English News National Bengal Petrol Cost Higher Than Delhi; Hindu Candidate Contests Sheikh Hasina Seat Bhaskar English brings to you the biggest developments from India and around the world. Here are the top headlines… The Day Ahead 1. Bangladesh election: Polling starts at 7.30 AM, to end by 4.30 PM 2. Bharat Bandh: Trade and…
Syrian government forces evacuated took control of Sheikh Maqsoud, the last district in Aleppo outside state control, on Sunday. It came as US and allied forces carried out large-scale strikes against Islamic State targets across Syria on Saturday,Government forces evacuated more than 400 Kurdish fighters from Sheikh Maqsoud, and detained around 300 Kurds, AFP reported…
Sheikh Hasina, Muhammad Yunus DHAKA: Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Thursday accused the Muhammad Yunus-headed interim govt of pushing the country towards darkness, while her party Awami League said despite decades of peaceful coexistence, extremist groups are “emboldened” and minority communities are increasingly being branded as “political enemies”.“The masks and vile faces of the…
Sharif Osman Hadi (File pic) Sharif Osman Hadi, a key figure in the Bangladesh protest and ousting of Sheikh Hasina, died on Thursday in Singapore (local time), according to a press release from Singapore’s ministry of foreign affairs. He had been after fighting for his life for six days following a shooting in Dhaka.Hadi, a…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah (PTI) SRINAGAR: Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah “resides in the hearts of people” whether his Dec 5 birth anniversary is declared a holiday or not, his grandson and J&K CM Omar Abdullah said Thursday, five years after the date tied to the National Conference (NC) founder was taken off the list of public…
Protests erupted in Bangladesh following ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’ death sentence over ‘crimes against humanity’. Demonstrators clashed with security forces while trying to pull down the remaining parts of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house. The Rapid Action Battalion moved in to block the attempt, using batons, sound grenades and tear gas to drive the…
Sheikh Hasina (PTI image) Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeed Wazed said on Sunday that his mother is “upset, angry, outraged” as the country awaits a crucial court verdict that could sentence her to death. He warned that supporters of the Awami League will block next year’s national election if the party’s ban…
NEW DELHI: Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she lives freely in New Delhi, and “would love to go home” but remains cautious, given her family’s violent past. “I would of course love to go home, so long as the government there was legitimate, the constitution was being upheld, and law and…