DHAKA: Tremors continued to rock Nepal following last month’s devastating earthquake as three aftershocks of over 4-magnitude were felt on Friday in central and northern parts of the country.A 4 magnitude tremor was recorded at 8.30 am with its epicenter located in Gorkha district,

DHAKA: The US Geological Survey says there has been a 6.8 magnitude off the southwest coast of Alaska on Friday. The epicenter is 110km south-southeast of Ugashik with the center estimated at 33km deep, reports the rt.com.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that no tsunami was

DHAKA: Japanese authorities have told the residents of remote southern island Kuchinoerabu to evacuate after a violent eruption rocked the Mount Shindake volcano, reports the Voice of America.The Japan Metrological Agency said that no injuries were reported after the volcano erupted about

DHAKA: Thailand has 600 new "boat people" in temporary holding areas, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn said on Friday.There were still more migrants out at sea, Tanasak said, talking to reporters at a press conference during a regional meeting on

DHAKA: Myanmar has refused to accept responsibility for South-east Asia's migration crisis, telling a 17-nation meeting in Bangkok that "finger-pointing will not serve any purpose".The country, facing a barrage of criticism for its decades-long persecution of Rohingyas, told other nations

DHAKA: The soaring heat has taken 414 more lives since Thursday in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana alone, causing the death toll to rise above 1,700 in the two southern states of India.The Met office has said that the two states are unlikely to get relief from the heat for the next two

DHAKA: A regional conference is under way in the Thai capital Bangkok to discuss possible solutions to the South East Asia migrant crisis, reports BBC.The talks include member states from the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) as well as representatives from the US and the

DHAKA: The Dalai Lama has urged fellow Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a main opposition leader in Myanmar, to do more to help protect the persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority in her country amid a worsening migration crisis.Despite thousands of Rohingya fleeing on harrowing boat

DHAKA: Iraq has exhumed the remains of 470 people believed to have been executed by militants near Tikrit last year in what is known as the Speicher massacre.Iraq’s Health minister Adila Hammoud said this on Thursday, reports the Strait Times.“We have exhumed the bodies of 470

DHAKA: Malaysia said on Thursday that it believes 139 people are buried in graves at remote detention camps used by people-smugglers on the Thai border which were discovered on the weekend.Deputy home affairs minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said “Based on the size of the graves, and

DHAKA: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have shot dead at least 20 men in the ruins of Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra.Head of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdel Rahman has said this accusing them of fighting for the government, reports the

DHAKA: The European Commission has called on EU member states to take in 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea who land in Italy and Greece over the next two years.Germany, France and Spain would receive the most migrants under the Commission’s latest plan.The idea of using

DHAKA: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said on Wednesday the government would pass a law paving the way for a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union, in a speech setting out Prime Minister David Cameron’s legislative plan for the coming year.‘Early legislation will

DHAKA: More than 2,500 migrants could still be stranded on boats in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, according to estimates by the United Nations (UN), as Thailand prepares to host a regional meeting it said was focused on ‘immediate action’ to tackle the crisis.Thousands of

DHAKA: Several hundred Buddhist nationalists protested in Yangon on Wednesday against mounting international pressure for Myanmar to stem the exodus of Muslim Rohingya migrants and aid those still stranded at sea.Demonstrators, including Buddhist monks, shouted ‘Don’t insult our

DHAKA: The campsites built by human traffickers near here were said to have been found early this year, contrary to claims that they were discovered on May 11.Personnel from the General Operations Force involved in the combing exercise said the sites in Perlis were found earlier.One of

DHAKA: Thailand’s junta confirmed on Wednesday that elections will not be held until September 2016, dealing a further blow to hopes that the kingdom's generals will swiftly hand power back to a civilian government.When army chief and now Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha swept to power

DHAKA: Four gunmen have been killed after trying to storm a guesthouse in a diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say.The attack resulted in an overnight gun battle in the Wazir Akbar Khan district, home to several embassies and official buildings, reports bbc.comThe

DHAKA: Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni says he has survived an assassination attempt by gunmen who attacked his car in the city of Tobruk."Thank God, we managed to escape," Mr al-Thinni told TV news channel al-Arabiya after bullets hit his car as it left a parliament session in

DHAKA: The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India has passed 1,000, with temperatures nearing 50C (122F) in some areas.Most deaths have taken place in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where at least 1,118 people have died since last week, reports bbc.comReports say