DHAKA: Seven convicts linked to the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will remain in jail, the Supreme Court ruled Friday. A Constitution bench will decide on whether they can be granted freedom, and whether the Centre or the Tamil Nadu government can do so,

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama is in Seoul for a visit that comes amid concern that North Korea may be planning a fourth nuclear test.Obama, who arrived from Japan on the second stop of his Asian tour, will hold talks with South Korean leader Park Geun-hye.Their talks are set to focus

DHAKA: The US President Barack Obama has some new high tech friends.The President played soccer Thursday with a Japanese robot during a stop at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, or Mirikan. The visit was aimed at highlighting the renewal of a 10 year scientific

DHAKA: The Israeli government has decided to halt peace talks with the Palestinians in response to a new unity agreement between rival Palestinian factions.The decision appears to end a nine-month peace initiative by US Secretary of State John Kerry. The negotiating period is scheduled to

DHAKA: At least five people were killed and eight others wounded on Friday when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a vehicle in Swabi`s Yar Hussain region in Pakistan.The deceased and the injured in the attack all belonged to the same family.Station House Officer (SHO) Aijaz Khan

DHAKA: At least 37 people have been reported killed and 18 injured in air raids, in the Khyber tribal area of Pakistan on Thursday. Meanwhile, a bomb blast in the country’s south claimed the life of a police officer and three others.The military said the raids on Thursday targeted

DHAKA: Facing anger from families of Flight 370 passengers, Malaysia`s Prime Minister said Thursday his government will release its preliminary report on the plane`s disappearance.In a TV exclusive, Najib Razak told media the report will be available to the public next week.He also asked

DHAKA: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah remains the frontrunner with 80% of votes counted.Afghanistan officials say, reports the BBC.Dr Abdullah has 43.8% of ballots cast, followed by Ashraf Ghani with 32.9%, according to the Independent Election Commission (IEC).The IEC

DHAKA: Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has been installed as the official representative of students at the University of Glasgow.Snowden told the ceremony by video link that, in the office, he would follow the idea ‘that if we believe in something, we should

DHAKA: Indian election frontrunner Narendra Modi said he was ‘overwhelmed’ Thursday by a huge show of support in Varanasi as the Hindu nationalist leader entered the contest to become the holy city’s member of parliament.The streets of the ancient city on the banks of the river

DHAKA: China’s foreign ministry welcomed on Thursday a unity pact agreed between the Gaza-based Islamist group Hamas and president Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestine Liberation Organisation, saying Beijing hoped this would help peace talks with Israel. While the United States said it was

DHAKA: Debris picked up on a beach in Western Australia this week is unlikely to have come from the Malaysian Airlines jet that vanished nearly seven weeks ago.Australia’s transport bureau said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has

DHAKA: The US president has reiterated that islands at the centre of a Sino-Japanese dispute are covered by a US-Japan defence pact, in a public show of support for allies in Tokyo.In comments made on Thursday in Japan, Barack Obama said that the islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and

DHAKA: Three Americans have been shot dead by a policeman at a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul.US officials say, reports the BBC.A spokesman for Afghanistan’s interior ministry described those killed as ‘medical staff’.It was unclear whether the policeman was dead or in

DHAKA: Three foreigners have been shot dead by a security guard at a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul.Afghanistan officials say, reports the BBC.A spokesman for Afghanistan’s interior ministry described the foreigners as ‘medical staff’.It is unclear if the attacker has been

DHAKA: A senior Egyptian police officer was killed when a bomb exploded under his car outside his home near Cairo on Wednesday.Egypt state television and a security source said, reports gulfnews.com.Brigadier-General Ahmed Zaki was killed in the explosion in 6th of October City, 32 km

DHAKA: Malaysia’s Cabinet has approved the appointment of an international investigation team to look into the cause of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.‘The main purpose of the international investigation team is to evaluate, investigate and determine the actual

DHAKA: Brunei has postponed the introduction of tough Islamic criminal punishments that were due to begin on Tuesday.Brunei said in October that it would introduce Sharia punishments including death by stoning for adulterers and the severing of limbs for theft.Assistant Director of the

DHAKA: The US is ‘running the show’ in Ukraine, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said.Lavrov told Russia Today it was ‘quite telling’ that Kiev had re-launched its anti-terror operation against pro-Russian gunmen during a visit by US vice-president Joe Biden.Kiev and the

DHAKA: Barack Obama will become the first US president to visit Malaysia in nearly 50 years this weekend, seeking to put decades of uneasy relations behind him as both cast wary eyes on a rising China.Mindful of America’s perennial image problem in the Islamic world, Obama, who visits