DHAKA: Myanmar’s army has freed 96 children and young people from its armed forces, the United Nations said on Saturday, hailing a ‘historic step’ towards ending the use of child soldiers in the formerly junta-run nation.The move was the largest single release of child recruits

DHAKA: Al Qaeda and other insurgent groups have tightened their grip on Fallujah, defying the Shia-led Iraqi government’s efforts to persuade local tribesmen to expel them from the Sunni Muslim city.Falluja residents and officials say, reports TDS.Despite an army siege, fighters and

DHAKA: The death toll in days of floods and landslides in Indonesia has climbed to 23, an official said Saturday, as torrential rain pounded the capital.Families in Jakarta neighbourhoods waded through murky chest-high flood waters, clutching their belongings, while others were ferried to

DHAKA: South Korean president Park Geun Hye on Saturday ordered the military to boost border security to protect the country against potential provocations by North Korea, unswayed by Pyongyang’s latest peace overture.Park’s orders followed the North’s surprise offer on Thursday for

DHAKA: United States president Barack Obama has directed the National Security Agency not to listen in on the phone calls of the foreign heads of friendly countries.Delivering a speech outlining a raft of reforms to the NSA’s controversial intelligence collection practices, he said he

AGARTALA, TRIPURA: Boundary pillars will be installed between Bangladesh and Tripura, one of the provinces of India, border with a view to resolving a 50-year dispute of Muhurirchar.Following the decision, people of the both countries living in the frontier area have expressed content as

DHAKA: A total of 21 people, including 13 foreigners, died in a Taliban suicide assault on a popular restaurant in Kabul, police said on Saturday, with two British citizens and two Canadians among those confirmed dead.Desperate customers tried to hide under tables as one attacker

DHAKA: At least 18 people were killed in a stampede that broke out in the early hours of Saturday near the Malabar Hill residence of Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, who died on Friday morning, officials said.According to the police and BMC Disaster Control

DHAKA: The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the killing of three employees of a local private television network in Karachi.The claim was made after motorcycle-borne assailants shot a technician, guard and driver working for Express TV on Friday, according to the TV

DHAKA: Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, wife of union minister Shashi Tharoor, was found dead at the five-star The Leela Palace Hotel in Delhi on Friday evening.The incident took place two days after she said she was deeply disturbed by an alleged affair her husband was having with a Pakistani

DHAKA: An attack on a restaurant in Kabul apparently carried out by the Afghan Taliban has killed at least 16 people, including four UN employees and the International Monetary Fund`s resident representative.The assailants targeted Taverna du Liban, a Lebanese restaurant popular with

DHAKA: Australia has apologised to Indonesia after its navy vessels "inadvertently" entered Indonesian waters while on operations to stop asylum seekers.Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said Australia "deeply" regretted the events, adding the foreign minister would offer an

DHAKA: Dozens of wildfires were burning out of control in heatwave conditions across southern Australia, with at least one person confirmed dead.Fire authorities on Friday said 68 fires were burning across Victoria state and another 16 were blazing across neighboring South Australia

DHAKA: Musadiq Sanwal, the chief editor of Dawn.com, Pakistan`s English-language news portal, passed away on Friday after battling with lung cancer.He will be remembered for his dedication to the journalism, his staff and love for music.His funeral prayers would be held at 1:45 pm today

DHAKA: A Karachi-bound Khushhal Express travelling from Peshawar was struck by an explosion on the railway tracks near Umerkot in Rajanpur district of Punjab in Pakistan, causing four bogies of the train to derail and killing at least three persons, DawnNews reported.Emergency and rescue

DHAKA: The level of greenhouse gases is rising rapidly and far greater global efforts are needed to tackle the issue, a leaked UN report has warned.The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says hugely expensive technology will be needed if the current situation

DHAKA: President Barack Obama is to announce changes to US electronic spy programmes after revelations made by ex-intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.He aims to restore public confidence in the intelligence community.Obama is expected to create a public advocate at the secretive court

DHAKA: Egyptians have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a new constitution drafted by the army-backed interim government, according to early results.The tally, released on Thursday, also show that turnout in this week’s referendum was at least modestly higher than a 2012 constitutional

DHAKA: More than 1,000 people have died in two weeks of fighting between al Qaeda-linked militants in Syria and rival rebels.An activist group said on Thursday adding, by far the bloodiest internecine violence since the revolt began, reports TDS.The uprising against president Bashar

DHAKA: Indian Coast Guard will take over from Sri Lanka 52 Indian fishermen and hand over a similar number of Lankan fishermen released by India to authorities of that country on Friday.ICG ship Vishwast will undertake ‘concurrent repatriation’ of the said number of fishermen,