DHAKA: Britain’s Saturday newspapers said Prime Minister David Cameron’s election win was a remarkable triumph of quiet conservatism, but leaves him facing battles to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom and Britain in the European Union.The Conservative centre-right prime minister’s

DHAKA: Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage have all resigned following the disastrous performance of their respective parties in the UK's General Election overnight.Miliband was the final leader to stand down, announcing his resignation just after midday today, and saying he accepted

DHAKA: A total of 111 suspected Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh were rescued from jungle of Thailand's southern Songkhla province.On Friday, Thailand police said the 111 migrants had been left alone in the jungle after suspected human traffickers who had brought them into

DHAKA: David Cameron has returned to Downing Street with the Tories having defied polls and won the UK general election-2015.The Conservatives made gains in England and Wales and are forecast by the BBC to secure 331 seats in the Commons, giving them a slender majority.Labour leader Ed

DHAKA: A devastated Ed Miliband has resigned from the Labour party, saying he is truly sorry for the scale of the party’s crushing defeat.In an emotional speech, Miliband said it was time for someone else to take over as leader but called on the party to keep fighting, rather than give

THAMEL, KATHMANDU: The nerve wrecking disastrous earthquake has brought down the Nepalese on the streets but the urge of livelihood has compelled them to forget the shock. Thamel, the tourist spot of Nepal is now awakening from shock wave after facing the destructive natural calamity.With

DHAKA: A devastated Ed Miliband is expected to resign on Friday after talking to staff at the party’s headquarters, admitting the scale of the crushing defeat had taken him and his staff by surprise.There had been some discussion that he would stay on as a caretaker leader – just as

DHAKA: The ambassadors of Norway and Philippines and four others were killed when an army helicopter crashed in Naltar area of Gilgit on Friday, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan.Wives of Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors and two pilots are among the

DHAKA: David Cameron is on course to secure an astonishing electoral triumph as Tories fended off a Labour challenge in the key English marginals and early results suggested the Conservatives could even win enough seats to secure an overall majority.The result – devastating Labour and

DHAKA: The Conservatives are set to be the largest party in the Commons but just short of a majority, according to the general election exit poll.The survey taken at polling stations across the UK suggests the Tories will get 316 MPs to Labour’s 239 when all the results have been

DHAKA: A US air strike in Yemen last month killed the senior Al-Qaeda official who appeared in a video claiming the deadly January attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo.A monitor said Thursday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Friday.Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, who was killed in

DHAKA: The United States Senate voted overwhelmingly to limit debate on a bill that could give Congress the right to review, and possibly reject, an international nuclear agreement with Iran.The 93-6 vote cleared the way for a vote, expected shortly, on whether to pass the legislation and

DHAKA: The Russian embassy in Nepal has confirmed the deaths of two young diplomats, Alexei Lipeev and Maria Yakovleva, after their bodies were discovered in the mountain village of Langtang, the settlement that was worst affected by the earthquake.‘This morning in the course of the

DHAKA: UK election exit poll predicts Conservatives will be largest party in a hung parliament, with 316 seats to Labour’s 239.The poll showed Conservatives largest party with 316 seats, Labour 239, Liberal Democrat 10, SNP 58, UKIP 2, Green 2, PC 4, Others 19.Earlier in the day,

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia says it is prepared to introduce a five-day humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen.A Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen six weeks ago. At least 1,400 people have been killed, the UN says.US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saudi Arabia

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