After incessant drizzle washed out the entire opening session on the third day of the second Test at Chittagong, Australia piled on the agony for the hosts by notching up a lead for the first time in this two-match Test series. Riding on a stellar ton from David Warner - his second in a row - the to

New York: The reputations of the US and UK as good places to live and work are in free fall among some of the world’s most mobile and cosmopolitan people. Since last year’s presidential and Brexit votes, both the US and Britain are perceived as less friendly to foreigners and less politically sta

رنگون/ شملاپور (بنگلہ دیش)۔  دو ہفتے سے کم وقت میں تقریبا ڈیڑھ لاکھ روہنگیا مسلمان میانمار میں تشدد سے بھاگ کر بنگلہ دیش کا رخ کرنے پر مجبور ہوئے ہیں۔ یہ اطلاع حکام نے آج دی ہے، جبکہ اقوام متحدہ کے سکریٹری جنرل نے میانمار میں نسلی  در بدری (نسل کشی) کے خطرے کا انتباہ دیا ہے، جس سے خطے میں بڑے وسیع پ

Muscat: A bright schoolgirl ‘loved’ by her teachers died when her family car struck a stray camel, prompting calls from road safety experts for drivers to take extra care on the roads. Shehariz — a student of Indian School Salalah — was travelling with her father Tahir when the vehicle overturned

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has condemned crimes and violence against Rohingya and the displacement of tens of thousands of them by the Myanmar authorities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation reaffirmed that the UAE will continue to provide humanitarian aid to the Muslim minorit

Madrid: Spanish and Moroccan police have arrested five Moroccans and one Spaniard suspected of belonging to an Islamist militant cell that simulated decapitations, the Spanish interior ministry said on Wednesday. The arrests mark the first big raids since a double Islamist attack in Catalonia in

China said today it has invited Pakistan’s Foreign Minister for talks, in an apparent move to assuage Islamabad’s concerns after the BRICS countries for the first time named Pakistan-based terrorist groups like LeT and JeM in the grouping’s declaration. Foreign Minister Mohammed Asif will pay an off

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday told her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that the “rock solid” friendship between the two countries cannot be weakened by anyone. Swaraj met Lavrov on the sidelines of Eastern Economic Forum being held in Vladivostok. She said the ties bet

The 22-year-old man who was rescued while playing the dreaded blue whale game, recounted his horrific experience Wednesday and appealed to the youths not to try the game on any account. Alexander of Neravy, who was rescued yesterday by the police told reporters here that he chose to meet the media t

New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) In order to curb road crashes, which kill over 400 people every day -- nearly half of them in the 18-35 age group, the states should utilise a portion of the central road fund (CRF) to fix "accidental spots", Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. Releasing the Road Accid

The Indian Medical Association today expressed concerns over the induction of Anant Kumar Hegde, who is accused of having assaulted doctors, into the Union cabinet, saying it has sent a "wrong message" to the medical fraternity. IMA national president Dr K K Aggarwal, in an open letter to Prime M

An SPG commando with Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s security cover, who had gone missing for five days under mysterious circumstances, has been traced and is currently being questioned about his disappearance. “We have confirmed that the missing SPG commando has been traced by the police. We will

NEW DELHI: The Central government was asked today whether it has the responsibility under the Constitution to ask states to crack down on cow vigilantism. The Supreme Court, which asked the government to file a response, also suggested a set of tough measures to curb the increasing instances of cow

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said that the probe into the murder of veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh would be carried out by a Special Investigation Team led by the Inspector General of Police (IG). Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked the Home Secretary for a report co

Muscat: Prices for M91 fuel continue to remain at their highest, in the wake of Ministry of Oil and Gas releasing the costs of petrol and diesel for September. The price of M91 has been at 186 baisas for four of the nine months of 2017, with the Ministry of Oil and Gas previously deciding to cap

Parents' education spend continues to be a sensitive subject here in the UAE, according to a recent report published by HSBC. But with 10 new schools opening in Dubai this new academic year - several of which have been deemed affordable by many - it's good news for parents. During the summer,

Rohingyas are illegal immigrants and stand to be deported, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said, asserting that nobody should preach India on the issue as the country has absorbed the maximum number of refugees in the world. “I want to tell the international organisations whether the Rohingyas are

Iran thanked Saudi Arabia today for its handling of the annual hajj pilgrimage, saying it opened the way for negotiations between the regional rivals. “We thank Saudi Arabia… for adopting a new approach in dealing with Iranian pilgrims,” said Ali Ghazi-Askar, the head of the hajj organisation in Teh