DHAKA: The Muhammad Yunus-led caretaker government in Bangladesh has instructed the central bank to introduce redesigned banknotes that omit the image of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s founding president and Father of the Nation. According to sources at Bangladesh Bank, the decision finalised in Sept will see the new banknotes released within six months and…
There’s an ancient rule in Korean culture that says women should obey their father before marriage, husband after, and son if they’re widowed. Called ‘rule of 3 obediences’, it has parallels in India and other Asian cultures. Oddly, even after 70 years of breathless development in South Korea, it is considered virtuous.The country is an…
KOLKATA: Technology that helps decipher grainy CCTV footage better, coupled with limping gait of a suspect, helped police arrest a man who raped a seven-month-old infant in north Kolkata last Friday, reports Dwaipayan Ghosh. Police Wednesday, arrested suspect Rajib Ghosh, 34, alias Gobra from a resort in Gopiballavpur in Jhargram, where he worked as a…
Till the 1970s, Bengal ranked second after Maharashtra in terms of number of registered companies, but had slipped to the eighth spot by 2021 NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: More than 2,200 companies moved their registered offices out of West Bengal in past five years, with at least 39 of them being listed entities, junior minister for corporate…
Uttarkashi Police conducted a flag march to maintain law and order following the violence that broke out in a recent protest by people against the legality of a mosque (ANI photo) DEHRADUN: Days after the ‘Hindu mahapanchayat‘ held by right-wing groups against a nearly six-decades-old mosque in Uttarkashi which they claimed was “illegal”, members of…
The children will be groomed in a non-Dalit household and yet would be considered SCs for admissions to educational institutions NEW DELHI: Using its omnibus power under Article 142 of the Constitution, Supreme Court on Thursday annulled the marriage between a non-Dalit woman and a Dalit man, and ordered the husband to get Scheduled Caste…
MUMBAI: Nineteen years after 47 Shiv Sainiks were accused of being part of a rally that turned violent when protesting against now BJP neta and Union minister Narayan Rane‘s departure from the party, a special court acquitted 35 of themfor lack of evidence. While around a dozen accused died over the years, the trial against…
NEW DELHI: Reaffirming India’s long-standing support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday told Rajya Sabha that while countries have the right to respond to terrorism, they must also remain mindful of civilian casualties and humanitarian laws.Responding to a supplementary during question hour on the reason for…
Bhutan’s king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck with PM Modi in New Delhi on Thursday NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held talks with visiting Bhutan King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, expressing admiration for his vision for Bhutan’s progress and regional development, while reaffirming India’s commitment to advancing the…
India said the two sides agreed on the need for effective border management and maintenance of peace & tranquillity. They also prepared for the next meeting of the special representatives NEW DELHI: India hosted a Chinese diplomatic delegation on Thursday for another round of border talks in which both sides “positively” affirmed the implementation of…
