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Taijul five-for topples Sri Lanka, leaving Bangladesh trailing by 211

Dhaka, June 27 -- Taijul Islam has grabbed a five-wicket haul to tear through Sri Lanka's batting order, restricting them to 458 in the Colombo Test. Bangladesh's bowlers managed to restrict the host... Read More


Israeli Minister claims country's armed forces sought to kill Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

India, June 27 -- Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz has said his country's military sought to eliminate Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during the recent 12-day conflict between the tw... Read More


Mazagon Dock makes first international acquisition with controlling stake in Colombo Dockyard

New Delhi, June 27 -- Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) on Friday said it has decided to acquire a controlling stake in Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC), which is Sri Lanka's largest shipbuilding an... Read More


U.S. Consumer Prices Inch Up In Line With Expectations But Core Price Growth Exceeds Estimates

India, June 27 -- While the Commerce Department released a closely watched report on Friday showing consumer prices in the U.S. crept up in line with expectations in the month of May, the report also ... Read More


Economic Buzz: Japan unemployment rate stood at 2.5% in May

Mumbai, June 27 -- Japan's unemployment rate stood at 2.5% in May on a monthly seasonally adjusted basis, according to a report by the nation's Statistics Bureau, released on Friday. The figure came ... Read More


Indonesian govt, CSOs to develop tool to detect deepfakes

Yogyakarta, June 27 -- The Indonesian government is collaborating with civil society organizations (CSOs) to develop a tool to detect AI-generated deepfake content. Bonifasius Wahyu Pudjianto, head o... Read More


Pregnant woman among 2 run over and killed by truck in Gopalganj

Dhaka, June 27 -- Two pedestrians, including a pregnant woman, have ben run over and killed by a truck as they were crossing the road in Gopalganj. Two other people, including a child, were injured in... Read More


Nazara's Sportskeeda To Buy US Entertainment Portal 'Prime Timer'

India, June 27 -- Sportskeeda, the sports media arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of listed gaming platform Nazara Technologies' material subsidiary Absolute Sports, has signed an asset purchase agree... Read More


Economic Buzz: China leading index drops 0.3% in May

Mumbai, June 27 -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for China decreased by 0.3% in May 2025 to 148.9, after decreasing by 0.5% in April. As a result, the LEI declined by 1.2% over th... Read More


Brazil Jobless Rate Falls To 6.2%

India, June 27 -- Brazil's unemployment rate decreased in the three months ending in May, figures from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, showed on Friday. The jobless rate... Read More