Three islands in Andaman and Nicobar will be given new names by the government this Sunday, the latest in the list of places being renamed across the country. Ross Island, Neil Island and Havelock Island will be renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep and Swaraj Dweep respectively.…

Bangladesh will be able to import power from the neighbouring countries via India as the Indian government has approved the 'Guidelines for Import/Export (Cross Border) of Electricity- 2018' which was published on December 18. According to section 3.1 of the guideline of 'Cross-border Trade…

Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad) candidates have urged the Election Commission (EC) to ensure a level playing field, whereas the JP secretary general  claimed that a level playing field is already prevailing. JP candidate SM Fakhar-uz-Zaman Jahangir of the Rangpur-5 (Mithapukur) constituency gave a 24-hour…

An hour-long gun and bomb attack on a Kabul government compound killed at least 43 people, officials said yesterday, making it one of the deadliest assaults on the Afghan capital this year. No militant group has claimed responsibility for the raid, which caps a bloody year for Afghanistan as long-suffering…