DHAKA: The number of people killed in the cyclone that hit Fiji at the weekend has risen to 29, with officials warning the clear-up could take months.About 8,500 people are still sheltering in evacuation centres, reports the BBC.Cyclone Winston has flattened many buildings in parts of the

DHAKA: Iranian state media outlets have reissued a bounty worth hundreds-of-thousands of dollars for the head of a famous author decried as a blasphemer in the Islamic Republic.CNSNews.com news site reported Monday, says The Jerusalem Post.Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial book

DHAKA: More than 10 million people in India's capital are without water despite the army regaining control of its key water source after protests, officials say.Keshav Chandra, head of Delhi’s water board, told the BBC it would take ‘three to four days’ before normal supplies

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has put on trial 32 people, almost all of them members of the kingdom’s Shia minority, accused of spying for Iran.Local media report, says the BBC.The defendants face charges including treason, establishing a spy ring with Iranian intelligence and passing on

DHAKA: Five Indian students facing charges of sedition after organizing a protest at Delhi’s prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), have resurfaced.The protest on 9 February was over the 2013 hanging of Kashmiri man Mohammed Afzal Guru and allegedly saw the chanting of

DHAKA: Bomb blasts in the Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus have left at least 140 people dead, monitors and state media say.At least four blasts struck the southern Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, killing at least 83 people, state media said.Earlier in Homs, 57 people, mainly

DHAKA: Cyclone Winston has slammed into Fiji, killing five people and causing widespread devastation across the islands. A nationwide curfew and a state of natural disaster was issued for the country as the category 5 tropical cyclone - the strongest on record in the Southern Hemisphere -

DHAKA: At least 46 people have been killed in a double car bombing in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group has said.Most of the dead appear to be civilians, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reports the BBC.Syrian state media gave a toll of at least 25.

DHAKA: Donald Trump has won the South Carolina primary in the Republican race for president, cementing his status as the man to beat for his party's nomination.In the Democratic contest, Hillary Clinton beat Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in a tight race in Nevada, reports the BBC.Both

DHAKA: A new study has recommended use of mother tongue during teaching for at least six years of early learning to boost academic performance. The report says that teaching children in ‘a language other than their own’ negatively impacts their learning, reports the

DHAKA: At least six people were killed and three injured at 3 scenes as a man started randomly shooting at people in Michigan State of United States of America.Michigan police confirm that multiple people are dead after a gunman opened fire in multiple locations in Kalamazoo Saturday

DHAKA: Uganda’s electoral commission has announced that Yoweri Museveni has won a fifth term as president.It said that President Museveni had won 60.75% of the vote, while his main opponent Kizza Besigye had taken 35%, reports the BBC.President Museveni will now serve another five years

DHAKA: British Prime Minister David Cameron has called his referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU for 23 June, after the cabinet agreed to campaign to stay in.Speaking from outside Downing Street, the prime minister said leaving the EU would ‘threaten our economic and national

DHAKA: Indian authorities have imposed curfews and shoot-to-kill orders in a northern state after two days of violent protests over caste rights.Three people have died and about 80 injured in the clashes involving the Jat community in Haryana state, reports the BBC.The Jats are currently

DHAKA: Russia plans to modify some of its intercontinental ballistic missiles to destroy asteroids before they hit Earth, according to a top Russian rocket researcher.Sabit Saitgarayev of Russia's Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau revealed the effort during an interview last week with the

DHAKA: Militants from the Islamic State group who were killed in a US air strike in Libya posed a threat to US and Western interests, the Pentagon says.An IS camp was attacked in Sabratha, around 70km (43 miles) west of Tripoli, reports the BBC.The 38 people killed reportedly include

DHAKA: Clashes inside a United Nations compound in South Sudan killed at least 18 people, including two Doctors Without Borders staffers, the organization said Thursday.The fighting erupted Wednesday evening and continued Thursday at a U.N. civilian protection site in the northeastern

DHAKA: Colombian authorities are investigating the disappearance and dismemberment of at least 100 people whose bodies were allegedly thrown into a sewer system underneath a notorious prison in Bogota.The investigation is focusing on La Modelo, one of Colombia's largest and most

DHAKA: About 900 migrants have been rescued near the Greek island of Lesbos, the EU border agency Frontex has said.According to BBC news, the migrants were taken aboard a Bulgarian ship on patrol between Lesbos's port of Mytilene and the Turkish coast.Frontex said it was picking up all

DHAKA: US President Obama has signed new expanded sanctions on North Korea, after the country fired a test missile earlier this month.The country has refused to stop its nuclear programme and the bill was easily passed by Congress, reports the BBC.The sanctions cut off money North Korea