40 arrested in Bangladesh after violence, vandalism at Awami League leader’s house
Dhaka, Feb 9: Forty people have been arrested in Bangladesh in an operation launched following a violent attack on a student group's activists during...
Canada, Philippines in final negotiations for joint exercises in South China Sea
Manila (Philippines), Feb 8: Canada and the Philippines are in the final stages of negotiating a key defense pact that would allow their forces...
Israel receives 3 hostages freed by Hamas in Gaza ceasefire
Deir Al-Balah, Feb 8: Hamas-led militants released three more hostages, all Israeli civilian men, to the Red Cross on Saturday, and Israel was to...
Bangladesh on the brink: RRAG urges UN to act against Yunus’ Govt over widespread human rights violations
Guwahati, Feb 7: As Dr. Mohammed Yunus’ government marks six months in power, the Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) has released a damning...
Vandalism, arson spread across Bangladesh as protesters attack houses of Awami League leaders
Dhaka, Feb 7: Protesters in Bangladesh have attacked, torched houses of leaders of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League across the country and murals of the...
Fire at Islamic school in Nigeria kills 17 children
Abuja (Nigeria), Feb 6: At least 17 children were killed in a fire that broke out in an Islamic school in northwestern Nigeria, the...
Bangladesh protesters demolish house of Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, other party leaders
New Delhi, Feb 6: Protesters in Bangladesh on Thursday resumed the demolition of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's house after vandalising and...
Israeli defence minister tells army to set plans for Palestinians to leave Gaza
Jerusalem, Feb 6: Israel's defence minister says he has instructed the army to prepare plans for large numbers of Palestinians to leave the Gaza...
Nepal ends solo expeditions on Mt Everest, other 8000-metre peaks
By Shirish B Pradhan
Kathmandu, Feb 6: The Nepal government has formally ended solo expeditions on Mt Everest and other mountain peaks above 8,000 metres...
Sweden’s worst mass shooting leaves at least 11 dead at adult education centre
Stockholm, Feb 5: Sweden's worst mass shooting left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, at an adult education centre west of Stockholm...
5 people wounded in shooting at Ohio cosmetics warehouse
New Albany (US), Feb 5: Five people were wounded in a shooting Tuesday night at a cosmetics warehouse in Ohio, officials said.
The victims have...
Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, philanthropist, dies at 88
Paris, Feb 5: The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard...
