DHAKA: Radiation levels in and around the Fukushima nuclear power plant are starting to be measured by drones.Special unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been created by Japanese Atomic Energy Agency and the Japanese Space Exploration Agency.The machines are controlled with the use of a

DHAKA: BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Monday called Rahul Gandhi Congress’ prime ministerial candidate in ‘purdah’ (veil), questioning why the party’s campaign centres around him even when he is not the official candidate for the top post.‘...the campaign is centred around one

DHAKA: Ukraine’s main opposition parties said on Monday they were ready to continue talks with president Viktor Yanukovych’s government.The also warned that the patience of protesters in the streets could ‘snap’ at any moment, reports The Straits Times.Opposition leaders said in a

DHAKA: Raymond Weil, founder of the watch brand of the same name and one of the great innovators of the Swiss watch industry, has died at 87.The company said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.He made his name by putting the luxury watch within reach of the pockets of people with style

DHAKA: Egypt’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, has been promoted to the rank of field marshal, the highest in the military.The presidency said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.‘Interim president Adly Mansour issued a

DHAKA: Israeli defence computers were compromised via a malicious email attachment, a computer security firm has revealed.The email was spoofed to look like it had been sent by Israel’s Shin Bet secret service tricking several people into opening it, said Seculert, reports the BBC.The

DHAKA: Paris police say 19 officers were injured and some 250 people detained after a protest against president Francois Hollande’s leadership degenerated into violence.Police said Monday that none of the injuries is critical, reports TDS.The numbers of injured and detentions is high

DHAKA: US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has alleged the National Security Agency engaged in industrial espionage.In an interview with Germany’s ARD TV channel, the former NSA contractor said the agency would spy on big German companies that competed with US firms, reports the

Dhaka: Tunisia`s national assembly has approved the country`s new constitution, three years after the overthrow of the North African country`s long-time ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.Sunday`s vote by an overwhelming majority of assembly members marks another crucial step to getting the

DHAKA: An overcrowded ferry with 45 passengers, most of them tourists, keeled over and sank off Viper Island, 500 metres from the dockyards in Port Blair in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, killing at least 21 people on Sunday.The diesel-run tourist boat Aqua Marine had covered a distance

DHAKA: At least 21 people have been killed after a boat carrying tourists capsized near Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.The deaths have been confirmed by P Jawahar, the deputy commissioner of Nicobar.The boat was travelling between Ross Island and North Bay, P Jawahar said

DHAKA: French leader Francois Hollande on Sunday began a new chapter in his presidency after splitting from his partner of eight years following an affair with a younger actress.Under intense media scrutiny since the revelation of the affair two weeks ago, Hollande, who had pledged a

DHAKA: Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour has announced that Egypt will hold a presidential election before parliamentary polls, changing a political ‘road map’ laid down after the army overthrew Mohamed Mursi last summer.The long-expected change could pave the way for the

DHAKA: A 20-year-old woman who says she was gang-raped in a tribal region on orders of a village court has been placed under police protection, along with her family, and will be relocated after being ostracised by villagers.India officials said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.The

DHAKA: Pope Francis prayed on Sunday for an end to violence in Kiev, calling for dialogue between the Ukraine government and opposition amid fears fierce protests could develop into a wider civil conflict.‘I hope for constructive dialogue between the institutions and civil society, and

DHAKA: A teenager described on Sunday how he took the controls of a light plane for more than half an hour after the pilot passed out during a joy flight over rural Australia.Troy Jenkins, 19, said the single-engine Cessna 150 was only 10 minutes into a flight from the New South Wales

DHAKA: A gunman carrying homemade explosives shot dead two people at a popular shopping mall near Washington on Saturday before killing himself.The US police said, reports gulfnews.com.Investigators were grappling for a motive but said that they had ‘tentatively identified’ the

DHAKA: India marked its Republic Day on Sunday with a parade of military hardware in the capital, as the president warned the country’s politicians against underestimating public anger over corruption.Thousands of spectators turned out for the annual military and cultural parade along

DHAKA: The whole family of an uncle of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, Jang Song Thaek, has been executed on Kim Jong Un’s order.This is what South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reports, with reference to multiple sources, says The Voice of Russia.Jang Song Thaek himself, once a

DHAKA: A man identified by police as one of the leaders of anti-government protests in Thailand was shot dead on Sunday when violence erupted as demonstrators in Bangkok tried to block early voting for an election next week.Piya Utayo, a spokesman for Thailand’s national police,