Dhaka (IANS): A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced 19 people, including two former ministers, to death and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman to life imprisonment for their role in the 2004 grenade blasts that killed 24…
United Nations (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for urgent climate action after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report that asks to keep global warming by 1.5 degrees Celsius.
To meet…
United Nations (IANS): India has urged the world organisation to overcome "narrow geopolitical interests" and adopt the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) that it has proposed.
Terrorism is an "alarming…
Islamabad (IANS): The Pakistan government has announced its decision to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for balance-of-payments support and enter into a stabilisation programme, the media reported on Tuesday.
Finance Minister…
Colombo (IANS) At least four persons were killed and over 10,000 affected as heavy rains and strong winds lashed Sri Lanka over the weekend, the government said on Monday.
Disaster Management Center (DMC) spokesperson Pradeep Kodippili…
Kabul (IANS): The Taliban on Monday appealed to the people of Afghanistan to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections in the country, calling them an attempt to legitimise the presence of foreign troops.
The campaign for the elections,…
Beijing (IANS): China on Monday said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an open and transparent project and contribution by any country to the initiative will be a "positive factor".
"Such cooperation has always…
Washington (IANS): An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck Haiti, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The USGS said the centre of the quake that hit the island nation on Saturday night was about 11 miles northwest…
New York (IANS): In a blow to the Khalistan movement, President Donald Trump's administration has declared the Babbar Khalsa International terrorist group a "risk to the US personnel and interests overseas".
The National Strategy…
Johannesburg (IANS): At least 300 people have been injured in a train collision in Kempton Park city in South Africa.
"About 300 people were injured, commuters suffered serious, but not critical injuries," the Gauteng Metrorail spokesperson…