DHAKA: A devastating heatwave gripping Sindh for several days has taken a toll of at least 136 people in the province. Most of them were pronounced dead at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), officials said on Sunday.The officials said the city would not see any let-up on

DHAKA: A court in Germany is set to consider a request from Egypt to extradite Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, who was detained at Berlin airport at the request of the Egyptian government.Egypt asked Germany and Interpol on Sunday to extradite Mansour, but prosecutors have said they

DHAKA: A journalist has been allegedly killed by mining mafia after he refused to withdraw a court case in Madhya Pradesh. According to the police, Sandeep Kothari was kidnapped and set on fire, reports the NDTV.The burnt body of Kothari, was found at a farm in Nagpur, he was allegedly

DHAKA: The world’s second tallest building, Shanghai Tower, will soon open in the Chinese financial capital with a twist — a 120-degree twist, to be exact.A softened triangular ‘outer skin’ is literally twisted around a circular core, sending the glass and steel tower spiraling

DHAKA: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on her party on Sunday to push for a landslide victory at crucial elections expected later this year as she celebrated her birthday with supporters.The comments came after the Nobel Peace Prize winner - who turned 70 on Friday - cut

DHAKA: At least 42 people have been killed in violence across Syria, including 20 rebel fighters battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group in a suburb of the northern city of Aleppo.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday said that at least 11 people were

DHAKA: Two small sports aircraft were stolen from Tyumen Oblast in Siberia, Russia.The country’s TASS news agency said, reports The Straits Times.The first plane, a Yak-52, was forced to land due to technical problems at an airport in the city of Yalutorovsk.The culprit then took a

DHAKA: A roadside bomb killed at least 19 Afghan civilians including nine children in a southern province, while Taliban fighters in the north captured a key district on the frontline of the battle for Kunduz city.Officials said on Sunday, reports The Times of India.Violence has spiralled

DHAKA: 41 more people have died in the Mumbai spurious liquor tragedy Sunday, taking the total number of deaths to 94. Another 37 people continue to be critical in hospitals; the victims had consumed spurious liquor on Wednesday night. The incident occurred at Laxmi Nagar slum in Malwani

DHAKA: Al-Jazeera says one of its senior journalists has been arrested in Germany at the request of Egypt.Ahmed Mansour, who works for the channel’s Arabic-language service, was detained as he tried to board a flight from Berlin to Qatar.A German police official said Egyptian

DHAKA: The death toll from India’s latest incident of mass alcohol poisoning following the consumption of toxic homemade liquor rose to 74 on Saturday.Mumbai police said, reports The Straits Times.Dhananjay Kulkarni, police deputy commissioner in the western Indian city, told the media

DHAKA: An explosion was reported at a school campus in Kolkata on Saturday in which two people have been injured. The explosion occurred in the Dum Dum Cantonment area inside the school campus, according to news agency ANI, reports ibtimes.co.in.It is not clear what caused the

DHAKA: Japan on Saturday offered US$3.5 million to help the Rohingya boat people who have fled Myanmar where they faced severe discrimination.Japan foreign minister Fumio Kishida said Japan remained committed to helping national reconciliation efforts on various fronts in Asia, including

DHAKA: More than 80 people in Thailand have been exposed to the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) virus, the health authorities revealed, as the kingdom rushed to stem any panic from its first such case.The deadly disease, which was first identified in Saudi Arabia three years ago,

DHAKA: The Earth has entered a new period of extinction, a study by three US universities has concluded, and humans could be among the first casualties, reports bbc.comThe report, led by the universities of Stanford, Princeton and Berkeley, said vertebrates were disappearing at a rate 114

DHAKA: Gunmen have shot dead at least 10 people in a beer distribution centre near the Mexican city of Monterrey and then stole from the bodies.Seven people died at the scene. They were found naked or half-naked. Another three people died on their way to hospital.The attack took place in

DHAKA: Denmark’s opposition parties have beaten the governing coalition after a close general election.The centre-right group led by ex-PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen beat Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s centre-left coalition, although her party is the largest.Thorning-Schmidt has

DHAKA: Days after Nestle's popular noodles Maggi being pulled out of the market, concerned authorities have found an innovative way to use it. Maggi noodles is now being used as an alternative fuel in India's cement plants.Tonnes of Maggi packets are being incinerated at the ACC cement

DHAKA: Sahara chief Subrata Roy will have to remain in jail as he failed to get bank guarantee of Rs 5,000 crore. The Supreme Court on Friday reiterated that Roy’s release is subject to furnishing Rs 5,000 crore in cash and Rs 5,000 crore in bank guarantee, reports the NDTV.Roy failed