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Election day in Bangladesh amid opposition boycott

BANGLADESH was voting Sunday (7) in an election guaranteed to give a fifth term in office to prime minister Sheikh Hasina, after a boycott...

Rushdie stabbing trial postponed over memoir release

THE trial of the man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie is delayed due to the release of the author’s memoir about the attack, reported...

Gujarat permits alcohol in GIFT City

Gujarat, the Indian state on the western coast of the country has recently decided to permit alcohol consumption within GIFT City to attract global...

Killer of Muslim family in Canada to be sentenced

A sentencing hearing started on Thursday (4) for the man found guilty of using his truck to murder four members of a Muslim family...

PPP nominates Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as prime ministerial candidate

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has put forward its chairman and former foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, as its official prime ministerial candidate in...

Bangladesh deploys army amid election violence fears

TROOPS deployed across Bangladesh on Wednesday (3) amid fears of violence ahead of a national election which the main opposition party is boycotting. Soldiers travelled...

Sheikh Hasina: BNP boycotting general election as there is no scope to rig it

THE Bangladesh prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, said on Monday (1) that the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is boycotting Sunday’s (7) general election as...
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