DHAKA: An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck off Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the US Geological Survey reported. This is just two days after a 7.4-magnitude jolt shook the southern coast.The quake, which struck 150km southwest of the town of Arawa, appears to be relatively shallow. There

DHAKA: Syrian army bombing in the mountainous area along the border with Lebanon killed dozens of insurgents.The rebels have been attacking the Syrian army from the Qalamoun Mountains and are battling fighters from Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah which has sent hundreds to fight alongside his

DHAKA: Nepal has banned flying of drones in its skies following the devastating earthquake, suspecting leakage of sensitive information through the use of the unmanned aerial vehicle.The authorities said this on Wednesday, reports the Times of India.After the April 25 quake, some foreign

DHAKA: The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps in March appears to have practiced a rapid descent on a previous flight, a report by French investigators says.The report said Andreas Lubitz repeatedly set the same plane for an unauthorised descent earlier that

DHAKA: At least 32 people have been killed in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden while trying to flee heavy fighting in a boat.The medics said this reports the BBC.Witnesses told that the boat was struck by shells fired by Houthi rebels as it left the al-Tawahi district for al-Buraiqa

DHAKA: More than 200,000 people are killed on China’s dangerous roads every year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday - at least four times official government statistics.Writing in the government-published China Daily newspaper, the WHO’s representative in the

DHAKA: Four Afghan men have been sentenced to death over a mob attack in which a woman was beaten to death after being accused of burning the Koran.The 28-year-old woman called Farkhunda was accused of burning the Koran, although witnesses say she did not. She was beaten to death and her

DHAKA: Authorities in Thailand have dug up the bodies of six suspected Rohingya migrants from Myanmar at a rubber plantation near a mountain where a mass grave was found at the weekend.The military said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.The discovery was made in Thailand’s

DHAKA: The US government is offering rewards totalling $20m (£13m) for information on what it says are four leaders of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.It named the four as Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli; Abu Mohammed al-Adnani; Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili and Tariq

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that war-torn Somalia was facing a better future, as he made a landmark visit as the most senior US official to visit since Washington’s doomed military intervention more than two decades ago.The top US diplomat spent just a few

DHAKA: Around 40 migrants died when an inflatable boat carrying more than 100 people sank off the coast of Italy.Save the Children quoted survivors as saying on Tuesday, reports The Straits TImes.‘They said there were 137 people aboard an inflatable boat that deflated or exploded - it

DHAKA: Billionaire Wang Jianlin has surpassed Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Li Ka Shing and Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma to become the wealthiest man in Asia after Wanda Group’s stock soared in Hong Kong Stock Exchange.He had a fortune worth US$33.7 billion as of Friday, according to

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise trip to Somalia on Tuesday, officials said.He has become the highest-level US official ever to visit the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation.The top US diplomat was spending just a few hours in the capital, Mogadishu, and was not

DHAKA: Rescue workers from different nations have started leaving Nepal as government urged foreign rescue workers to return home.Since the April 25 earthquake, 4,050 rescue workers from 34 different nations reached to Nepal to help in rescue operations, provide emergency medical care and

DHAKA: International police Interpol on Monday issued a global alert over an illicit and potentially lethal drug used as a dieting and body-building aid.The Orange Notice warning about 2.4-dinitrophenol (DNP), which is also used as a raw material for explosives, was issued after one woman

DHAKA: Indonesia will stop sending new domestic workers to 21 middle eastern countries, reports said Tuesday, after the recent execution of two Indonesian women in Saudi Arabia angered Jakarta.The ban affects countries including Saudi Arabia - a major destination for Indonesian maids -

DHAKA: The name of the Princess of Cambridge has finally been revealed to the world as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.In a touching tribute, the little girl, who was born on Saturday, has been named in honor of her grandfather, her grandmother and her great-grandmother, reports

DHAKA: India’s defense minister said Monday that final negotiations to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France would start this month and end as soon as possible, after leaders of the two nations announced the deal last month.On the eve of a visit by his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le

DHAKA: Nepal has asked foreign countries to wrap up search and rescue operations nine days after a devastating earthquake killed more than 7,200 people, now there is no hope of finding people alive in the rubble.Dozens of countries sent teams to look for survivors after the Himalayan

DHAKA: Thailand’s police have arrested a man they believe is the key figure behind a brutal human trafficking network that ran a jungle camp where dozens of bodies have been found.Soe Naing, widely known as Anwar, was detained on Wednesday as the authorities closed in on a camp near the