DHAKA: A historic tower built in the 19th century collapsed in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu following a severe earthquake on Saturday.At least 50 people were trapped in the tower, local media reported, says The Straits Times.The Dharara Tower, built in 1832, was a historic landmark

DHAKA: An earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude and only 2 km deep struck east of Pokhara in Nepal on Saturday causing buildings in the capital Kathmandu to collapse, injuring many and leaving a pall of dust over the city.Witnesses said, reports The Straits Times.At least two people were

DHAKA: Indians are less happy people compared with its neighbors Bangladeshis and Pakistanis, according to a UN-sponsored study quoted by the media on Friday.Even than, people of war-torn countries like Ukraine, Palestine and Iraq are happier than the Indians.India comes in at the 117th

DHAAK: An earthquake measuring 7.7 in magnitude struck 80 km east of Pokhara in Nepal on Saturday, about half way between the town and the capital Kathmandu.The United States Geological Survey said, reports The Straits Times.Witnesses said some buildings in Kathmandu had collapsed.There

DHAKA: A leading Pakistani human rights activist has been killed in a drive-by shooting in Karachi after hosting a talk on allegations of torture in the province of Balochistan.Sabeen Mehmud was shot dead as she drove home with her mother, who was also attacked.She had been the subject of

DHAKA: The earthquake hit central New Zealand, rattling Wellington and Christchurch.An earthquake measuring 6.3 has hit central New Zealand, rattling Wellington and Christchurch.The quake, centred in the Nelson region, occurred at a depth of 80 kilometres, 45 kilometres east of the

DHAKA: Militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at Israel as it celebrated its independence day on Thursday, the first such attack this year, causing no injuries or damage, Israeli authorities said.Air raid sirens sounded in the late evening in the southern border town of Sderot and

DHAKA: It’s the House of Cards meets The Americans. Dogged by controversies throughout their career over dodgy links to many dubious associates, Hillary and Bill Clinton are suddenly in the midst of another raging storm that could potentially damage the former First Lady and former

DHAKA: The US government has said it is ‘tremendously sorry’ for killing two hostages held by al-Qaeda during a counterterrorism operation in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan earlier this year.The White House said on Thursday that American Warren Weinstein and Italian

DHAKA: European leaders are to triple funding for search-and-rescue operations aimed at migrant boats in the Mediterranean following crisis talks in Brussels.The EU will also look at ways to capture and destroy smugglers’ boats and deploy immigration officers to non-EU countries,

DHAKA: EU leaders gathering in Brussels on Thursday will consider launching a military operation against human traffickers in Libya, in a bold effort to halt the deadly flow of refugees trying to reach Europe by sea.As survivors laid bare the full horror of last weekend’s catastrophic

DHAKA: Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed Yemen on Wednesday despite an announcement by Riyadh that it was ending its campaign of air strikes, while renewed fighting erupted on the ground between rebels and forces loyal to the exiled president.The hostilities illustrated how difficult

DHAKA: At least 44 people were killed and 100 others injured as a heavy storm with rain and hail swept through northern and north-eastern districts of Bihar on Tuesday night.The storm also destroyed standing crops and property worth several crores of rupees, reports the Times of

DHAKA: Southern Chile’s Calbuco volcano has erupted for the first time in more than four decades, sending a thick plume of ash and smoke several kilometres into the sky.The local television images showed that reports the Aljazeera.Chile’s Onemi emergency office declared a red alert

DHAKA: EU leaders are due to hold an emergency summit on ways to stem the number of migrants risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean.BBC Europe editor Katya Adler says draft proposals include a push for a military mandate to destroy boats used by people traffickers.More than

DHAKA: A farmer hanged himself in front of hundreds of protesters gathered in the centre of the Indian capital on Wednesday to rally against the government’s contentious reform of land purchasing laws.Television footage of the protest close to the nation's parliament showed the farmer

DHAKA: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday launched one of his strongest attacks yet against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria extremists, saying the group was a ‘virus’ working to destroy the Muslim community.Ankara has been repeatedly criticized in recent months

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of Ethiopians marched through the capital Wednesday in a government-organized rally condemning the murder of 20 Ethiopian Christians by Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria militants in Libya.‘Our brothers were murdered, the government must do something,’

DHAKA: The Afghan Taliban announced Wednesday they will launch their annual ‘spring offensive’ from April 24, vowing attacks across the country at a time when US-led foreign forces are pulling back from the frontlines.The militants have already stepped up attacks on government and

DHAKA: Just as Pakistan was celebrating the launch of Chinese investments worth $46 billion in the country, the militant organization Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed to have successfully test fired its first indigenously developed missile named as ‘Omar-1’.To justify its