United States President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have issued new threats of military action against Cuba.Rubio told reporters late on Thursday that Cuba has been a national security threat for years because of its ties to
The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded the public health risk of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from high to “very high” as the deadly outbreak continues to spread, reports Al Jazeera.WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi held another meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to review proposals aimed at ending the war between the US and Iran, Iranian media reported Friday.According to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, the meeting focused
No lawyer of the Dhaka Bar Association will stand for the accused in the case filed over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter in the capital's Pallabi area.The decision was taken unanimously at a virtual meeting of the
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has visited the family of slain child Ramisa at their residence in the city's Pallabi.The Prime Minister's motorcade arrived at the house at 9:52 PM on Thursday, reports BSS.He entered the residence and spoke with Ramisa's
The West Bengal government has made the singing of 'Vande Mataram' at assembly prayers compulsory in all madrassas with immediate effect, according to an official order.The order by the Directorate of Madrasah Education came nearly a week after the state's
BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said only laws or government initiatives are not enough to prevent incidents of rape, child abuse and killings, stressing the need for a
Mount Everest witnessed a record number of successful ascents in a single day as 274 climbers reached the summit on Wednesday, officials said Thursday.According to Rishi Ram Bhandari of the Expedition Operators Association Nepal, climbers took advantage of favorable weather
The Democratic Republic of Congo national football team have cancelled a planned pre-World Cup training camp at home after the country was hit by an Ebola outbreak, a team official told AFP Wednesday.The outbreak of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever
The United States on Wednesday indicted Cuba's former leader Raul Castro on murder charges, fueling speculation that President Donald Trump will try to topple the communist state.The charges against the former president -- who at 94 years old remains influential