DHAKA: The US Senate has approved the most sweeping overhaul of the US tax system in more than three decades. The House of Representatives earlier approved the bill comfortably. Republicans have majorities in both houses of Congress, reports the BBC. For final approval the

DHAKA: At least three people died and dozens were injured after an Amtrak train derailed on the inaugural run of a new route in Washington state Monday morning, with part of the train careening off an overpass onto a heavily trafficked highway below, a local official said. National

DHAKA: The US has vetoed, as expected, a UN Security Council draft resolution rejecting President Donald Trump's recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and his plans to move the American embassy in Israel to the city, reports Al Jazeera.  However, the proposed

Twelve people have died in a fire that broke out inside a sweet shop in the western Indian city of Mumbai. All 12 had been rescued from the shop but died on the way to the hospital, reports the Times of India quoting officials. The victims were reported to be workers who were

Sebastián Piñera, rightist leader of Chile and former President of that country, has won presidential election run-off. BBC reports that the conservative billionaire and former president won Chile's presidential election with more than 54% votes. Left-winger Alejandro Guillier

A suicide bomber attacked a church packed with worshippers during Sunday service in Pakistan, leaving seven people dead and more than 20 others injured, authorities say. Two attackers targeted a Methodist church in Quetta, but only one managed to detonate his vest, said Sarfaraz Bugti,

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 600 officers from Malaysia's immigration department have been transferred out of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) as some are suspected of working with criminal syndicates to smuggle in workers from Bangladesh. Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said only

Walt Disney says it is to buy 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets for a total $52.4bn (£39bn). The deal includes Fox's 39% stake in satellite broadcaster Sky, and the 20th Century Fox film studio, Disney announced. Fox's remaining assets, including Fox News and

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said that Palestinians have right to East Jerusalem as their capital. On Wednesday (December 13), making no mention of city's western areas, Salman speaks in the same tone after Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

DHAKA: At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the month after violence broke out in Myanmar in August, said a report of Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), an international medical humanitarian organization. Based on surveys of refugees in Bangladesh, the number is

DHAKA: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) declared East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, rejected the US stance as "dangerous" and called on the international community to follow in its footsteps, reports Al Jazeera. At a summit held in Turkey a week after US President

DHAKA: Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to a Russian base in Syria and ordered his troops to start withdrawing from the war-torn country, reports Al Jazeera. Syrian state TV reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Putin at Khmeimim Air Base,

DHAKA: The suspected bomber who attempted a terror attack at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan during the morning rush hour Monday (December 11), was  a Bangladeshi immigrant, reports BBC quoting New York Police. The 27-year-old suspect-- Akayed Ullah-- was wearing an

DHAKA: Rahul Gandhi has been elected as Congress president unopposed, after 13 years of this responsibility shouldered by his mother Sonia Gandhi. The 47-year-old leader will take over the reins of the party on December 16. Mulapali Ramchandran, chief of the Central Election

DHAKA: At least 15 United Nations (UN) peacekeepers were killed and 53 injured in a rebel attack on a base in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday (December 9). The UN secretary general, António Guterres, termed the attack as “a war crime,” while expressing his

DHAKA: The US has warned Palestinians against cancelling talks with Vice-President Mike Pence, after Washington recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, reports BBC. It would be "counterproductive" to scrap talks between Pence and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas planned later

DHAKA: United Nations emphasizes that Rohingyas should be granted a safe return to Myanmar from Bangladesh without any force. The UN says repatriation process must be begun voluntarily after ensuring safety in Rakhine state of Myanmar. The UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric made

DHAKA: Arabs and Muslims across the Middle East denounced the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in an incendiary move taken by Washington, reports The Stuff. The European Union and United Nations also voiced alarm at US President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump announced that the US now recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, reports BBC. Trump described the move as "a long overdue step" to advance the Middle East peace process, overturning decades of official US policy The fate of the ancient city is

US President Donald Trump will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, senior administration officials have said. He is due to announce the controversial decision in a speech later, reports the BBC. Trump is also expected to approve moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to