Visa data shows Indian students hesitant to apply to UK universities
Indians may continue to top the tally of student visa grants but they are beginning to show signs of being put off applying to UK universities amid greater migration curbs, the latest Home Office statistics revealed on Thursday.The Home Office data for the past year until June 2024 shows a...
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Fire rages at Russian oil depot after drone attack
Russian authorities struggled on Tuesday to put out a massive fire in the southern Rostov region for a third consecutive day after an oil depot was hit by Ukrainian drones as Ukrainian forces push into Russia’s Kursk region. The fire at the depot in the town of Proletarsk burned across an...
SL sets expenditure limits for president election campaign for first time
(): For the first time, Sri Lanka’s upcoming presidential election on September 21 will be subject to campaign finance regulations, following the introduction of the Regulation of Election Expenditure Act in January 2023. According to a gazette notification dated August 16 and published Monday, each candidate is allowed to spend...
Japan’s governing party to choose its head on Sept 27
Japan’s ruling party said Tuesday it will hold a vote on September 27 to choose its new leader after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s surprise announcement that he will be stepping down. The internal election must be held by the end of September, which marks the end of Kishida’s three-year term and...
Indonesia, Australia finalise new bilateral defence treaty
Indonesia and Australia on Tuesday finalised a new bilateral defence treaty that will enhance the neighbouring nations’ ability to operate their militaries in each other’s territory. The agreement was reached as Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto, who also serves as defense minister, met with Australian officials at the country’s Parliament earlier...
Artworks grow on Dhaka walls to memorialise protests
‘This is New Bangladesh’ — screams one of the graffiti spray-painted on the gates of an official bungalow in the Dhaka University area — one of the hotbeds of the recent anti-government protests in Bangladesh. Another mural carries the slogan ‘Long Live the Resistance’ with images of the country’s national flag...
Taiwan conducts live-fire missile drills as China ramps up threats
Taiwan’s military launched surface-to-air missiles in live-fire drills conducted Tuesday in response to growing military pressure from China. The exercises took place at the Jiupeng Military Base in a remote area in southern Taiwan. Among the missiles launched were Taiwan’s domestically made Sky Bow III anti-ballistic missiles along with the...
Another complaint in tribunal against Hasina, 23 others
A fresh complaint was filed on Tuesday with Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 others of committing crimes against humanity and genocide during a rally by an Islamist group in May 2013. Supreme Court lawyer Gazi MH Tamim filed the complaint on behalf of...
