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North Korea opens new housing district for families of Ukraine war dead

Seoul, Feb 16: North Korea said Monday it completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine,...

Hindus among four from minority communities elected to Bangladesh parliament

Dhaka, Feb 16: Four candidates from minority communities, including two Hindus, won in the recent general elections in...

Delhi summit ‘important moment’ to unlock full benefits of AI, says UK Deputy PM

London, Feb 16: The UK's focus during the AI Impact Summit starting in New Delhi on Monday will...

BNP secured nearly 50pc votes while Jamaat received 31pc

Dhaka, Feb 15: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which swept to power with a two-thirds majority in the...

Bangladesh’s new cabinet to take oath on Tuesday

Dhaka, Feb 15: The newly-elected Members of Parliament of Bangladesh are scheduled to take oath on Tuesday morning,...
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Rigged tribunal, politically motivated: Hasina on death sentence

New Delhi, Nov 17 : Sentenced to death after a trial in absentia in Bangladesh, a defiant Sheikh Hasina on Monday charged that the...

India showed economic growth and social inclusion can advance together: UNDP chief

New Delhi, Nov 16: India has demonstrated that economic growth and social inclusion can advance together and it is helping translate its success stories...

Tens of thousands rally in Manila over corruption scandal that implicates top Philippine officials

Manila, Nov 16: Thousands gathered on Sunday for the start of a three-day rally organised by a religious group in the Philippine capital to...

Asia Pacific region will require 19,560 new planes over 20 years: Airbus

Bangkok, Nov 15 : The Asia Pacific region is projected to require 19,560 new narrow-body and wide-body planes over the next 20 years, majorly...

India calls for greater transparency in functioning of UNSC subsidiary organs

United Nations, Nov 15: India has called for “greater transparency" in the functioning of the subsidiary organs of the UN Security Council, citing the...

Trump wants skilled overseas workers to ‘train Americans’ then ‘go back home’: US Treasury Secretary

New York/Washington, Nov 13: A day after US President Donald Trump defended the H-1B visa programme, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the “vision” is...

Adelita Grijalva sworn in as House’s newest member, paving way for Epstein files vote

Washington, Nov 13: Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won...

Turkiye rejects media reports about its engagement in ‘radicalisation activities’ targeting India, others

Dubai, Nov 12: Turkiye on Wednesday rejected as "purely disinformative" the media reports that it was engaged in "radicalisation activities" targeting India and other...

Trump urges Israel to pardon Netanyahu

Jerusalem, Nov 12: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday sent a letter to Israel's president asking him to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in...

Cambodia, Thailand’s border conflict heats up again

Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Nov 12: Cambodia's prime minister said a villager was killed when shooting broke out Wednesday along the volatile border with Thailand,...

Myanmar military takes delivery of helicopters, aircraft from Russia and China

Bangkok, Nov 12: Myanmar says it has commissioned Russian helicopters and Chinese aeroplanes into its air force as the two nations continue to supply...

Top diplomats from G7 countries meet in Canada as trade tensions rise with Trump

Niagara-On-The-Lake (Canada), Nov 12: Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialised democracies are converging on southern Ontario as tensions rise between the US...
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