Tarique Rahman, tipped to be the next PM, tells BBC Bangla he is planning to return to fight landmark elections.
India Advocates for Prompt and Fair Elections in Bangladesh
India strongly supports the conduct of free, fair, and inclusive elections in Bangladesh, expressing readiness to cooperate with any democratically chosen government. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri ...
Bangladesh’s Tarique Rahman to take part in polls
Rahman, 59, heir to Bangladesh's longtime ruling family as son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, is the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), widely seen as a key frontrunner ...
Shoe thrown at India’s top judge in religious row
An Indian lawyer has thrown a shoe at the country's Chief Justice BR Gavai after apparently being angered by remarks the judge made about Hinduism. Rakesh Kishore launched his attack during Monday's ...
Lawyer tries to hurl object at India’s chief justice over remark about Hindu god
A lawyer tried to hurl what appeared to be a shoe at India's Chief Justice B.R. Gavai in the Supreme Court on Monday, media and lawyers present said, over recent remarks he made about the Hindu god ...
CBS News on board as China intercepts Canadian air force mission
China sent fighter jets to intercept a Canadian air force plane tracking North Korean ships breaching U.N. sanctions.
No 10 denies government involved in collapse of China spying case
Downing Street has strongly denied the government was involved in the collapse of a prosecution against two men accused of spying for China. Charges against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry - ...
‘Police could get power to ban protests’ and ‘PM must come clean over China’
The lead story on Monday's Times front page is Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood saying that police could be given the power to ban protests outright. The proposal comes after the organisers of ...
UK government says it was not to blame for collapse of China spy trial
The British government said on Monday it was not to blame for the collapse of a trial of two men accused of spying for China, saying it was a decision made by prosecutors who relied on language used ...
Hong Kong to study reviving public housing sale scheme for tenants
Housing chief Winnie Ho says authorities need to consider flat pricing, property management issues and selection criteria. ( read original story ...)