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DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami supremo Shafiqur Rahman has said his party seeks harmonious and stable ties with India but asserted that New Delhi needs to reconsider its foreign policy in the neighbourhood, as bilateral relations do not…

DHAKA: The body of a 32-year-old woman TV journalist in Bangladesh was recovered from a lake here in the capital on Wednesday, according to media reports. The deceased was identified as Sarah Rahanuma, a newsroom editor at Gazi TV, a…

NEW DELHI: Amidst the ongoing turmoil and instability across the country, Bangladesh is facing another challenge – the rapidly increasing influence of the Hizb ut Tahrir (HuT). The HuT is a fundamentalist political organisation that aspires…

AL-FARAA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank: Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, killing at least 10 Hamas militants and sealing off the volatile city of Jenin. The ongoing operation was…

The flag-seller who lives in the Alu Bazar area of old Dhaka where several members of the Hindu community live, says his Indian-origin father had "immigrated" to Dhaka from Calcutta (now Kolkata) around the year 1971 and made this city his…

Kaid Alkadi, a 52-year-old Israeli Bedouin, who was abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, was rescued.

Muhyiddin's Islamic nationalistic bloc received stronger-than-expected support from Malays, who account for two-thirds of Malaysia’s 34 million people.

Dissanayake says the people's wishes for a change were not realized because the protesters did not have a plan beyond ousting the president.

China and the Philippines blamed each other for the confrontation on Monday in Sabina Shoal, an uninhabited atoll both countries claim that has become the latest flashpoint in the Spratlys.

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations said Monday it had to halt the movement of aid and aid workers within Gaza due to a new Israeli evacuation order for the Deir al-Balah area, which had become a hub for its workers. A senior UN official…

PAKISTAN: Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 31 people in two separate attacks on Monday, with reports of other shootings and unrest across the same province, police and officials said. Twenty-three people were fatally shot…

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: At least 40 people, including 11 Shia Muslim pilgrims, were killed and several others injured in two separate bus accidents in Pakistan on Sunday, officials said. The first accident occurred when a bus carrying around…

DHAKA: The Dhaka Metro resumed services on Sunday over a month after it was shut for passengers during the unprecedented anti-government protests in Bangladesh. Two stations -- Mirpur 10 and Kazipara -- will however remain closed,…

JERUSALEM: Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a 48-hour nationwide state of emergency from 06:00 am on Sunday, after the Israeli military launched what it called pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon. "The declaration on the state of…

CAIRO: Multiple Israeli airstrikes killed at least three dozen Palestinians in southern Gaza, health workers said Saturday, as officials including a Hamas delegation gathered for high-level cease-fire talks in neighbouring Egypt. Among…

QUETTA, Pakistan: A roadside bomb attached to a motorcycle went off near a police office in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least two children and wounding 15 people, authorities said. Local police official Mujirbur…

KARACHI: Pakistan's central bank will introduce a new polymer plastic currency banknote later this year while also redesigning all existing banknotes to enhance security and incorporate hologram features. State Bank of Pakistan Governor…

KATHMANDU: At least 14 people were killed and 16 others injured after an Indian tourist bus veered off the highway and fell 150 metres into the fast-flowing Marsyangdi River in central Nepal on Friday, authorities said. The bus from…

DHAKA: Bangladesh's interim government revoked the diplomatic passport of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, after she fled a student-led uprising earlier this month. The interior ministry said in a statement that Hasina's…

Yen Bai province: six-year-old boy who was missing for five days has been found deep in a forest in Vietnam. Dang Tien Lam, a resident of Van Yen district in Yen Bai province, disappeared on August 17 while playing in a stream with his…