International

For the last two days, chaos has engulfed the streets of several Iranian cities and towns as deepening economic distress spilled into open political defiance. With the Iranian rial crashing past 42,000 to the US dollar and inflation surging beyond 42 percent, the clerical regime led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei …

HYDERABAD: Shri Vishwa Niketan, a Delhi-based trust, has organised the 7th Vishwa Sangh Shibir (VSS) at the serene and expansive Kanha Shanti Vanam, near Bhagyanagar (Hyderabad). The five-day global congregation has brought together 1,610 karyakartas, volunteers, and delegates from 79 countries, representing all continents. Welcoming the participants, Shri Shyam Parande, …

Year 2025 began on an ominous note. During the new year celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, a person named Shamsuddin Jabbar drove a truck into a crowd of people and then carried out a shootout. 14 people were killed and 57 were injured in the first major terror attack …

Amid heightened political unrest in Bangladesh, a blast struck the Ummal Qura International Madrasa in the Hasnabad area of South Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on Friday afternoon. The explosion left at least four people injured, including women and children, according to local police officials. Authorities said the blast …

The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council on December 27 intensified its demand for institutional safeguards to protect religious minorities, warning that persecution and intimidation have become routine across the country. In a statement issued after a high-level dialogue in Dhaka, the organisation said minorities are increasingly being targeted, threatened, …

For first time in recent history of the United States of America (USA), faith and religion have been introduced to run businesses, economy, make investments and hiring of personnel. Valuing diverse culture of America may not be against basic ethos or tenets of that country. But to suggest that as …

The killing of 29-year-old Dipu Chandra Das was not the result of spontaneous outrage or religious offence, his family insists, but a carefully manufactured lie rooted in jealousy, job rivalry and the growing culture of mob justice in Bangladesh. Das, a Hindu garment factory worker and the sole breadwinner of …

A chilling eyewitness account has emerged in the killing of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment worker who was brutally lynched by a mob in Bangladesh, shedding light on the sequence of events that culminated in his violent death. Speaking to the media with his face covered due to security …

Members of the Indian and Bangladeshi Hindu communities staged a protest outside the Bangladesh High Commission in London on Friday, condemning what they described as targeted violence against Hindus in Bangladesh and alleging systemic failure by authorities to ensure minority safety. Holding placards reading “Hindus have the right to live”, …

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh aligns with India in both geography and culture. New Delhi is, in fact, the very reason for the birth of Bangladesh, as India was the key in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 that led to the defeat of Pakistan and the creation of a new sovereign …