Suzana Rahman President Vladimir Putin and eight individuals have been officially confirmed to run for Russia’s March 18 presidential elections, the Central Election Commission said Thursday. The names of the eight candidates will be arranged in alphabetical order on the ballots, it said. For registering as an independent presidential candidate, an aspiring contestant had to collect…
Suzana Rahman Air strikes to stop in Syria and the opening of humanitarian corridors, was called for by French Defence Minister Florence Parly as it was unacceptable that civilians were being targeted on Friday. Parly highlighted the fighting in rebel-held areas of Idlib province and eastern Damascus, where waves of Syrian government and Russian strikes have…
Sofian Khan Turkish warplanes have hit Kurdish YPG militia targets at Afrin region in Syria, informed the army on Friday, and a monitoring group reported that seven fighters and two civilians were killed in strikes.The overnight struck after a lull in Turkish airstrikes after the shooting down of a Russian warplane elsewhere in Syria last weekend.The…
Abrar Hussain The death toll for the four-day assault on the rebel enclave on the outskirts of Damascus soared past 220 as Syrian regime jets bombed Eastern Ghouta on Thursday..Violence also flared up in the east of Syria, where the US-led coalition claimed it killed at least 100 pro-regime fighters in order to defend its…
Abrar Hussain Resea-rchers have revealed that human eggs can be developed in the lab from their earliest stages to maturity, giving hope to women at risk of premature fertility loss.While such an accomplishment has previously been achieved for mouse eggs, the process has proved tricky in humans. Experts say the latest development could not only…
Sofian Khan Following his groundbreaking six months visit to Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Singh Modi left on a three-nation tour yesterday that will take him to Palestine on a short, but hugely symbolic visit before traveling to United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman. He will wrap up the tour on Monday. “This will be the…
Abrar Hussain Egypt began a major assault against militants yesterday on the Sinai peninsula, where Islamic State attacks have killed soldiers, police and civilians. Egypt seeks to crush the militant insurgency by the end of the February deadline set by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. After an attack on a mosque which killed some 300 people, the…
Abrar Hussain A Turkish Justice and Development (AK) Party spokesman confirmed yesterday that 400 Daesh prisoners had been released in northern Syria to fight Turkey. “It is confirmed that 400 Daesh prisoners in Raqqa, Afrin and Deir ez-Zour were released on the condition that they will fight against Turkey,” Mahir Unal said at a news…
Sofian Khan Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday said the government had no role in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, that has been settled in a makeshift court convicting BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and three others. “The case was filed during the last caretaker government’s regime. There was no…
Sayeed Muhammad After a devastating show with the bat, Tigers fought back in the thirds session of Day-2 in the second and last Test against Sri Lanka at Dhaka. The visitors managed to score 200 runs losing 8 wickets, posting a 312-run lead on a wicket at Shere Bangla National Stadium, of Mirpur, looks to…