DHAKA: Greek banks are set to reopen after three weeks of closures sparked by the deadlock over the country's debt.Athens reached agreement with its international creditors last week, in a cash-for-reforms deal that helped Greece avoid exiting the eurozone, BBC reported.But several

DHAKA: At least two women were killed and fifteen others injured on Saturday in a stampede during the rath yatra in Puri.Festivities during the world famous festival were marred by stampede-like situation during pulling of chariots on the Grand Avenue in which two women were killed and

DHAKA:  At least five people, four of them women, were killed and seven injured after a four-storey building collapsed in the Vishnu Garden area of West Delhi on Saturday night. A minor girl is feared to be trapped under the debris.Eight fire engines are at the spot; local police and

BAGHDAD, IRAQ:  More than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Islamic State militants since they overran large parts of the country.The blast brought down several buildings in Khan

DHAKA: Buckingham Palace has criticised the Sun newspaper for publishing footage of the Queen giving the Nazi salute as a child, reports NDTV.The palace said that the paper had exploited footage that appeared to have come from the monarch’s personal archives.The Sun ran an image from

DHAKA: A commuter train crashed into another passenger train during rush hour Friday in South Africa's largest city injuring more than 300 people, an emergency services spokeswoman said.Nana Radebe, spokeswoman for Johannesburg Emergency Services, said 326 people were rushed to nearby

DHAKA: A car bomb has killed at least 80 people at a busy market in an Iraqi town, officials have said.The attack happened in the predominantly Shia town of Khan Bani Saad, north of the capital Baghdad, reports BBC.Children were among those dead in the explosion, which came as people

DHAKA: Critics of the nuclear agreement with Iran are at odds with ‘99% of the world and the majority of nuclear experts’, US President Barack Obama has said.He challenged critics of Tuesday’s deal to present a better alternative - seen as a veiled reference to his Republican

DHAKA: Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is focused on completing a bailout deal agreed with the eurozone despite setbacks in a crucial vote to push through tough reforms.The PM’s spokesman has said, reports the BBC.Gabriel Sakellaridis was speaking after Tsipras won the late-night vote

DHAKA: About 2,700 migrants trying to reach Europe were pulled from rubber dinghies and other vessels near the coast of Libya on Wednesday, the Italian government said.The migrants were rescued in 13 operations by Italian and German military ships, the Italian coast guard and a vessel

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama rebuked a reporter from a major news outlet who asked a question about American citizens languishing in Iranian jails at a time when he led a successful negotiations with Iran on the nuclear deal."The notion that I am content as I celebrate with American

DHAKA: Former US President George HW Bush has been admitted to hospital after breaking a bone in his neck in a fall at his home in Maine.His spokesman said he was in a stable condition and his hospital stay was expected to be brief, reports BBC.Bush, who has Parkinson's disease and cannot

DHAKA: An Indian spy drone has been shot down by Pakistani military forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber, Azad Kasmir.Pakistan Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said, reports dawn.com.According to the military, the drone had violated Pakistani airspace after

DHAKA: The leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has backed peace talks with the Afghan government, in a statement released to the media.A message, marking the festival of Eid al-Fitr, made no direct reference to the talks but said Islam did not bar ‘peaceful

DHAKA: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived back in Tehran on Wednesday a day after reaching a nuclear deal with six world powers in Vienna.‘Today the negotiations have ended with the Security Council approving a resolution that for the first time in its history will

DHAKA: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s anticipated efforts to lobby Congress to derail the Iranian nuclear agreement will fail.US President Barack Obama told New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman on Tuesday, The Jerusalem Post publishes this report on Wednesday.The

DHAKA: Young Iranian men and women danced in streets in parts of Teheran and motorists honked car horns to cheer an historic nuclear accord with world powers they hope will end years of economic sanctions and decades of international isolation.Millions of Iranians had followed the talks

DHAKA: Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon is likely to be hanged on July 30 if his petition for mercy is rejected by the Indian Supreme Court. This will be the first execution related to the 1993 serial blasts, in which over 250 people were killed.Sources say an anti-terror court in Mumbai

DHAKA: New Horizon's photos replace the only tiny pixelated images of Pluto we have had prior to now, and reveal specifics of Pluto previously only subject to speculation.On schedule, at 8:52:37 p.m. Eastern time, a message from the spacecraft arrived at Mission Control here at the Johns

DHAKA: UK counter-terrorism chiefs say 43 UK women and girls are believed to have traveled to Syria in the past year.The Metropolitan Police figures are the first official count of British women thought to be in the warzone.Security officials believe up to 700 people have gone to Syria to