Rezaul Hasan Laskar
@rezhasan.bsky.social
Foreign Editor with Hindustan Times, former correspondent in Pakistan, Chevening scholar. Interests: Music, movies, photography, cooking. পৰিৱৰ্তন শব্দটি শুনিবলৈ ভাল, ঘেন্টা ডাল.
Albania’s PM Edi Rama and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev to French President Macron:
“You should make apology to us because you didn’t congratulate us on the peace deal that President Trump made between Albania and Azerbaijan...and you worked very hard.”
“You should make apology to us because you didn’t congratulate us on the peace deal that President Trump made between Albania and Azerbaijan...and you worked very hard.”
October 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Albania’s PM Edi Rama and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev to French President Macron:
“You should make apology to us because you didn’t congratulate us on the peace deal that President Trump made between Albania and Azerbaijan...and you worked very hard.”
“You should make apology to us because you didn’t congratulate us on the peace deal that President Trump made between Albania and Azerbaijan...and you worked very hard.”
Savage
(From Dutch talk show host Arjen Lubach)
(From Dutch talk show host Arjen Lubach)
September 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Savage
(From Dutch talk show host Arjen Lubach)
(From Dutch talk show host Arjen Lubach)
Q: Who do you blame for losing India to China?
A: We went to the Rose Garden & the grass was so soaking wet. It was such a terrible place to have a news conference...But we had a news conference on the grass...everybody sunk in, every reporter out there, they ruined their shoes.
A: We went to the Rose Garden & the grass was so soaking wet. It was such a terrible place to have a news conference...But we had a news conference on the grass...everybody sunk in, every reporter out there, they ruined their shoes.
September 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Q: Who do you blame for losing India to China?
A: We went to the Rose Garden & the grass was so soaking wet. It was such a terrible place to have a news conference...But we had a news conference on the grass...everybody sunk in, every reporter out there, they ruined their shoes.
A: We went to the Rose Garden & the grass was so soaking wet. It was such a terrible place to have a news conference...But we had a news conference on the grass...everybody sunk in, every reporter out there, they ruined their shoes.
US President Donald Trump seems to be going ahead with his threat of imposing penalties on India for buying Russian energy.
August 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
US President Donald Trump seems to be going ahead with his threat of imposing penalties on India for buying Russian energy.
Always thought there was nothing on record about Satyajit Ray's misgivings that Spielberg filched his script for a sci-fi film to make ET. Turns out Ray thought good ole Stevie boy filched ET & Close Encounters from his script. 👇
April 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Always thought there was nothing on record about Satyajit Ray's misgivings that Spielberg filched his script for a sci-fi film to make ET. Turns out Ray thought good ole Stevie boy filched ET & Close Encounters from his script. 👇
Watched this yesterday. Very meh. Couldn't get what the hype was all about.
April 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Watched this yesterday. Very meh. Couldn't get what the hype was all about.
Swift retaliation from the penguins!
April 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Swift retaliation from the penguins!
Folks in India should learn a thing or two from Sri Lanka. This is a really clean city that is very pedestrian friendly. And the zebra crossings work, unlike New Delhi where you'd get run over.
April 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Folks in India should learn a thing or two from Sri Lanka. This is a really clean city that is very pedestrian friendly. And the zebra crossings work, unlike New Delhi where you'd get run over.
The Orange One is unhinged.
April 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Orange One is unhinged.
All you folks clicking selfies in malls, we see you.
March 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
All you folks clicking selfies in malls, we see you.
The Times obituary of Oleg Gordievsky, the KGB colonel who became a British secret agent.
March 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The Times obituary of Oleg Gordievsky, the KGB colonel who became a British secret agent.
Truly an Uber with a difference:
March 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Truly an Uber with a difference:
We don't need to be told what this is. We know.
January 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM
We don't need to be told what this is. We know.
Per @financialtimes.com, Elon Musk is looking at ways to oust Keir Starmer as UK premier
January 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Per @financialtimes.com, Elon Musk is looking at ways to oust Keir Starmer as UK premier
First publicly acknowledged meeting between India's foreign secretary and a Taliban minister.
www.mea.gov.in/press-releas...
www.mea.gov.in/press-releas...
January 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
First publicly acknowledged meeting between India's foreign secretary and a Taliban minister.
www.mea.gov.in/press-releas...
www.mea.gov.in/press-releas...
Economist Martin Wolf on former PM #ManmohanSingh: "He showed and everybody else what leadership and service truly mean."
January 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Economist Martin Wolf on former PM #ManmohanSingh: "He showed and everybody else what leadership and service truly mean."
Interesting that India's message of condolence over earthquake in Tibet makes no mention of China.
January 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Interesting that India's message of condolence over earthquake in Tibet makes no mention of China.
Press Club of India & Women's Press Corps condemn murder of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, demand time-bound action.
January 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Press Club of India & Women's Press Corps condemn murder of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, demand time-bound action.
Press Club of India condemns the murder of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar:
January 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Press Club of India condemns the murder of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar:
Autorickshaw ride on a foggy winter's night.
January 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Autorickshaw ride on a foggy winter's night.
The best way to read the newspapers every morning.
January 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The best way to read the newspapers every morning.