Australia goes to polls amid tight contest
Millions of Australians began voting today in national elections that pits Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull against Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten who is vying to become the country’s fifth premier…
Dhaka terror attack : 20 hostages killed, 13 resued; 6 militants killed
Militants killed 20 people, mostly with sharp weapons, shortly after taking hostage a number of diners at a café in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone last evening, according to Inter-Services Public Relations…
Another Hindu priest killed Bangladesh
AMN / In another incident of attack on minority in Bnagladesh, miscreants attacked and killed priest of a Hindu monastery named Brahmarajpur Radhagobinda Temple in Sadar upazila of SATKHIRA district…
US drones strikes have killed up to 116 civilians: Obama
Following pressure from human rights groups to release data related to drone-related casualties, US President Barack Obama issued a report yesterday which says only 116 civilians have been mistakenly killed…
HOSTAGE CRISIS IN BANGLADESH, REPORTS OF GUN BATTLE in Dhaka
WEB DESK / There are reports of a hostage crisis in Bangladesh capital Dhaka. Foreign citizens are also reported to have been taken hostage. A gun battle began around 9…
Austria court annuls result of presidential election
Austria’s highest court has annulled the result of the presidential election narrowly lost by the candidate of the far-right Freedom Party. The party had challenged the result, saying that postal…
India stands with Afghanistan in fight against terrorism : Prez Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee has said that India stands with Afghanistan in its fight against terrorism. Condemning the terrorist attack on a police convoy in Kabul, Mr. Mukherjee said India will…
Another Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh
agencies/ Another Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh,early today in Kastasagar village of Sadar Upazilla in Jhenaidah district, northwestern part of the country. The killing comes hardly a month…
Pak extends stay of Afghan refugees for six months
Pakistan has allowed the nearly three million Afghan refugees to stay on for an additional six months. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked authorities to take up the issue of their…
10 Pakistanis killed in Kuwait fire
Ten people were killed when a fire broke out at a residential area of Farwaniya in Kuwait on Thursday. They died of suffocation due to fire. All the ten persons…