DHAKA: A 35-year-old man allegedly killed 14 members of his family at their house near Thane in Maharashtra of India and then committed suicide early hours of Sunday.Among the 14 killed are seven children and six women. According to Indian news agency ANI, the man allegedly killed them by

DHAKA: Hillary Clinton has won the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, with polls projecting a large margin between her and rival Bernie Sanders.Victory for Hillary was widely expected but it gives her momentum ahead of the "Super Tuesday" primaries in 11 states next week,

DHAKA: New Jersey governor and former Republican candidate Chris Christie is endorsing frontrunner Donald Trump for president, he has announced.Christie dropped out of the 2016 presidential race after a lacklustre showing in polls and state races.‘I’m happy to be on the Trump team and

DHAKA: A suicide bomber killed an Afghan militia commander and at least 10 others in the eastern province of Kunar near the border with Pakistan on Saturday.Provincial Governor Wahidullah Kalimzai said the bomber rode up on a motorcycle to the entrance of the government compound in the

DHAKA: Cameroon’s army has killed at least 92 members of the Boko Haram armed group and freed 850 villagers in a joint operation with Nigerian forces.Cameroon’s government said, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Saturday.The operation in the northeastern Nigerian village of Kumshe,

DHAKA: Reformists and moderate conservatives were leading in parliamentary elections according to early results on Saturday, an indication President Hassan Rouhani may face a more friendly house to pursue his domestic agenda.Early returns from Friday’s polls show that none of the three

DHAKA: An unidentified gunman killed four family members then fatally shot himself after a hourslong standoff with police in rural Washington state in US on Friday, authorities said.The only survivor was a 12-year-old girl, who managed to get away from the shooter, Mason County Chief

DHAKA: At least 12 people were killed Friday as twin blasts and gunfire rocked a hotel and neighbouring park in central Mogadishu, police said, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants.Two loud explosions went off near the popular SYL hotel and neighbouring Peace

DHAKA: A landmark temporary truce has come into effect in Syria.If the "cessation of hostilities" holds it would be the first time a pause in Syria's five-year civil war has been negotiated by world powers, reports the BBC.In the run-up to the midnight (22:00 GMT) deadline, US President

DHAKA: A small plane carrying 11 people crashed Friday in mountainous western Nepal, in the country's second deadly plane accident this week, officials said.Government official Padamlal Lamichane said at least one person had died according to initial reports.He said the plane belonging to

DHAKA: The US, backed by China, has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council aimed at imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea.It comes in response to North Korea's recent nuclear test and missile launch, reports the BBC.The measures would for the first time require UN

DHAKA:  India is home to the highest number of people who have died while taking photos of themselves (selfie), with 19 of the world's 49 recorded selfie-linked deaths since 2014.According to San Francisco-based data service provider Priceonomics,  It may in part be due to India's sheer

DHAKA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the global economy is ‘highly vulnerable’ and urged the United States and other large nations to prepare contingency plans that could be rolled out quickly.The report was prepared for senior officials of the G20, the world’s

DHAKA: All 23 people, including three crewmembers and two children, who were on board the ill-fated Tara Twin-Otter plane, were killed in the crash in Rupse of Myagdi district in western Nepal on Wednesday.Shankar Koirala, Western Regional Administrator quoting the Civil Aviation

DHAKA: Bolivians have narrowly rejected changing the constitution so President Evo Morales can run for a fourth term.About 51.5% voted against the move with almost all the votes counted, the electoral authority said, reports the BBC.Morales, Bolivia’s first head of state of indigenous

DHAKA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has easily won the US state of Nevada, cementing his lead in the race for party nomination.The billionaire now has three consecutive wins, after victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina.Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who have

DHAKA: Officials say that a small plane on its way to Jomson with 21 people on board has gone missing in the mountains of Nepal.The plane had taken off from Pokhara in Nepal, reports the India Today.Official Yogendra Kuwar said the plane was on an 18-minute flight Wednesday, but lost

DHAKA: The fatalities were confirmed on Wednesday by Fiji's National Disaster Management Minister Inia Seruiratu, the government-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corp reported.The toll has been steadily rising since Monday, two days after category five Tropical Cyclone Winston slammed into the

DHAKA: The US and China say they have made progress on a draft UN resolution to harden sanctions on North Korea, after its rocket launch and nuclear test.China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State John Kerry said a draft could soon be ready for approval, reports the

DHAKA: Sea levels are rising several times faster than they have in the past 2,800 years and are accelerating because of man-made global warming, according to new studies.An international team of scientists dug into two dozen locations across the globe to chart gently rising and falling