Dhaka, March 15 (IANS): A company owned by Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been accused of money laundering, bribery and conspiracy against the country.
The development came to light after auth
Phnom Penh, March 15 (IANS): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday urged national and international communities to enhance the rights of physically-challenged people and protect them against any forms o
Tokyo, March 14 (IANS) Japanese author and Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe has died at the age of 88, local media reported.
According to publisher Kodansha Ltd on Monday, Oe died of old age in the early ho
Hanoi, March 14 (IANS) Vietnam's Health Ministry has urged medical facilities to be vigilant for suspected cases of streptococcus suis, a bacteria that comes from pigs, after a number of human cases were fo
United Nations, March 14 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the gender digital divide is fast becoming the new face of gender inequality.
Women and girls now face a new source of di
Seoul, March 13 (IANS) North Korea fired two "strategic cruise missiles" from a submarine in waters off its east coast over the weekend, the country's state media said on Monday.
The North'
Moscow, March 13 (IANS) The conflict between Russian Ministry of Defence and Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin has likely reached a climax as thousands of fighters have died fighting in Ukraine's Bak
Moscow, March 12 (IANS) Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has proposed renaming Ukraine after notorious Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera. His suggestion came after Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky t
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The West also has a lot to learn from economic policies and green commitment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who systematically uses the state as an economic tool, much like South Ko
Islamabad, March 12 (IANS) PTI chief Imran Khan on Sunday postponed his party's election rally in Lahore till March 13 after the interim government in Punjab province imposed Section 144.
Khan, the forme
Hong Kong, March 12 (IANS) China on Sunday appointed a US-sanctioned general as its new defence minister, the media reported.
The country's rubber-stamp legislature unanimously confirmed the appointment
Riyadh, March 11 (IANS) World leaders have welcomed the announcement that Saudi Arabia and Iran have reached an agreement to resume diplomatic relations which were severed in 2016.
The decision to re-establi
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has been surrounded with a towering pile of files, paperwork and corresponding court proceedings as he struggles to mount pressure on the
Washington, March 10 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has proposed a $27.2 billion budget for NASA in 2024, which is about $1.8 billion more than the agency received this year.
The new budget will allow NASA to
Beijing, March 10 (IANS) Xi Jinping has started a historic third term as the Chinese President after he was unanimously elected to the top post at the ongoing session of the 14th National People's Congress
London, March 10 (IANS) Chinese officials want to bring in lockdowns to combat the flu, leaving many furious about a prospect of returning to the strict restrictions seen during the Covid-19 outbreak, media rep
Lahore, March 10 (IANS) The Quetta police have reportedly arrived in Lahore with a non-bailable warrant for the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.
The police team, led by SP Nadeem
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS): China and India will play critical roles in determining the trajectory of temperature rise, a report by the US intelligence community said, adding that the two neighbours are the firs
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS): The World Uyghur Congress has been nominated by parliamentarians from Canada and Norway for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for its contributions to human rights and shedding light on Chin
Kuala Lumpur, March 9 (IANS): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was arrested and would face a number of corruption charges, the country's anti-corruption agency said on Thursday.
Muhyiddin