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Maldives Prez urges China to send more tourists after b...

Beijing: Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on Tuesday appealed to China to "intensify" efforts to send more tourists to Read more...

UN, US, UK say Bangladesh polls 'not fair' as Asian, Af...

Dhaka/United Nations: Even as India, Russia, China and several nations from Asia, Africa and South America greeted Sheikh Hasina f Read more...

India-Maldives row: Male envoy summoned

New Delhi: The Maldivian envoy to India was on Monday summoned to the external affairs ministry and conveyed its strong concerns o Read more...

Hasina's AL secures big win as Oppn skips poll...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secured a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party was on Sunday led i Read more...

Two Palestine journos killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza...

Rafah: An apparent Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza on Sunday, including the son of veteran A Read more...

Gaza is a place of death: UN

NT Bureau, Agencies

London/Gaza: In a statement on January 5, Martin Griffiths, the under-secretary-ge Read more...

Attack on cargo ships: Navy bolsters strength in Arabia...

New Delhi: The Indian Navy has deployed task groups comprising frontline destroyers and frigates in the central and north Arabian Read more...

Auckland & Sydney first cities to ring in 2024...

Sydney: Sydney and Auckland were among the world's first major cities to ring in 2024, with revelers cheering spectacular fire Read more...

Indian-origin couple, daughter found dead in US...

New York:  A wealthy Indian-origin couple and their teenage daughter were found dead in their USD 5 million mansion in t Read more...

Egypt floats ambitious plan to end Israel-Hamas war...

Cairo: Egypt has put forward an ambitious, initial proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war with a cease-fire, a phased hostage releas Read more...