China warns US over HK law

China warned the United States on Thursday that it would take ‘firm counter measures’ in response to US legislation backing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, a

Iraq PM announces resignation

Iraqi prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced his resignation on Friday after the country’s top Shia Muslim cleric called for lawmakers to reconsider their support for a government rocked by

40pc of power generation capacity unused

Despite having an almost four-fold increase in the installed electricity generation capacity, Bangladesh’s power sector is not faring well because of

Govt’s farewell bell can be heard: BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said ringing of the farewell bell of the present government can be heard all around.

POLICE-BNP CLASH 7 more BNP activists held

Police arrested at least seven more leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its associate organisations in the front of the National Press Club and its nearby

SC silent about progress in probes against 3 HC judges

The Supreme Court keeps mum about progress in inquiries into alleged misconduct of three High Court judges since they were given no court from August 22.

Hospital admission for dengue crosses 1 lakh

The number of dengue patients hospitalised in the country this year crossed the one-lakh mark to reach 1,00,021 on Friday.

Trump contradicts testimony -- and himself -- by claiming he never directed Giuliani on Ukraine

President Donald Trump has now denied that he directed his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to go to Ukraine and seek out investigations on his behalf, contradicting his own

Trump signs Hong Kong human rights act as China blasts 'plainly bullying behavior'

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a law supporting Hong Kong's months-long protest movement, handing anti-government demonstrators in the

Worry rises in military over Trump's decision-making

Tensions that have been mounting for months between some of the nation's most senior military officers and President Donald Trump are boiling over after his decision