NEW DELHI:  The centre on Saturday signed off on an ordinance, or emergency executive order, to introduce capital punishment for child rapists, a move that is seen as an effort to signal the government's commitment to fight sexual crimes against young girls.  The change was

"From 21 April, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles," the country's state news agency said. Mr Kim said further tests were unnecessary because Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities had been "verified". The surprise announcement

Some 71 members of the parliament from the Opposition Benches in Rajya Sabha have initiated proceedings to impeach the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, by submitting a notice to the Chairman, M Venkaiah Naidu. They have demanded an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice here

DHAKA: A Kuala Lumpur-bound Malindo Air flight suffered a runway excursion on Thursday night after an aborted takeoff in Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, reports Kathmandu Post.  There were 139 people, including 7 crew members, on board the aircraft. No casualty was

Barbara Bush, the former US first lady and literacy campaigner, has died at the age of 92. She was the matriarchal figure of a political dynasty that included two presidents - her husband George HW Bush and son George W Bush. Mrs Bush, who was first lady from 1989 to 1993, had been

DHAKA: North and South Korea are in talks to announce a permanent end to the officially declared military conflict between the two countries, reports Daily Munhwa Ilbo. Ahead of a summit next week between North Korean premier Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in,

DHAKA: Myanmar claims it has repatriated the first family of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. UN however warned that the country is not ready for their return. Nearly 700,000 refugees have fled to Bangladesh to escape a brutal military campaign that began last August. Myanmar

The US, UK and France have bombed multiple government targets in Syria in an early morning operation targeting alleged chemical weapons sites. The strikes are in response to a suspected chemical attack on the Syrian town of Douma last week. Explosions hit the capital, Damascus, as

DHAKA: Pakistan's supreme court banned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from participating in elections for life, as his embattled ruling party prepares for nationwide polls due later this year. The ruling was the latest in a series of blows to Sharif who was ousted from the

DHAKA: Russia has warned the US that launching air strikes in response to a suspected chemical attack in Syria could spark a war between the two countries, reports BBC. "The immediate priority is to avert the danger of war," Moscow's UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Thursday

DHAKA: United States President Donald Trump administration sent wishes to Bengalis living in Bangladesh and across the globe, ahead of the Bengali New Year. Acting Secretary of State John J. Sullivan said in an official statement issued on Thursday (April 12). "On behalf of

DHAKA:  At least 257 people have been killed after a military plane crashed near the Boufarik airbase outside the Algerian capital, Algiers, according to Algerian state television. The plane, an Ilyushin Il-76, mostly carried soldier when it went down shortly after takeoff on

DHAKA: At least 18 people were killed and 15 others injured on Tuesday (April 10) after a goods truck carrying laborers hit a road divider in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said. The accident took place on the Pune-Satara highway, near Khandala, in Pune district, about

At least 29 people, including 26 students, were killed Monday after a private school bus fell into an gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district. The gorge was over a 100 feet deep. The driver of the bus and two teachers are dead. As many as 11 of the 39 students on board are

DHAKA: South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye has been found guilty of abuse of power and coercion, in a court verdict broadcasted live, reports BBC. She faces 18 corruption-related charges. The verdict is still being read out and the final sentence is expected to be

DHAKA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said ‘genocide’ was taking place in Myanmar and he was willing to accept Rohingya refugees fleeing from it, though Europe should help too, reports Jakarta Globe. The United Nations and rights groups say some 700,000 people, most of them

After searching 24 years for a daughter they lost while tending their street stall, a couple in China were finally reunited with their child. Wang Mingqing and his wife Liu Dengying had been tending their fruit stall by the road at Jiuyan Bridge in China's Chengdu city on Jan 8,

DHAKA: Two people were killed after a homebuilt airplane crashed into a shed outside the Southern California city of Santa Paula, reports ABC News. The two-seat aircraft went down Saturday afternoon (March 31) whereas the weather was clear and sunny day, said Ventura County fire

DHAKA: A four-story hotel building collapsed in Madhya Pradesh state of India, killing at least 10 people and injuring another three, reports Global News. Rescuers working through the night with sledgehammers and chainsaws pulled alive 10 people from the debris of the building that

Some 17 undocumented migrants were killed and 36 injured when their minibus crashed and caught fire late Thursday in Turkey's eastern Igdir province. The minibus carrying Afghan, Pakistani and Iranian nationals entered Turkey illegally from Iranian border, and caught fire after