PM sets up global advisory council

The Prime Minister's global advisory council has been constituted. The setting up of the council wasannounced by the Prime Minister at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Chennai. Chaired by the Prime......

Hadi killed in political plot led by Awami League: Bangladesh police

Student leader Sharif Osman Hadi was killed due to "political vengeance" at the behest of the Awami League, Bangladesh police said on Tuesday as it pressed formal charges against 17 people in......

Khaleda Zia to be laid to rest beside husband; Jaishankar to attend funeral

The funeral of Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia will be held on Wednesday and she will be buried with full state honours beside her husband, late president Ziaur Rahman, the interim......

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's First Woman PM, Passes Away

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's first woman prime minister who restored democracy after a span of military rule and dominated the country's politics for decades, died on Tuesday after a prolonged......

Deshpande to co-chair Obama's advisory council

India-born Gururaj Deshpande, chairman of Tejas Networks, A123 and Akshaya Patra, has been appointed co-chairman of United States President Barack Obama's National Advisory Council on Innovation......

PM's economic advisory council may be rejigged

Among possible new members, former chief economic advisor Arvind Virmani’s name is doing the rounds.  IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with economists and experts on the......

PM's advisory council lowers growth forecast to 5.3%

The Prime Minister's key economic advisor C Rangarajan on Friday lowered the growth forecast for the current fiscal to 5.3 per cent from 6.4 per cent projected earlier and listed out host of......

Not concerned about rupee at all: Sanjeev Sanyal

Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Sanjeev Sanyal on Thursday said he is not concerned about the rupee at all, arguing that even China and Japan witnessed exchange rate......

Bangladesh Telecast Ban Won't Hurt IPL

According to experts, the ban will not result in revenue loss for the BCCI or the IPL broadcasters. IMAGE: Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman in action during a ODI match against India at the Zahur......