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Dhaka/Noakhali: Bangladesh minister Tazul Islam has asked the local public representatives to be alert and stand strong against those who would seek to destroy communal harmony in the country. more
David Amess murder: Police term incident as 'terrorist incident'

London: Police have termed the killing of British Conservative MP David Amess as a 'terrorist incident'.

Displaced in northeast Nigeria ‘knocking on door of starvation’: WFP

New York: Displaced families in Nigeria’s northeast are “knocking on the door of starvation”, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

Hong Kong court jails 7 activists over illegal protest: Reports

Hong Kong/UNI/Sputnik: A district court judge in Hong Kong sentenced seven protesters to up to 12 months in jail on Saturday for their role in last year’s rally against China's ...

Bangladesh: One Hindu devotee dies as mob attacks ISKCON temple in Noakhali

Noakhali: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, also known as ISKCON, on Saturday said its temple in Noakhali area of Bangladesh was attacked and one of the devotees was ki ...

US to reopen land and air borders to fully vaccinated foreign visitors

Washington/IBNS: The United States will reopen its land and air borders to fully vaccinated foreign visitors Nov 8 onwards ending a more than 18-month ban on travel from across the globe. ...

UK Lawmaker David Amess stabbed at constituency surgery in Essex: Reports

London/UNI/Sputnik: UK Conservative lawmaker David Amess was stabbed several times on Friday at his constituency surgery in the Belfairs Methodist Church in the town of Leigh-on-Sea in Es ...

At least 32 dead, dozens injured in Shiite mosque blast in Afghanistan's Kandahar

Kabul (JEN): A powerful explosion rocked a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during prayers on Friday, killing at least 32 people and leaving more than 50 others wound ...

When disaster strikes, developing countries still too vulnerable

New York: Many developing nations remain unprotected against disaster, even though it is accepted that building community resilience has many benefits, beyond saving lives and livelihoods ...

Afghanistan: Taliban govt warns PIA, Kam Air over hiking flight prices

Kabul:  Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Administration, which is now controlled by Taliban, said that Pakistan’s PIA and Afghanistan’s Kam Air will be banned to conduc ...