DHAKA: Two Indians were amongst those killed in a 26/11 style terror attack on an upscale mall in Nairobi in Kenya on Saturday. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted to say that four others were also injured in the attack."4 Indians including 2 women, male

RIADH: Three more Bangladeshi pilgrims died while staying in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year, according to an official disclosure.The deceased were identified as Golam Rabbani, 59, hailed from Chapanawabganj, Mosammat Afroja Begum, 85, hailed from Bramhanbaria and Abu Hanifa, 70,

DHAKA: A gun battle inside a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has left at least 20 people dead.The Kenyan Red Cross says, reports the BBC.The gunmen attacked Westgate centre, one of the city’s most exclusive. Dozens of shoppers fled, several are still feared trapped

DHAKA: Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire on Saturday killing at least 10 people in an attack targeting non-Muslims at an upscale mall in Kenya’s capital that was hosting a children’s day event, witnesses said.A local hospital was overwhelmed with the number of wounded being

DHAKA: An Israeli soldier has been abducted and killed by a Palestinian man in the West Bank.The Israeli military says, reports the BBC.The soldier was seized on Friday and his body found near the town of Qalqiliya on Saturday, a military spokesman told media.The spokesman was also quoted

DHAKA: A man wearing a uniform of the Afghan security forces has killed three Nato troops in the east of the country, the coalition says.More than 100 Nato soldiers have been killed in so-called ‘insider attacks’ in the country since 2007.A rise in such attacks last year eroded trust

DHAKA: At least six people have been killed and dozens wounded after black-clad masked gunmen attacked an upmarket shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, according to witnesses.An AFP television journalist saw three bodies laid out in front of Nairobi’s Westgate mall, and two more bodies

DHAKA: British authorities called yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday to Heathrow Airport here for a second round of questioning, a day after he was detained and quizzed by customs officials for over six hours on arriving in the UK.According to sources, his questioning by airport officials for a

DHAKA: The international chemical weapons watchdog says it has received ‘the expected’ account by Syria of its chemical arms programme.The announcement by the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons comes before a deadline set for Damascus as part of a Russia-US deal.Syria

DHAKA: A gun battle inside a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has left at least four people dead.Armed police are exchanging fire with gunmen at the Westgate centre in the Westlands district, one of the city’s most exclusive shopping malls.One witness said the attackers

DHAKA: Egypt closed the Rafah border crossing into the Hamas controlled Gaza Strip on Saturday.Palestinian news agency reported, says The Jerusalem Post.‘Egypt is concerned about the security of Palestinian citizens as Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid continue to blaze with explosions occurring

DHAKA: Gunmen have opened fire inside a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.Armed police are exchanging fire with gunmen at the Westgate centre in the Westlands district, one of the city’s most exclusive shopping malls.Nairobi police chief Benson Kibue told media the gunmen

DHAKA: Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak faced down a threat to his leadership after nominations closed on Saturday without anybody contesting his presidency of the ruling party, officials said.His government suffered its worst performance ever in May elections, prompting speculation

DHAKA: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the international community to show greater understanding towards the ongoing sectarian clashes in the country’s western Rakhine state, stressing that it is a not a ‘black-and-white problem’.‘What we would like Asean and

DHAKA: Syria’s opposition National Coalition has rejected an Iranian offer to broker talks with the regime, saying the bid was ‘not serious’ and calling Tehran ‘part of the problem’.‘The Iranian initiative is not serious and lacks political credibility,’ the key opposition

DHAKA: Four suicide bombers stormed the police headquarters in a town north of Baghdad at dawn on Saturday, killing six Swat officers after a one-hour shootout.Iraqi security sources said, reports The Straits Times.The bombers shot dead the guards outside the compound in the town of

DHAKA: India’s Uttar Pradesh Police Saturday arrested BSP MLA Noor Salim Rana and BJP MLA Sangeet Som for their alleged role in the Muzaffarnagar riots.The Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Noor Salim Rana was arrested from Muzaffarnagar for his alleged role in riots. Rana is the third MLA to be

DHAKA: Syrian troops backed by pro-regime militia killed at least 15 people in a Sunni village in the central province of Hama late Friday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, TDS reports on Saturday.The group, which relies on a network of activists, doctors and lawyers on the

DHAKA: Iraq’s Kurds voted on Saturday in their first election in four years as their autonomous region grapples with disputes with Baghdad while fellow Kurds fight bloody battles in neighbouring Syria.The election for the region’s parliament comes as the turmoil roiling the Middle

DHAKA: North Korea said on Saturday it was postponing indefinitely a series of reunions for families separated during the Korean War that had been scheduled to start next week, saying conservative forces in the South were using them to heighten confrontation.The six-day reunions were