DHAKA: A brother and sister have been reunited for the first time in six decades after they were separated as young children. Allan Healy spent years looking for his long-lost sibling Margaret Mitchell - but was only able to track her down thanks to Facebook. After the pair were

DHAKA: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Friday met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and finalised a long-awaited deal to allow the export of uranium to New Delhi for use in power generation.The deal will be formally signed during a meeting this evening, when PM Abbott plans

DHAKA: In big relief for thousands of prisoners waiting for their trial in jail, the Indian Supreme Court Friday said they can be released if they have served half the sentence for the offence they have been charged with.The court today asked all judicial officers to visit jails and

DHAKA:  Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has raised hopes that a deal could be struck with Russia to end fighting in the east of his country.Ukraine, Russia and pro-Russia rebels are set to begin afternoon talks in Belarus. However, there are new reports of shelling near the town

DHAKA: Denying the report published on removal of the Roza Mubarak, the Sacred Chamber in which the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be on him), the Presidency of the two holy mosques said the Roza Mubarak will not be removed from Madinah. Ahmed Al-Mansouri, the

DHAKA: Indian serial killer Surinder Koli, who has been sentenced to death for the brutal killing of a 14-year-old girl, will be hanged in Meerut Jail there on September 12, jail authority declared on Thursday."The hanging will be carried out on September 12...all the rules and

DHAKA: At least 40 people have been killed in rain-related incidents across Punjab in Pakistan since Wednesday night, police and rescue sources said on Thursday.However, fifteen deaths were reported from Lahore and a total of seven from the districts of Sialkot and Gujranwala,

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