DHAKA: Police accused a British executive of drug maker GlaxoSmithKline's China unit on Wednesday of ordering his salespeople to bribe doctors and hospitals. The announcement was the first time a foreign employee in China of British-based GSK was accused in a sweeping investigation into

DHAKA: As it prepares for the ministry-making exercise in anticipation of a win in the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP leadership is seeking to figure out what to do with party stalwarts LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi. Both are decades senior to the party’s PM candidate Narendra Modi and

DHAKA: Lakhdar Brahimi has announced his resignation from his position as the UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, largely out of frustration at Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's plans to hold an election in June. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a joint press conference with Brahimi in

DHAKA: Ukraine is due to host round-table talks in Kiev as efforts continue to find a negotiated settlement to the crisis in the east of the country. The talks will include members of the interim government and regional leaders, but pro-Russian separatists have refused to take part. The

DHAKA:  A shipwreck off the coast of Haiti may be the remains of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus' flagship from his first voyage to the Americas, according to reports on Tuesday. Underwater explorer Barry Clifford believes the expedition he led to find and investigate the wreck

DHAKA: Police accused a British executive of drug maker GlaxoSmithKline's China unit on Wednesday of ordering his salespeople to bribe doctors and hospitals. The announcement was the first time a foreign employee in China of British-based GSK was accused in a sweeping investigation into

DHAKA: An explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey has left at least 201 workers dead and scores injured, officials say. Energy Ministry Taner Yildiz said 787 people had been inside the mine at Soma in Manisa province when an electrical fault triggered the blast. Rescuers are working

DHAKA: At least 300 miners are trapped after an explosion caused a fire triggering a collapse at a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa. At least one miner was killed and 19 others hospitalised, an official said, reports Al Jazeera. The mayor of Soma, a district in

DHAKA: An initial investigation into claims that UK forces abused Iraqi detainees is to be opened by the International Criminal Court. The preliminary examination will analyse alleged crimes attributed to UK armed forces deployed in Iraq between 2003 and 2008. Attorney General Dominic

DHAKA: Six soldiers have been killed and eight more wounded in Ukraine’s restive eastern region. The country’s defense ministry has said, reports Al Jazzera. The ministry said separatists ‘ambushed’ the soldiers near the city of Krematorsk on Tuesday. According to the ministry,

DHAKA: Nigeria is ready to talk to Islamist militants Boko Haram for the release of more than 200 abducted schoolgirls. A minister has told the BBC. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said on Monday that captured girls who have not converted to Islam can be swapped for jailed fighters.

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin will next week travel to China for a visit expected to see Moscow and Beijing seal a landmark gas agreement. The Kremlin said on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times. During the May 20 visit to Shanghai, Putin will oversee the signing of a number of

DHAKA: A spate of rush hour car bombs rocked Shia-majority areas of Baghdad Tuesday, killing 21 people in the first major series of attacks to hit the Iraqi capital since elections last month. The violence, which also wounded more than 60 people, came as officials are tallying votes from

DHAKA: Amid the din of raucous political campaigning, hysteria of exit polls and high anticipation of election results in India, one man has been quietly preparing to say good-bye after a decade in power. He has written farewell notes to various heads of state and foreign leaders, is

DHAKA: Indian officials have seized a record US$55 million in cash, as well as large amounts of liquor and illegal drugs, destined to buy off voters in India’s election. India’s Election Commission said on Monday, as the mammoth vote drew to a close, The Straits Times publishes this

DHAKA: Is a sunken shipwreck off Haiti the long lost remains of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus' flagship from his first voyage to the Americas? The underwater explorer Barry Clifford, who led a team that found and investigated the wreck, says he's confident it is. If his claim is

DHAKA: Narendra Modi called for unity in India as exit polls signalled his opposition bloc would win a majority in national elections, boosting his chances of taking power in Asia's third-largest economy. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies will win 249 to 340 seats, according

DHAKA: The former Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has been sentenced to six years in prison for bribery. Olmert’s spokesperson said he would appeal to the Supreme Court and ask to be freed on bail until it had ruled. His lawyer had asked the court in Tel Aviv to give him community

DHAKA: Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, said Dubai will become an open air gallery as he launched ‘Dubai Speaks to You’, the inaugural project of the Government of Dubai Media Office’s initiative, Brand Dubai.

DHAKA: At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured when an intercity bus crashed in heavy rain on an accident-prone highway in Myanmar. Police said on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times. The crash happened on Monday evening on the main road between the capital Naypyidaw and the