A Tamil Nadu athlete, who was stripped of all her sporting medals including a silver medal won at the 2006 Doha Asian Games for track events after failing a gender test, got a government job last week.

A tale of murder and class warfare in the Scottish Highlands by a little-known novelist is one of the favourites to win this year’s Booker Prize for literature tomorrow.

A boy digs sand on a dirty beach while playing in Colombo yesterday.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has said the decision about new runways in London airports will be made tomorrow.

Sheikh Hasina was re-elected president of the ruling Awami League unopposed for the eighth consecutive time, while Obaidul Quader was named general secretary for the first time.

After Brandon Tan, 25, quit his job at an insurance company last October, he started uploading clips to YouTube of himself playing video games on multiple devices at the same time.

Bangladesh and Canada will further discuss ways for extradition of Noor Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in Ottawa this week.

Muslim residents and rights activists say a military operation in northwestern Myanmar has killed more people than official reports have acknowledged, as a fresh bout of ethnic unrest threatens to undermine the country’s fledgling peace process.

An impeachment motion was tabled in Nepalese parliament yesterday against the suspended chief of the Commission of Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Lokman Karki. The discussion on the motion is expected to start tomorrow.

Senegal on Saturday put into service one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest solar energy projects as it pushes to become a regional player in renewables on a continent where the majority remain off-grid.

Ten more birds died yesterday due to avian influenza in the Deer Park here, prompting Delhi Animal Husbandry Minister Gopal Rai to order an anti-virus drive.

In dramatic tit-for-tat in Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party yesterday, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav ousted uncle Shivpal Yadav, ...