DHAKA: The UN nuclear watchdog said it has seen releases of steam and water indicating that North Korea may be operating a reactor, in the latest update on a plant that experts say could make plutonium for atomic bombs.North Korea announced in April of last year that it would revive

DHAKA: One person commits suicide every 40 seconds, an avoidable tragedy that fails to grab attention because of taboos and stigma.A UN report said September 4, reports daily Hurriyet.In a study released three weeks after the apparent suicide of Hollywood great Robin Williams, the

DHAKA: At least 50 people were feared killed Thursday when flood waters swept a bus into a deep gorge in the mountainous Indian state of Kashmir. An Indian official said, reports TDS. ‘Witnesses said 50 to 60 people were in the bus when it fell into a gorge after it was swept away by

DHAKA: At least 25 people have been killed in roof collapses caused by heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan as authorities warned more intense rainfall and flash floods could be imminent. Pakistan officials said Thursday, reports The Straits Times The deaths all came in Punjab, Pakistan’s

DHAKA: South Africa has refused to grant a visa for the Dalai Lama to attend the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Cape Town next month.His representative said Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The government ‘conveyed by phone to me they will not be able to grant the visa

DHAKA: Intelligence Bureau of India issued alert to all police station across the country after Al Qaeda chief Ayman al Zawahri, in a video message, announced the formation of an Indian branch. Zawahri said Al Qaeda would spread Islamic rule and "raise the flag of jihad" across the

DHAKA: France has suspended the delivery of the first of two Mistral-class warships to Russia "until November" after fierce criticism from its allies given the crisis in Ukraine.Paris agreed in 2011 to build and sell the two advanced helicopter assault ships to Russia for a total of

DHAKA: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri on Wednesday announced the formation of an Indian branch of his militant group he said would spread Islamic rule and "raise the flag of jihad" across the subcontinent.In a 55-minute video posted online, Zawahri also renewed a longstanding vow of

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin has said he is hoping for a peace agreement to be reached between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels by Friday.Putin urged both sides to stop military action in eastern Ukraine, adding that his views and those of his Ukrainian counterpart were very

DHAKA: President Barack Obama has vowed the US will not be intimidated, after Islamic State militants released a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff.Obama warned, ‘Our reach is long and justice will be served’, reports the BBC.Another US journalist,

DHAKA: Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko says he has agreed with Russian president Putin by phone on a ‘ceasefire process’ for the east. His office initially reported that a ‘permanent ceasefire’ had been agreed but later revised its statement, reports the BBC. The Kremlin

DHAKA: Boko Haram insurgents overran most of a north-eastern Nigerian town on Tuesday after hours of fighting that killed scores and displaced thousands of residents, security sources said.The Islamists launched an attack on the town of Bama, 70km from the Borno state capital of

DHAKA: The United Nations said on Wednesday it was ‘seriously concerned’ about growing restrictions on human rights activists in Thailand after a string of curbs on freedom of expression in the junta-ruled nation.Since seizing power from the elected government in May, the Thai army

DHAKA: A statement issued by the military on Wednesday put the official number of ‘terrorists’ killed in Operation Zarb-i-Azb at 910 and added that 82 Pakistani soldiers had also lost their lives during the North Waziristan offensive.The death tolls and their breakdowns could not

DHAKA: U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday authorized additional troops be deployed to Iraq to protect American diplomatic facilities and personnel in Baghdad.The 350 troops are being sent at the request of the U.S. Department of State to beef up security, an appeal that comes as

DHAKA: An estimated $1tn (£600bn) a year is being taken out of poor countries and millions of lives are lost because of corruption, according to campaigners.A report by the US-based anti-poverty organisation One says much of the progress made over the past two decades in tackling

DHAKA: The Islamic State has released a video of the purported murder of the US journalist Steven Sotloff, days after his mother pleaded with the group's leader to spare his life.The armed group released the video what it said was the 31-year-old's death on Tuesday. Internet monitors

DHAKA: Police arrested at least 22 people during a series of protests targeting a senior Chinese official visiting the city.The police authorities said on Tuesday.The city has been plunged into political crisis after pro-democracy activists vowed to take over the streets of the city’s

DHAKA: Russia is to alter its military strategy as a result of the Ukraine crisis and Nato’s presence in eastern Europe.A top Russian official said this which reports the BBC.Mikhail Popov, a Kremlin adviser, said that deteriorating relations with the US and Nato would be reflected in

DHAKA: Amnesty International says it has new evidence Islamic State militants are carrying out "a wave of ethnic cleansing" against minorities in northern Iraq, BBC reports on Tuesday. The human rights group said IS had turned the region into "blood-soaked killing fields".Earlier,