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Kolkata, Nov 16 (UNI) Remembering legendary Soumitra Chatterjee, Bangladesh based OTT platform Chorki is all set to premiere his unreleased film '72 Ghanta' on November 25. The official poster of the film is about to be unveiled. The…

Rohit Sharma is famously strong on the pull and the hook. He can be a compulsive player of the strokes, and that has at times caused his downfall, notably in Test cricket. Perhaps that is what Trent Boult was targeting when he stuck to a…

Dhaka, Nov 17 (UNI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she has shown a lot humanity towards Khaleda Zia and added that law would decide weather Khaleda would be allowed to go abroad for her treatment. She made the remarks at a…

United Nations, Nov 17 (UNI/Sputnik) The Islamic State-Khorasan terrorist group (IS-K, banned in Russia) is now expanding to nearly all Afghan provinces, with the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) being unable to stop it, UN…

BASIRHAT: Idols of Hindu gods being prepared for an upcoming festival were found vandalised in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday morning, triggering tension in the area, police said. The idols were being prepared for…

DUBAI: Major cricket event will return to Pakistan after more than two decades with the country set to host the 2025 Champions Trophy, an ICC flagship tournament. The ICC board on Tuesday awarded the hosting rights of the 2025 Champions…

BEIJING: Global wealth tripled over the last two decades, with China leading the way and overtaking the US for the top spot worldwide, Bloomberg reported. A report by McKinsey & Co. that examines the national balance sheets of ten…

MOSCOW: Russia said Tuesday that it will resume allowing air travel to Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Costa Rica and Mongolia starting Dec. 1. The government coronavirus task force said Russia will also lift the remaining restrictions on…

Colombo, Nov 16 (UNI/Xinhua) Sri Lankan government has endorsed the use of Molnupiravir, the first oral antiviral pill to treat patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, the country's health minister said Tuesday. Quoted in local media reports,…

Kabul, Nov 16 (UNI) Iranian Special Representative for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi on Tuesday held talks with top officials of the Islamic Emirate, including Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Acting Foreign Minister…

Beijing, Nov 16 (UNI/Sputnik) China and the United States must respect each other, cooperate, not only resolve their internal affairs, but also fulfill international obligations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday during a…

Paris, Nov 15 (UNI/Sputnik) French President Emmanuel Macron has made the blue color on the official French flag darker, French media reported. The president made the decision more than a year ago, on July 14, 2020, but the change went…

Kabul, Nov 15 (UNI) Islamic clerics from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Iran, Palestine, Iraq and Croatia have called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan. The participants, during a virtual conference on Sunday,…

Kabul, Nov 15 (UNI) Iran has been deporting thousands of Afghan refugees who poured into the country following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August. Human Rights Watch has protested Tehran’s move and urged the UN to intervene.…

United Nations, Nov 15 (UNI/Sputnik) Those responsible for the deaths of civilians as a result of the US airstrike in Syria must be punished, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, told Sputnik, commenting on a recent…

Moscow, Nov 15 (UNI/Sputnik) At least 19 people were killed by militants in an armed assault on the northwestern village of Tchabusiku in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) on Monday, Congolese media reported. It is unknown…

Washington, Nov 16 (UNI/Sputnik) NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the crew on the International Space Station (ISS) had to take emergency safety measures due to debris generated from an anti-satellite missile test allegedly conducted by…

Kabul, Nov 15 (UNI) Esmatullah Ergashev, special representative of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan, said his country will reconstruct the Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi international airport in Mazar-e-Sharif. Ergashev met with local…

New Delhi, Nov 15 (UNI) Fully vaccinated travellers from 99 countries, including the US, UK, UAE, Qatar, France and Germany, have been exempted from mandatory quarantine on arrival in India, according to an updated notification by the Union…

Spain, Serbia and Croatia are heading to next year’s World Cup. Sweden, Portugal and Russia are not yet, anyway. Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 90th-minute header left Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal stunned in a 2-1 win for Serbia in Lisbon, which…