Some leaders of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the Pakistan-based terror outfit led by Hafiz Saeed, have claimed that they were involved in last year’s mass uprising in Bangladesh that led to the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. JuD leaders – Saifullah Kasuri and Muzammil Hashmi, a UN-designated terrorist – made these claims during their…
Photo/ministryof external affairs NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a meeting with the chief advisor to Bangladesh’s interim government, Muhammad Yunus, as both leaders discussed bilateral relations between the two nations. The meeting was held on the sidelines of Bimstec (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit, for…
More than 70 people were killed, and several others injured after forces loyal to ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad clashed with government personnel in country’s coastal region. According to a UK-based war monitor, this is the worst violence in Syria since the autocratic former leader was ousted by rebels in December 2024 and the subsequent…
NEW DELHI: A border talk is to take place between India and Bangladesh between February 17 and 20, with issues such as fence construction, and attacks on BSF personnel and civilians by Bangladeshi miscreants set to be among the top discussion points.The 55th Director General-Level Border Coordination Conference between BSF and the Border Guard Bangladesh…
Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha admitted on Thursday that his exit from the national team in 2022 was “not an injustice” but rather a decision based on team requirements. Saha kept wickets at the historic Eden Gardens for the last time in Bengal’s Ranji Trophy match against Punjab on Thursday. Despite being one of India’s…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday said it would mobilise the constituents of INDIA bloc to get Congress evicted from the grouping if the main opposition party does not take action against its general secretary Ajay Maken, who, the party claimed, had dubbed Arvind Kejriwal anti-national.“Ajay Maken has crossed all limits by calling Kejriwal…
Top diplomats from the Biden administration are in Damascus on Friday to meet new Syrian authorities led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a State Department spokesperson said, the first in-person and official meeting between Washington and Syria’s de-facto new rulers. The State Department’s top Middle East diplomat Barbara Leaf, Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger…
Personal photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad have surfaced from his abandoned residences, sparking ridicule among Syrians who, until days ago, were persecuted for criticising his carefully crafted public image. The intimate and candid photos, reportedly discovered in albums from Assad’s mansions in the hills of Damascus and Aleppo, offer a stark contrast to…
Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago, in an early test of assurances by the new Islamist rulers that the rights of minorities will be protected. As the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) swept to power last week, it sought…
The citizens of Damascus largely celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s hated regime with joy, after 13 long years of brutal civil war.But the city’s drinking holes did have one concern. The rebel army that overthrew the former leader was led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist group which some drinkers feared would forbid…