DHAKA: Thailand and Myanmar signed an agreement on Tuesday to allow citizens with ordinary passports to make visa-free visits of up to 14 days.The agreement was signed by Thailand foreign minister Tanasak Patimapragorn and his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin during the Thai-Myanmar

DHAKA: India former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s funeral will be held on Thursday in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, where he was born.The former president is survived by his older brother Mohammad Muthu Meera Lebbai Maraicker, who is 99.The body of Dr Kalam was brought to 10 Rajaji Marg,

DHAKA: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has sacked his deputy in a cabinet reshuffle after Muhyiddin Yassin had called on the leader to explain a growing corruption scandal at debt-laden state investment fund 1MDB.Muhyiddin had said at the weekend the ruling coalition could lose the

DHAKA: Rescuers found 13 dead migrants on a boat off the coast of Libya with more than 500 others aboard, an Italian coast guard spokesman said on Tuesday, giving o details about how they had died.An Irish naval ship, mobilized as part of the EU’s Triton mission, and one operated by the

DHAKA: Saif al-Islam, the most prominent son of Libya’s slain leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has been sentenced to death by firing squad.He was sentenced in absentia on Tuesday in Tripoli along with eight other senior members of the former regime, overthrown in 2011, reports Al Jazeera.They

DHAKA: All 28 Nato members are joining an extraordinary meeting to discuss Turkey’s campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group and Kurdish militants.The meeting was called by Turkey, which has staged a dramatic shift in its approach to the Syrian conflict.The previously reluctant

DHAKA: Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam, the renowned missile scientist who played a stellar role in advancing India’s nuclear programme, died on Monday after collapsing at an event in Meghalaya.His body was flown to Guwahati in Assam Tuesday morning and will be brought to

DHAKA: Former president of India APJ Abdul Kalam died on Monday after collapsing during a lecture in Shillong, PTI reported.Kalam, 84, collapsed during a speech at the IIM Shillong and was rushed to the nearby Bethany Hospital where doctors put him on oxygen and tried to revive him.“He

DHAKA:  India tightened security on its border with Pakistan on Monday after terrorists dressed in army uniform stormed a police station in Punjab state, killing at least five people and injuring several others. The dead included three civilians and two homeguards, reports

DHAKA: Turkey has called a special meeting of Nato ambassadors to discuss military operations against the Islamic State (IS) group and PKK Kurdish separatists.The session is to take place in Brussels on Tuesday.Turkey launched air attacks against IS militants in Syria and resumed air

DHAKA: David Cameron says business deals worth more than £750m ($1.2bn) will be made during his tour of South East Asia.Mr Cameron is to be accompanied by 31 UK business leaders on the trade mission, which starts in Indonesia, reports bbc.com The UK prime minister says he wants to forge

DHAKA: Iran’s foreign minister began a charm offensive in the Gulf on Sunday to defend a nuclear deal seen by some Arab states as heralding greater Iranian support for armed groups and governments opposed to the hereditary monarchies.Most Gulf Arab states are worried that Iran’s July

DHAKA: Syrian president Bashar Assad said on Sunday the army had been forced to give up areas in order to hold onto more important ones in its fight with insurgents, and the scale of the war meant the military faced a manpower shortage.In a remarkably frank assessment of the strains

DHAKA: UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to offer Indonesia and Malaysia support in tackling Islamist extremists, during a trade mission to South East Asia.It comes amid growing concern that the next branch of so-called Islamic State (IS) could emerge in the region.David Cameron

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama is to conclude his visit to Kenya with a televised address at a sports stadium in the capital, Nairobi.The BBC’s Karen Allen in Nairobi says he is expected to underscore the shared values of the two countries but also touch on human rights.On Saturday,

DHAKA: Turkey's air force has attacked Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria and Kurdish PKK militants in northern Iraq to defend the country's security, Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu says.Davutoglu added that 590 suspected IS and PKK members had been arrested.This follows a week which saw a

DHAKA: The first cargo ships have passed through Egypt's second Suez Canal, amid tight security, ahead of the new waterway's official opening next month.Construction on the new lane, which runs alongside part of the existing canal, started less than a year ago.The 72km (44 mile) route

DHAKA: An Afghan government delegation due to meet Taliban representatives for a second round of official peace talks next week will press for a cease-fire in the fighting.A negotiator said Saturday, reports TDS.Any temporary reduction in attacks would represent a breakthrough and boost

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama has praised Africa’s economic and business potential in a speech in Nairobi on the first full day of his visit to Kenya.‘Africa is on the move... People are being lifted out of poverty, incomes are up (and) the middle class is growing,’ he told a

DHAKA: A Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen’s Taiz killed at least 55 people and left tens injured.Houthi-controlled news agency Saba said on Saturday, reports The Jerusalem Post.A coalition of Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, has been bombarding Iran-allied Houthi forces in Yemen since late