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Colombo: Mahinda Rajapaksa is set to leave his official residence on Thursday, a day after the enactment of a new Act of Parliament stripped the...

Dhaka/New Delhi: The student wing of former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s BNP on Thursday boycotted polls at a major public university alleging...

Warsaw: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged on Thursday to push ahead with a “great modernisation programme” for his country’s military, a day...

Kathmandu: Representatives of the protesting 'Gen Z' group, Nepalese President Ramchandra Paudel and Army Chief Ashok Raj Sigdel were holding talks at...

Kathmandu: At least three inmates died during clashes with security personnel in a Nepal jail on Thursday while more than 15,000 prisoners escaped...

New Delhi: A new analysis of dengue cases across 21 countries in Asia and the Americas reveals that 18 per cent of disease incidence during 1995-2014...

Havana: A total blackout hit Cuba on Wednesday, the latest in a series of outages blamed on aging infrastructure and fuel shortages at power plants. ...

Doha: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she will seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the...

Hong Kong: Hong Kong lawmakers on Wednesday voted down a bill that would have granted recognition to same-sex partnerships in the Chinese city,...

Flash floods in Indonesia leave at least 11 dead, 13 missing cape canaveral: Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that...

Paris: Protesters blocked roads, lit blazes and were met with volleys of tear gas on Wednesday in Paris and elsewhere in France, heaping pressure on...

Warsaw: Poland said on Wednesday that multiple Russian drones entered its territory over the course of several hours and were shot down with help from...