Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh PM for 5th term

Sheikh Hasina was on Thursday sworn in as the prime minister of Bangladesh for the fifth term, days after her Awami League won an overwhelming majority in the general elections boycotted by the......

TMC hopes for tie-up in Bengal; Cong, CPI-M reluctant

Navigating a history of animosity and mistrust, negotiations for a potential Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance in West Bengal face significant challenges while addressing the shared adversary of......

Mamata writes to Opposition to unite against BJP's 'oppressive regime'

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has written to all non-Bharatiya Janata Party chief ministers and opposition parties, including the Congress which her party had been attacking recently,......

Hardliners, no women: Full list of new Taliban Cabinet

After the fall of the Republic of Afghanistan, the Taliban on Tuesday formed the interim "Islamic Emirate", appointing hardliners in its new government who oversaw the 20-year fight against the......

Demonetisation silenced the looms in this 150-year-old town

IMAGE: Inside a power loom in Bhiwandi. About 70 percent of the 1.2 million power looms here have had to down their shutters post demonetization and if things continue as they are, the rest......

Saradha scam: Where has all the money gone?

It was a multi-million rupee scam whose extent and reach are still being unravelled, so why did the chief of the scam-tainted Saradha group Sudipta Sen plead that he was unable to pay Rs 30,000 as......

Bangladesh to reclaim land from realty cos

Bangladesh has proclaimed an order to redesign the capital city, requiring reclamation of 3,000 acres of land occupied by influential real estate companies, earlier dubbed as "land pirates" by......

Ganguly to be discharged from hospital on Wednesday

IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly will be discharged, on Wednesday, and thereafter he will......

Bangladeshis ready for World Cup opening gala

Bangladeshis cast aside their usual docile and reserved image on Thursday and proudly displayed their sporting passion ahead of the gala opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup later in the......