DHAKA: North Korea said on Tuesday its military would be put on high alert and be ready to launch operations, stepping up tension after weeks of rhetoric directed against the United States and South Korea, who it accuses of instigating hostility.Reclusive North Korea has often issued

DHAKA: ‘Vicious’ commentary about Australia’s first female leader Julia Gillard dominates entries for the annual ‘Ernie’ awards for sexism with prime minister Tony Abbott the ‘most constant’ offender.Organisers said on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.There were more than

DHAKA: Myanmar’s president has pardoned 56 political prisoners, moving forward with his pledge to by the end of the year release all those jailed for opposing the government.Myanmar president Thein Sein ordered their release on Tuesday, just ahead of a forum in Brunei to be attended by

DHAKA: Some ‘non-lethal’ US aid such as food and medicine is still getting through to areas controlled by Syrian rebels despite the recent closing of an important border crossing in the North of the country.The State Department said on Monday, The Jerusalem Post publishes this report

DHAKA: India has initiated the process for making it a more tourist friendly destination, which includes extending on arrival visa for 40 more countries, simplifying online visa and attracting senior citizen foreign visitors.The consensus was brought on these issues during a high level

DHAKA: Clashes have broken out in Rio de Janeiro as striking teachers and their supporters took to the streets to protest against salary levels and a police crackdown on earlier demonstrations.Organisers rallied thousands in the centre of the Brazilian city on Monday night to demonstrate

DHAKA: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has proposed the formation of a 100-member strong mission to oversee the cataloguing and destruction of Syria`s chemical weapons stockpile, according to a letter from the UN chief to the Security Council.Ban said that international chemical weapons

DHAKA: President Hamid Karzai has criticised Nato for failing to bring stability to Afghanistan in over a decade there."On the security front the entire Nato exercise was one that caused Afghanistan a lot of suffering, a lot of loss of life, and no gains because the country is not

DHAKA: Electronic cigarettes would become a medicinal product under new proposals from the EU Commission which are being considered by MEPs.They will vote on a proposed update of EU laws regarding various tobacco products, with the aim of discouraging young people from taking up

DHAKA: Italian divers have recovered dozens more bodies from a boat carrying African migrants that sank on Thursday.Thirty-eight bodies were freed from the hull, which divers had previously been unable to access. The official death toll now stands at 232.Divers "unpacked a wall of

DHAKA: Spanish authorities on Monday rescued 10 African migrants crossing the Strait of Gibraltar in a rubber dinghy in another incident highlighting the perils of trying to enter Europe illegally, after last week’s fatal shipwreck in Italian waters.Rescue teams received a call in the

DHAKA: Despite a clear message sent by the outgoing army chief and another top military post now vacant, it seems the prime minister will take his time in announcing the successors.According to a statement issued by the PM House on Monday, the premier said that his government would

DHAKA: Another royal wedding may soon be on the cards for Britain if Prince Harry has finally managed to get girlfriend Cressida Bonas to say yes.The Daily Telegraph said in a report that the 30-year-old prince has been working doubly hard to melt away any resistance from the 24-year-old

DHAKA: The Pakistani Taliban on Monday said schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai had ‘no courage’ and vowed to attack her again if they got the chance.Gunmen sent by the Taliban tried to kill Malala on her school bus on October 9 last year.She amazingly survived being shot in the

DHAKA: The United States and Russia have agreed to press the United Nations to set a date for a Syria peace conference sometime in the second week of November.US state secretary John Kerry said on Monday after talks with his Russian counterpart, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘We will urge

DHAKA: French investigators have abandoned a party funding inquiry against former president Nicolas Sarkozy, a judicial source said on Monday of a legal case that could have scotched his chances of running for a new term.Sarkozy, who many conservatives want to see lead the centre-right in

DHAKA: The United Nations told its staff in Yemen to stay home on Monday, a day after gunmen shot dead a German embassy security guard.International humanitarian organisations have also advised staff to limit their movements, an aid worker said, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘Staff should

DHAKA: Syria won foreign praise on Monday for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving president Bashar al-Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons.An official from the international mission overseeing the

DHAKA: A sensationalist Russian news website on Monday published a photograph that it claims is the first to show US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden since he emerged from a Moscow airport in August.In the blurry image published by Life News, a casually dressed man sporting a

DHAKA: India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Prithvi II from the Integrated Test Range in Indian state of Odisha.Inducted into SFC in 2003, the Prithvi II was the first missile to be developed by DRDO under