DHAKA: Myanmar peace negotiators on Monday agreed the draft text of a historic nationwide ceasefire agreement, as the country edges closer to ending decades of conflict between ethnic minority groups and the government.The tentative deal, which comes as heavy fighting between the military

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama will in July make a first presidential trip to Kenya, his father’s native country.The White House said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.Obama will attend a Global Entrepreneurship Summit in what will be his fourth trip to sub-Saharan Africa as

Kuala Lumpur: Tenaganita program officer Ashiqur Rahman urged all illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia to go back home to avert legal action as well as bitter consequence. Tenaganita is an award winning NGO, which works for laborers rights. Ashiq and his colleagues have been carrying

DHAKA: A powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, generating a small tsunami and frightening locals near the epicentre, but prompting no reports of damage or injuries.A tsunami of half a meter (1.5ft) was measured in the harbor of Rabaul, a town

DHAKA: Thousands of US and South Korean troops, backed by helicopters and jet fighters, staged a massive, amphibious landing drill on Monday, the centrepiece of an annual military exercise condemned by North Korea.A total of 7,600 soldiers, including 3,500 marines, along with 80 aircraft,

DHAKA: Ministers from six world powers are expected to hold their first full session on Monday with Iran’s foreign minister over its nuclear program.The deadline for reaching an agreement is Tuesday.The essence of an emerging deal is to keep Iran at least one year away from being able

DHAKA: Ten people were killed and 20 other injured as a bus fell into a ditch in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district of India early Monday. Sources said the accident occurred as the driver of a private bus traveling from Chhattisgarh’s Raipur to Patna lost control of the bus, after which it

DHAKA: A major earthquake with a magnitude 7.5 struck off Papua New Guinea and a tsunami warning was issued soon after.The epicentre of Monday morning’s quake was near the town of Rabaul in the northeast of Papua New Guinea, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The monitor

DHAKA: The heads of Arab League countries meeting in Egypt have agreed to create a joint Arab military force.The League has been meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh amid a crisis in Yemen and the threat of jihadists who have made major gains in Iraq, Syria and Libya.However, establishing the

DHAKA: Representatives of six world powers are intensifying talks with Iran, as a deadline to reach a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program looms.The US secretary of state and German and French foreign ministers have all reportedly cancelled their travel plans in a final push for an

DHAKA: An undersea earthquake measuring 5.9 magnitude struck in Moluccas, Indonesia on Sunday.The US Geological Survey said, reports The Straits Times.The quake, only 10 kms deep, was 128 kms northwest of Ternate in the Moluccas.There were no immediate reports of damage.BDST: 1636 HRS,

DHAKA: Denmark has applied to join the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), China’s Ministry of Finance said on Sunday, becoming the latest European power to join the institution despite misgivings in the United States.The Ministry of Finance said that Denmark has

DHAKA: Guinean president Alpha Conde has declared a 45-day ‘health emergency’ in five regions in the west and south-west of the country over Ebola.The restrictions include the quarantining of hospitals and clinics where new cases are detected, new rules on burials and possible

DHAKA: Michelle Obama mixed her message of education for girls with one of empowerment for black women, declaring ‘Black girls rock!’ at the annual awards show of the same name.The first lady was the most heralded participant at the 5th annual event, which honored Jada Pinkett Smith,

DHAKA: Islamist Boko Haram insurgents launched two deadly attacks on voters in northeast Nigeria that killed six people. Police and a security source said the militants attacked in an election in which insecurity is a major issue, reports the Jerusalem Post.One attack was in Ngalda, Yobe

DHAKA: Syrian rebels, including al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, have captured the northwestern city of Idlib for the first time from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.The activists and the rebels have said this, reports the Aljazeera.The ‘Fattah Army’ coalition - including

DHAKA: A series of explosions rocked an arms depot in Yemen’s second city of Aden Saturday, killing at least 14 people as looters swarmed the facility.Witnesses and an official said this which reports the NDTV.The blasts were heard across the city and pillars of smoke rose from the

DHAKA: Singapore is preparing to bid farewell to its founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who died on Monday aged 91.Lee’s coffin will be carried in a procession across the streets of Singapore, and taken to a state funeral attended by world leaders, report the BBC.The statesman’s body will

DHAKA: Bangladesh newspaper Banglar Kantha organized a memorial service at its office along Rowell Road tonight, where about 30 Bangladeshi workers recited poems they wrote about Lee Kuan Yew.A banner made for the service described the late Lee as ‘a leader who devoted his life to

DHAKA: Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan turned up Saturday to accredit himself and his wife Patience for his re-election bid but problems with new voting technology forced to him to temporarily abandon his plans.The incumbent leader, who is seeking a second term of office, arrived