A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to an army recruitment centre in north Iraq Wednesday, killing six would-be soldiers, the latest in a year-long surge of nationwide bloodshed. The morning attack at the recruitment centre in Riyadh,...
At least six people died and 18 others were injured Wednesday when a suspected World War II bomb exploded at a scrap metal warehouse in Bangkok as workers tried to cut it open, officials said. The shell was found at...
The High Court has granted bail to BNP leaders Mirza Abbas and Abdus Salam, who are now in jail, for six months. A bench of Justices Borhanuddin and KM Kamrul Kader issued the order on Wednesday following two separate bail...
Indonesia warned Wednesday that it could be hit by a small tsunami generated by an 8.2-magnitude earthquake that struck off Chile's Pacific coast and warned people to stay away from beaches. A tsunami up to half a metre (1.6 feet)...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the people to help create scope for flourishing talents of the autistic children and be sympathetic to them as all have duties and responsibilities to such disadvantaged children alongside their parents and the...
Japan's biggest organised crime syndicate has launched its own website, complete with a corporate song and a strong anti-drugs message, as the yakuza looks to turn around its outdated image and falling membership. The clunky-sounding "Banish Drugs and Purify the...
Tests to recruit assistant teachers for primary schools in 17 districts will take place on April 18, the Primary and Mass Education Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The ministry on March 19 postponed the test scheduled for March...
The Kremlin confirmed Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has finalised the divorce from his wife of 30 years Lyudmila following the couple's sudden split last summer. Putin's official biography, which described him as recently as March 27 as "Married....
The newly renovated ancient Buddhist temple near Kuakata ‘Misripara Seema Budda Bihar’ was inaugurated on Wednesday, which has the largest Buddha statue in Bangladesh well-protected against rain and storms. The temple of the Buddhist Rakhine community is a major tourist...
Thailand's Constitutional Court agreed Wednesday to consider a petition to remove Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office for transferring a top security official -- the latest in a volley of legal challenges by her opponents. The case was filed by...
The billionaire chairman of South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics has been ordered to appear before an Indian court next month in a long-running $1.4-million payment dispute. At a sitting in New Delhi on Tuesday, the Supreme Court said Lee...
Malaysia's top police official warned Wednesday that authorities may never learn what caused the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370, as he indicated a three-week-old criminal investigation has so far been inconclusive. "Give us more time," Inspector General of Police Khalid...
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants launched a rocket and car bomb attack on an army headquarters in Yemen's main southern city of Aden that left six people dead Wednesday, a security official said. The assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades at the headquarters in...
The communications ministry and the auto-rickshaw owners have agreed not to raise the fare for the time being. "No hike in auto-rickshaw fares for now. The existing rate will remain in force," minister Obaidul Quader said Wednesday after a meeting...
Nato foreign ministers have agreed to suspend all practical civilian and military co-operation with Russia. Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region was the gravest threat to European security for a generation. There could be...
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Stocks ended higher for the third running session Wednesday with turnover reaching Tk 5.0 billion-mark after 15-trading session as investors took position amid optimism. The market opened with a positive trend and the upward trend continued till the market closure....
Government health advices have been issued amid warnings pollution spreading across England will again hit high levels later. Defra issued the warnings after high pollution levels were recorded. The pollution - a mix of local and European emissions and dust...
German automaker BMW will recall more than 232,000 vehicles in China due to an engine part defect that could pose a safety hazard, China's quality watchdog said Wednesday. A total of 232,098 cars, including both imported ones and those manufactured...
The email addresses of LinkedIn users can easily be exposed via a web browser add-on tool, it has been revealed. Sell Hack is available as a free extension to the Chrome browser that, once installed, will pop up a "hack...
An Egyptian police general was killed and an assistant interior minister wounded in twin bombings targeting security posts near Cairo University on Wednesday, police said. The attack was the latest by militants targeting security forces following Islamist president Mohamed Morsi's...
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of 2014 will begin across the country on Thursday. This year a total of 11,41,374 students under 10 educational boards, including one madrassah and one technical board, will sit for the examinations...
The consular section of the US Embassy in Dhaka on Wednesday announced an interview waiver programme for qualified Bangladeshi nonimmigrant visa applicants. This programme permits consular officers to waive interviews for certain qualified nonimmigrant visa applicants who are renewing their...
FIFA on Wednesday imposed a 14-month transfer ban on Spanish giants Barcelona for a "serious" breach of rules in the signing of 10 under-age players. The Catalan club cannot buy or sell players until the summer of 2015 after the...
West Indian captain Darren Sammy was confident Wednesday that his side can achieve what no other team has done in the history of the World Twenty20 -- defend the title. Famous for playing a cavalier brand of cricket, the West...
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the interior ministry in central Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least six police officers just three days before the presidential election, officials said. Afghanistan is on high alert after Taliban...
A small snake that slithered its way onto a Swiss passenger train caused chaos Wednesday, prompting the evacuation of all 450 passengers as police hunted for the reptile. Passengers boarding an early morning train from Bern to the northern city...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has invested $20.2 million in Regent Energy & Power Limited to help develop an independent thermal power project at Ghorashal in Narsingdi. The project will sell all the output to the Bangladesh...
Four pedestrians were run over by a bus near the Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Wednesday morning. Three of them died on the spot. In another accident, a short while later, an unidentified woman was hit by a pickup...
World Bank (WB) Vice President (VP) for the South Asia region Philippe Le Houérou on Tuesday emphasised the World Bank’s strong support for the people of Bangladesh and said he is optimistic about the country’s prospects for ending poverty and...
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