DHAKA: More than 80 per cent of India’s population is vitamin D deficient and is at risk from health complications like diabetes and heart disorders.Experts said on Friday, gulfnews.com publishes this report on Saturday.They emphasised that Vitamin D deficiency doesn’t exhibit

DHAKA: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered changes to the design of Pyongyang’s new international airport to reflect the country’s socialist ideology after saying the layout looked like ‘a copy’ of a foreign facility.North Korea state media reported on Saturday,

DHAKA: A pilot was killed and another injured as Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship two space tourism craft crashed in the California desert in US.The BBC reports on Saturday.The craft was flying a manned test when it experienced what the company described as "a serious anomaly".It was

DHAKA: China passed a counter-espionage law on Saturday aimed at tightening state security and helping build a ‘comprehensive’ national security system.China state media reported, according to The Straits Times.The law will allow authorities to seal or seize any property linked to

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi housemaid drowned while rescuing four Emirati boys who were nearly swallowed by the sea at a beach in Abu Dhabi.The four boys ventured towards the water in Dabiya beach in the city, prompting the maid, Safiya, to scream and chase them into deep water.The household

DHAKA: Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore has announced his resignation, following violent protests at his attempt to extend his 27-year rule. Mr Compaore issued a statement saying the presidency was now vacant and urging elections within 90 days. Military chief Gen Honore Traore

DHAKA: Staffan de Mistura says local ceasefires in different parts of the war-torn country could help get aid deliveries in. UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura has presented an "action plan" for Syria, proposing to "freeze" fighting in local areas to allow for aid deliveries and to lay

DHAKA: Israel reopened Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound Friday ahead of the weekly Muslim prayers, after a rare closure following clashes sparked by the killing of a Palestinian by police. The streets of east Jerusalem were calm ahead of the prayers at midday, following an

DHAKA: Russia has agreed to resume gas supplies to Ukraine over the winter in a deal brokered by the European Union. The deal will also ensure gas supplies to EU countries via Ukraine are secure. "There is now no reason for people in Europe to stay cold this winter,'' said European

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has urged Myanmar's president to address ethnic tensions in his country, while also discussing political reforms with the opposition leader. The White House said Obama had separate telephone conversations on Thursday with President Thein Sein and

DHAKA: Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore on Thursday imposed a state of emergency to end violent protests against his 27-year rule.The government has also been dissolved, a statement signed by Compaore said, reports BBC.Mass protests against his rule are continuing in the

DHAKA: A spokesman for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has described the closure of a disputed Jerusalem holy site as a ‘declaration of war’. The move came amid tension after the shooting of a Jewish activist. Israel’s PM called for calm, saying Abbas was responsible for

DHAKA: Ten Iraqi Kurd Peshmerga fighters have entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border. Syrian opposition activists say, reports the BBC. Dozens more are expected to join them in helping Syrian Kurds defend the strategic town against besieged by Islamic State

DHAKA: Protesters angry at plans to allow Burkina Faso’s president Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year-rule have set fire to parliament. The BBC’s Laeila Adjovi in the capital, Ouagadougou, say the city hall and ruling party headquarters are also in flames. The security forces

DHAKA: Pakistani teenage rights activist and also Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has donated $50,000 to help rebuild UN schools in Gaza that have been damaged during the recent fighting in the enclave. ‘We must all work to ensure Palestinian boys and girls, and all children

DHAKA: Sweden has officially recognised the state of Palestine, the Swedish foreign minister said, less than a month after Stockholm announced its intention to make the controversial move. ‘Today the government takes the decision to recognise the state of Palestine,’ Margot

HAKA: Delhi’s air has again made headlines for the wrong reasons. The US embassy’s pollution monitor at Chanakyapuri on Wednesday measured air quality at ‘very unhealthy’ levels, prompting a post in an international news portal warning against letting children outdoors for

DHAKA: Far fewer Chinese couples applied to have a second child than expected after a relaxation of the country’s ‘one child’ policy, state-run media reported on Thursday, highlighting the ageing nation’s demographic challenges. The world’s most populous country has restricted

DHAKA: Rescue workers in Sri Lanka have intensified their search for survivors of a tea plantation landslide in the centre of the country which is feared to have buried more than 100 people. Five excavators normally used to dig trenches joined the search effort at first light on

DHAKA: A UN official has warned that Israel's plans for further settlements in East Jerusalem could ignite more violence and threaten the viability of the future Palestinian state. UN political chief Jeffrey Feltman called on Israel on Wednesday "to rescind" its plan to build 1,000 new