April2018

“Letters from Baghdad,” a documentary on Gertrude Bell, the British writer, explorer, spy and political officer who helped shape modern Iraq, had its first screening in the country on Monday, drawing loud applause from an audience...

Supermodel Naomi Campbell said on Sunday that Vogue magazine should launch an African edition to recognize the continent’s contribution to a global fashion industry that has been criticized for its lack of diversity. Campbell, who was...

Vernon Philander sent Australia crashing to defeat with a sensational spell of bowling on the fifth day of the fourth Test against Australia at the Wanderers Stadium on Tuesday. Philander took a career-best six for 21...

The probe committee which was formed to investigate the cases filed over the abduction, rape and murder of the teenager Beauty Akhter in Habiganj, today recommended departmental action against the first investigating officer of one of...

Former India cricket captain MS Dhoni was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third-highest civilian award, on Monday. As his name was announced, Dhoni marched past the dignitaries present at the Rashtrapati Bhavan before receiving...

A Dhaka court has sentenced film actor Ahmed Sharif to three years in prison over cheque fraud. The Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Iman Ali Sheikh delivered the verdict on Monday. A businessman, Mosharraf Hossain...

In an unprecedented move, India and Bangladesh have started a container train service between Kolkata and Dhaka. The trial run of the train was flagged off at a Concor terminus near the the Majerhat railway station...

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in US magazine The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv appearing to...

Saudi King Salman reaffirmed support for Palestinians to US President Donald Trump, state media said Tuesday, after his son and heir apparent said Israel has a “right” to a homeland. The king “reaffirmed the kingdom’s steadfast...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was cancelling an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, bowing to right-wing pressure to scrap the deal. Hours after announcing on...