Image by Reuters Gita Gopinath, the No 2 official at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will leave her position at the end of August and return to Harvard University, the IMF said in a statement on Monday. The IMF said […]
Image by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty Image Bangladesh, the world’s second-biggest garment manufacturer, aims to strike a trade deal with the US before Donald Trump’s punishing tariffs kick in next week, said the country’s top commerce official. Dhaka is […]
Image by Eastern Eye This week saw Bangladesh open the murder trial of student protester Abu Sayeed, whose killing last year escalated demonstrations nationwide that ultimately ousted then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sayeed died aged 23 in the northern city […]
Image by Sri Lanka cricket (@officialslc) on X Coming into the two fixtures, Sri Lanka had won their two previous matches which were one Day Internationals against Australia in Colombo. For Bangladesh, they failed to pick up a win in any of their last […]
Image by ISRO Spaceflight Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members were launched into space early on Wednesday aboard the Axiom-4 mission. The crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at around 2:30 […]
Image by Getty Images The Railway Ministry has decided to install automatic door closing systems in existing and new local trains on the Mumbai Suburban network, following the deaths of four commuters and injuries to nine others who fell from […]
Image by Getty Images Indian-American rapper and songwriter Raja Kumari has become the first musician of Indian origin to win an American Music Award. Her song Renegade (We Never Run), featured in Arcane: League of Legends Season 2, took home the award for […]
Image by Getty Image Banu Mushtaq (pictured above) has made literary history by becoming the first Kannada writer to win the International Booker Prize. The 2025 award was given for her short story collection Heart Lamp, a collaboration with translator […]
Image by ANI Indian authorities have arrested 11 people for allegedly spying for Pakistan, according to local media reports citing police officials. The arrests follow recent fighting earlier this month in which at least 60 people were killed, reported AFP. […]
Image by draseemmalhotra.co.uk British Indian Consultant Cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra (pictured above), a long-standing campaigner for a more evidence-based approach to all Covid-19 vaccines, has been appointed as an adviser to US president Donald Trump’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) […]
