Thursday, 09 Jan, 2025

International

Mother kills 7 children in US

DHAKA: A Utah woman has been accused of killing six of her own babies after their bodies were discovered in cardboard boxes at her former house.Megan Huntsman, 39, gave birth to the babies between 1996 and 2006.Seven bodies were found by police at the house in Pleasant Grove; it is

Glaxo `paid Polish doctors bribes`

DHAKA: UK drug company GlaxoSmithKline is facing a criminal investigation in Poland for allegedly bribing doctors, BBC Panorama has discovered.Eleven doctors and a GSK regional manager have been charged over alleged corruption between 2010 and 2012.A former sales representative said

Nigeria blasts kill 71, hurt 124

DHAKA: More than 70 people have been killed in two blasts that rocked a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria`s capital, Abuja.The blast happened as commuters were about to board buses and taxis to go to work in central Abuja, reported the BBC.Eyewitnesses said there were dead

Robotic sub to search for missing jet

DHAKA: Teams searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane are to deploy a robotic submarine for the first time.Search chief Angus Houston said the Bluefin-21 drone would be sent down as soon as possible to search for wreckage on the sea floor.Teams have been using a towed pinger

Bus crash-burn kills 36 in Mexico

DHAKA: A least 36 people were killed when a bus slammed into a broken-down truck and burst into flames on Sunday in southern Veracruz state of Mexico, reports BBC.Four people survived after the bus burst into flames.A statement from the state civil defence agency said the victims were

3 dead in shootings at US Jewish center

DHAKA: Three people, including a man and his grandson, were shot dead at a Jewish community site and a retirement home in Kansas City in the US Midwest on Sunday, reports CNN.The shootings took place at the Jewish Community Campus at Overland Park and a nearby assisted living centre,

Libya PM quits, saying he was victim of armed attack

DHAKA: Libya’s interim prime minister Abdullah al-Thani stepped down on Sunday, saying that he and his family had been the victims of an armed attack the previous day.A statement said, reports The Straits Times.Thani quit less than a week after Parliament tasked him on Tuesday with

Britain’s anti-EU party hits new high in poll

DHAKA: Voter support for Britain’s anti-European Union United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) is at a record high according to one opinion poll on Sunday, reflecting a wider pattern of growing support for the party ahead of European elections next month.The rising popularity of UKIP,

16 killed as suicide bombers hit Iraq checkpoints

DHAKA: A car bomb went off in a commercial area of a restive northern Iraqi city, killing at least 10 people, while a separate bombing in the north killed six people.Iraq officials said, reports Al Jazeera.The explosives-laden parked car targeted a joint Iraqi army and police patrol while

‘Casualties’ in Ukraine gun battles

DHAKA: A Ukrainian officer has been killed in a gun battle with pro-Russian armed men in the eastern city of Sloviansk.Ukraine interior minister says, reports the BBC.Both sides suffered a number of casualties, Arsen Avakov said.Pro-Russian forces took over Sloviansk on Saturday and have

Russia warns over Ukraine talks

DHAKA: Russia`s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says any armed action by Ukrainian authorities in the east of Ukraine could undermine forthcoming talks.He made the comments after pro-Russian militants stormed a police headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Sunday.The

Tsunami alert issued after 7.6 quake

DHAKA: A tsunami warning was canceled following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Sunday morning near the Solomon Islands, officials said.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Hawaii had issued a warning for the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu in the South

UN: `Massive shift` needed on energy

DHAKA: A UN report on climate change is expected to call for a trebling of the planet`s use of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power.The report is also expected to argue that the trend of increased carbon emissions can only be reversed if a "massive shift" in energy use is

Several Ukraine police buildings seized

DHAKA: A group of pro-Russian men armed with automatic weapons have taken control of the police headquarters in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, 150 km from the Russian border, local officials and witnesses said.An organised military unit of over 20 men wearing matching military fatigues

135 civilians killed in Nigeria attacks

DHAKA: Gunmen have killed 135 civilians in north east Nigeria since Wednesday, a senior official from the region has told the BBC.Borno state senator Ahmed Zannah said the killings took place in at least three separate attacks in the state.The attackers are suspected to be from the

Pro-Russian gunmen seize more buildings in east Ukraine

DHAKA: Kalashnikov-wielding gunmen on Saturday seized a police station and a security building in Ukraine’s restive eastern industrial heartland amid spreading protests to press for the heavily Russified region to join Kremlin rule.The coordinated attacks and a failed assault on the

Kuwait opposition calls for full democracy

DHAKA: Kuwait’s opposition called Saturday for broad democratic reforms including a Western-style party system to limit the powers of the country’s ruling family.The call came in a ‘national political reform programme’, launched by the Opposition Coalition in the state where

Man with 39 wives courted in India election

DHAKA: As India holds the latest round of its mammoth elections Friday, one man, polygamist and sect leader Zionnghaka Chana, has become the voter every local politician wants to know.With 39 wives and 127 children and grandchildren, Chana is a voter like no other in the remote

Pakistan court withdraws attempted murder case against baby

DHAKA: A Pakistani judge threw out charges of attempted murder against a nine-month-old baby on Saturday, lawyers said, in a case that cast a spotlight on Pakistan’s dysfunctional justice system.Baby Musa Khan appeared in court in the city of Lahore, sitting on his grandfather’s lap

G7 open to more Russia sanctions

DHAKA: A group of the world’s leading rich nations will support increasing sanctions against Russia if Moscow escalates the crisis in Ukraine.US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has said, reports Al jazeera.‘There is broad and strong unity within the G7 on increasing sanctions and costs in