LONDON: "Bangladesh Freedom Honour" recipient British-Irish national Nora Sharif, known as friend of Bangladesh, passed away on Friday night (UK time).She breathed her last at her London residence around 1:00pm. She was 70. Nora Sharif, wife of president of UK unit Awami League Sultan

DHAKA: Anti-government protesters in Thailand have placed symbolic padlocks on the doors of several state-run offices, continuing a week-long campaign to paralyse the administration of prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.Authorities, meanwhile, continued their hands-off approach to the

DHAKA: Pakistan`s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visits Kabul on Saturday on a trip that aims to push forward the Afghan government`s stalled talks with the Taliban and spur joint economic projects that could ease Pakistan`s chronic electricity crisis.Mr. Sharif`s trip—his first to

DHAKA: Authorities in Brazil`s largest city, Sao Paulo, are fighting a major blaze at a landmark building designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer.A large plume of smoke billowed from the Latin America Memorial, a cultural centre which hosts an art gallery, an auditorium and other facilities,

DHAKA: A police helicopter has crashed into a pub on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow.The crash happened at The Clutha in Stockwell Street at 22:25, reports BBC.Police Scotland confirmed there were three people on board. It has been reported that about 120 people were in the pub at

DHAKA: Tarun Tejpal, founder of Influential Indian investigative magazine Tehelka who is accused of rape, has been reportedly detained by the police after he landed in Goa of India on Friday evening.The Goa judge, who is hearing Mr Tejpal`s bail plea, seemed to reject arguments that the

DHAKA: Outgoing military chief General Ashfaq Kayani on Friday handed over the command of the army to Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif.He passed the baton of command to Gen Sharif at a ceremony held in the Army Hockey Stadium, close to the General Headquarters (GHQ).The entire area

DHAKA: Thai Prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ruled out an early election, following six days of protests aimed at removing her from office.She told the BBC the situation in Thailand was not calm enough for polls.She also said she would not authorise the use of force against

DHAKA: The bodies of 18 people were found near the Iraqi capital Baghdad, hours after they were abducted from their homes, police say.The corpses with gunshots in the head were found near the town of Tarmiya. They included two tribal chiefs, four policemen and an army major, AFP news

DHAKA: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will not allow any external threats to damage the "brotherhood" between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, Iran`s Press TV quoted him on Friday.“Our friendship and brotherhood with the United Arab Emirates is such that no external factors can

DHAKA: A leading European expert on security and counterterrorism published an analysis on a range of countries that have sent radical Islamic fighters to overthrow the Syrian Regime, on Wednesday.Thomas Hegghammer, a political scientist with the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment,

DHAKA: A Vatican advance team is expected in Israel in the near future to plan for a likely papal visit in late May.Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who will fly to Rome on Sunday and meet Pope Francis the next morning, will extend a formal invitation for him to visit the Holy

DHAKA: A Japanese court has ordered public broadcaster NHK to pay US$10,000 (S$12,500) in damages to an indigenous Taiwanese woman for defaming her by using the term "human zoo" in a programme, officials said on Friday.Overturning a lower court ruling, the Tokyo High Court ordered NHK on

DHAKA: A Malaysian high court on Friday jailed three family members who suffocated their two-year-old to death by piling on top of her in a suspected exorcism ritual.Chua Wan Zuen, aged two, died after being pinned down under a blanket in August last year with eight people, including her

DHAKA: Protesters in Thailand have forced their way into the army headquarters compound, as anti-government rallies went into a sixth day.More protesters gathered outside ruling party headquarters, as part of efforts to force the government to step down, reports BBC.On Thursday, Prime

DHAKA: At least 30 people have been killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in southern Libya, officials say.The blast is believed to have occurred after a group of people, reportedly including African immigrants, were trying to steal copper, reports BBC.A hospital near the depot in

DHAKA: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck a town Thursday in southern Iran, killing seven people while causing no damage at the country`s only nuclear power plant, state television reported.The U.S. Geological Survey said the temblor struck some 8.7 miles northeast

DHAKA: The head of a supermarket chain in Latvia has lost his job over controversial comments he made after the collapse of a shop in Riga.Gintaras Jasinskas, chairman of Maxima Latvia, sparked anger by saying: "It is those who feel guilty who resign.", reports BBC.His remarks came after

DHAKA: China has sent warplanes to its newly declared air defence zone in the East China Sea, state media reports.The vast zone, announced last week, covers territory claimed by China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.China has said all planes transiting the zone must file flight plans and

DHAKA: Attacks in Iraq on Thursday killed 15 people as a senior police officer escaped assassination, the latest in a surge of violence nationwide that authorities have failed to stem.The bloodshed, in which more than 6,000 people have been killed this year, is the worst violence in Iraq