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Muslims around the country were celebrating Eid-ul- Azha on Saturday, with prayers and ritual sacrifice. Peace descended on capital Dhaka for a time as huge numbers of residents left the city for the holidays leaving the rare treat, for those...

Mahato was picked up from his house in Jitusole village, about 11 kms from Jhargram, by a group of suspected Maoists numbering about 20 around 10 pm last night. Suspected Maoists killed two policemen by triggering a landmine blast yesterday...

The South Korean government is considering sending troops to Afghanistan to serve as a security force for reconstruction workers. Officials said the number of civilian workers would probably increase to 120 and that 350 soldiers would be sent, Yonhap News...

Last updated on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 9:04PM EST T he Afghan-Canadian governor of volatile Kandahar province dismissed a bomber's assassination attempt against him as “nothing” yesterday as he celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha with relatives and local...

Bomb explodes in Afghan capital, no injuries A bomb exploded in a trash can in the centre of the Afghan capital on Saturday causing little damage and no injuries, the Interior Ministry said.   Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary described...

Sri Lanka’s Election Commission on Friday announced that the Presidential elections will be held on 26 January 2010. Nominations will be accepted from 9.00 a.m to 11.00 a.m on December 17, Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake announced yesterday.

D.C. — The divorce rate in the armed forces increased slightly again in the past year as military marriages continued to bear the stress of the nation’s ninth year at war. In the 2009 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30,...

Senior leader of Mamoond Quami Lashkar Malik Shah Pur was killed while three of his colleagues suffered injuries when a planted remote controlled devise went off with a big bang at Badaan area of Warr Mamood on Friday. The remote...

S President Asif Zardari faces being engulfed in a corruption scandal that threatens to distract the country from its battle with the Taliban. Mr Zardari and members of his fragile pro-Western Government will be hit by a string of criminal...