DHAKA: There could be between 10,000 and 13,000 victims of slavery in the UK, higher than previous figures. Analysis for the UK Home Office suggests, reports the BBC. Modern slavery victims are said to include women forced into prostitution, ‘imprisoned’ domestic staff and workers

DHAKA: Fifteen people have been killed and 14 others wounded during a terrorist attack in China’s mostly Muslim Xinjiang region. China’s official news agency said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times. Xinjiang is frequently hit by unrest sparked by fierce tensions between

DHAKA: A court in Cairo has cleared former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak of conspiring to kill protesters during the 2011 uprising against his rule. The courtroom erupted in cheers when the judge concluded Mubarak’s retrial by dismissing the charges which relate to the deaths of

DHAKA: Pope Francis is due to arrive in Istanbul on the second day of his three-day visit to Turkey.He will meet Muslim and Christian leaders of the city, which as Constantinople was Byzantine’s capital until the Ottoman conquest in 1453.The Pope will also visit a mosque and hold

DHAKA: An Egyptian court is expected to deliver its verdict in the retrial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak on charges of conspiring in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising.Last year, an appeals court overturned an initial life sentence given to Mubarak in 2012 on

DHAKA: A new human being, the first case this winter in the southern province of Guangdong in China, was found infected of deadly H7N9 avian influenza virus.A 31-year-old woman surnamed Deng, from the provincial city of Dongguan, was confirmed on Friday to have been infected with the

DHAKA: At least 81 people were killed and 150 others injured as two bombs exploded outside the central mosque of north Nigeria's biggest city, Kano, just as residents were packing into the area for Friday prayers.The blasts occurred outside the Emir's Palace Mosque.Witnesses said they

DHAKA: Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has passionately urged other EU leaders to support his ‘reasonable’ proposals for far-reaching curbs on welfare benefits for migrants.Cameron said lower EU migration would be a priority in future negotiations on the UK’s membership

DHAKA: Austrian police have arrested 13 people suspected of radicalizing young people and recruiting them to fight in Syria.The prosecutors said this which reports BBC on Friday.Reports in the Austrian media said 500 police were involved in searches at mosques, flats and prayer rooms in

DHAKA: An Afghan mother took bloody revenge on the Taliban militants who gunned down her son, killing 25 and injuring five of them during a seven hour gun battle on Wednesday. Reza Gul watched helplessly as her son died while he manned a village checkpoint with his small team of

DHAKA: A bomb blast in a Nigerian bus station left at least 40 people dead Thursday. The recent blast brings the death toll in northern Nigeria, on the border with Cameroon, to at least 118 people in the past 72 hours.Nobody has claimed responsibility for the latest deadly attack, but

DHAKA: A bomb blast in a Nigerian bus station left at least 40 people dead Thursday. The recent blast brings the death toll in northern Nigeria, on the border with Cameroon, to at least 118 people in the past 72 hours.Nobody has claimed responsibility for the latest deadly attack, but

KOLKATA: The gradual falling of dry leaves and cold wind blowing from the North inform the people that the winter is knocking at the door.You cannot ignore the scenery of marigold, chrysanthemum and dahlia through thin fog in the morning. It seems that the whole nature is getting

DHAKA: A brief meeting between prime minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif appears to have salvaged a summit of South Asian leaders, with all eight countries clinching a last-minute deal to create a regional electricity grid.Thursday’s pact, to be signed

DHAKA: One British citizen was among five people killed in Thursday’s suicide attack on a British embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital.The interior ministry said in a statement, reports The Times of India.The other four killed in the blast were Afghans, the statement said.The

DHAKA: Six people, including three civilians and three army soldiers, were killed in a fierce gunbattle between the security forces and militants near the international border in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.Police said, reports The Times of India.Militants dressed in army uniforms

DHAKA: Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong was banned from a large area in Mong Kok as a condition of bail on Thursday after he was arrested during scuffles with police as they cleared one of the largest protest sites that have choked the city for weeks.Wong and activist lawmaker

DHAKA: Greek labour unions staged a 24-hour strike on Thursday that cancelled hundreds of flights, shut public offices and severely disrupted local transport, in the first major industrial action to cripple the austerity-weary country in months.Private sector union GSEE and its

DHAKA: India’s environment court has slammed the government over the capital’s horrendous air pollution, which it said was ‘getting worse’ every day, and ordered a string of measures to bring it down.The National Green Tribunal directed all vehicles older than 15 years be

DHAKA: The younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been referred to as senior party official for the first time in state media. Kim Yo-jong, who is in her mid to late twenties, was identified as a vice-director of a department within the powerful Central Committee, KCNA