Dhaka June 30, 2025, 3:55 am
Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80 after a short illness, the Kofi Annan Foundation said on Saturday.
Pakistan's World Cup cricket hero Imran Khan was set to be sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan Saturday, after promising a new era of responsibility and prosperity in a fighting speech in parliament.
A Libyan appeals court on Wednesday sentenced 45 people to death by firing squad for killings committed in the capital, Tripoli, during a 2011 uprising, according to a statement from the justice ministry.
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Bangladesh depends a lot on India, supply from where meets nearly 60 percent of Bangladesh's annual demand of 7.1 million bales.
The death toll from Sunday's devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen to 347, according to the state-run Antara news agency.
Datuk Seri Anwar will take over as party president from his wife and Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who has helmed PKR since it was founded in 1999.
Hundreds of people have been wounded by Sunday's quake, disaster management officials have said.
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With 14 deaths in the past 24 hours, the toll in rain-related incidents has touched 106 in the last six days,” a disaster management official said.
The quake hit Lombok island early in the morning when many people were still sleeping. Around 40 people were injured and many fled into open fields away from collapsed buildings.
Results are trickling in slowly, but election officials deny rigging saying there are simply technical problems.
China is the world's biggest social media market, but access to websites such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube is blocked in the country.
Pakistan Muslim League chief Shahbaz Sharif cast his vote in the eastern city of Lahore soon after polls opened in national elections.
The government said it may pay to help state schools install air conditioners and suggested extending summer holidays, which started this week for many students. While most schools in Tokyo have coolers, few in rural areas do
The head of Premiers de Cordee (First in Line), Sebastien Ruffin, says two weeks before France clinched the World Cup he was informed that Mbappe would give the group his bonus if the team qualified for the quarterfinals.
