RIYADH: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and other Middle East countries will celebrate Eid al-Adha, one of two important religious festivals of Muslim community, on September 12 as the Zul Hijjah moon was not sighted. KSA Supreme Court issued a royal decree in this regard on Thursday

DHAKA: Joe Sutter, the man who led development of Boeing's 747 jumbo jet, has died aged 95. Boeing’s commercial aircraft boss Ray Conner said Sutter was “an inspiration” not just to Boeing but “to the entire aerospace industry”, reports the BBC. The 747, which ushered

DHAKA: At least five people were killed when two planes have collided mid-air in an Alaskan remote area on Wednesday (August 31). Alaskan State troopers said it was yet to be revealed why the mid-air crush took place, said Allen Kenitzer, with the Federal Aviation Administration office

DHAKA: French authority has discovered over 370 kilograms of cocaine fro a coca-cola plant in southern part. The narcotic, with a street value of over 50 million Euros, was hidden in bags among a delivery of orange juice concentrate from South America. The discover form the village

DHAKA: Brazilian senate has voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from her office in allegation of manipulating the budget. However, Dilma denied the allegation while her13-year long leftist party reign came to an end. Sixty-one senators voted in favour of her dismissal and 20

DHAKA: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has insisted Mexico will pay for a border wall “100%”, in a major immigration speech. He told a cheering crowd in Arizona that he would secure the border, and left open the possibility that millions of illegal immigrants be

DHAKA: Girls in Britain are becoming more miserable, suggests the Children’s Society’s annual report. Among 10 to 15-year-old girls, the charity’s report says 14% are unhappy with their lives as a whole, and 34% with their appearance. Researchers were told of girls feeling

DHAKA: North Korea has executed their education chief Kim Yong Jin through firing squad. Kim was branded “anti-party and a counter-revolutionary member” by the country’s State Security Department, after he exercised a “bad attitude” during North Korea’s Supreme People’s

DHAKA: US Republican candidate Donald Trump is to visit Mexico on Wednesday, hours before he details measures against illegal immigration in a speech. Trump tweeted that he was looking forward to meeting President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has invited both him and Democrat Hillary

DHAKA: The chief strategist of the Islamic State group, whose calls for attacks against the West during Ramadan led to mass bloodshed, has been killed in Syria. IS-affiliated media say, reports the BBC. The Amaq news agency said Abu Muhammad al-Adnani died in Aleppo province. The

DHAKA: A car driven by a suicide bomber exploded after ramming into a gate at the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek, authorities said. Local medics said the driver of the car was killed while two embassy staff and a woman were injured in the blast. “As a result

DHAKA: There has been an explosion close to the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, reports say, but casualties are still unclear. Details are still emerging but Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted local officials as saying at least one person was killed. A car

DHAKA: At least 6,500 migrants were rescues off Libya making it one of the biggest rescues of its kind till now. Quoting Italy coastguard officials BBC said some 40 coordinated rescue missions were operated about 20 kilometers off the Libyan town of Sabratha on Monday. Over 1,000

DHAKA: Eighteen people were killed in the Iraqi town of Ain al-Tamer, southwest of Baghdad, by five attackers armed with suicide vests, rifles and grenades. A member of the local council and a source at the provincial health directorate confirmed the death toll in the attack. It

DHAKA: The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday (August 29) passed a resolution changing the name of the State to Bengal in English and Bangla in Bengali. Despite the Trinamool Congress government trying hard to arrive at a consensus of all political parties on the issue, the

DHAKA: A team of six people have accomplished their year-long living in complete isolation as Mars simulation program by NASA. Hawaii hosted the program in a dome since August 15 last year. A group of six people have lived without fresh food, air and privacy, BBC reports. Experts

DHAKA: At least 40 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a military facility in the southern Yemen city of Aden, officials say. A training camp, or compound used by the pro-government Popular Resistance militia, was hit, reports say. The attack comes amid a fresh push to

DHAKA: Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have lifted a curfew in many parts of the Muslim-majority valley after more than 50 days. Curfew was imposed after an upsurge of violence since 9 July. The protests were sparked by the killing of a popular militant leader Burhan

DHAKA: Germany’s vice-chancellor has warned the future of the EU could be in doubt if the UK’s exit is handled badly. Sigmar Gabriel said the EU would go “down the drain” if other states followed Britain’s lead and that the UK could not keep the “nice things” about Europe

DHAKA: A ceasefire has come into effect in Colombia between the main leftist rebel group and the government, ending one of the world’s longest insurgencies. The ceasefire at midnight local time (05:00 GMT Monday) came after four years of peace talks in Cuba between the Farc and the