- Thursday, May 01, 2025
BANGLADESH'S Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will lead an interim government after mass protests forced longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee, the presidency announced Wednesday. The appointment came quickly after student leaders called on the 84-year-old Yunus - credited with lifting millions out of poverty in the South Asian…
IN A shocking turn of events, Vinesh Phogat was on Wednesday disqualified from the Olympics after being found overweight ahead of her women's 50kg final here. Vinesh had scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the gold medal bout in the event on Tuesday night. "She…
THE Narendra Modi government is planning to bring a Bill in the current monsoon session in Parliament to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards. The bill, which was recently passed by the Union Cabinet, has not been introduced in Parliament yet. The government sources claim the Bill aims to…
SEVERAL Hindu temples, households and businesses were vandalised, women assaulted and at least two Hindu leaders affiliated with the Awami League party killed in violence in Bangladesh following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, community leaders claimed on Tuesday. “We have compiled some incidents of the vandalisms in different…
KAMALA HARRIS picked Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, opting for the Minnesota governor as the partner most likely to complement her in a historic - and bruising - bid for the White House. Walz had been on a shortlist with a string of other Democratic figures seen as…
A BANK fraud accused who has been evading the law for over two decades and even declared dead by a local court was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Times of India reports. The CBI nabbed the accused from a village in Tamil Nadu, where he was living…
MUMBAI police have arrested two people after a body was found inside a suitcase at the busy Dadar railway station on Monday, according to media reports. The police suspect that the two suspects had committed the murder and wanted to dispose of the body at a far away place. They…
BANGLADESH, which is facing its worst political crisis since Independence in 1971, poses "significant concerns" for India's textile and apparel sector, particularly for companies operating factories in the neighbouring country, the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry said on Tuesday. The domestic textile industry body believes that any supply disruption in…
WRESTLER Vinesh Phogat pulled off the biggest upset at the Paris Olympics by outwitting hitherto invincible Yui Susaki, executing a perfectly-planned strategy to come out a surprise winner in the women's 50kg opening round. The Tokyo Games gold medallist and four-time World Champion Susaki had not lost any of her…
UNIVERSAL Pictures has purchased the rights to Britney Spears's best-selling memoir, "The Woman In Me," to develop a biopic, the studio has announced. Jon Chu, known for directing "Crazy Rich Asians," is set to direct the film. Spears herself confirmed her involvement in the project on social media, stating, "Excited…
