DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that 622,000 Rohingyas have already arrived in the country and urged Myanmar to repatriate them immediately. Sheikh Hasina, who was speaking at the inauguration of the 63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Dhaka, also urged Mya

A British Court which currently hears the extradition case of embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya has recently rejected two extradition requests by Indian authorities. The Westminster Magistrates'Court in London ruled in favour of UK based alleged bookie Sanjeev Kumar Chawla on October 16 and als

New Delhi: The attacks on two Indian students in the Italian city of Milan are being investigated by the authorities there, a senior official said here on Friday. “The matter is under investigation by the local authorities,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in his weekly

Washington: The US has conducted a pair of drone strikes against Islamic State fighters in Somalia, the first time America has hit the jihadists in the Horn of Africa nation, officials said. The strikes occurred in northeastern Somalia and killed “several terrorists,” the US military’s Africa Com

London: Britain’s ruling Conservatives suspended an MP over unspecified “serious allegations”, as Prime Minister Theresa May announced a new party code of conduct in response to a growing sexual harassment scandal. The action was taken yesterday against lawmaker Charlie Elphicke “following seriou

Ankara: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will on Tuesday start a four-day trip to the United States, officials said, with ties between the two NATO allies enduring a rocky phase. “It has been confirmed that the prime minister’s visit to the United States will take place from November 7 to 1

Paris: Scientists monitoring Earth’s climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news in 2017, adding to the urgency of UN talks in Bonn next week tasked with ramping up efforts to tame global warming. Here’s a summary of recent findings. ‘1.1 degree Celsius’ Earth’s average su

TEHRAN: Iran on Friday accused the CIA of spreading “fake news” about Tehrans support to the Al Qaeda, describing the claims as an attempt to “whitewash” the truth about the role US allies had in the September 11, 2001 attacks. “A record low for the reach of petrodollars: CIA & FDD fake news

For the second consecutive year, China on Thursday yet again blocked another resolution by the US, France and the UK to index Pakistan-based JeM chief and Pathankot terror attack mastermind Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the United Nations, saying “there is no consensus”, as reported by news

Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday arrived in Rakhine on her first visit to the state since deadly violence broke out late August forcing over 600,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority to flee to Bangladesh. According to U Zaw Htay, director-general of the S

Washington D.C. [U.S.A.]: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Wednesday released a vast archive of intimate Al-Qaeda documents, including Osama bin Laden’s handwritten diary, seized in the deadly 2011 raid on his Pakistani compound. The CNN news quoted CIA Director Mike Pompeo as saying that

Washington: A top Chinese diplomat has said that people accusing China of indulging in “predatory economics” should “look into the mirror”, underlining that there is no evidence of China trying to dominate the region. Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai was responding to a question on the re

Indian students have been assaulted in a string of incidents in northern Italy, the Indian Consulate in Milan has said. The Consulate General of India (CGI) in Milan yesterday issued an advisory to Indian students and asked them not to panic. “The Consulate has received reports of unfortunate

Ramallha: Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Sunday called on Britain to apologize for the Balfour declaration that has aided the establishment of Israel on the lands of Palestine, instead of celebrating it. Hamdallah said that Britain “should undertake its responsibility and apologize

Baghdad: At least 75 militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were killed during the operations in Al-Anbar in the last 72 hours. According to the Anadolu Agency, spokesman for the Iraqi army’s Joint Operations Command (JOC) Yahya Rasul said the joint forces of Iraqi army

If there’s anything positive about the sprawling Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, it’s that the residents – despite their appalling recent experiences and obvious deprivation – are at least safe here from Myanmar’s military. I’ve been visiting Rohingya refugee camps close to

Pakistan on Sunday released 68 Indian fishermen held for allegedly violating its territorial waters from Karachi’s Landhi jail as a goodwill gesture. The fishermen boarded a train to Lahore from where they would be taken to the Wagah border and handed over to Indian authorities. “We got orders

A Bangladeshi court on Sunday sentenced 11 people to 20 years imprisonment for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 28 years ago at her family residence. The Dhaka court also handed down life imprisonment to the accused for blasting bombs on the same day in 1989 at the house of