DHAKA: Nearly 25 people are feared dead following a cloudburst in Bastadi area, 50 km from Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh town of India. Local villagers said five bodies have been recovered so far while more are feared buried in the debris. Meanwhile, another cloudburst in Chamoli

DHAKA: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has celebrated the 2013 overthrow of the country’s first democratically-elected president by ordering a lavish military display in the capital and celebrations across the country. Warplanes roared over Cairo early on Thursday as Sisi

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has announced plans to introduce electronic identification bracelets for all pilgrims heading to Mecca as part of a safety drive. Containing personal and medical information, the e-bracelets will help authorities provide care and identify people, reports the Al

DHAKA: Researchers say they have found the first clear evidence that the thinning in the ozone layer above Antarctica is starting to heal. The scientists said that in September 2015 the hole was around 4 million square km smaller than it was in the year 2000 - an area roughly the size

DHAKA: The US military has lifted its ban on transgender members serving openly in the country’s armed forces. The policy, which will allow members to transition gender while serving and will set standards for medical care, will be phased in over a year, reports the BBC. “This

DHAKA: The body of a German tourist has been recovered from a ravine after he fell while visiting the ancient site of Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes. Oliver Park, 51, ignored safety signs and warnings from wardens and went into a restricted area close to the edge of a cliff on

DHAKA: The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on a police academy near the capital, Kabul, that killed dozens of recruits. At least 27 people were killed and another 40 wounded in the suicide blasts, a government official told the media, reports Al Jazeera. Mousa

DHAKA: At least 18 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off in Somalia, close to the capital, blowing up a packed minibus, police said. The blast on Thursday in Lafole, which is around 20 kms west of Mogadishu, struck as the bus was passing by. There was no immediate

DHAKA: A member of the Rajasthan State Commission for Women (SCW) in India clicked selfie with a rape victim courted controversy prompting the chairperson of the commission to seek a written explanation from her. Interestingly, the chairperson, Suman Sharma, is also present in the

DHAKA: At least eight people were killed and one seriously injured after a fire broke out around 6:00 am at Wafa Medical Store at Juhu Galli in India’s Andheri West. The medical store in Wireless Road is located on the ground floor of the building, while families were staying at the

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has said the UK vote to leave the EU raises “longer-term concerns about global growth”. He said Brexit would freeze “the possibilities of investment in Great Britain or in Europe as a whole”, reports the BBC. He appealed to the UK prime

DHAKA: Turkey has observed a national day of mourning after a gun and suicide bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport killed 42 people, including 13 foreign nationals. Three attackers arrived in a taxi and began firing at the terminal entrance late on Tuesday. They blew themselves

DHAKA: A black box recording from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 confirms smoke on board. Egyptian investigators said the flight from Paris to Cairo plunged into the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, killing all 66 people on board. Automated electronic messages sent by the plane had shown

DHAKA: The death toll in a gun and suicide bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport has risen to 41, 13 of them foreign nationals, with 239 injured. The Turkish city's governor says, reports the BBC. Three attackers arrived in a taxi and began firing at the terminal entrance

DHAKA: A Congressional report said that- The US military failed to protect four Americans who died in attacks on a US compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi. The Obama administration was criticized for lax security and a slow response to the 2012 attacks on a US compound, in the

DHAKA: UN's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has criticized Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a visit to the Palestinian territory. Ban said that ‘the closure of Gaza suffocates its people, stifles its economy and impedes reconstruction efforts’ on Tuesday.

DHAKA: South Korea, the US and Japan have conducted their first joint missile-tracking drill, in the waters off the US state of Hawaii. The move follows North Korea's repeated tests in recent months of mid-range ballistic missiles, BBC reports on Wednesday (June 29). Most tests

DHAKA: European Union leaders are to begin the second day of their summit in Brussels but without the UK after it last week voted to leave the bloc. British PM David Cameron told on Tuesday that the other 27 leaders that trade and security co-operation would be vital whatever the

DHAKA: Japanese carmaker Toyota announced that it will recall 482.000 vehicles in the US over faulty airbags. The cars affected are Prius models from 2010 to 2012 and Lexus CT models from 2011 and 2012, BBC reports on Wednesday (June 29). Toyota and other carmakers have over the

DHAKA: A gun and bomb attack on Istanbul's Ataturk international airport has killed at least 36 people and more than 140 were injured. Three attackers opened fire near an entry point to the terminal and blew themselves up after police fired at them, BBC reports on Wednesday (June