The Press Editor

US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein has scheduled the next hearing in the case for March 17, marking the next step in what is expected to be a lengthy legal battle. New Delhi: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, made their first appearance in a New York federal court on Monday following their dramatic capture by US authorities. Escorted from the Brooklyn detention center under heavy armed guard, the couple were brought to Manhattan for a brief arraignment. Wearing reportedly a blue jail uniform, Maduro addressed the court saying, “I am a decent man, the president of…

The flashpoint in Dhanusha district saw youths trash a mosque in retaliation for purported anti-Hindu slurs in a TikTok video posted by two Muslim youths—now detained. By Sunday, fury exploded in Birgunj: crowds burned tires, ransacked a police post, and scuffled with officers. Kathmandu: Nepal's Parsa District Administration Office (DAO) has imposed strict prohibitory orders, effectively a curfew, in key areas of Birgunj Metropolitan City, bordering India, lasting until 8:00 am on Tuesday (January 6). Announced on Monday (January 5), the measures ban all gatherings, assemblies, processions, and demonstrations from 1:00 pm, aiming to quell rising communal tensions. Signed by…

Bangladesh unrest: The victim was attacked by some miscreants when he was at the market. Following the incident, the attackers fled. The police later reached there and have launched an investigation to hunt down the attackers. Dhaka: Another Hindu man was shot dead in Bangladesh on Monday, marking the fifth such incident in the neighbouring country since the unrest there following the death of radical student leader Sharif Osman Hadi. The victim was identified as Rana Pratap Bairagi, who was shot dead by some miscreants at Kopalia Bazar in the Jessore district around noon on Monday.  According to media reports,…