DHAKA: An Afghan woman immortalized on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985 as a green-eyed 12-year-old has been arrested in Pakistan for possessing fake identity papers. Sharbat Gula could now face a fine and up to 14 years in jail, reports the BBC. Officials said she

DHAKA: The International Energy Agency says that the world's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has now overtaken coal. The IEA says in a new report that last year, renewables accounted for more than half of the increase in power capacity, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized Democrat runner Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy plan in Syria saying it would trigger World War Three. He said the US should focus on defeating the so-called Islamic State rather than convincing Syrian President Bashar

DHAKA: A 5.0 magnitude earthquake jolted neighbor country Myanmar on Wednesday morning (October 26). According to the initial report of US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck at 8:21 am (Bangladesh time). The epicenter of the quake was located at 83-km southeast of Mawlaik,

DHAKA: A war-torn state and a country ruled by an oppressive military junta for decades are home to the world's most generous people, research suggests. People in Iraq are the kindest to strangers, while Myanmar’s residents give the most away, according to the CAF World Giving

DHAKA: At least 12 people have been killed in an attack targeting non-Muslims in Mandera county near the Somalia border. Mohamed Saleh, Mandera’s regional commander, said on Tuesday (October 25) fighters from al-Shabab, the Somali armed group, were suspected of carrying out the

DHAKA: Major factions of Venezuela’s opposition coalition have denied joining government-proposed talks, just hours after the group’s head agreed to hold dialogue with President Nicolas Maduro following intervention by the Vatican. In a surprise move, Jesus Torrealba, the leader of

DHAKA: The death toll from a powerful explosion that destroyed buildings in the Chinese city of Yulin has risen to at least 10, with more than 150 people injured. There are reports of a large crater where a two-storey building once stood, and images show widespread damage, with rubble

DHAKA: Four people have been killed on a ride at the Dreamworld theme park on Australia's Gold Coast, police have confirmed. Media reports said the accident happened on the Thunder River Rapids ride. Queensland police had said they were attending a “critical incident” at the

At least 59 cadets were killed and 116 injured after terrorists stormed into a Police Training College in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday night. Talking to the media, Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said that the operation has been completed by security forces, reports

DHAKA: A powerful explosion has killed seven people and injured at least 94 in a town in the north-west of China’s Shaanxi province. The blast in Xinmin happened at around 14:00 local time (06:00 GMT), reports the BBC. Images and video posted to social media appear to show

DHAKA: Police in India say they have killed at least 24 Maoist rebels in the eastern state of Orissa. One police officer was killed and another injured in the gunfight that followed in a forest straddling the border between Orissa and Andhra Pradesh states. The region has seen a

DHAKA: Twenty-six Asian sailors, freed after being held hostage by Somali pirates for more than four years, arrived in Kenya’s Nairobi on Sunday (October 23). The sailors were released after a ransom was paid, and international mediators said it “represents the end of captivity for

DHAKA: The Donald Trump campaign has admitted the Republican lags behind Hillary Clinton with just over two weeks to go before Americans cast their votes.   “We are behind. She has some advantages,” said his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, who added: “We’re not giving

DHAKA: Thirteen people have been killed and more than 30 injured in southern California after a tour bus ran into the back of a lorry, media reports say. Most of the passengers are reported to be from Latin America. The crash happened on Interstate 10 close to the resort town of

DHAKA: The Afghan Taliban has uploaded a drone footage showing a suicide bomber driving into a police base and blowing it up in the southern Helmand province. The fighters say the footage proves that they can now deploy drones as an “addition to their sophisticated possessions of

DHAKA: Kurdish forces have carried out new attacks on positions of so-called Islamic State north-east of Mosul to retake the town of Bashiqa. Kurdish Peshmerga commanders said they made large advances into IS territory and secured part of a highway that will limit IS’s freedom of

DHAKA: Donald Trump, lagging behind Hillary Clinton in polls, has outlined what he would do in his first 100 days were he to become US president. With 17 days until the election, much of the recent focus has been on controversies linked to his campaign. But in a speech in

DHAKA: Opium production in Afghanistan has increased by 43% in the past year, United Nations officials have said. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said the area used to farm the poppy plant, the source of opium, increased by 10% to 201,000 hectares, reports the BBC. But

DHAKA: Parliament in Iraq has voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, with backers of the move arguing that its availability contradicts Islam and is unconstitutional. Opponents argue that the vote infringes constitutional guarantees of freedom of religious belief for