November2018

Actor Alec Baldwin, most recently famous for his impersonations of U.S. President Donald Trump, was charged on Friday after a fight over a New York parking spot, police said. The “30 Rock” sitcom actor, 60, “assaulted...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will seek re-election in 2019, his office announced Saturday, as potential rivals begin jockeying for the country’s top job ahead of the ballot. Ghani, who was elected in a fraud-tainted poll in...

The elaborate funeral of Leicester City’s Thai owner and duty-free mogul Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was set to begin at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok Saturday, with members of Thailand’s elite expected to pay tribute to the well-connected...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared that Brunei is free of rubella disease as a public health problem. The rubella virus is highly contagious, but its spread is preventable with safe and cost-effective vaccines....

Authorities here have asked Delhi schools to restrict their outdoor activities as stubble burning in neighbouriung Punjab and Haryana blackened skylines of the Indian capital. Officials and media reports today said the Delhi government overnight issued...

BRAC Bank Limited has posted a Year on Year growth of 4.28% profit after tax in the nine months to September 30, 2018. The bank reported a profit after tax (PAT) of BDT 3,916 million during...

Bangladesh should strengthen its effort to build an inclusive financial system to provide safe, quality and appropriate financial services to all people, those living in poverty and remote areas in particular. This comprehensive system should be...

More than 70 percent of Earth’s last untouched wilderness lies in the territories of just five countries, scientists said Wednesday — mostly nations that alarm environmentalists with their lukewarm response to climate change. True wild spaces...

Cristiano Ronaldo will lead Juventus’s attack against Cagliari in Serie A on Saturday as coach Massimiliano Allegri said he would not be distracted by next week’s blockbuster against Manchester United. Juventus will look to keep their...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a halt to violence in Yemen to pull the country back from a “precipice” and build momentum toward talks on ending the war. “First, violence must stop everywhere...