DHAKA: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi invited Chinese president Xi Jinping on Thursday to visit, seeking greater engagement between the world's two most populous nations on trade and regional security. Modi extended the invitation when he spoke by telephone with Chinese premier Li

DHAKA: Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have shot down a military helicopter near Sloviansk, killing 14 people. The country’s outgoing president says, reports the BBC. Olexander Turchynov says a general was among the dead and that the rebels used a Russian-made anti-aircraft

DHAKA: Just a day after he shook hands with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif is facing heat in his home turf. The tone of the coverage on many news channels shifted from positive to negative, with many anchors questioning the timing of the press

DHAKA: India’s prime minister Narendra Modi has asked his ministers to lay emphasis on overall governance, efficient delivery and implementation. Chairing the second meeting of his Cabinet on Thursday, prime minister Narendra Modi outlined the top 10 policy priorities for his

DHAKA: Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have shot down a military helicopter near the flashpoint city of Sloviansk, reports say. The aircraft was reportedly hit after dropping off troops at a military base. Sloviansk has seen fierce fighting between separatists and government

DHAKA: India’s human resource development minister Smriti Irani has sought to settle the controversy over her educational qualifications by requesting her critics to ‘judge me by my work’. Smriti said on Thursday morning, ‘Extraneous circumstances have been created to divert my

DHAKA: The army’s coup d'etat in Thailand was illegal but necessary as a ‘cooling off’ period to prevent the country from becoming a failed state. An army general told foreign media on Thursday, reports The Straits Times. Even planning for the seizure of power was an act of

DHAKA: Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine have admitted they are holding four international monitors and said they may free them soon. Interfax says, reports the BBC. ‘We’ll clarify who they are, where they were heading and why, and will set them free,’ the self-proclaimed

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama has outlined his vision for the country's foreign policy for the rest of his presidency, saying that the country will still lead, but will show more restraint before embarking on more military missions abroad. In a speech on Wednesday, the US president

DHAKA: The area where acoustic signals thought linked to the missing Malaysian plane were detected can now be ruled out as the final resting place of flight MH370, Australian officials say. The Bluefin-21 submersible robot had finished its search of the area and found nothing, they said.

DHAKA: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the former Egyptian army chief, is on course for a sweeping victory in the country's presidential election, early provisional results suggested. Sisi won 96.2 percent of about 21 million votes cast, state television reported early on Thursday, with the

DHAKA: Libyan warplanes have bombed bases in Benghazi as part of a self-declared campaign by a renegade former general to purge the North African country of armed groups. A media witness and an air force official in Benghazi said two jets bombed a base belonging to the February 17th

DHAKA: Myanmar began a parliamentary session on Wednesday that will see lawmakers debate the first of four proposed laws that aim to protect the country’s majority Buddhist identity by regulating religious conversions and interfaith marriages.  The proposals come amidst rising

DHAKA: Thailand’s information technology ministry blocked Facebook on Wednesday and planned to hold talks with other social networking sites to stem protests against the military government, a senior official said. ‘We have blocked Facebook temporarily and tomorrow we will call a

DHAKA: Families of passengers aboard missing flight MH370 on Wednesday accused Malaysia of withholding crucial satellite data, saying a long-awaited report is incomplete and does not prove the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean. Authorities on Tuesday released a 47-page summary of

DHAKA: Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah has passed away on Wednesday at the age of 86. His passing was announced by Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. Zambry said the Sultan would be laid to rest at the royal mausoleum in Kuala Kangsar after Asar prayers

DHAKA: Thailand’s junta has appointed as advisers two retired generals with palace connections, putting powerful establishment figures hostile towards former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra firmly in the ascendant in the country’s long-running power struggle. Hoping to show things

DHAKA: When Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Islamabad after attending Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony, he carried with him a gift from the new Indian prime minister for his mother. The gift had Nawaz’s daughter Maryam gushing in admiration. ‘Thank u v much PM

DHAKA: Egypt’s presidential election has been extended by one more day in an effort to boost low turnout that threatened to undermine the credibility of the vote likely to be won by the former army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The decision followed lower-than-expected turnout in the

DHAKA: Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has described himself as a trained spy specializing in electronic surveillance, dismissing claims he was a mere low-level analyst. In an interview with NBC, he reiterated that he had worked undercover overseas for the CIA and NSA,