Bangladesh Army Chief warns of terror attacks, calls for increased vigilance against potential threatsBangladesh Army chief General Waqar-Uz-Zaman has warned about potential terrorist attacks within the next month and urged increased vigilan...
25 Mar, 2025, 12.11 AM IST
Bangladesh's high growth under ousted Sheikh Hasina was 'fake', says interim head Muhammad YunusMuhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh's interim government, criticised the previous administration's allegedly fake economic growth and corrup...
24 Jan, 2025, 10.10 AM IST
Amnesty: Executions worldwide increased by 53% in 2022, rose in Iran, Saudi ArabiaAmnesty said 70% of the executions in the Middle East and North Africa were carried out in Iran, where their numbers rose by 83% from 314 i...
17 May, 2023, 03.31 AM IST
Ideas for a better Budget: Women’s health, maternal leave and safety for economic growthFinance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, due to announce the Union Budget for 2021-22 on February 1, must surely be searching for high growth id...
11 Jan, 2021, 12.55 PM IST
Asian economies set to dominate 7% growth club during 2020sIn addition, 7% club members tend to have savings and investment rates of at least 20-25% of GDP, according to the report.
12 May, 2019, 10.10 PM IST
Vienna is world's most liveable city; New Delhi on 112, Mumbai 117Pakistan's financial capital Karachi and Bangladesh's capital Dhaka are among the world's least liveable cities in the annual Global Liveab...
14 Aug, 2018, 09.14 PM IST
In the lines of INTERPOL, Northeastern states to have NEPOLNorth eastern states share over 4500km long border with Bangladesh, China, Myanmar and Bhutan. India and Bangladesh share a 4,096-km-long b...
13 Jul, 2018, 01.31 PM IST
Fear of child lifting not completely 'unfounded', 55000 children kidnapped in 2016 in IndiaAccording to the 2017-18 report of the Ministry of Home Affairs, 54,723 children were kidnapped in 2016 but charge sheets were filed in onl...
08 Jul, 2018, 01.48 PM IST
Hyderabad best Indian city in terms of quality of living: MercerHyderabad ranks as the top Indian city in terms of quality of living in Mercer’s Quality of Living Report 2016; Vienna tops overall ranking...
23 Feb, 2016, 02.29 PM IST
Can Sheikh Hasina act against Bangladeshi fundamentalists?A worrisome aspect for India, as well as for Bangladesh, is that religious fundamentalism has been slowly penetrating the Awami League also.
27 Jun, 2015, 09.45 AM IST
India favourite of bookies, Police step up vigil against bettingDefending champions India is the favourite of bookies to win the cricket World Cup 2015, an ongoing investigation into illegal betting by D...
22 Mar, 2015, 01.58 PM IST
Bangladesh lauded for smashing Indian insurgents'camps on its soilIndian insurgents have been contained due to the change of attitude of the security forces of Bangladesh, points out Tripura director gener...
05 Jan, 2015, 03.40 PM IST
Cyber crimes in India likely to double to 3 lakh in 2015: ReportThe number of cyber crimes in the country may double to 3 lakh in 2015 and could pose serious economic and national security challenges, an...
05 Jan, 2015, 04.56 AM IST
India witnesses huge increase in foreign visitorsThere has been a growth of 16.9% in August 2014 over August 2013 as compared to a growth of 9.1% registered in August 2013 over August 2012.
11 Sep, 2014, 12.53 PM IST
Bangladesh elections and rise of radical forcesThe Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League has paved way for the creation of an all-party national government to oversee the parliamentary election...
27 Nov, 2013, 06.10 AM IST
Good deal for garment workers to benefit Awami League in poll-bound BangladeshDespite near doubling of wages, if Bangladesh can hold its own in the hypercompetitive garment export industry, it will be a victory for ev...
18 Nov, 2013, 05.01 AM IST
- Does India compare poorly with China on people's well being?
China’s superior growth performance has given it a per capita income more than thrice India’s
23 Mar, 2011, 11.05 PM IST