January 2024

More than 6,300 people fell prey to "fake friend" scams in Singapore last year and collectively lost an equivalent of nearly $16 million, according to police. Such scams involve contacting victims, pretending to be someone they know,…

Britain and the US yesterday said they had sanctioned four senior Houthi officials for their roles in supporting or directing attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Those sanctioned were Houthi Defence Minister Mohamed Nasser…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be visiting Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference to be held on February 16-18. This will be her first foreign visit after she assumed the office for the fifth time following the January 7…

Eminent Rabindra Sangeet singer Rezwana Choudhury Bannya has been chosen for the Indian government's prestigious Padma Shri award for 2024. A former student of Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal's Shantiniketan, Bannya has been…

Some Conservatives may be trying to force a change of leader, but at Prime Minister's Questions we got a taste of the political cut and thrust we will see until the election, assuming Rishi Sunak remains in place. Sir Keir…

The UK is sending some of Ghana's "crown jewels" back home, 150 years after looting them from the court of the Asante king. A gold peace pipe is among 32 items returning under long-term loan deals, the BBC can reveal.…

Prominent actress Bonna Mirza has recently commented on the misrepresentation of female characters in regional and Indian films, connoting the recent wave of criticism faced by the Sandeep Reddy Vanga film "Animal". In a discussion…

Yesterday, the 96th Academy Awards unveiled nominations, recognizing Nazrin Choudhury, a British American screenwriter, director, and actress of Bangladeshi origin. Her short film "Red, White, and Blue" secured a nomination in the Best…

Inaki Williams raced back from Africa to face Barcelona in the Copa del Rey and sent Athletic Bilbao into the semi-finals by scoring a crucial goal in their 4-2 extra-time triumph on Wednesday. The Ghana forward played on Monday for…

India picked a three-pronged spin attack but did not completely disregard the need for speed against England in the opening Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday. England captain Ben Stokes, who elected to bat…