkata: Bangladesh’s deposed premier Sheikh Hasina has launched a fierce attack on the interim administration, accusing its Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus of running a “fascist regime” that allows terrorists and fundamentalists to act without restraint. In a virtual address to a gathering of overseas Awami League supporters in London on Sunday, Hasina accused Yunus of…
Dhaka: India on Monday expressed concerns over the safety of minorities in Bangladesh and its desire for a “positive, constructive and mutually beneficial” relationship with the neighbour as Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri held high-level talks with his counterpart in Dhaka. In the first high-level visit by an Indian official since August 5 when prime minister…
Washington: Observing the US is subsidizing its two neighbors Canada and Mexico to the tune of USD 100 billion and USD 300 billion, respectively, incoming US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that if that is the case then these two countries better be a part of America. Trump, 78, has threatened to impose hefty…
Manama: The relationship or absence of it between Israel and Iran has been a source of concern and some of India’s diplomatic efforts are focused on that aspect, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday. In an address at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, Jaishankar, without directly referring to attacks on commercial ships in…
