Dhaka, January 8 (PTI): Sheikh Hasina, admired by her supporters as “Iron Lady” for development works and providing stability to the once military-ruled Bangladesh but criticised as an “autocratic” lead
Dhaka, January 8 (IANS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh's parliamentary election, giving her party -- the Awami League -- a fourth consecutive term, the media report
San Francisco, January 8 (IANS): World’s richest person Elon Musk’s alleged drug use has left Tesla and SpaceX executives and board members worried, as his reported consumption of LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and
Tel Aviv, January 8 (IANS): A senior commander of the Hezbollah group was killed in an Israeli air strike at Majdal in Lebanon.Senior Hezbollah commander, Wissam Al-Tamil who is also known as Jawas was deputy h
Kiev, January 8 (IANS) Air-raid alerts were sounded across Ukraine on Monday, with the country's Air Force confirming missile launches from Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers and MiG-31K fighters.The alerts were
London, January 8 (IANS) A record number of female and ethnic minority MPs in Britain are expected to sit in the House of Commons, following the much-anticipated general elections in the next half of this year,
Tel Aviv , January 7 (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is on a whirlwind tour of the Middle East to defuse escalating tensions, has reached Amman the capital of Jordan.This is the fifth visit of
Washington, January 7 (IANS) US President Joe Biden is set to deliver his annual State of the Union speech to Congress on March 7, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) scheduled it by his invitation to the Pres
New York, January 6 (IANS) The highly transmissible JN.1, from the lineage of Omicron, is the predominant Covid-19 variant, causing 62 per cent of SAR-CoV-2 cases in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and
Tel Aviv, January 6 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they uncovered and destroyed a Hamas tunnel network built underneath a beach resort in Gaza.In a post on X late Friday night, the milita
Kathmandu, January 5 (PTI): India will extend a financial package of USD 75 million for the reconstruction of infrastructure in Nepal's district affected by last year's earthquake, External Affairs Minister S J
Washington, January 5 (IANS): A White House official has said that North Korea recently provided Russia with several ballistic missiles and launchers which were used in the repeated waves of aerial attacks agai
New York, January 5 (IANS) Many hospitals across several US states have brought back the mask mandates, even as the country is seeing a fresh wave of Covid-19 cases, driven by the highly transmissible JN.1 vari
Gaza, January 5 (IANS) As the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza has intensified, the number of people killed in the besieged enclave since the war began in October 2023 has increased to 22,438,
Rome, January 5 (IANS) In the past week, the number of flu-related intensive-care unit cases in Italy has nearly doubled, leading hospitals being overcrowded, according to a authorities.The Italian Federation o
Kathmandu, January 4 ( IANS): Nepal and India on Thursday comprehensively reviewed the status of bilateral ties and areas of cooperation that exist between the two countries during the seventh meeting of the In
The Hague, January 4 (IANS): The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced that it will hold hearings next week on a case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of committing "genocidal" acts" in Gaza amid
Tokyo, January 4 (IANS) The death toll from the series of powerful earthquakes that struck the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa earlier this week, increased to 82 on Thursday, with 51 persons still repor
Tehran, January 3 (IANS) At least 73 people were killed and 173 others injured on Wednesday in two blasts near the burial ground of Iran's late commander Qassem Soleimani in the southwestern province of Kerman,
Tel Aviv, January 3 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Wednesday condemned the death of Saleh al-Arouri, the Hamas deputy chief who was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon, and terme