Ban marks an escalation in govt bid to reshape post-Hasina political landscape (AP file photo) DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim govt took the unprecedented step of issuing a gazette notification banning all activities of Awami League – the country’s oldest political party – and its affiliated outfits, in a move critics say reflects a deepening political crisis […]
House Republicans on Monday proposed a series of sharp restrictions on the federal anti-hunger program known as food stamps, seeking to limit its funding and benefits as part of a sprawling package to advance President Trump’s tax cuts. The proposal, included in a draft measure to be considered by the House Agriculture Committee this week, […]
Two Indian students from Cleveland, Ohio, were killed in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lancaster County on Saturday, May 10. The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office confirmed the victims as 23-year-old Saurav Prabhakar and 20-year-old Manav Patel. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, with the cause of death listed as multiple traumatic injuries. […]
President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order aimed at slashing prescription drug prices in the United States by up to 80%. The order introduces a “most-favoured-nation” (MFN) pricing model, ensuring that Americans pay no more for medications than the lowest price available in comparable developed countries. Trump said the move was necessary to […]
Three rock climbers were killed over the weekend and another was seriously injured when they fell nearly 200 feet while descending a steep gully in the North Cascades mountains in Washington State, the authorities said. The four men, whose names have not been released, were rappelling down a sheer rock face near the North Early […]
Aries: You have always protected yourself by working your way through all your emotions, but today those walls are easily broken. It could have been a moment, a memory, someone’s presence, or something much deeper. Instead of thinking it out, feel it. Love doesn’t always come through intelligently, so it’s all right to sweeten up […]
NEW DELHI: The US-China trade deal has increased the headache for Indian negotiators, who are once again headed to Washington DC to discuss the proposed bilateral trade deal.While signalling movement towards a deal between the world’s two largest trading nations, the 90-day truce, which will see them slash tariffs by 115 percentage points, opens the […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — Milwaukee pitcher Brandon Woodruff won’t return to the majors quite as early as expected. Brewers manager Pat Murphy announced before Monday night’s game at Cleveland that Woodruff is dealing with tendinitis in his right ankle. The issue had bothered the two-time All-Star right-hander during a rehabilitation appearance Sunday with Triple-A Nashville, causing […]
Virat Kohli. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Australian batting great Greg Chappell feels Virat Kohli’s Test retirement “marks the end of a thunderous era” in which he managed to “eclipse” the great Sachin Tendulkar in terms of making a cultural and psychological impact on India’s cricketing identity. Writing in his column for ‘ESPNCricinfo’, Chappell, a […]
Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh NEW DELHI: Top BJP politicians, including home minister Amit Shah and defence minister Rajnath Singh, on Monday hailed the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the valour of the Indian armed forces, asserting that the PM, in his address to the nation, presented India’s policy against terrorism to the […]
