DHAKA: Florence mayor Matteo Renzi is poised to win the nomination to become Italy`s youngest-ever prime minister after Enrico Letta was forced to resign by their centre-left Democratic Party.President Giorgio Napolitano held a day of formal consultations with political leaders on

DHAKA: Syria`s government and opposition have agreed on an agenda for a third round of peace talks in Geneva, despite disappointment at the little progress achieved as the second round came to an end.No date was set for the the negotiations to resume, and dispute overshadowed the

DHAKA: Two persons were killed and one other injured critically as a wall of an under-construction building collapsed at Badda area of the capital at 1:45pm Saturday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Officer-in-Charge of Baddha Thana Abdul Jalil confirmed the

DHAKA: A devastating fire in an old building in Jeddah’s Al-Jamia district killed two Bangladeshis and injured five Yemenis on Friday.Civil Defense firefighting teams contained the blaze and transferred the injured to King Abdul Aziz Hospital, reports Arab News.The Civil Defense said in

DHAKA: A winter storm that brought snow and ice to the US East Coast moved off-shore today, leaving at least 25 people dead and hundreds of thousands without power and causing a large pileup in Pennsylvania that injured 30 people.The deaths included a pregnant woman struck by a mini-plow

DHAKA: Strong winds and heavy rain have lashed southern England as widespread flooding continues to hit parts of the UK.The Met Office has severe weather warnings in place on Saturday for the south of England, south Wales, Northern Ireland and northern Scotland.Thousands of sandbags are

DHAKA: The Cuban government says it has suspended consular services in the United States after an American bank decided to withdraw its facilities.Cuba says it will not be able to renew passports and process visas unless it finds an alternative to the M&T bank, reports BBC.The bank said

DHAKA: A giant winter storm that gridlocked traffic, left flights cancelled, and knocked out power in the US East Coast has pushed into eastern Canada.As much as 60cm (24in) was expected to fall in some areas by the end of Friday, blown about by heavy winds, from Quebec to Newfoundland,

DHAKA: France has announced plans to increase its 1,600-strong military deployment in the Central African Republic by sending an additional 400 soldiers, as political and sectarian unrest continues to tear apart the African country .Friday`s decision to boost French military presence in

DHAKA: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced his resignation on Friday night to protest the blocking of an anti-corruption bill, less than 50 days after taking office in the Indian capital, reports Straitestimes.   "My cabinet has decided that we are quitting," Mr Kejriwal told

DHAKA: Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta resigned after just 10 tumultuous months at the head of a fragile coalition with the centre-right in which he struggled with a rampant economic crisis.Letta submitted his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday after his own

DHAKA: New research shows that earwax varies among people of different ethnicities, suggesting that the substance holds untold secrets.A team of scientists from Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia gathered earwax from 16 men–half were white and half were East Asian–and

DHAKA: Facebook introduced a new option allowing users to identify themselves as a gender other than male or female.The basic user profile for members in the United States now includes a customisable category with a variety of gender identifiers, including "transgender," "intersex" and

DHAKA: The latest winter storm to hit the East Coast of the US has grounded more than 6,500 flights, while hundreds of thousands in the ice-encrusted south remained without power.In the capital, Washington had at least 20cm of snow, and federal offices and the city`s two main airports

DHAKA: South and North Korean officials have sat down for a second round of talks at a border village as the North`s call for a delay of annual South Korea-US military drills threatens plans for the resumption of reunions of war-divided families.The talks that started on Friday have no

DHAKA: Gunmen have carried out a deadly attack on the main prison in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.Seven policemen and three militants were killed in the fighting, the state news agency reported. It said a number of inmates had managed to escape.No group has said it carried out Thursday`s

DHAKA: Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has said he will resign on Friday after his Democratic Party backed a call for a new administration.Party leader Matteo Renzi had earlier called for a change of government at a party meeting, saying the country could not go on in

DHAKA: UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has urged the Security Council to act immediately to ensure more humanitarian access in war-torn Syria.Calling for a resolution, she said it was "unacceptable" that both Damascus and rebels continued to "flagrantly" violate humanitarian law,

DHAKA: Thousands of people are evacuating their homes in Indonesia after a volcano erupted in east Java.Mount Kelud spewed ash and debris over a large area, including the city of Surabaya, about 130km (80 miles) away, reports BBC.Some towns are reported to have been covered by a 4cm (1.6

DHAKA: Comcast said Thursday it had agreed to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion in a deal that would combine the two biggest cable companies in the United States.If the deal is approved, the combined group will be the country`s dominant provider of television channels and Internet