DHAKA: Senior BJP leader and union minister Gopinath Munde was killed in a road accident in Delhi today while he was on his way to the city airport.He was rushed to the trauma centre in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he succumbed to his injuries.Mr Munde is the rural

DHAKA: Voting is due to get under way in Syria's presidential election amid heightened security, reports BBC. The poll takes place three years into a civil war in which tens of thousands of people have died and millions more are displaced.President Bashar al-Assad is widely expected to

COLOMBO:  Heavy rains followed by floods and landslides claimed 14 lives in Sri Lanka Monday.The country’s disaster management centre said, reports NDTV.Most of those who were killed were from the southern township of Kalutara where heavy flooding was reported after overnight rain.The

DHAKA: Thailand’s ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a hugely controversial figure at the heart of the kingdom’s bitter political divide, said on Tuesday that the imposition of martial law must not ‘destroy’ democracy. ‘The declaration of martial law is expected....

DHAKA: At least 17 people were killed and 27 injured when a bus going to the Kashmir valley fell into a deep gorge in the Jammu region on Tuesday, reports Times of India. he accident occurred when the bus driver lost control at Digdol on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Ramban district, 170

DHAKA: At least 17 people were killed and 27 injured when a bus going to the Kashmir valley fell into a deep gorge in the Jammu region on Tuesday, reports Times of India.                   The accident occurred when the bus driver lost control at Digdol on the Jammu-Srinagar

DHAKA: China has denounced charges brought by the US against five army officers accused of economic cyber-espionage. Beijing said it had "never engaged or participated" in cyber theft and that the charges would damage co-operation between the two countries. China has summoned the US

DHAKA: After declaring a martial law across the crisis-gripped kingdom, Thailand’s army asked 10 satellite TV channels must stop broadcasting, including stations run by pro- and anti-government groups. Earlier in the day, Thailand’s army on Tuesday declared a martial law across the

DHAKA: Thailand's army on Tuesday declared a martial law across the crisis-gripped kingdom to restore order following months of anti-government protests that have left 28 people dead and hundreds wounded, reports BBC. Thai army says that it is imposing martial law amid a political crisis

DHAKA: Sonia and Rahul Gandhi on Monday offered to resign from their posts as leaders of the Congress party after its worst ever election performance.But party members refused to let them go, reports The Straits Times.‘Sonia and Rahul offered to resign, but the Congress Working

DHAKA: Iraq’s prime minister Nuri al-Maliki won the most seats in country’s elections but fell short of a majority, leaving him in the driver’s seat to retain his post despite vocal opposition.The results from the election commission showed Maliki’s State of Law alliance garnered

DHAKA: Head of Nato Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday he had seen no proof of Russian troops withdrawing from the border with Ukraine after president Vladimir Putin announced an end to exercises and return to bases.‘Unfortunately, we have not seen any evidence at all that Russia has

DHAKA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has initiated talks with her Tamil Nadu counterpart J Jayalalithaa, suggesting that the two should come together to form an ‘opposition block’ in Parliament.Trinamool Congress leaders in Kolkata say their party chief’s objective is

DHAKA: The European Union said on Monday it would monitor all of Egypt’s presidential election, reversing a decision to scale back its operations after authorities agreed to release a load of impounded equipment.The bloc had said two days earlier that its officials would only be able to

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia closed its embassy in Tripoli on Monday and evacuated all its diplomats over ‘security’ concerns in Libya. The SPA state news agency reported, according to The Straits Times. The Saudi ambassador to Libya Mohammed Mahmud al-Ali told SPA the kingdom’s consulate

DHAKA: The United States has filed charges against several members of China’s military for allegedly stealing American trade secrets. Media reports said on Monday, reports The Straits Times. The Washington Post and other news outlets said the charges against the People’s Liberation

DHAKA: Narendra Modi, to be India’s next prime minister, has taken to Twitter to thank fellow leaders in Japan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Australia for their good wishes.  But one man still waiting for a reply is US Secretary of State John Kerry.  While Canadian prime minister

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has suspended beef imports from Brazil over fears of a suspected case of atypical mad cow disease detected in the country. The Gulf kingdom said on Monday, reports The Straits Times. The Saudi agriculture ministry announced the ‘temporary’ suspension in a

DHAKA: New York raised the minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21 on Sunday, in its latest initiative to encourage healthier behavior among residents. The law, signed November 19 shortly before former mayor Michael Bloomberg finished his second term, had a six-month waiting period before it

DHAKA: Congress working committee members could offer their resignation at its meeting on Monday in the wake of the party’s worst-ever performance in the Lok Sabha polls, amid indications that it could witness an attack on advisers of Rahul Gandhi while insulating him from criticism.