Kanya thought she was starting a new life in Australia after arriving from India to marry her husband, but it quickly turned into a nightmare. She was barred from going out on her own, forced to cook and clean for...
The war diaries of British poet Siegfried Sassoon have been published online for the first time, revealing early drafts and unpublished material caked with mud from the trenches. Due to the delicate state of the notebooks and journals, the 4,100-page...
Argentina blamed the United States on Thursday for the legal battle that forced it to miss a debt payment and, despite ratings agencies' declarations to the contrary, denied being in default. Ratings agency Fitch declared Argentina in ‘restrictive default’ Thursday...
Three people, including a minor girl, were killed in separate incidents in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur district on Thursday. Sources said a minor girl drowned in a pond while taking bath at her grandfather’s house at Tarakandi village in the...
Gold prices witnessed a modest rebound of Rs 45 to Rs 28,245 after declining for two days at the bullion market in New Delhi on Thursday following renewed buying from jewellery stockists and retail consumers to meet festive season demand....
Three people, including a minor girl, were killed in separate incidents in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur district on Thursday. Sources said a minor girl drowned in a pond while taking bath at her grandfather’s house at Tarakandi village in the...
The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ordered Russia to pay former shareholders in defunct oil giant Yukos almost 1.9 billion euros ($2.5 billion), the largest-ever award by the court. The ruling comes just days after an international arbitration...
India's massive 266-run Test defeat to England drew widespread condemnation on Friday with former captain Sunil Gavasker accusing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team of ‘abject surrender’ in Southampton. ‘To lose this Test even before lunch on the final day showed zero...
A minor boy has been killed in a road accident near Nayatola at Moghbazar in Dhaka. Police said the accident had taken place in Hatirjheel area on Thursday evening. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Saqib, 9, son of late...
Results on Thursday from the fourth day of the $1.9 million (1.4m euros) Washington Open (x denotes seed): Men 3rd rd Kevin Anderson (RSA x7) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN) 6-3, 6-4 Steve Johnson (USA) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO x9) 3-6,...
Myanmar's army has freed 91 children and young people from its armed forces, the United Nations said on Friday, in the country's latest move towards ending the use of child soldiers. The reformist government of the formerly junta-run nation committed...
Rescuers pulled 12 more bodies from an Indonesian river Friday, bringing the death toll in two boat sinkings to 36, as millions travel across the country for the Eid holiday season. Most Indonesians in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation spend...
Lebanon's labour ministry said Friday it has suspended the issuance of work permits to residents of several African countries hit by an outbreak of the Ebola virus. In a statement carried by Lebanon's National News Agency, the ministry said that...
Cleaners were busy Friday sprucing up a famed Hindu temple complex in Nepal's capital ahead of a visit to the Himalayan nation by India’s premier aimed at countering Chinese influence by expanding bilateral ties. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set...
A massive blast at an explosives factory in central India killed five workers early Friday, police said. The powerful explosion completely destroyed the factory, which supplied detonators and other explosives to mines in the mineral-rich state of Chhattisgarh. ‘The explosion...
The struggling eurozone's policies have not delivered economic rewards and there is a real risk of deflation, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday. ‘The economic policies of the eurozone are not efficient,’ Valls said, adding that they ‘sadly...
The Israeli army aid two soldiers were killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip Friday and named a third man feared captured as a Second Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, 23. Earlier an army spokesman said a 72-hour truce that was to...
World silence on Israel 'war crimes' is 'inexcusable:' Saudi king
Three people were killed and hundreds injured as panic gripped areas of the Algerian capital when an earthquake of 5.6 magnitudes struck offshore early Friday, an emergency official said. The crisis team member said two people had died after jumping...
A joint Palestinian delegation, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, is to travel to Cairo on Saturday for ceasefire talks despite the renewed fighting in Gaza, president Mahmud Abbas's office announced. ‘Abbas has formed the delegation, which will head Saturday for...
South Korea's inflation rate came in at 1.6 per cent in July, as stable food costs kept price rises well below the government's target range, government data showed Friday. The increase in the consumer price index was slightly down on...
Average unemployment rate among adults and young people in selected EU countries in June 2014 (90 x 113 mm), according to AFP.
Life expectancy in AIDS-hit South Africa has shot up sharply over the past decade, thanks to life prolonging anti-retroviral (ARVs) treatment, latest estimates from the country's statistics agency showed. South Africans are on average living up to 61.2 years compared...
An Awami League activist was killed and 15 others were injured in a clash between two factions of the ruling party at Lepshia Bazar of Khaliajuri upazila in Netrakona on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Habibur Rahman, 28,...
Three people have been injured critically when their car was hit by a train on the railway track at the Malibagh rail crossing in the city. Dhaka Railway Police Station OC Abdul Majid said the accident took place around 5pm...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.35 per cent on Thursday morning, boosted by robust US growth data and the yen’s fall to its lowest level in nearly four months against the dollar. The Nikkei 225 index was up 55.00 points at 15,701.23,...
Hong Kong stocks were 0.30 per cent higher at open on Thursday morning, an eighth-straight gain, as dealers welcomed data showing the US economy grew much more than expected in the second quarter of the year. The benchmark Hang Seng...
Chinese shares were flat in morning trade on Thursday as investors awaited fresh cues for direction, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged down 0.08 per cent, or 1.67 points, to 2,179.57. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks...
Three people have been killed and at least six others injured in two separate road accidents in Sirajganj district. The dead are 'Ujjal', 20, his brother-in-law 'Shahin', 30, and Siddique Hossain, 25. A bus and an auto-rickshaw collided head-on near...
Two motorcyclists were killed on the spot and two others injured in a road accident in South Keraniganj in the outskirts of Dhaka city on Wednesday afternoon. Md Jamal Uddin Mir, officer-in-charge of South Keraniganj police station said quoting local...
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