DHAKA: Iran and world powers began on Tuesday a third round of nuclear talks aimed at reaching a final agreement by late July.A US official said, reports The Straits Times.Iran and the five UN Security Council permanent members plus Germany want to make enough progress in this round to

DHAKA: The Election Commission is likely to take action if West Bengal government does not comply with its order to transfer officials.Times Now has reported quoting EC sources, says The Times of India.The commission may even cancel polls in the concerned districts if the Mamata

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama has said that Americans are facing competition from India and China and exuded confidence that young Americans can match or exceed anything that they do.‘You guys are all coming up in an age where you`re not going to be able to compete with people across

DHAKA: The United States has voiced "great concern" about heightened tension in eastern Ukraine after pro-Russia demonstrators seized government buildings in three cities.US Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call that any Russian efforts at

DHAKA: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), widely tipped to form the next government, Monday released its election manifesto in which it said the party will encourage foreign direct investment but appeared to close the door to global retailers eyeing the country.This comes 10 days after the

DHAKA: An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld three-year prison sentences for three prominent activists charged with violating a controversial law restricting protests.The three, including the founder of the April 6 movement Ahmed Maher, rose to prominence in the 2011 uprising that

DHAKA: India’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised growth and development with a plan to build 100 new cities and allow foreign investment in various sectors including defense in its manifesto released on the first day of polling on Monday.The manifesto, a governance

DHAKA: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said on Monday that the world body was still wracked by shame over its failure to act against the genocide in Rwanda 20 years ago.‘Many United Nations personnel and others showed remarkable bravery. But we could have done much more,’

DHAKA: Pro-Russian activists who seized the main administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have proclaimed the creation of a sovereign ‘people’s republic’ independent of Kiev rule.A spokesman for the protesters who came from the occupied building announced the

DHAKA: A Pakistani court hearing the murder case of a slain Baluch nationalist leader on Monday ordered embattled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to appear in person on April 21 or face arrest.Musharraf, who was last week indicted by a special court for treason, has been on bail in

DHAKA: Ukraine’s embattled prime minister on Monday accused Russia of trying to ‘dismember’ his country by plotting seizures of government buildings in eastern regions that are seeking to break away from Kiev.Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s latest volley against Ukraine’s

DHAKA: The Indian police have lodged a criminal case against three Israeli diplomats for allegedly abusing and injuring an airport immigration official, despite them enjoying diplomatic immunity.An Indian officer said Monday, reports The Straits Times.A scuffle broke out late on Saturday

DHAKA: The French ambassador to Rwanda said on Monday he has been barred from attending events marking the 20th anniversary of the genocide, amid a major diplomatic row surrounding France’s controversial role in the events of 1994.‘Yesterday night the Rwandan foreign ministry

DHAKA: The Communist Party won a surprise victory against president Vladimir Putin’s ruling party in a mayoral race in Russia’s third largest city of Novosibirsk.Election officials said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.Communist lawmaker Anatoly Lokot won 43.75 percent of the vote

DHAKA: Britain’s baby Prince George arrived in New Zealand with parents Prince William and Catherine on Monday for the eight-month-old’s first ever official tour.Strong winds, rain and poor visibility greeted the royals in Wellington at the start of a three-week tour of New Zealand

DHAKA: An Australian vessel searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has detected signals consistent with those from aircraft black boxes.Australian defence vessel Ocean Shield acquired the signal twice, once for more than two hours, Australia said.Air Chief Marshal Angus

DHAKA: Rebels in Libya have agreed to re-open two of the four oil terminals they have blockaded since July, according to the country`s official news agency, LANA.The deal between the government and rebels over the Zueitina and Hariga oil ports was announced on Sunday.Both sides have set a

DHAKA: Pro-Russian protesters have stormed government buildings in three eastern Ukrainian cities.In Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv they clashed with police, hung Russian flags from the buildings and called for a referendum on independence, reports the BBC.Ukraine`s acting president called

DHAKA: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 flew around Indonesian airspace apparently to avoid detection after vanishing from radar screens on March 8, a media report said Sunday, suggesting the possibility of a more sinister reason behind the jet`s disappearance.Malaysian authorities, citing

DHAKA: India`s general election, to elect 543 members to the 16th Lok Sabha, kicks off today, with balloting starting from two states in the northeast - Assam and Tripura.The nine-phase voting, that will be done in 930,000 polling stations across the country with a staggering 814 million