DHAKA: Greek defense sources have reported the discovery of two large plastic objects in the sea 80km south of Crete, just hours after an EgyptAir jet traveling from Paris to Cairo went missing with 66 people on board. The Airbus A320 passenger jet was flying at 37,000ft when it

DHAKA: At least five protesters from a student-led pro-democracy party in Hong Kong have been arrested for trying to capture the convoy of a top Chinese official. The activists from Demosisto, including leader Joshua Wong, had attempted to reach the convoy of China’s number three

DHAKA: Macedonia's June election has been postponed after the constitutional court moved to stop electoral activities, amid strong pressure at home and abroad. Opposition parties have boycotted the election because of extended political confusion that has rocked the former Yugoslav

DHAKA: The first of the missing Nigerian schoolgirls to be rescued while her capture two years ago is to meet President Muhammadu Buhari. Amina Ali Nkeki (19) was found with a baby by an army-backed vigilante group on Tuesday in the huge Sambisa Forest, close to the border with

DHAKA: An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed into Mediterranean Sea on Thursday (May 19).  EgyptAir published a list of passengers on board, among them- 30 are Egyptian, 15 French, 2 Iraqis, and 1 each from UK, Canada, Belgium, Portugal,

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party is leading in elections in the north-eastern state of Assam for the first time. The BJP is ahead in 50 of the 126 seats, while the Congress is leading in 26 seats, the Election Commission said, BBC reports on Thursday (May 19).

DHAKA: A global survey suggested that a majority of people would accept refugees in their country, with many even ready to take them into their own home. The Refugees Index, research commissioned by Amnesty International, indicates that China, Germany and the UK are the most welcoming

DHAKA: EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar. Quoting the Egyptian airline officials, BBC reports the matter. It says there are 59 passengers and 10 crew members on board Flight MS804. The aircraft was flying at 37,000ft (11,300m) when it went

DHAKA: At least 200 families went missing after the massive landslides following days of rain in Sri Lanka. The Red Cross says more than 200 families are feared buried in the mudslides that beat three villages in central Kegalle district, BBC reports on Wednesday (May 18). At least

DHAKA: The US has lifted more of its economic sanctions on Myanmar to gesture its support for ongoing political revolution after decades of military rule. The US removed 10 state-owned companies in the banking, timber and mining industries from the blacklist, BBC reports on Wednesday

DHAKA: Donald Trump said that he is willing to meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear programme. Such a meeting would mark a significant change of US policy towards the politically isolated regime, BBC reports on Wednesday (May 18). Democratic

DHAKA: Death toll rose to 70 and some 100 people are ungoing treatment over three bombings in Baghdad on Tuesday (May 17).  A suicide bombing in a marketplace in the northern, mainly Shia district of al-Shaab killed 38 people and wounded over 70, while a car bomb in the nearby Sadr

DHAKA: Four bomb blasts in Baghdad have killed more than 60 people, medics say, in the latest in a series of attacks in the Iraqi capital in the past week. Three of the bombings targeted mainly Shia Muslim districts, while another hit a mixed Shia-Sunni area, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Tanzania has removed more than 10,000 ‘ghost workers’ from its public sector payroll in a crackdown on corruption. Payments to the non-existent employees had been costing the government more than $2m a month, according to the prime minister’s office, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Afghanistan's capital Kabul is in lockdown as members of an ethnic minority group stage protests over the proposed route of a power line. Thousands of Hazara demonstrators took to the streets of Kabul to march towards the presidential palace, demanding a 500KV transmission

DHAKA: This year has been recorded the highest land and ocean April temperatures on record, keeping 2016 on track to be the hottest year yet and by the biggest edge ever. New data released by NASA put April at 1.11 degrees Celsius warmer than average April temperatures between 1951 to

DHAKA: India is placed to divert water from its rivers to deal with a severe drought. Water resources minister Uma Bharati said transferring water, including from major rivers like the Brahmaputra and the Ganges, to drought-prone areas is now her government's top priority, BBC

DHAKA: Twitter users have praised India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's post pictures of his mother's first visit to his official residence in Delhi on social media. Heeraben Modi, who is in her nineties, lives in her family house in a town in Gujarat, Modi's native state,

DHAKA: Thousands of Australian aircraft enthusiasts have watched the world’s largest plane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, arrive in Perth. The 84m-long plane, which weighs 175 tones without cargo or fuel, was transporting a 117-tone generator, reports the BBC. Traffic blocked roads on

DHAKA: The 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution, which plunged China into a decade of chaos, has been met with silence in its state media. On 16 May 1966 Communist leader Mao Zedong began a campaign to eliminate his rivals. At the same time he called on Chinese