International

Kathmandu: Twelve people were killed and eight others injured Tuesday after a passenger bus fell into a river in central Nepal, police said. The incident occurred around 11 am when the bus enroute to Okhaldhunga from Kathmandu fell into the Tamakoshi River in Ramechhap municipality...

New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron will undertake a three-day visit to India beginning February 17, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Tuesday. Macron will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, besides attending the AI Impact summit. Both leaders will hold discussions...

New York/Washington: A US lawmaker has introduced a bill to end the H-1B visa program, saying corporations have repeatedly abused this system and imported cheaper foreign labour into America. US Representative Greg Steube, a Republican from Florida, introduced the 'Ending Exploitative Imported Labour Exemptions Act...

Dhaka:  As a disturbing pattern of violence against minorities continues to mount across Bangladesh, another Hindu man was hacked to death by miscreants inside his business establishment in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district, local media reported Tuesday. The deceased, identified as 62-year-old Sushen Chandra Sarkar,...

New York/Washington: In the coming weeks, the US and India will work toward finalising the interim agreement on trade with a view to concluding a mutually beneficial Bilateral Trade Agreement, the White House has said. The two countries will also continue negotiations to address remaining...

Dhaka: Bangladesh has secured a reduced 19 per cent tariff under a trade agreement with the United States that would exempt some textiles and garments manufactured with US materials, interim government chief Muhammad Yunus said. In an X post on Monday, he said Washington had...

Washington: Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her 5th Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating. Maxwell was to be questioned during a video call to the federal prison camp in...

Ottawa: A 37-year-old Indian-Canadian died after being shot by unidentified men in the parking lot of a busy shopping centre in Toronto, Canada, police said. In a statement Sunday, the Toronto Police Service identified the victim as Chandan Kumar Raja Nandakumar of Brampton. On Saturday,...

Beijing: China Monday said that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's massive victory in the midterm polls, a result widely seen as fuelled by public resentment over Beijing's strong opposition to her, reflects some deep-seated structural problems and shifting ideological currents. Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party won...

New York: A distinguished Indian-American maritime executive has been awarded for his leadership in the industry jointly by a UN agency and Bahrain's leading industry chamber. Chairman of maritime company Safesea Group Dr. SV Anchan, was honoured with the ACE Global Bridges 2026 Global Maritime...