Dhaka: Bangladesh and the IMF reached a preliminary agreement under which the global lender will provide a $4.5 billion support package to stabilise its economy and protect the vulnerable people.

Islamabad: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has signalled his readiness to mend ties with the United States after repeatedly accusing Washington of conspiring to remove him from power in April.

New York: An Indian national in the US faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if convicted in an $8 million Covid-19 relief fraud scheme, according to court documents. Abhishek Krishnan, 40, has been charged by a federal grand jury in...

Nusa Dua (Indonesia): President Joe Biden objected to China’s “coercive and increasingly aggressive actions” toward Taiwan during his first in-person meeting on Monday with President Xi Jinping, as the leaders of the two superpowers aimed to...

Authorities in the capital of the Maldives said that a major fire that started in the garage below a small apartment building housing foreign workers killed 10 people, nine of whom were Indians. The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF), which...

Washington: The Democratic Party has retained control of the US Senate, winning two close contests in Arizona and Nevada to go up 50-49, with one seat (Georgia) going into a runoff election in December because no candidate could hit the 50%...