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Prime Minister

A historic stance against the sumo ring’s ban on women. Photo: UNB

Japan’s first female prime minister confronts long-standing ban on women entering the sumo ring

Her next decision point will come during the New Year’s tournament in Tokyo.

Japan's former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, on 22 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Japan’s next leader may be its first woman or youngest in modern era

France's newly-appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu reacts as he speaks at the end of the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on September 10, 2025. REUTERS

France's new prime minister takes office amid anti-government protests

Francois Bayrou, leader of French centrist party MoDem (Mouvement Democrate - Democratic Movement ) walks outside the Elysee Palace on the day President Emmanuel Macron met party leaders for talks with a view to discuss appointing a new prime minister, in Paris, France, August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/ File Photo

Ousted French PM Bayrou officially resigns after losing confidence vote, Macron seeks new successor

File Photo: Courtesy/The New York Times

From rapper to mayor: Gen Z protesters now want Balendra Shah as Nepal's interim PM

Bhumjaithai Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Anutin Charnvirakul gestures as he attend a voting session for a new prime minister at the parliament, following the Constitutional Court's removal of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for an ethics violation, in Bangkok, Thailand, 5 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Thailand's Anutin Charnvirakul: from cannabis crusader to prime minister

The NCC meeting began at 11:30 am on Sunday (22 June) at the Foreign Service Academy. Photo: UNB

Consensus Commission session begins with prime minister's term on agenda

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is applauded by members of the French government after he delivered a speech during a debate on two motions of no-confidence against the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, December 4, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

France's Macron seeks new prime minister as Barnier resigns

Indian MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. Photo: Collected

India considers Sheikh Hasina a former prime minister of Bangladesh: Indian foreign ministry

December 2023: In the shadows of election, a PM is deified 

December 2023: In the shadows of election, a PM is deified 

Khandakar Qudrat-I Elahi/Former Faculty, Bangladesh Agricultural University. Sketch: TBS

Is limiting PMs to two consecutive terms a feasible idea?

TBS Illustration

How Hasina rose above accountability

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. File Photo: UNB

PM calls upon the people to deal with anarchists with an iron fist