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Chinese doctors reach Dhaka amid tight security to treat Zia

Security was tightened around Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday as a specialist medical team from China joined efforts to treat the ailing politician, who remains in a......

Bangladesh court convicts Sheikh Hasina, UK lawmaker niece in land scam

A Bangladesh court on Monday convicted and sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to five years of imprisonment and her niece, British parliamentarian Tulip Siddiq, to a two-year jail term......

Hand over convicted Hasina and her aide, Bangladesh urges India

Bangladesh's interim government on Monday urged India to immediately extradite deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, hours after a special......

Why Has ISI Chief Been Given An Extension?

While Asim Malik's role in Pakistan's recent warming up of relations with the US is acknowledged, army watchers note a recent distancing, what with Asim Munir not wanting his DG, ISI to share the......

B'desh drops 'Father of the Nation' title for Mujibur Rahman

Bangladesh's interim government has dropped the "Father of the Nation" title for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as it amended a legislation, revising the definition of freedom fighter, according......

Disney Star mulls legal action against ZEEL for backing out of $1.4 bn deal

Disney Star is mulling legal actions against Zee Entertainment for backing out from a $1.4 billion sub-licensing agreement for TV broadcast of international cricket matches in India, according to......

Tribunal stays Vedanta's take over of Videocon

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Monday stayed industrialist Anil Agarwal's Twin Star Technologies' Rs 2,962.02 crore-takeover bid of debt-ridden Videocon Industries. A two-member......

India's largest media empire is all set to be born!

The Competition Commission of India on Wednesday approved the merger of media assets of Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Co to create the country's largest media empire worth over Rs 70,000......

Trai tariff order: Broadcasters move tribunal

Leading broadcasters, including Zee Turner and Star Den Media Services, on Monday challenged Trai's tariff order to cap wholesale price of channels to service providers like DTH and IPTV at 35 per......

Govt calls off strategic sale of Pawan Hans as winning bidder disqualified

The government on Monday decided to call off the strategic divestment of Pawan Hans as the successful bidding consortium Star9 Mobility Pvt Ltd was disqualified in view of pending legal cases.......

If Ambani Buys Disney Star...

Assume Voot, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar are merged into one entertainment app, and you have a streaming service with more than 233 million unique visitors.That is a reach just under half of......

Sonam Kapoor to star beside Beyonce in Coldplay music video

So, where will Sonam Kapoor be seen other than Neerja this season? The 30-year-old actress is all set for her cameo in British band Coldplay's next single Hymn For The Weekend, featuring......

HC grants relief to Big-B in 2002-03 tax case

Observing that review under the garb of reassessment was not permissible in law, the Bombay High Court has granted relief to mega star Amitabh Bachchan by dismissing an appeal filed by the Income......

Aaranya Kaandam: A day in a gangster's life

Tamil film Aaranya Kaandam will reach theatres this Friday (June 10) but the film produced by S.P.B. Charan and directed by debutant Thiagarajan Kumararaja, has been in the news for quite some......

Why did Varun apologise to Taapsee?

From kicks to cuts, Subhash K Jha gives us the latest Bollywood buzz... Photograph: Varun Dhawan and Taapsee Pannu in Judwaa 2. When he is excited -- and that's more often than not-- Varun Dhawan......

RCB moves Karnataka HC against CAT's stampede order

IMAGE: The Central Administrative Tribunal had observed that the RCB are 'prima facie responsible' for the stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on June 4, which led to the death of......

CAS cuts former Man United star's doping suspension

'Finally the nightmare is over. Following the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, I can look forward to the day when I can follow my dreams again.' IMAGE: Paul Pogba, who has a......

India's tennis stars to face Pakistan after 60 yrs

Davis Cup: Ramkumar to lead Indian challenge against Pakistan on grass courts Photograph: Kind Courtesy Ramkumar Ramanathan/X Ramkumar Ramanathan was on Sunday named in a five-member squad for the......

No silver for Vinesh as CAS rejects appeal

IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat was left heartbroken after she was disqualified ahead of her gold-medal bout in freestyle 50kg for being 100gm overweight in the morning weigh-in, crushing her Olympic......

Kiss scandal: Spain's World Cup winners on strike!

IMAGE: All 23 of the World cup-winning squad including Jenni Hermoso, as well as 32 other squad members, said they would not play internationals while Luis Rubiales remains head of the Royal......