DHAKA:The grim reality begun to set in for the relatives of those aboard the South Korean Sewol ferry, as officials confirmed yet more deaths.   The search-and-rescue operation has long since turned into a grueling recovery of corpses. No one has been found alive since the day the ship

DHAKA: East Ukraine is braced for more unrest, as troops from Kiev prepare to continue "anti-terror" operations and pro-Russian gunmen reinforce barricades. Ukrainian soldiers advanced on several cities on Saturday to regain control of buildings seized by the gunmen, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: East Ukraine is braced for more unrest, as troops from Kiev prepare to continue "anti-terror" operations and pro-Russian gunmen reinforce barricades. Ukrainian soldiers advanced on several cities on Saturday to regain control of buildings seized by the gunmen, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: At least 23 people were killed and injured 17 in a bus crash in southwest Haiti on Saturday, authorities said. The accident occurred near the coastal town of Roseau, east of Jeremie, according to media reports. Most of the dead were from the town of d'Anse d'Hainault on the far

DHAKA: Rescuers in Afghanistan have given up hope of finding any more survivors in a double landslide that is feared to have killed more than 2,500 people. They have stopped digging through the earth and mud that swamped a whole village in the remote north-east province of Badakhshan on

DHAKA: Saudi health authorities announced on Saturday two new deaths from the Mers coronavirus, raising to 111 the number of fatalities since the disease appeared in the kingdom in September 2012.   A 25-year-old man has died in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah and a woman of 69, who

DHAKA: At least six people including a senior city council official have been killed in a Mogadishu explosion reported to have been caused by a remote-controlled bomb planted by al-Shabab fighters. Police said on Saturday that the the bomb was hidden in a pile of rubbish placed alongside

DHAKA: Eight more bodies were recovered on Saturday from the ferry that sank off South Korea last month, reports said, amid concern that some of the missing may never be found. Seventeen days after the 6,825-tonne Sewol capsized and sank, 236 people have been confirmed dead with 66 still

DHAKA: An Egyptian court sentenced 102 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi to 10 years in prison on Saturday over protest violence.   Egypt state television reported, says The Straits Times.   The army-installed government has rounded up thousands of Mursi

DHAKA: At least three people have been killed in a large explosion, possibly a car bomb or roadside bomb, near the centre of the Somali capital Mogadishu. Somali police said, reports Al Jazeera. ‘So far three people have died and 10 others were injured,’ Farah Nur, a police officer,

DHAKA: Afghan officials gave up hope on Saturday of finding any survivors from a landslide in the remote north-east, putting the death toll at more than 2,100, as the aid effort focused on the more than 4,000 people displaced. Officials expressed concern that the unstable hillside above

DHAKA: Seven international military observers taken captive in eastern Ukraine a week ago have been released. Five Ukrainian officers captured with the observers, who are linked to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, were also freed. Pro-Russian separatists in the

DHAKA: Nine more bodies were recovered from a village in Baksa district early Saturday, taking the toll to 32 in the violence unleashed by NDFB-Songbijit militants in Bodoland Territorial Administration Districts (BTADC) area in Assam. The bodies of the victims, including four children

DHAKA: Afghan police and villagers, equipped with only basic digging tools, began a dangerous search for more than 2,000 people feared buried under a massive landslide in a remote mountainous region in the northeast on Saturday, amid concern that the unstable hillside may cave in again.

DHAKA:  A curfew has been imposed, and shoot at sight orders have been given in the Kokrajhar, Chirang and Baksa districts in Assam, after suspected Bodo rebels killed 23 people.   Here are the latest developments:       12 bodies were recovered on Friday from Narayanguri in

DHAKA: At least 350 people have been killed and many more are missing, the UN says, after a landslide hit the Afghan province of Badakhshan.   Hundreds of homes were buried under mud and rocks when a section of a mountain collapsed following torrential rain.   Rescuers have reached

DHAKA: At least 31 people have been killed in a fire in an official building amid clashes between pro-Russian activists and government supporters in Odessa, in south-west Ukraine. The deaths came as pro-Russian protesters clashed with Ukrainian government supporters in the city.

DHAKA: Around 2000  people were feared dead following a landslide in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. According to local government officials, the incident took place in Argu district and scores of people have been trapped under the rocks. A local official in Badakhshan

DHAKA: A pilot was killed, and several other people injured in a government "anti-terror" operation in the eastern city of Sloviansk of Ukraine, reports BBC. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov confirmed the death saying nine rebel checkpoints had been seized during the operation. However,

DHAKA: Days after authorities dismissed the idea that MH370 may be in the Bay of Bengal, a top Malaysian official said Friday he is considering the theory, report CNN. CNN quoting acting Transportation Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, said the tip could only be confirmed by sending vessels