DHAKA: Nato head Anders Fogh Rasmussen dismissed presidential elections in Syria as a ‘farce’ on Tuesday, saying they did not meet international standards. ‘The Syrian presidential election is a farce,’ Rasmussen said as he went into a Nato defence ministers meeting, reports The

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama launched a European tour on Tuesday shaped by the escalating separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine and worries among former Soviet satellites about Russia’s new expansionist threat. Obama landed in Warsaw for celebrations of the 25th anniversary of

DHAKA: Opponents of Thailand’s military coup are risking arrest by flashing the three-finger salute from the ‘Hunger Games’ movies to defy a junta that has banned all public protests. The gesture has become the unofficial symbol of resistance against a military regime that has

DHAKA: Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe may visit North Korea, Japan said on Tuesday, days after announcing a deal to re-open the probe into Japanese citizens kidnapped by spies in the Cold War. Any such visit would be controversial, especially in Seoul and Washington, which have led the

DHAKA: A new road connecting Siliguri in West Bengal with neigbouring countries Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal will be constructed at a cost of Rs. 1,400 crore.India's West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in Jalpaiguri on Monday.“We will be developing a new road connecting

DHAKA: At least 16 people were killed when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims, including Indians, fell into a river in western Nepal Monday. Unconfirmed reports said that 11 Indians were among those killed when the bus rolled down a mountain road while returning from Pyuthan district, 250 kms

DHAKA: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today sprang a surprise by nominating former union minister Mallikarjun Kharge as the party’s leader in the Lok Sabha.It, however, remains to be seen whether his status will be upgraded as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. For any party to

DHAKA: A 69-year-old lady was allegedly raped and murdered by unknown culprits at Santa Cruz village near Panaji in Indian state of Goa on Saturday night.The police said Monday, reports NDTV.The lady was alone in her residence when the incident took place, said a police spokesperson

DHAKA: The United States on Monday proposed ordering cuts of up to 30 percent in carbon emissions from power plants in president Barack Obama’s most ambitious action yet on climate change.The Environmental Protection Agency laid out a proposal that would let states choose ways to meet

DHAKA: India’s women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi Monday said that she will not go to Badaun, where two girls were gang-raped and murdered last week until she does something to fix the situation.‘I will see to it that there are no more Badauns,’ she said, reports

DHAKA: Former railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge will be the leader of the Congress in the 16th Lok Sabha.Party leader Janardan Dwivedi said on Monday, reports Hindustan Times.The first session of the new Lok Sabha begins on Wednesday and will continue for a week.Following the

DHAKA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Monday said that prime minister Nawaz Sharif was treated like a ‘schoolboy’ when he visited India to attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony last week.By not meeting the representatives of the Hurriyat Conference in New

DHAKA: A bombing at a football pitch in Nigeria's restive northeast killed at least 40 people on Sunday. A police officer and a nurse said, Times of India publishes this report on Monday. The blast hit the town of Mubi in Adamawa state which has been under a state of emergency for more

DHAKA: Taliban insurgents threatened on Monday to attack Afghanistan’s run-off presidential election, warning voters to stay away from polling stations for fear of injury or death. Afghans are due to go to the polls on June 14 to choose whether Ashraf Ghani or Abdullah Abdullah should

DHAKA: Spanish King Juan Carlos will abdicate in favour of his son Prince Felipe, the nation announced on Monday, ending a 39-year reign that ushered in democracy but was later battered by royal scandals. The 76-year-old monarch, crowned in November 1975 after the death of General

DHAKA: Clashes and shelling on Sunday in and around the conflict-hit city of Fallujah, which lies just a short drive from Baghdad, killed 22 people. A doctor said, reports The Straits Times. Sunday’s unrest, which also left 36 wounded, struck in multiple areas of the city and its

DHAKA: Rocket fire from Gaza and Syria hit Israel early Monday in two separate incidents that prompted the Israeli military to hit back, just hours before the swearing in of a new Palestinian government. The exchanges of fire took place as palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to unveil

DHAKA: Three brothers have confessed their involvement in the gang rape of two teenage girls in India. The Straits Times publishes this report quoting a police official. The men pleaded guilty to the rape charges but have not admitted to killing the girls, police spokesman Mukesh Saxena

DHAKA: Heavy fighting is ongoing in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, apparently between the armed group Ansar al-Shariah and irregular forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar. A former army general, reports Al Jazeera. Witnesses said on Monday that gunfire, which began the day before, could

DHAKA: A suicide attack killed three Turkish engineers and wounded another on Monday in eastern Afghanistan. Officials said, reports The Straits Times. ‘Around 7:15am, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-packed motorbike targeting a minibus belong to Turkish engineers in Behsud