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Kashmir votes after special status scrapped

Indian-administered Kashmir began voting Wednesday in the first local elections since the cancellation of its special semi-autonomous status sparked fury in the troubled Himalayan territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan...

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Trump says will meet Modi

Former US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday he plans to meet next week with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, who will be visiting the United States for several official events...

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Kejriwal quits after release from jail

A top political opponent of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi quit as chief minister of the capital Delhi on Tuesday, days after being released on bail in a corruption case...

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Biden, Starmer put off Ukraine missiles decision

British prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden on Friday delayed a decision to let Ukraine fire long-range Western-supplied missiles into Russia, a plan that sparked dire threats from Moscow of a war with NATO...

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Modi campaigns in Kashmir polls after latest soldier deaths

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said ‘terrorism is on its last legs’ in Kashmir while campaigning in the disputed territory on Saturday, a day after two soldiers were killed in a gunfight with suspected militants...

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AG defends judicial reforms to strengthen constitutional institutions

Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Thursday defended Bangladesh's interim government’s decision to form reform commissions, stressing that these measures are essential to safeguard constitutional institutions undermined during deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year tenure.

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Greek PM announces plans to boost tackle crises

Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced a new set of policies aimed at boosting citizens’ purchasing power and tackling the country’s housing crisis...

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Canada slaps 100pc tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese electric car imports, matching US measures seeking to fend off a flood of Chinese state-subsidized cars into North America...

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Dozen more cases filed against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides

Over a dozen more cases, including three on charge of genocide, were filed on Wednesday against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides, taking the number of cases filed against her to 44 since the fall of her government in a student-led uprising on August 5...

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Two more murder cases filed against Sheikh Hasina, Quader

Two separate cases were filed on Monday against former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan over the killings of one Liton Hasan Lalu alias Hasan in the capital’s Mirpur area and Tarik Hossain in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area during the recent anti-discrimination students’ movement....

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Many in hiding with wealth info unchecked 

Many former lawmakers and ministers of the ousted Awami League government, who amassed wealth abnormally, have fled or are now in hideouts since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina...

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Hasina, Quader among 128 sued over Jaipurhat student killing

A murder case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former minister for road transport and bridges Obaidul Quader, and 126 others over the killing of a student in Jaipurhat during the student movement....

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Pheu Thai party chooses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as PM candidate

Pheu Thai party in Thailand has chosen Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, as its candidate for prime minister, it announced on Thursday, a day after a court dismissed the incumbent premier in an ethics case.

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UK court orders jail terms for social media posts

Prime minister Keir Starmer warned Friday that UK authorities must ‘stay on high alert’ for more far-right riots, as courts issued the first jail sentences for online incitement during the recent disorder...

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US, India extend support to Prof Yunus

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday night congratulated Professor Muhammad Yunus on the assumption of his new responsibilities as chief adviser to the newly formed interim government...

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Interim govt installation, steps to keep law, order imperative

THE deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has left the country after she resigned. The parliament has been dissolved. The president is now in full charge. But, no interim government has yet been installed to look after the affairs of the state. And, this has left the country with a constitutional and political void, which is not good for any modern-day state...

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PM sits with VCs, college principals at Ganabhaban

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is holding a view-exchange meeting with the vice-chancellors of public and private universities, teachers and college principals at Ganabhaban in Bangladesh capital Dhaka....

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PM’s surprising questions

THE prime minister asking once again who will be responsible for so many death and the mayhem during the student protest is a surprising question, reflecting her dogged, deplorable...

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