United Nations, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is concerned about the clashes between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh and asked the two nations to exercise restraint, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

Guterres's Associate Spokesperson Eri Kaneko said: "We are concern

Washington, The global number of COVID-19 cases has increased to over 8.1 million mark, while the death toll surged to over 441,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Wednesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 8,155,266, while the fatalities increased to 441,505, the University's Cent

Islamabad, The budget for the next fiscal year 2020-21, will be presented in the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah presided over a cabinet session at the CM House to review the budget recommendations.

In the meeting, the cabinet gave approval for raising the salaries o

Colombo, Sri Lanka's Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) is planning to launch a long-awaited multi-million-dollar global tourism promotion campaign in January 2021 if tourism does not bounce back to the pre-COVID level in two years, local media reported on Wednesday.

Currently, the final terms of references

Dhaka, Novel coronavirus cases in Bangladesh inched towards the 100,000-mark with over 4,000 more persons testing positive for the infection on Wednesday, the biggest single-day spike since the virus was first reported on March 8 in the country, health officials said.

Professor Nasima Sultana, a senior Health Mini

Moscow, The US attempts to force Iran nuclear deal participants to renounce their obligations and to punish Tehran by illegitimate initiatives, including the arms embargo, have no prospects from the point of view of international law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.

"We will use all the o

Washington, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on policing amid calls for action against police brutality and racism.

It comes three weeks after the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which has triggered nationwide demonstrat

Dubai, Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, UAE has taken the lead to repatriate Indians stranded in the country through chartered flights.

Several companies and community groups have chartered repatriation flights with the UAE airlines, with some of them operating the first international flights to some destinations

New York, One in five adults in the US have experienced change -- mostly a decrease -- in their sexual behaviour during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers said.

The study examined changes in solo and partnered sexual behaviours from about mid-March to mid-April in an effort to learn more about

Dhaka, The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Wednesday forecast that 'heavy' to 'very heavy' rainfall may lash the country's three divisions -- Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet in the next 24 hours.

"Heavy (44-88 mm/day) to very heavy (89 mm/day) rainfall is likely to occur at s