DHAKA: Thousands of students rallied in Bangladesh on Thursday to mark the one-month anniversary of the fall of long-serving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after deadly protests. Students, teachers and families of those killed in the unrest joined the “March for Martyrs” carrying the national flag and chanting slogans such as “Blood of the martyrs is our … Read more
COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugees stranded in camps in southern Bangladesh observed the seventh “Rohingya Genocide Day” on Sunday. The commemoration took place as new refugees, fleeing escalating violence in Myanmar, continued to arrive at the border. Seven years ago, the majority of the Rohingya community was forced to flee Myanmar’s Rakhine state, an act … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ombudsman’s office has been inundated with a surge of complaints from consumers regarding overbilling of electricity and gas, highlighting widespread dissatisfaction with power distribution companies (DISCOs) and gas departments across the country. According to available documents, the Federal Ombudsman has received a staggering 133,152 applications from aggrieved citizens this year alone, with … Read more
Members of the female anti-drone mobile air defence unit “Bucha Witches” near the town of Bucha, Kyiv region, Ukraine on August 3, 2024. — Reuters KYIV, UKRAINE: Thousands of Ukrainian troops are taking part in an incursion into the Kursk region in Russia which aims to “stretch” and “destabilise” Russia, a senior Ukrainian security official … Read more
Cisco will cut thousands of jobs in a second round of layoffs this year as the US networking equipment maker shifts focus to higher-growth areas, including cybersecurity and AI, Reuters reporter, people familiar with the matter as saying. The number of people affected could be similar to or slightly higher than the 4,000 employees Cisco … Read more
LONDON: Streets across Britain saw thousands of police officers and anti-racism protesters assembling to counter expected far-right groups. These groups, however, did not materialise after a week of violent racist attacks targeting Muslims and migrants. The recent unrest in Britain was triggered by a knife attack in Southport, northwest England, which resulted in the deaths … Read more