Only 1.9 per cent of parliamentarians across the world are below 30 years of age as youths are less interested in politics due to the dirty image of politicians they portrayed before the young generation, says a recent study of the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU), reports UNB. The newly-elected President…

A suspected chemical attack killed at least 58 civilians including several children in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Tuesday, a monitor said, with…

The US government plans to stop funding the United Nations Population Fund because of the organization’s “coercive” family planning practices, including providing abortions, officials in Washington said late Monday, reports AFP from Washington. According to a State Department official,…

Relatives of militants, killed during law enforcers’ operations in Barahaat and Nasirpur hideouts, have refused to take the bodies for burial. Mother of Ashraful Alam Nazim, one of the three suspected militants who died in a suicide blast at terror hideout at Barahaat, said she will not take his…

Renowned Indian classical vocalist Kishori Amonkar passed away in Mumbai yesterday after a brief illness at the age of 84, reports Times of India. She…

Abahani Limited suffered a 3-1 defeat against Mohun Bagan of Kolkata in the AFC Cup match at the Rabindra Sorobar Stadium in Kolkata yesterday (Tuesday). Despite having taken an early lead inside 20 minutes, Abahani failed to capitalise on the advantage and conceded three goals to suffer its successive…