Commonwealth News

Speakers at the 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) in Uganda were urged to champion wildlife conservation efforts in their home countries. James Musinguzi, executive director of the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, made an...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured a landslide victory in Bangladesh's parliamentary election, granting her Awami League party a fourth consecutive term in power. According to election officials, Hasina's party has won over two-thirds of the seats in parliament,...

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced its expanded fourth season set to begin on March 9, 2024, in Pretoria, South Africa. This season will be the biggest yet for the league with a record 48 games taking place across four African countries. The top 12 club...

India's largest airline IndiGo announced that it would be eliminating the fuel surcharges on all the flights effective immediately. This decision comes as welcome news for passengers, as it is estimated the removal of these fees will reduce airfares by approximately...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh signed a $160 million loan agreement to upgrade Dhaka's power distribution network. The loan, which was signed by Bangladesh's Economic Relations Division secretary Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky and ADB's...

Emerging startups from commonwealth nations like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan stepped into the spotlight at a recent SouthXChange event in Singapore. The program, hosted at the Google office, aimed to showcase high-potential companies across sectors like AI,...