DHAKA: Rescuers continued to scour Indian villages and towns bordering Nepal as India's death toll from the powerful earthquake in the Himalayan nation reached 62, with nearly 260 injured.Strong aftershocks were felt across northern India yesterday. Bihar was the worst-affected state,

DHAKA: Thousands of displaced residents in the Nepali capital have expressed anger towards the government, as they face food and water shortages, a day after a magnitude 7.8 quake hit the country and killed more than 2,500 people.As rescuers continue to dig through the rubble on Sunday,

DHAKA: Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal Sunday, panicking survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,300 and triggering fresh avalanches at Everest base camp, as rescuers dug through rubble in the devastated capital Kathmandu.Terrified residents, many forced to camp out in the capital

DHAKA: International aid groups and governments intensified efforts to get rescuers and supplies into earthquake-hit Nepal on Sunday, but severed communications and landslides in the Himalayan nation posed formidable challenges to the relief effort.As the death toll surpassed 2,200, the

DHAKA: The overall death toll from a massive earthquake which devastated large parts of Nepal has passed 2,000, officials in the Himalayan nation and neighboring countries said Sunday.National police spokesman Kamal Singh Ban said the number known to have died in Nepal had risen to 1,953

DHAKA: Helicopters began landing at Mount Everest base camp on Sunday to rescue victims of an avalanche that has killed at least 14 people.A media correspondent at the scene said, reports The Straits Times.Six helicopters landed at base camp in Nepal after weather conditions improved

DHAKA: Russian hackers who gained access to the White House computer system last year were able to read President Obama’s unclassified emails.Quoting the New York Times reports the BBC.It said the breach was far more intrusive than previously admitted.Officials have conceded that

DHAKA: More than 1,000 protesters have marched in Baltimore over the death of a black man in police custody a week ago.A minority of protesters smashed police car windows and at least a dozen were arrested, after disturbances that led police to delay spectators’ departure from a

DHAKA: At least 38 people dead as fierce fighting raged on Saturday in south Yemen between Iran-backed rebels and loyalists of exiled president Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, as pressure mounted for the warring factions to hold political talks. The Houthi rebels, who have overrun large parts of

DHAKA: An Indian army mountaineering team found 18 bodies on Mount Everest on Saturday after a massive earthquake in Nepal unleashed an avalanche on the world's tallest mountain at the start of the main climbing season.An Army spokesman said this reports the Times of India on

DHAKA: At least 1,805 people have been killed and 4,718 injured by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal, said sources of the country’s Home Ministry on Sunday.Rescue crews and residents began the desperate search for survivors after earthquake hit the country Saturday noon.Whole

DHAKA: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is to attend Moscow’s World War II victory celebrations despite snubs from Western leaders.Russia’s TASS state news agency reported Saturday, citing a UN source, reports The Straits Times.‘His flight out to Moscow is planned for

DHAKA: A convoy of Iranian ships headed toward Yemen is now moving away from the war-torn country, days after the US deployed warships to the Yemeni coast.Two US defense officials say, CNN reports on Saturday.One of those American ships, the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, has

DHAKA: At least 970 people are known to have died in a powerful earthquake in Nepal, with many more feared trapped under rubble, officials say.The 7.8 magnitude quake struck an area between the capital, Kathmandu, and the city of Pokhara.The US Geological Survey said, reports the

DHAKA: I am right now in a secure open space near my office in Kathmandu. Everyone here is sacred. I can hear the sounds of approaching helicopters and ambulance sirens. Right in front me I can see a temple has been reduced to rubble.Just some time ago, I was in my office in Tripureshwar

DHAKA: At least 876 people are known to have died in a powerful earthquake in Nepal, with many more feared trapped under rubble.Officials say, reports the BBC.The 7.8 magnitude quake struck an area between the capital, Kathmandu, and the city of Pokhara, the US Geological Survey

DHAKA: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake centered less than 50 miles from Kathmandu rocked Nepal with devastating force early Saturday, killing nearly 700 people – and probably more – in Nepal’s capital city.Authorities said, reports CNN.Historic buildings in Kathmandu lay in rubble on the

DHAKA: At least 686 people have died after strong earthquake, says Nepal government, reports NDTV.Moreover, at least 29 people have been killed and dozens more injured in India in a powerful earthquake that struck neighboring Nepal, according to The Times of India.A government official in

DHAKA: A massive 7.9-magbutuide earthquake hit Bangladesh, Nepal and north and north-east India on Saturday noon.United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake originated at Lamjung, 81 kilometer north-west of Kathmandu, capital city of Nepal, at 12:11:25pm Bangladesh time.The jolt

DHAKA: Nepal’s home affairs ministry says more than 150 people have died in the capital, Kathmandu, following a 7.9 magnitude earthquake.However, a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake has hit Nepal with devastating force less than 50 miles from the capital, Kathmandu, the US Geological