Bangladesh's three-time Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was the first female PM of the country. Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia , Bangladesh’s first woman Prime Minister , passed away early Tuesday (December 30, 2025) morning in Dhaka after a prolonged illness. She was 80 years old . The BNP confirmed her death in an official Facebook post, stating: “Our beloved leader is no longer with us. She passed away at 6:

Historic flag hoisting in Andaman and Nicobar Islands symbolised India’s first liberation from colonial rule; PM Modi recalls Netaji’s courage on 82nd anniversary One of the most defining moments of India’s freedom struggle unfolded on this day 82 years ago, when Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose hoisted the Indian National Flag at Port Blair on December 30, 1943 , declaring the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as the first Indian territory freed from British colonial rule . The historic

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday released its annual Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2024–25 , highlighting the continued resilience of the Indian banking sector, supported by strong balance sheet growth, improving asset quality, robust profitability, and healthy capital buffers. At the same time, the report flagged a sharp rise in the value of bank frauds , even as the number of fraud cases declined during the year, underlining emerging risks amid

The United States has proposed security guarantees lasting 15 years for Ukraine as part of a broader peace plan aimed at ending the ongoing war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced after a high-level meeting with US President Donald Trump in Florida. Speaking after their meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence , Zelenskyy said the proposed guarantees would require approval from the US Congress and other partner parliaments. He added that while Uk

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