Dhaka, Oct 14 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) has once again written to National Citizen Party (NCP), asking it to select an electoral symbol from the reserved list by October 19, EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said on Tuesday, the local media reported.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The US passport has fallen out of the top 10 most powerful passports in the world for the first time since the Henley Passport Index was introduced twenty years ago. With visa-free travel to 180 of 227 countries, the US, which was the world leader in 2014, is now tied with Malaysia for 12th place.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Vice President C P Radhakrishnan met Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa in New Delhi on Tuesday, discussing various aspects of bilateral ties with the visiting leader.
Brussels, Oct 14 (IANS) Transport and public services in Belgium were disrupted due to a national general strike on Tuesday. Police has also reported several arrests following vandalism, arson and clashes with protesters in Brussels, reports indicated.
Dhaka, Oct 14 (IANS) As many as five more people have died due to dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, increasing the 2025 death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 238.
Dhaka, Oct 14 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and several others injured on Tuesday after fire erupted at a building housing a chemical godown and a garment factory in Shialbari area of Mirpur in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, local media reported.
London/Mumbai, Oct 14 (IANS) The United Kingdom's Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier, departed India on Tuesday after a "highly successful" bilateral Exercise Konkan with the Indian Navy and "great" port visits to Mumbai and Goa.
Islamabad, Oct 14 (IANS) A Levies constable deployed for the protection of polio vaccination team was shot dead after unidentified assailants opened fire on him in the Swat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday according to the police authorities, local media reported.
Tashkent, Oct 14 (IANS) India's Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Smita Pant visited the Bukhara State University and discussed prospects for scientific and educational cooperation with the Rector Obidjon Khamidov. Pant also delivered remarks at a Seminar on ‘Intelligent Learning Platforms and Automated Systems’ at the University.
Islamabad, Oct 14 (IANS) Newly-elected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has expressed opposition to carrying out military operation in the province, local media reported on Tuesday.
