International Desk : : AFP, Beijing The birth rate in China plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed Monday, as analysts warn that faster-than-expected ageing could deepen economic growth concerns. Beijing has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : Photo: AFP The International Institute of Naming Covid-22 Strains (IINCS) yesterday succumbed to pressure from the pro-Covid lobby and named the newest variant after tennis legend Novak Djokovic.   The highly polarising pro-Covid lobby has been in exi...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : REUTERS, LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire on Tuesday after it emerged his private secretary had invited over 100 people to a "bring your own booze" party in the garden of Downing Street during the first coronavirus lockdo...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : AFP, Kuala Lumpur Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to hospital yesterday, the medical facility said, weeks after he was discharged following a check-up.  The National Heart Institute said the 96-year-old was admitted f...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that sexual offences have risen sharply in the country. "There are two sorts of crime in society, one is corruption and the other is sex crime," he said during a programme, according to Dawn. &quo...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : The Indian government has asked cyber security and police in Delhi and Mumbai to investigate complaints that a website had hosted doctored and "lewd" pictures and objectionable comments "aimed at insulting Muslim women". Photos of hundre...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : REUTERS, New Delhi India's Reliance Industries Ltd said it plans to raise up to $5 billion in dollar-denominated debt and use proceeds primarily to refinance its existing borrowings. The Mukesh Ambani-owned oil-to-telecoms conglomerate said that the ...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : AP, Denver An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated in wind-fueled wildfires outside Denver, officials said Thursday evening. At least one first responder and six others were injured, ...বিস্তারিত

International Desk : : The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is to determine whether this is an effective way to deflect the course of an asteroid should one threaten the Earth in the future. In the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster "Armageddon," Bruce Willis and Ben Affle...বিস্তারিত