Dhaka (PTI) May 9 (PTI): Bangladesh on Sunday rejected a petition by jailed former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to go abroad on a medical visit, saying "there is no judicial provision that permits a jailed c
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Kathmandu, May 9 (PTI): Nepal's embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will seek a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives on Monday to prove that he enjoys majority support in the lower house a
Dhaka, May 9 (IANS): Bangladesh has detected its first cases of a highly infectious coronavirus variant first identified in India, according to a top health official. The variant, named B.1.617, was detected
Bangkok, May 9 (AP): Myanmar's junta has labeled a shadow government of lawmakers and politicians ousted in a February coup and a people's defense force that is being set up to confront security forces
Kabul, May 9 (AP): The death toll in a horrific bombing at a girls' school in the Afghan capital has soared to 50, many of them pupils between 11 and 15 years old, the Interior Ministry said Sunday. The
NASA denounces China over 'irresponsible standards' after its rocket disintegrates over Indian OceanWashington, May 9 (PTI): American space agency NASA on Sunday slammed China for failing to meet "responsible standards" regarding its space debris, hours after remnants of the country's largest an
Washington, May 9 (IANS): Cyber criminals have attacked one of the largest fuel pipelines in the US, prompting an immediate shutdown by its operator Colonial Pipeline. Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45 per
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS): Seven children were killed when a water tank made of bricks and cement collapsed in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, rescue officials said. The children aged between four
Kabul, May 8 (IANS): At least 25 people were killed after an explosion near a school in the western part of Kabul, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said on Saturday. As many as 52 injured were taken to di
Lahore, May 8 (IANS): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif, was stopped from leaving the country despite having court orders to go
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS): Pakistan has expressed serious concern over reports of seizure of uranium from unauthorised persons in India, stating that security of nuclear materials should be a top priority. Acc
Cape Canaveral (US), May 8 (AP): First came the amazing pictures, then the video. Now NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborator
Baghdad, May 8 (AP): In mid-April, A drone strike early on Saturday targeted a military base in Iraq that hosts US troops, causing only minor damage and no casualties, Iraq's military and the US-led coaliti
Washington, May 8 (PTI): Pledging that the Biden administration is determined to help India in its hour of need due to surging COVID-19 infections and deaths, Vice President Kamala Harris has said that India
Kathmandu, May 8 (IANS): Kami Rita Sherpa, a Nepali mountain guide, broke his own record by climbing Mt. Everest for the 25th time on Friday. "Sherpa reached the summit of Mt. Everest at 6 p.m. local ti
Washington, May 8 (IANS): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 156.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.26 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest updat
Toronto, May 8 (IANS): Authorities in Canada's Ontario province dispatched 3,000 locally made ventilators to New Delhi, even as the Indian-dominated city of Brampton illuminated its city hall with the Trico
Islamabad/Jeddah, May 8 (IANS): Visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on Saturday have affirmed their commitment to fortify the 'upward trajecto
Vienna, May 7 (AP): World powers held a fourth round of high-level talks Friday in Austria aimed at bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran, with both sides signalling a willingness to w
Bangkok, May 7 (AP): Guerrilla soldiers from Myanmar's Karen ethnic minority burned down a government military outpost on Friday after capturing it without a fight when its garrison fled, a senior Karen off
