January2025
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India opens giant Hindu festival for 400 million pilgrims
Jan 13, 2025As the Kumbh Mela event got underway Monday, vast groups of Hindu pilgrims in India started taking baths in holy waters. Organizers anticipate 400 million attendees, making it the greatest human gathering in history. The spot... -
Alice Weidel, German far right’s unlikely hope for chancellor
Jan 13, 2025In some respects, Alice Weidel’s selection as the far-right AfD’s candidate for chancellor ahead of the February elections is unexpected given that she was born in West Germany, is openly gay, and has a non-German spouse.... -
Arab, EU diplomats in Saudi for talks on support for Syria
Jan 13, 2025As world powers strive for stability following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, leading diplomats from the Middle East and Europe arrived in the Saudi capital on Sunday to discuss Syria. Following the overthrow of Assad by... -
Indian Hindu pilgrims take the plunge ahead of largest gathering
Jan 13, 2025A farmer from India named Govind Singh traveled by train for over two days to reach what he considers to be the “land of the gods”; he was one of many Hindu pilgrims who joined the... -
Croatia’s populist president appears set for re-election
Jan 13, 2025The scandal-plagued ruling party would suffer a setback if incumbent Zoran Milanovic were to win a second term in Sunday’s presidential runoff. With the backing of the HDZ party, which controls Croatia, Milanovic starts the race... -
Cyclone-ravaged Mayotte on red alert for new storm
Jan 13, 2025Less than a month after a catastrophic hurricane wrecked the Indian Ocean archipelago, residents of the French territory of Mayotte braced for a storm on Sunday that was predicted to bring severe gusts and flash floods.... -
Israeli military says four soldiers killed in north Gaza
Jan 13, 2025After more than 15 months of fighting Hamas militants, the Israeli military announced on Saturday that four soldiers had lost their lives in fighting in the northern Gaza Strip. Following Israel’s ground offensive in retribution for... -
Roof gardening is vital for producing safe food: Rizwana
Jan 13, 2025Roof gardening is an important way to produce safe, toxic-free food and fresh air, according to Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today. “The people will be benefitted if all the city’s roofs... -
BGB distributes warm clothes in Dhaka
Jan 13, 2025Today, the Border Guard Bangladesh provided warm clothing to the unfortunate and cold-stricken residents of the Kachabazar Colony, which is close to the BGB Market in Gabtali. As the primary guest, Dhaka Battalion Commander Lt Col... -
No legal weakness found in scrapping 5 cases against Dr Yunus: Supreme Court
Jan 13, 2025The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) said that there was no legal weakness or interference in scrapping five cases against Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus by the High Court. Advocate Mustafizur Rahman Khan, lawyer of...
