RAWALPINDI: Security Forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Dera Ismail Khan district on the reported presence of terrorists belonging to Indian proxy, Fitna al Khwarij, the military’s media wing said on Monday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), troops effectively engaged the location during the operation and, after an […]
Bangladesh has entered a new and uncertain phase of its political journey, only days after delivering a decisive electoral mandate. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, secured a two-thirds majority in the February 12 general elections — a result that was widely expected to bring stability after […]
ISLAMABAD: The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt and Türkiye have strongly condemned Israel’s decision to designate lands in the occupied West Bank as so-called “state land” and approve procedures for registering land ownership across wide areas for the first time since […]
Dhaka: In a political journey that blends global recognition, domestic responsibility, and a rare voluntary retreat from power, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has overseen Bangladesh’s transition through a crucial electoral phase — defying critics who had long questioned whether elections would be held under his interim leadership. […]
DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman and Prime Minister-elect Tarique Rahman has delivered a wide-ranging victory speech, declaring the party’s return to power as a triumph for democracy and the people of Bangladesh. Addressing citizens and journalists at home and abroad, Rahman said the election result marked the restoration of […]
DHAKA: Bangladesh has entered a new political era as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured a commanding majority in the country’s first general election since the 2024 student-led uprising, while voters simultaneously backed a sweeping reform agenda through a national referendum. BNP on course to form government According to the […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday reiterated its call for the Afghan Taliban regime to take concrete measures against terrorist outfits operating from Afghan territory, amid ongoing tensions between Islamabad and Kabul. During his weekly press briefing in Islamabad, Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi stressed that Pakistan would neither close the door […]
DHAKA: Two days before Bangladesh votes, one name is repeatedly discussed from Dhaka’s student circles to neighborhood lanes: Nahid Islam — a young leader who rose to prominence during the 2024 anti-Hasina uprising and is now attempting to convert street legitimacy into parliamentary power. At 27, Nahid Islam is contesting […]
DHAKA: Bangladesh is preparing for one of the largest and most logistically complex elections in the world, and the scale becomes clear when the numbers from the Election Commission Bangladesh briefing are laid out. On 12 February, voters will not cast just one ballot — but two. A white ballot […]
DHAKA: Just weeks after returning to Bangladesh from nearly two decades in London, Tarique Rahman finds himself at the center of one of the country’s most consequential elections. If current trends hold, the acting chairman of theBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) could lead his party to victory and become prime minister […]