DHAKA: Reacting strongly to reports that China has in its recent map shown Arunachal Pradesh as its territory, India on Saturday said ‘cartographic depiction’ does not change reality on the ground and asserted that Arunachal was an integral part of the country. Asked about recent

DHAKA: China’s top official in charge of Taiwan affairs on Saturday wrapped up a landmark four-day visit to the island which sparked angry protests, forcing him to scrap some engagements. The visit by Zhang Zhijun, the most senior Chinese official ever to visit Taiwan, was a further

DHAKA: Russia put off the maiden launch of its first new space rocket design since Soviet times for a second day on Saturday. RIA news agency said, a fresh blow to the country’s once-pioneering industry, reports The Straits Times. The debut launch of the Angara rocket was first called

DHAKA: China has reportedly commissioned a ‘preliminary research study’ to build an international rail link connecting its border province of Xinjiang to Pakistan, a contentious project from India’s perspective as it runs through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. China has allocated funds

DHAKA: Thailand’s junta-leading Army Chief has dismissed allegations he plotted to seize power for years before May’s coup, issuing an apparent rebuke to the leader of the protests that crippled the former government. ‘It is not true’ General Prayuth Chan-O-Cha said, addressing

DHAKA: A young couple in Pakistan were tied up and had their throats slit with scythes after they married for love. Police said Saturday, reports The Straits Times. The 17-year-old girl and 31-year-old man married on June 18 without the consent of their families in eastern Pakistan’s

DHAKA: An explosion in the red light district of northern Nigeria’s Bauchi city has killed 10 people and injured 14 others. Police said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times. The cause of the late Friday blast was not immediately clear, but Boko Haram Islamists have attacked Bauchi

DHAKA: Transportation authorities agreed to fund anti-suicide netting beneath the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent people jumping to their death from the iconic landmark. An official said, reports Hindustan Times. The Golden Gate’s management authority agreed to pay part of the $76

DHAKA: More than one million Bangladesh expatriates in the UAE will have smart Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) by November 2015. The project was launched in Dubai by the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the UAE Mohammad Imran, the Gulf News publishes this report early Saturday. It said

DHAKA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Bangladesh. A government source said Friday, reports the Global Post early Saturday. At that time he might visit Sri Lanka. The report includes that if Abe makes the visit, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is

DHAKA: The most influential Shia cleric in Iraq called on the country’s leaders on Friday to choose a prime minister within the next four days, a dramatic political intervention that could hasten the end of Nuri al-Maliki’s eight year rule. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, who commands

DHAKA: The Indian Navy has deployed its warship in the Persian Gulf as the government continues efforts to ensure safety of Indian nationals stranded in Iraq. INS Mysore has been deployed in the Persian Gulf as it has been asked to be on standby by the government after the meeting of the

DHAKA: Pakistani jets killed 17 militants in the latest raid on rebel hideouts in the country's restive northwest. Officials said Saturday, reports TDS. The planes bombarded hideouts in the Dargamandi and Chashma Gaon areas of North Waziristan late Friday, as aid agencies geared up

DHAKA: Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s wealth increased by some 33 million baht while she was in office, according to the country’s anti-graft agency. Yingluck was richer by the time she was forced to step down, but other ministers in her Cabinet got poorer,

DHAKA: Elections for parliamentarians are expected to be held in October 2015 and a democratically elected government will be in place late next year. Thailand’s junta leader has said, reports The Straits Times. General Prayuth Chan-ocha, the chief of the National Council for Peace

LONDON: British Bangladeshi youths are being involved in terrorist activities in alarming rate. In recent days, many British Bangladeshi young people have joined at The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) to fight against Iraq and Syria.  As a result, parents of the hundreds

DHAKA: The US has armed drones flying over Baghdad to protect US troops that have recently arrived to assess Iraq's deteriorating security, the Pentagon said on Friday. The military for more than a week has been flying manned and unmanned aircraft over Iraq, averaging a few dozen sorties

DHAKA: Martin Indyk, chief US negotiator for Israeli-Palestinian talks, has resigned, State Department officials say. The US Middle East peace envoy resigned on Friday after the two sides failed to meet their goal of reaching a comprehensive peace agreement. Indyk's resignation was

DHAKA: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday signed a broad agreement of cooperation with the European Union, the same deal whose reversal set off a crisis in the nation. The signing came hours before the President's office announced a three-day extension of a cease-fire. This

DHAKA: A building at main train station of Mumbai in India, the Chhattrapati Shivaji Terminus or CST, is reportedly on fire.  Eight fire engines have been rushed to the location. Traffic jams are being reported in South Mumbai. The fire broke out in the administrative wing located