November2024

Venezuela’s parliament on Thursday passed a law punishing support for sanctions on President Nicolas Maduro’s regime by up to 30 years in prison, part of a widening crackdown on dissent in the Caribbean country. The law...

In an attempt to advance political representation for sexual and gender minorities in the Himalayan country, two transgender candidates are running for office for the first time in Nepal’s local by-elections. Nepal boasts some of the...

Following a campaign characterised by vitriol over the housing and cost-of-living issues, Ireland will vote on Friday with the incumbent coalition parties tied with the opposition party Sinn Fein. Voters will select new representatives for the...

Social media giants on Friday hit out at a landmark Australian law banning them from signing up under-16s, describing it as a rush job littered with “many unanswered questions”. The UN children’s charity UNICEF Australia joined...

In an attempt to restart his coaching career, Frank Lampard was named manager of Coventry City, a Championship team, on Thursday. The 46-year-old has not had a job since his disastrous second stint as Chelsea’s interim...

Tomorrow (Saturday), from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will hold a re-election for the position of lone executive member at BFF Bhaban. At their first meeting, the BFF executive committee decided...

On Thursday, the World Health Organisation called on nations to increase bird flu surveillance following the discovery of the first case in a U.S. youngster. Maria Van Kerkhove, director of WHO’s epidemic and pandemic preparation and...

Gaza video correspondents Belal Alsabbagh and Youssef Hassouna on Thursday won a Rory Peck award for their “powerful” coverage of the brutal war in the Palestinian territory for Agence France-Presse. The prize has been awarded since...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors has unanimously elected Masato Kanda as ADB’s 11th President. Kanda, 59, currently serves as special advisor to Japan’s Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. He will assume office...

An illicit shotgun and sixty-three rounds of ammunition have been found by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) in the Mohammadpur neighbourhood of the city. Following a tip, a CTTC squad raided a home in...