Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel kann ersten Wahlprognosen zufolge künftig höchstwahrscheinlich mit einer schwarz-gelben Koalition regieren.

Sheikh Hasina, the winner of Bangladesh's parliamentary election last month, was sworn in as the South Asian country's prime minister on Tuesday.

Bangladesh's victorious former premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed urged her bitterest rival Wednesday to accept the result of "free and fair" general elections this week which handed Hasina a lands

Bangladeshi voters have handed the alliance led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a landslide victory in results announced.

Many voters in the capital are still waiting in line as polls closed at 4 p.m. (1000 GMT) in Bangladesh's first election in seven years.

Tens of millions of Bangladeshis streamed to the polls on Monday for an election that returns the country to democracy.

Polls opened in Bangladesh Monday in the first elections since 2001, an official said.

Before turning off his ventilator with his teeth as he is dying from a lethal mix of sedatives, the almost completely paralysed assisted suicide ...

A man guilty of trying to bomb German passenger trains was sentenced to life in prison. Investigators said the botched bombing could have ended in a bloodbath.

Recently-divorced US pop icon Madonna is claiming more than 5 million pounds (7.3 million dollars) damages from a British newspaper for the publication of photographs of her wedding.

Indian commandos battled to regain control of buildings and hotels in the commercial capital of Mumbai on Thursday after attacks by armed militants

On a misty mountaintop on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists for the first time in more than eight decades have observed a living pygmy tarsier.

In the cut-throat Indian film industry, all roads to fame and fortune lead to Mumbai, prompting thousands of would-be movie stars to leave their small towns and villages in search of success.

He was born from misfortune, formed in a creative flash by Walt Disney who had just been dispossessed of his previous cartoon character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, in a trademark dispute.

The UN's climate-change watchdog issued figures here Monday that reflected poor headway by industrialized countries towards curbing dangerous carbon pollution.

In an exclusive interview to Deutsche Welle (German international radio) the BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expressed the view that the present caretaker government is not popular at all.

Europe is bracing for an increase in illegal immigration as the financial crisis continues. As unemployment rises, some countries look to restrict visas ...

Former political prisoner swept to victory in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election, vowing on Wednesday there would be no witch hunt after unseating Asia's longest-serving leader.

Even as the German government considers tax incentives and other bailouts for the ailing car industry, auto experts warn that the hard times will be felt far beyond manufacturers' assembly lines.

Democrat Barack Obama has a steady 5-point national lead over Republican John McCain ...

Grameen Health announced today that it will establish independent partnerships with Pfizer Inc. to create sustainable models for healthcare delivery in the developing world.

The backbreaking job of pedalling a rickshaw in Bangladesh could soon be history with a local company saying it has come up with battery-powered, rechargeable cycles.

A baby was born on Friday from a frozen embryo implanted in the mother's womb, a first in Bangladesh. Opshora, the baby girl, was born by caesarean after being in the mother's womb for 37 weeks.

While most men his age in this conservative Muslim country are obsessed with cricket, the 25-year-old is more likely to be found surfing the waves on one of the world's longest beaches.

More than 6,000 babies had fallen ill and three died after drinking milk powder contaminated with a toxic chemical...

Bangladesh cricket chiefs said on Wednesday that 13 players who opted to compete in the unauthorized Indian Twenty20 league will be banned for 10 years.

জ্বালানী সংরক্ষণ ও জলবায়ু রক্ষায় একটি প্যাকেজ প্রস্তাবের দ্বিতীয় পর্যায় বুধবার অনুমোদন করেছে জার্মানির মন্ত্রীসভা৷ এতে আগামী সময়গুলোতে জ্বালানী ব্যবহারে আরও নিয়ম কানুন আরোপের কথা বলা হয়েছে৷

১২ই জুন একদল বাংলাদেশী চার্চ বিশপ পোপ ষোড়ষ বেনেডিক্ট এর সঙ্গে সাক্ষাত করেছেন৷ পোপ ষোড়ষ বেনেডিক্ট বাংলাদেশী চার্চ বিশপদের উদ্দেশ্যে বলেন, নিজস্ব চারিত্রিক সরলতা আর পবিত্রতা হচ্ছে বিশপদের অন্যতম গুণ৷