DHAKA: A suicide attack in Afghanistan targeting a senior government official has killed one civilian and injured several others in Kabul. Police say, reports the BBC. But Mohammed Masoom Stanikzai, an adviser to the government body tasked with conducting peace talks with the Taliban,

DHAKA: Sri Lankan police were investigating a fire which on Saturday destroyed a Muslim-owned clothing store in a district where religious tensions had heightened. The authorities had not ruled out arson at the upmarket No-Limit store in Panadura, 25 kilometres south of Colombo, police

DHAKA: Angry demonstrators blocked a railway track in northern India on Saturday in protest against a steep hike in rail fares announced by the government in its first tough step aimed at reforming a sluggish economy. Scores of flag-waving protesters shouted slogans demanding an

DHAKA: Police in China's western Xinjiang region shot dead 13 assailants who drove one or more vehicles into a police office building and set off explosives in an attack Saturday that injured three officers, AP reports. The the news website for the regional government said in a one-line

DHAKA: The next phase of the hunt for missing Malaysian jet MH370 will move hundreds of miles south, BBC news.        The search will focus on an area 1,800km (1,100 miles) off the city of Perth, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) chief Martin Dolan said.    Nearby areas

DHAKA: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has declared a week-long unilateral ceasefire in fighting with pro-Russian militants in the east of the country.    Heavy fighting had been continuing between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russia rebels, with new reports of

DHAKA: Narendra Modi’s government of India has increased railway passenger fare by 14.2 percent and freight charges by 6.5 percent on Friday.  The increased rates came to effect from Friday, reported Times of India. The hike in the passenger fare and freight charges was expected as

DHAKA: Taking further the new government's stated objective of "good neighborly" relations, the Indian commerce department has circulated a draft Cabinet note that seeks to offer unilateral entry to vehicles from Bangladesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasized strengthening ties

DHAKA: Pakistan's military gunship helicopters pounded militant targets in the country’s North Waziristan tribal region on Friday, killing up to 20 suspected rebels, as the number of civilians fleeing an expected ground offensive passed 150,000. Nearly 100,000 people have left North

DHAKA: The CIA has revealed it once considered creating and using a very different type of weapon in the fight against terrorism: a doll. An Osama bin Laden action figure with an evil-looking face, reports CNN. The spy agency began quietly developing the bin Laden doll in 2005, as first

DHAKA: Islamist-led militants and pro-government forces are engaged in fierce battles for the Baiji oil refinery and Tal Afar airport in northern Iraq. Baiji, Iraq’s biggest refinery, is surrounded by the rebels, who say they have seized most of Tal Afar airport, reports the BBC. The

DHAKA: At least 34 people have been killed in an explosion in central Syria on Friday. Al Jazeera reports according to Syrian state television. State television’s report said a bomb exploded on Friday morning in the government-controlled Horrah village, which is in the countryside

DHAKA: The next phase of the hunt for missing Malaysian jet MH370 will move hundreds of miles south. The search will focus on an area 1,800km (1,100 miles) off the city of Perth, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) chief Martin Dolan said. Nearby areas were previously surveyed

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama says the US will send 300 military advisers to Iraq to help fight Islamist-led insurgents. Obama said the US was prepared for “targeted and precise military action, if and when” required, but added that US troops would not fight in Iraq. He insisted

DHAKA: At least 10 people have died and several are missing after torrential rain and heavy floods hit eastern Bulgaria. The officials said it which reports the BBC. Floodwaters in the Black Sea port city of Varna surged up to 1m (3.2ft). Many residents had to be rescued as cars were

DHAKA: Kenyan security forces have killed five people suspected of involvement in attacks that killed at least 60 people, BBC reports. The interior ministry said the suspects were shot dead while trying to escape Kenyan forces near Mpeketoni.The small coastal town was the scene of two

DHAKA: France unveiled on Thursday plans to boost tourism and said it needed to eradicate its surly reputation as its status as the world’s top destination for foreign visitors faces increasingly stiff competition. Speaking at the close of a national conference on tourism, foreign

DHAKA: Afghanistan’s election crisis deepened Thursday when presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said he would reject the result because his claims of massive fraud have failed to stop the ongoing vote count. Abdullah’s complaints about alleged fraud in the run-off election have

DHAKA: The Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, representing more than 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, affirmed on Thursday a commitment to unity in combating ‘sectarian’ policies. A two-day meeting in the Red Sea city of Jeddah affirmed that OIC members will stand

DHAKA: India’s new government struggled on Thursday to make headway in its first foreign crisis as it tried to secure the release of 40 construction workers being held in war-torn Iraq, home to some 10,000 Indian expatriates. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already dispatched a former