AIMSA seeks PM Modi’s 'urgent and immediate' intervention to ensure safety of Indian medical students stranded in BangladeshThe All India Medical Students’ Association has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene urgently for the safety of Indian students ...
22 Dec, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
Bangladesh seeks Sheikh Hasina handover; India breaks silence on verdictBangladesh has requested India to hand over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and ex-Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. Both were ...
17 Nov, 2025, 08.27 PM IST
Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka: How three Indian neighbours erupted in the last three yearsRecent years have witnessed significant political upheaval in India's neighboring countries. Economic collapse in Sri Lanka, student-led pr...
09 Sep, 2025, 02.55 PM IST
Minorities fear targeted attacks in post-revolution BangladeshIn Muslim-majority Bangladesh, recent post-revolution unrest has sparked attacks on Hindu minorities, including the arson of a temple in Dh...
22 Dec, 2024, 10.57 AM IST
Shashi Ruia, Essar group co-founder, dies at 81Shashi Ruia Passed Away: Indian billionaire Shashi Ruia, co-founder of Essar Group, passed away at 80. Starting in 1969 with a construction...
26 Nov, 2024, 09.32 AM IST
Muhammad Yunus' 'tainted past' back to haunt him? Sheikh Hasina calls herself Bangladesh 'PM' in congratulatory letter to TrumpBangladesh news: Donald Trump has returned to the White House by defeating democratic Kamala Harris. And this may not be a good news for Ba...
09 Nov, 2024, 12.18 PM IST
Alone in the Dark: The nightmare of Bangladesh's secret underground prisonFor eight years, Mir Ahmad Quasem Arman was held in a secret Bangladeshi military prison known as the House of Mirrors. Released only after...
17 Oct, 2024, 03.50 PM IST
Bangladesh hands Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus $1.1m tax billYunus, 83, is credited with lifting millions out of poverty with his pioneering micro-credit bank, but he has fallen out with Prime Ministe...
24 Jul, 2023, 02.45 PM IST
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act doesn't repeal Muslim personal law: HC in 2014The ruling was passed on a habeas corpus petition filed by the father of a Muslim girl slightly more than 15 in age. The father had petitio...
22 Jun, 2022, 12.21 AM IST
Varanasi-based NGO turns beggars into entrepreneursCommon Man Trust, a not-for-profit in Varanasi, conceptualised the initiative 'Beggars Corporation' in February and launched it in July. La...
12 Dec, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
Great to be playing so many matches at my age: Valencia prodigy Yunus Musah“I’m very happy to renew my contract with Valencia. It’s a dream come true for me and (my) family. I have dreamed from young (age) of havin...
15 Dec, 2020, 09.08 PM IST
Virohan raises $2.8 million in funding across its seed and Series A roundsThe company will use the funding to expand their content library by introducing standardized content to students in 15 additional languages...
25 Aug, 2020, 03.24 PM IST
A startup aims to bridge a yawning gap entrepreneurs in the social enterprise sector face“Some social enterprises receive small grants that help them kickstart the organisation. But the ‘what next’ answer was not available in th...
21 Dec, 2019, 10.11 PM IST
WhatsApp: The other Kisan channelAn agri entrepreneur from Pusad district in Maharashtra, he is on an unusual WhatsApp group - 'Baliraja', a farmers' hub with over 400 memb...
23 Aug, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
Bangla Nobel Laureate summoned over unpaid tax of $1.5 millionMeanwhile, a field office of the tax authority, Tax Zone-6, issued a letter to Yunus asking him or his representatives to attend a meeting ...
24 Mar, 2015, 07.09 PM IST
Plan B: 14 top leaders come together to incorporate CSR into businessPlan A — the current way of doing business — is “broken” and that it’s “no longer acceptable”. “Where we think we will be different,” says ...
15 Aug, 2013, 03.26 PM IST
- Grameen should foray into insurance, pension: Yunus
Bangladesh Nobel laureate and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus wants to ensure that nothing comes in the way of the bank’s stability.
21 Mar, 2011, 05.59 AM IST