DHAKA: At least 11 people were killed and seven injured in an explosion at a firecracker factory in West Bengal.The police said on Thursday, reports the NDTV.The explosion took place late on Wednesday at Pingla in West Midnapore district.“Eleven people have been killed and seven others

DHAKA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held on to his job, announcing that he had hammered together a new coalition government just ahead of a midnight legal deadline.But with a knife-edge majority of just one seat in the 120-member parliament expectations were that he would

DHAKA: Millions of people will be casting their votes in the UK general election later.Polls open at 07:00 BST at around 50,000 polling stations across the country.A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 50 million people registered to vote.As well as the general

DHAKA: At least 20 people were killed in a suicide bombing outside the governor’s house in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province early Thursday.According to local police and hospital officials said at least 36 people protesting the governor were also wounded in the attack, including a

DHAKA: A Myanmar court has jailed two reporters for two months for defamation, a newspaper editor said on Thursday, in a case likely to raise concern about a reform program after half a century of strict military rule. The media in Myanmar has enjoyed sweeping freedoms since a

DHAKA: Japan and China held security talks Thursday after a four-year hiatus because of simmering territorial tensions, in a meeting expected to touch on the flashpoint issue of maritime crisis management.Officials and reports said, according to The Straits Times.The first such

DHAKA: A US drone strike in southern Somalia has killed Adnan Garaar, a leader of the al-Shabaab militant group.The Pentagon said on Wednesday which reports the Jerusalem Post on Thursday.The March 12 strike hit a vehicle carrying Garaar, a top al Shabaab official suspected of

DHAKA: At least two people have been killed and several injured in a shooting in a restaurant in the south-western Swedish city of Gothenburg.Police said this which reports the BBC.They say automatic weapons - believed to be Kalashnikov assault rifles - were used in the attack late on

DHAKA: Gunmen disguised as soldiers opened fire at a museum in Tunis, the Tunisian capital, on Wednesday, killing 19 people.The attack was sparking a hostage drama that ended with security forces storming the building, leaving two assailants and a police officer dead, reports the Al

DHAKA: At least 34 militants were killed when fighter jets pounded their positions in the restive northwestern tribal region on Wednesday.The Pakistani military said this which reports the Times of India.Pakistan intensified operations against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants

DHAKA: French president Francois Hollande on Wednesday expressed his country’s ‘solidarity’ with Tunisia after at least seven foreigners and a Tunisian national were killed in a brazen day-time attack.In a brief call with his Tunisian counterpart Beji Caid Essebsi, Hollande

DHAKA: The Greek parliament adopted a ‘humanitarian crisis’ bill on Wednesday, the first package of social measures put forward by prime minister Alexis Tsipras’ radical left-wing government.In going ahead with presenting the bill of housing allowances and emergency food aid for the

DHAKA: Three gunmen have attacked Tunisia’s parliament building, local radio reported, citing one of its reporters at the scene.At least eight tourists were killed and others were taken hostage by the militants who attacked Tunisia’s parliament compound, which includes a museum.A

DHAKA: Michelle Obama arrived in Japan on Wednesday afternoon on her first visit to the country, as part of a trip to highlight the importance of girls’ education.The first lady, who stepped off a US government plane wearing a bright yellow dress, was without her husband president

DHAKA: The Palestinians slammed Israelis on Wednesday for voting for prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightwing Likud party, saying they had chosen ‘occupation and settlement building’ over peace talks.‘Israel chose the path of racism, occupation and settlement building, and

DHAKA: In yet another blow to the Islamists in Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood’s chief Mohamed Badie and 21 other members of the banned movement have been sentenced to death in separate cases for inciting violence and murder.Badie and 13 other Brotherhood members were convicted of

DHAKA: A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Molucca Sea on Wednesday (Mar 18), the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of damage. The quake struck at a depth of 41km, 134km northwest of Kota Ternate at 6.12am Singapore time,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory in Israel’s parliamentary election.This was despite TV exit polls suggesting his Likud party had finished in a virtual tie with the left-of-centre Zionist Union, reports the BBC.Netanyahu said he had already spoken to the

DHAKA: Iran and the United States have agreed on 90 percent of the technical questions in bilateral talks on Teheran’s nuclear program.An Iranian official at the Lausanne negotiations said Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.‘We have agreed on 90 percent of the technical issues’ in

DHAKA: Egypt’s state prosecutor referred on Tuesday a police officer to trial for allegedly shooting to death a leftist female protester during a peaceful rally in central Cairo.The death of Shaima al-Sabbagh, which was partly recorded by a photographer, prompted president Abdel