International

Dhaka: A mild earthquake of magnitude 4.1 shook Bangladesh early Thursday, with tremors felt in the capital Dhaka and neighbouring districts. The quake hit at 6:14 am local time, with the epicentre located at a depth of 30 km in Narsingdi, news portal tbsnews.net reported,...

Kathmandu: Nepal is set to hold discussions with India on supplying aviation fuel through the cross-border petroleum pipeline to Nepal, as officials from the two countries are scheduled to meet next week in New Delhi, a senior Nepali official said Wednesday. Nepal began transporting diesel...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's transport ministry said Wednesday that the deep-sea hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume Dec 30, renewing hopes of finally locating the jet that vanished without a trace more than a decade ago. The Boeing 777 plane disappeared from radar shortly...

New Delhi: India and the UAE are taking major steps to make travel smoother and strengthen legal cooperation, marking a new phase in their fast-growing strategic partnership. Both countries are focusing on easier visas, faster extradition and closer coordination between their legal systems. The aim...

Colombo: India has sent a mobile field hospital and over 70 medical personnel to Sri Lanka as part of its continuing humanitarian assistance following the devastating floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, the Indian mission here said Wednesday. Sri Lanka has been grappling with...

Washington: The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications, such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops. The changes...

New Delhi: India Tuesday trashed as 'ridiculous' Pakistan's claim that its request for using Indian airspace to send humanitarian aid to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka was denied by New Delhi. "We reject the ridiculous statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, which is...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Kyiv's European allies Tuesday of sabotaging US-led efforts to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine. “They don't have a peace agenda, they're on the side of the war,” Putin said after speaking to an investment forum and before...

New Delhi: Russia expects to boost its oil exports to India again and views the current decline that has taken place due to Western sanctions as a very temporary phase, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. "There can be, for a very brief period of...

Lahore: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan is alive but subjected to "mental torture in solitary confinement", his sister Dr Uzma Khan said Tuesday after meeting him at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said in a statement after Uzma's meeting with the 73-year-old...