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Dhaka:The ameer (chief) of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Shafiqur Rahman, has been arrested for his alleged involvement with the militant outfit, known as Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya.The chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police,...

Los Angeles: The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy.The achievement of fusion ignition was made by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).The DOE on Tuesday called it a "major scientific breakthrough" decades...

Kolkata: Apeejay Surrendra Group and Oxford Bookstores on Tuesday announced that the 14th edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) will be hosted in partnership with the Indian Museum on its grounds from January 12 to 15, 2023.After...

Doha: Brazil legend Ronaldo has lent his support to appoint a foreign manager following the team's elimination from the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.Friday's quarterfinal loss to Croatia on penalties marked the fifth consecutive time that Brazil has...

Kabul: The extremist militant group Islamic State (IS) has claimed a deadly attack on a hotel here.The IS said in a statement that two of its militants attacked a hotel and detonated two explosive devices hidden inside two bags...

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed three steps to "accelerate the coming of peace" to Ukraine, the presidential press service reported.In his address to the Group of Seven (G7) online summit on Monday, Zelensky said the first step entitled...

Nassau (Bahmas): Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been arrested in The Bahamas, the country's Attorney General has said.He is scheduled to appear in a magistrates court in the Caribbean country's capital, Nassau, BBC reported.Police...

Melbourne: Six people, including two police officers, have been shot dead after a suspected ambush at a remote Australian property.Police said they had been searching for a missing person in Wieambilla -- 270km (168 miles) west of Brisbane, Queensland...

Moscow: Twitter intends to increase the maximum allowed number of characters in posts from 280 to 4,000, US billionaire entrepreneur and newly minted Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Sunday.On November 6, Musk said that the social media platform...

Manila: Eight passengers, including a five-year-old girl, died in Rizal province of the Philippines after a flash flood swept a passenger jeepney, police said on Sunday.Patrolman Jason Benitez of the Tanay town police told Xinhua that the accident happened...