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Dhaka: In an apparent bid to ease the subsidy burden, the Bangladeshi government has again raised the prices of power at both the wholesale and retail levels.The new rates will come into effect from Feb. 1, 2023, according to...

Kabul: Four persons were killed and 18 others injured after the roof of their house collapsed in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said Tuesday.The incident took place late on Monday in the mountainous Qoriq...

London:Britain's top cops admitted Tuesday that police failures were the main cause of the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 when 97 Liverpool FC fans were killed.In a landmark joint statement, leaders of the College of Policing and the National Police...

Sao Paulo:At least seven people were killed and another 22 injured on Tuesday when a tour bus heading for Iguazu Falls overturned in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, police said.According to Parana's Federal Highway Police, the bus carrying...

Islamabad: Police in Pakistan's Punjab province foiled a terrorist attack in the Mianwali district on Tuesday night, officials said.The terrorists launched an attack on a police station with sophisticated weapons and tried to enter the building by taking advantage...

Washington DC: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his US counterpart Jake Sullivan on Wednesday formally launched US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) and reviewed defence cooperation and regional security among other issues.NSA Ajit Doval also held...

Canberra:A team from Australia's national science agency has used artificial intelligence to make a breakthrough in Alzheimer's disease research.The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) said on Wednesday that, in partnership with the Queensland University of Technology, it...

Washington:U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he won't approve sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine."No," Biden said in response to a question about the possibility of such a decision.As he spoke, Biden arrived back at the White...

Abuja: Nigerian health authorities on Monday said the most populous African country is at a very high risk of increased transmission of the viral hemorrhagic fever.The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said in a statement that it has...

Islamabad: Pakistani armed forces killed four terrorists while another surrendered in two intelligence-based operations in Swabi and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday.As per Swabi District Police Officer Najamul Hassan, two of the terrorists blew themselves...