Friday, 23 May, 2025

International

Iran’s parliament backs nuclear deal

DHAKA: Iran’s parliament has approved a deal on its nuclear program agreed with six world powers.State media say, reports the BBC.The deal was passed with 161 votes in favor, 59 against and 13 abstentions, the official IRNA news agency said.However, parliament insisted that

Rockslide kills 13 in Pakistan

DHAKA: At least 13 people, including seven children were killed as a rockslide hit shanties erected in Karachi of Pakistan early Tuesday.Rescue teams reached the site of the incident at Gulistan-i-Jauhar area and recovered the bodies of three women, three men and seven children from

Dutch to issue MH17 disaster report

DHAKA: The Dutch Safety Board is set to publish a final report on why Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 broke up over Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 on board.Preliminary findings said that it was hit by “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft”, fuelling speculation that a

US air drop ammunition for Syria anti-IS forces

DHAKA: The U.S. military has delivered more than 45 tonnes of ammunition to rebels fighting the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in north-eastern Syria, reports the BBC.C-17 transport aircraft accompanied by fighter escorts, dropped pallets of supplies overnight in Hassakeh province.The

Delhi police held two after rape of 4-yr old girl

DHAKA: Indian police are questioning two men in connection with the rape of a four-year-old girl in the capital, Delhi.The city’s deputy commissioner of police, Vijay Singh, told the BBC that no arrests had been made yet.The child is in intensive care after being found unconscious by

Angus Deaton wins Nobel in Economics

DHAKA: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2015 to Angus Deaton.Deaton of Princeton University, NJ, USA got the award ‘for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare’, an

Turkish PM blames Ankara bombing on IS

DHAKA: The Islamic State (IS) group is the prime suspect in the Ankara bombings that killed nearly 100 on Saturday.Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu has said, reports the BBC.No group has said it carried out the attack, but the government believes that two male suicide bombers caused the

‘Israel is apartheid state, Jesus was a Palestinian’

DHAKA: Jeremiah Wright, President Barack Obama’s former pastor, called Israel an apartheid state at a rally in Washington hosted by the Rev. Louis Farrakhan.He further said ‘Jesus was a Palestinian’.At an hours-long event Saturday on the National Mall titled ‘Justice or Else’,

5 Nato staff die in Kabul helicopter crash

DHAKA: Five people, including two RAF (Royal Air Force) personnel, have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.The Puma Mk2 helicopter crashed as it was landing at Nato's Resolute Support mission headquarters, Kabul. Nato has not released the nationalities of the other victims

Oli becomes Nepal’s new PM

DHAKA: Nepal’s parliament has chosen Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli as the new prime minister, sweeping him into a number of challenges from rebuilding recently earthquake-hit areas and calming street protests, to soothing tensions with neighboring India.On Sunday, politicians voted for KP

IS leader Baghdadi’s convoy hit in air strike

DHAKA: Iraqi security forces say they have struck the convoy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria group, in an air strike near the country’s border with Syria.‘The Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation targeting the convoy of the

Suicide car bomb targets NATO troop convoy in Kabul

DHAKA: A suicide car bomber has attacked a convoy of NATO troops in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.The country’s interior ministry said, reports Al Jazeera.Sunday’s explosion caused civilian casualties, the ministry said without elaborating.NATO said three civilians were wounded in the

‘Witchcraft’ abuse cases on the rise in UK

DHAKA: Child abuse linked to exorcism and witchcraft accusations is on the rise, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.The Metropolitan Police said there had been 60 crimes linked to faith in London so far this year. It saw reports double from 23 in 2013 to 46 in 2014.Half of UK police

Turkey in mourning after blast

DHAKA: Turkey is beginning three days of mourning after two blasts at a peace rally in the capital Ankara killed at least 95 people on Saturday, the deadliest ever such attack in Turkey.The attack left 245 people injured, with 48 of them in a serious condition, reports the BBC.TV footage

US to compensate victims of hospital bombing

DHAKA : The Pentagon is to pay compensation for those killed and injured in a US strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in northern Afghanistan.At least 22 staff and patients were killed in the bombing in the city of Kunduz a week ago.The US has said the strike was a mistake

30 dead, 50 hurt in Chad suicide bombings

DHAKA : Suicide bombers have attacked a fish market and refugee camp in the town of Baga Sola in western Chad, killing more than 30 people, officials say.More than 50 people are being treated at the hospital in the town, which is on the shores of Lake Chad, reports BBC.The camp on the

86 killed in twin blast in Turkey peace rally

DHAKA: At least 86 people died in two explosions that shook a road junction in the center of the Turkish capital Ankara on October 10 ahead of a ‘peace’ meeting.Turkey health minister Mehmet Müezzionğlu said nearly six hours after the attack, reports hurriyetdailynews.com.The

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in Jerusalem

DHAKA: Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians in separate incidents in East Jerusalem after they reportedly attacked Israelis, the latest incidents in a wave of violence across Israel and the Palestinian Territories.  A 16-year-old Palestinian was killed on Saturday near occupied

30 killed in Turkey twin blasts

DHAKA: Two explosions shook a road junction in the center of the Turkish capital Ankara on October 10, causing many casualties including fatalities, at least 30 according to Turkey interior ministry, ahead of a ‘peace’ meeting.Doğan News Agency reported, says hurriyetdailynews.com.At

Unrest spreads to Gaza as Israeli troops kill 7

DHAKA: A week of deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians spread to the Gaza Strip on Friday, with Israeli troops killing six Palestinians in clashes on the border and Hamas, which controls the besieged territory, calling for more unrest.A fresh wave of stabbings also hit Israel