political transition

Dhaka, March 11 Bangladesh’s new parliament is set to convene its maiden session on Thursday, with the speaker’s seat remaining vacant.Former Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury resigned in September 2024 after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, while deputy speaker Shamsul Haque was jailed, though both...

New Delhi, March 9 Ahead of the Assam assembly elections, former Asom Gana Parishad leader Jayanta Khaund joined the Congress on Monday, with Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi praising his entry into the party.Days after resigning from the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Khaund joined the Congress...

Dhaka: As Bangladesh seeks to return to normalcy following the Muhammad Yunus era, thousands of students associated with the Bangladesh Students’ League who have been expelled without due process are waiting to return to their universities.Education should not be a casualty of political...

Chennai, March 7 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin met R. N. Ravi on Saturday in Chennai and congratulated him following his appointment as the new Governor of West Bengal.The meeting, held at the Governor's official residence in Guindy, marked a formal and courteous interaction between...

New Delhi, March 7 – As Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's tenure enters its final stages following his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, the Janata Dal (United) is preparing for a generational shift in leadership with the formal entry of his son, Nishant Kumar, into active politics.Party...

Washington, March 6 US President Donald Trump said on Friday that there would be no agreement with Iran unless Tehran accepts what he described as "unconditional surrender," outlining a hardline position on the future of the Iranian leadership and the country's political direction.Posting on...

New Delhi, March 5 As Bihar prepares for the Rajya Sabha elections, the state is on the verge of witnessing a new political chapter, after nearly two decades dominated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The veteran leader will now enter the Rajya Sabha, relinquishing the Chief Minister's post...

Ranchi, March 5 (PT) Jharkhand’s sole JD(U) MLA, Saryu Roy, claimed on Thursday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s entry into the Rajya Sabha was a “premeditated move” to remove him from the Chief Minister’s position.Kumar, who is also the JD(U) supremo, announced his decision to enter...

New Delhi, March 5 On Thursday, Nitish Kumar announced his move to the Rajya Sabha, effectively ending his term as Chief Minister of Bihar. Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha stated that the post shared by Kumar on X appeared to have been drafted by the "Delhi Durbar".Jha, a Rajya Sabha MP for...

Patna, March 5 Amid intense political developments in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections.All five candidates, including Nitin Nabin, Shivesh Kumar Ram, and Upendra Kushwaha of the ruling alliance, also submitted their...

Patna, March 5 – Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s announcement that he intends to join the Rajya Sabha has intensified speculation about an imminent change in leadership in Bihar.Leader of the Opposition and RJD National Working President Tejashwi Prasad Yadav strongly opposed this development...

New Delhi, March 5 CPI(ML) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya accused Nitish Kumar of betraying the mandate given by the people on Wednesday, as the Bihar chief minister announced that he is moving to the Rajya Sabha as an MP.Kumar, the chief of JD(U), announced on Thursday...

New Delhi, March 5 – Shortly after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced his decision to retire from active politics and switch to the Rajya Sabha, the Congress party termed it a "leadership coup" in the state, orchestrated by "G2".Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh called it a...

Washington, March 4 – US President Donald Trump warned that the "worst-case" outcome of the current conflict with Iran would be the emergence of another hardline leadership in Tehran, while acknowledging that exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi could be "an option" in a future political transition...

Washington, March 2 – The exiled Iranian Crown Prince, Reza Pahlavi, has described the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, as "the game-changer we have been waiting for," declaring that this moment marks "the beginning of the very end of the regime."In an opinion piece for the...

Washington, March 1 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the US strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, calling them unlawful aggression and signaling that Tehran will respond without compromise.Speaking to ABC News, Araghchi rejected Washington’s...

Washington, March 1: Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last Shah, declared that the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei "has been erased from the pages of history," asserting that the Islamic Republic has, in effect, reached its end.In a statement addressed to Iranians, Pahlavi...

Dhaka, February 27 – Several allegations have emerged from opposition activists, journalists, local businesspersons, and ordinary citizens that the political transition in Bangladesh in August 2024 was exploited to implicate innocent people in legal cases, settle old disputes, and resolve...

Dhaka, February 27. The Awami League of Bangladesh expressed serious concern over a sharp increase in criminal cases, arrests, intimidation, and physical attacks against journalists across the country since the political transition on August 5, 2024, citing reports from domestic and...

Chennai, February 27 Three-time AIADMK Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, who held top party positions before his expulsion in 2022, joined the ruling DMK on Friday in the presence of its president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.Panneerselvam, a trusted confidant of the late AIADMK...