Bangladesh was simmering ever since the country’s high court had in June reinstated a 30 per cent reservation in government jobs for the descendants of freedom fighters who fought in the 1971 liberation war, that was subsequently cut down by the Bangladesh Supreme Court to five per cent on July 21. (This quota, first introduced … Read more
In the current environment, ESG risks pose one of the greatest threats to public companies’ abilities to deliver predictable results. A recent Bank of America study calculated that 24 ESG incidents in the period 2014–2019 cost U.S. public companies over $500 billion in market value. Given the threat posed by ESG risks, some argue that … Read more
BBC “Bangladeshi Hindus are an easy target,” says Avirup Sarkar, a development professional Hours after Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday following mass protests, a development professional in the capital, Dhaka, received a panicked phone call from his cousin. Avirup Sarkar is a Bangladeshi Hindu, living in a country … Read more
Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the women’s freestyle 50kg wrestling competition at the Paris Olympics 2024 due to being overweight during the morning weigh-in. In a devastating turn of events just hours before her highly anticipated gold medal bout, Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the women’s freestyle 50kg wrestling competition at the Paris … Read more
(From left) Ashish Khandelwal, managing director, and Ghanshyam Khandelwal, chairman of BL Agro at the Bail Kolhu packaging plant in Bareilly Image: Amit Verma 1998, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Ashish Khandelwal had a ‘crushing’ debut in the family business. “I had an ironical beginning,” recalls the third-generation entrepreneur, alluding to his not-so-memorable induction into the … Read more
Reuters Opponents of Sheikh Hasina cheer in front of a defaced mural of her in Dhaka When Sheikh Hasina called crisis security talks to put down spiralling unrest in Bangladesh on Sunday, she appears to have been in denial that her time was up as prime minister. Within hours, she would be swept away by … Read more
PARIS: Boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s welterweight division at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday night, moving one win away from what she calls the best response to the worldwide scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender . With one more victory, Khelif would win Algeria’s … Read more
Tax season can be difficult, filled with forms and calculations, and the high taxes don’t make it any easier. But what if there were ways to cut down on the tax you owe? Here, a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) account can help, a concept that can offer tax advantages for certain families in India. Let’s … Read more
Ed Habershon / BBC Business is better for restaurant owner Sizeka Rashamosa now that she has a reliable electricity supply Regular power cuts had become a feature of South African life and fed feelings the country was moving in the wrong direction, but the electricity supply has been uninterrupted since March leaving people to wonder … Read more
LONDON: The British government has called on Elon Musk to act responsibly after the tech billionaire used his social media platform X to unleash a barrage of posts that officials say risk inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country. Justice Minister Heidi Alexander made the comments Tuesday morning after Musk posted a comment saying that … Read more