Dhaka April 20, 2025, 5:03 am
Germany's largest mosque will for the first time broadcast the call to prayer on Friday after city authorities in Cologne gave the go-ahead for a pilot project, under strict limits
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to human rights champions Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Russia's Memorial group and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties for their work to document war crimes and rights abuses
Ernaux, 82, started out writing autobiographical novels, but quickly abandoned fiction in favor of memoirs
This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded in equal parts to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for developing way of “snapping molecules together”
This year’s Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science
The Nobel season continues this week with the announcement of the winners of the Physics Prize on Tuesday and the Chemistry Prize on Wednesday
The tragedy on Saturday night in the eastern city of Malang, which also left over 180 injured, was one of the world's deadliest sporting stadium disasters
Neither Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka have filed nominations for the election of Congress President post which is scheduled to be held on October 17
A delegation of parliamentarians from Southeast Asia and Europe urged officials at the United Nations, US State Department, and US Congress to support the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar in its struggle against the brutal m
US President Joe Biden warned in March that a direct confrontation between the NATO military alliance and Russia would mean World War III
Queen Elizabeth died on September 8 at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle, her beloved country estate in Scotland
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping looked to rally Asian leaders behind a new "international order" as they met Friday for a summit aimed at challenging Western influence
These discoveries in various locations in Saudi Arabia will contribute to the development of the national economy, with the influx of local and international investors to make investments in the thriving mining sector
Since the beginning of this year, China and Russia have maintained effective strategic communication
In an emotional tribute to his mother on Friday, the new monarch, King Charles, said she had begun a "last great journey" to join Prince Philip, her husband of 73 years who died last year
The gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) comprising China, Russia, four Central Asian countries -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan -- India and Pakistan is due to take place in Samarkand
The queen's body currently rests in an oak coffin covered with the royal standard of Scotland and with a wreath of flowers laid on top in the ballroom of Balmoral Castle
It’s the first time the ceremony has been held since 1952, when Queen Elizabeth II took the throne
In his speech, Charles echoed many of his mother’s sentiments, speaking of her legacy and of his commitment to continue it
He shook hands, accepted flowers and waved as people held up their phones to take selfies, while others offered some words of condolence, and calls of "We love you King Charles" were heard