Asia - Pacific
PROFILE - Exile, controversy, comeback: Tarique Rahman’s road to power in Bangladesh
Rahman, son of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and former President Ziaur Rahman, to take premiership of 173-million-strong South Asian nation
PROFILE - Exile, controversy, comeback: Tarique Rahman’s road to power in Bangladesh
Rahman, son of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and former President Ziaur Rahman, to take premiership of 173-million-strong South Asian nation
Bangladesh’s foreign policy ‘no longer submissive,’ says outgoing leader Yunus
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus bids farewell as BNP government prepares to take office on Tuesday
Maldives to hold referendum on concurrent presidential, parliamentary polls
Referendum will take place on April 4 alongside local council and women’s development committee elections
Bangladesh sets stage for Tarique Rahman-led government
297 lawmakers to take oath Tuesday; BNP Cabinet expected to have about three dozen ministers
Putin to visit Kazakhstan in late May for Eurasian bloc summit
Kremlin says Putin accepted Tokayev’s invitation to combine state visit with regional economic summit
Global AI race heats up as China's Alibaba launches next-generation AI model
Qwen3.5 is 60% cheaper to use, 8 times better at processing large workloads than its immediate predecessor, claims company
