International Desk : : Sri Lanka's president left the Maldives Thursday aboard a Saudia airline plane bound for Singapore, an airport official told AFP, a day after he escaped to the atoll nation. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife Ioma and their two bodyguards were escorted to the...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : UK Northern Secretary Brandon Lewis on Thursday announced his resignation, telling Prime Minister Boris Johnson that his scandal-hit government was "past the point of no return". "I cannot sacrifice my personal integrity to defend things as t...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : Two more ministers resigned from the UK government on Wednesday, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson following the departure of his health and finance ministers. Will Quince, minister for children and families, said he had "no choic...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : :  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday Moscow's military action in Ukraine was not responsible for the global food crisis, instead blaming the West for preventing the export of Russian grain.     "The food market is unbalance...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance has fallen short of an absolute majority in the second round of France's parliamentary election, according to preliminary official results. Provisional results showed that Macron's Ensemble (T...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : Ukraine said Monday it had lost control of a village adjacent to the eastern industrial city of Severodonetsk, the centre of weeks of fierce fighting with invading Russian troops. "Unfortunately, we do not control Metyolkine anymore. And the enemy cont...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : Ukraine tried to push back Russian troops in the east and south on Friday as France offered to help ensure access to the port of Odessa and ease a global grain crisis.  The United Nations and Western countries meanwhile raised fresh concerns over death se...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : Ukrainian soldiers in Severodonetsk are fighting "one of the most difficult" battles against Russian troops since the start of the war, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding the fate of the whole Donbas region rests in the eastern city. Moscow...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : At least 10 people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday as a train derailed near Tabas in central Iran on the line between Mashhad and Yazd, state media reported. "Ten people were killed and a number of others were injured in the inciden...বিস্তারিত