May2021

Sri Lanka has scored 224 runs losing all of their wickets from 48.1 overs while chasing 258 as hosts Bangladesh won the first One Day International of the three-match series by 33 runs at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla...

India’s government has instructed social media companies to remove any content that refers to the “Indian variant” of Covid-19. The IT ministry said the World Health Organization (WHO) listed the variant as B.1.617 and any reference...

Myanmar’s military leader has declared Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health” in his first interview since leading a violent coup held in last February. Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing also said Ms Suu Kyi...

At least 12 people have died after a cable car fell on a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy on Sunday, according to emergency officials. The accident happened on a service transporting passengers from the...

In a new documentary series set for release Friday Prince Harry is once again emphasizing that his family turned a blind eye to the struggles of his wife Meghan Markle, saying he will “never be bullied...

Israel’s foreign ministry has welcomed the decision to lift the travel ban on Israel with Bangladeshi passports. Gilad Cohen, the deputy director-general for Asia and the Pacific at the country’s foreign ministry, was outraged by the...

Consumers are still sceptical about electric cars and switching from petrol and diesel remains “a real challenge”, the boss of Ford UK has told the BBC. Lisa Brankin said more government support for the electric car...

Acute coronavirus infection has spread in the Himalayas. The virus has already been detected in at least 100 mountaineers and their associates. Austrian mountaineering guide Lucas Fartenbach canceled his mountaineering last week for fear of coronavirus,...

At least 21 people have died as extreme weather struck a cross-country mountain race in north-western China. On Saturday high winds and freezing rain hit participants in the 100km (60-mile) race in the Yellow River Stone...

India has reported more than 8,800 cases of deadly “black fungus” in a growing epidemic of the disease. The normally rare infection, called mucormycosis, has a mortality rate of 50%, with some only saved by removing...