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DHAKA: Bangladesh said on Sunday (Aug 16) that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman would not visit India until New Delhi extradited Sheikh Hasina, the Bangladeshi former premier who fled during a 2024 uprising.The countries have had a strained relationship since deadly anti-government protests brought down Hasina’s government and prompted her to escape to neighbouring India, where she remains.She faces the death penalty in Bangladesh after being convicted of crimes against humanity, and Dhaka has repeatedly requested her extradition.Speaking to reporters on Sunday, foreign ministry official A.K.M. Shahidul Karim played down media speculation about a possible trip by Rahman to India next…
Indonesia arrests Malaysian pilot for allegedly smuggling 26kg of MDMA, customs office says
JAKARTA: Indonesia arrested a Malaysian pilot who allegedly smuggled 26kg of the mind-altering drug MDMA…
Gross domestic product growth in the second quarter slowed to 4.3 per cent from 5.0…
SINGAPORE: South Korean shares soared 16 per cent in early trade on Friday (Jul 31)…
BEIJING: China’s top trade official told his counterparts from the United States on Thursday (Jul…
BEIJING: The death toll from a landslide in southwestern China earlier this month rose to…
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TEHRAN: Mediator Pakistan insisted on Thursday (Jul 30) that negotiations between Iran and the United…
Newspaper in China’s Guangxi becomes unlikely collector’s item after Wang Hong’s Fields Medal win
Wang HongWang, 35, is currently a Professor of Mathematics at New York University’s Courant Institute,…
For decades, Rohingya have been denied citizenship in Myanmar, leading to them becoming the world’s…
“WALLET SIZE IS TO BE TESTED”Despite being unprofitable, Chinese AI firms are pushing ahead with…
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