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On August 5, a violent crowd broke into Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official mansion, Ganabhaban, and marched through the country’s capital, Dhaka, ignoring a military curfew. Crowds waved flags as some activists danced on top of a parked tank in the capital, Dhaka. Local news networks got footage of people ransacking the building, removing … Read more
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned from her post and departed from Dhaka amid violent protests, news agency AFP quoted a source as saying. She is reportedly travelling to India. “She and her sister have left Ganabhaban (the Prime Minister’s official residence) for a safer place,” the source told AFP She departed from Bangabhaban … Read more
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will holding an emergency meeting with police leaders on Monday, following days of violent anti-immigrant riots that saw buildings and vehicles destroyed and hotels housing asylum seekers targeted. Riots have erupted in towns and cities over the previous week following the deaths of three girls in a knife attack in Southport, … Read more
A forthcoming book is set to ignite controversy surrounding Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Author Anupreeta Das alleges that Mr Gates engaged in inappropriate behaviour towards multiple women, prompting Microsoft to institute measures to protect young interns from being alone with him, the New York Post reported. Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has been a key figure … Read more
India has asked its citizens living in Bangladesh to be in touch and remain alert after 72 people died in fresh clashes between protesters and supporters of the ruling Awami League. Dozens were also injured in fierce clashes today. Check out this 10-point breakdown of the main story Get the Latest News Updates and Stay … Read more
President of the United States Joe Biden expressed hope that Iran will back down in spite of its warning to exact revenge for the murder of Hamas leader in Tehran, as concerns grew that Israel’s battle against Palestinian terrorists in Gaza may turn into a larger Middle East conflict. A day after an Israeli strike … Read more
In Bangladesh, demonstrators have taken to the streets, calling for justice for the over 200 persons who lost their lives in student-led protests last month over government job quotas. Large-scale demonstrations were held on Saturday in response to a nationwide appeal by student leaders for civil disobedience until the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina … Read more
The “Screaming Woman” mummy, discovered in Luxor, Egypt, mesmerized spectators for almost a century with her lips hanging open. More horrific details are suggested by recent information gathered by Egyptian scholars. The woman may have “died screaming from agony or pain,” according to reports released on Friday by anthropologist Samia El-Merghan and radiologists Dr. Sahar … Read more
Tensions have risen in the Middle East as Iran and its allies pledged revenge for the assassination of top Hamas and Hezbollah officials. Israel reported that it killed Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut on Tuesday in retaliation for lethal missile fire that occurred on the Golan Heights last week. Ismail Haniyeh, the head of … Read more
Dr. Peggy Annette Whitson, 64, is the most experienced astronaut in the United States and a professional biochemist. She is the designated Commander of the Axiom-4 mission, which is expected to send 39-year-old Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station in early 2025. Having completed four space missions, Dr. Whitson retired from NASA … Read more
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian in space for forty years, is about to create history. The ground-breaking ISRO-NASA mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has Shukla as its “prime” astronaut. Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma is still the only Indian to have flown into space; he did so in 1984 as part of … Read more
Israel’s elite intelligence agency Mossad enlisted Iranian security agents to plant explosives in a building in Tehran where armed Palestinian group Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh was staying, The Telegraph reported. The initial plan was to assassinate Haniyeh in May during his visit to Tehran for the funeral of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. The operation … Read more
US Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed her incredible ascent to party standard bearer in November’s contest against Republican Donald Trump by virtually securing the Democratic party’s presidential selection on Friday. Kamala Harris was the only contender on the ballot for a five-day electronic vote among roughly 4,000 party convention delegates. She will be crowned during … Read more
A US appeals court on Thursday barred the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) reinstatement of historic net neutrality rules, stating that broadband companies are likely to win a legal battle. In April, the FCC voted along party lines to resume regulatory monitoring of broadband internet and reinstate open internet guidelines established in 2015 but canceled under … Read more
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has stood by Italian boxer Angela Carini following her defeat on Thursday in the Paris Olympics 2024 by Algerian fighter Imane Khelif. Carini withdrew from the match after being punched multiple times in the face, ending it in 46 seconds. Following her defeat, the Italian fighter sobbed in the … Read more