DHAKA: The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur has been found entombed in amber, an unprecedented discovery that has blown away scientists. Xing Lida, a Chinese paleontologist found the specimen, the size of a dried apricot, at an amber market in northern Myanmar near the Chinese

DHAKA: South Korea’s embattled president Park Geun-hye is facing impeachment, with lawmakers due to vote on Friday on dismissing her from office. Park is embroiled in a political scandal that has sparked massive protests and calls for her resignation, reports BBC. A close

DHAKA: A tsunami warning has been lifted in parts of the South Pacific following a powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands. The 7.8 magnitude quake struck about 70km (43 miles) off Kirakira, according to the US Geological Survey. It said it had occurred at about 17:40 GMT (04:40

DHAKA: An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hit China’s far western region of Xinjiang, the China Earthquake Administration said, with tremors shaking buildings near the epicenter about 100 km west of the regional capital of Urumqi. There were no immediate reports of major damage or

DHAKA: Pakistan International Airlines on Thursday blamed engine failure for the horrific plane crash which claimed 48 lives, even as the country’s top civil aviation body launched a probe into the tragic accident. The PIA plane PK-661 with 48 people, including famous pop

Ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday claimed a total of 77 persons died of grief and shock over the illness and subsequent death of its party supremo and chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The party expressed grief and sympathies with their families and announced a sum of Rs 3-lakh

US President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2016. The property tycoon was awarded the title following his unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in November's presidential election, reports the BBC. Trump told NBC’s Today show

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight with more than 40 people on board has crashed in the north of the country. Flight PK-661 “lost contact with the control tower on its way from Chitral to Islamabad a short while ago”, the airline said in a statement. A spokesman for

An undersea earthquake off Indonesia's northern Aceh province has killed at least 52 people. The magnitude 6.5 quake struck just off the north-east coast of the Sumatra Island, where dozens of buildings have collapsed and many people are feared trapped under rubble.

Nearly 60 people are missing after a ship sank off Yemen's Socotra Island, its fisheries minister said on Wednesday (December 7), with state media reporting that only two people had been rescued. The boat went missing five days ago while heading from Yemen's southeastern port

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to cut government costs by canceling the order for new planes to carry the American president. Trump tweeted: “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion.

DHAKA: At least 18 people died and dozens were feared trapped in rubble after a strong earthquake struck off Aceh province on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on Wednesday, officials said.  “Eighteen have died so far, based on data from the hospital. Some of the fatalities are

DHAKA: The announcement by the Myanmar governments for the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into the recent violence in Rakhine State is a welcome one. Its work must be objective and help prevent similar events in the future, including by ensuring accountability for all

DHAKA:  Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and one of India's most powerful and popular politicians, died late on Monday (December 5) in a Chennai hospital, nearly three months after she was admitted there. She was 68. Jayalalithaa also known as "Amma" or "mother"

DHAKA: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa continues to be on life support and is being continuously monitored by their doctors who have been joined by experts from Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences or AIIMS. J Jayalalithaa’s supporters, who had broken into

DHAKA: Allowing ministers to trigger Brexit was Parliament’s “clear expectation” when it agreed to an EU referendum, the Supreme Court has been told. Attorney General Jeremy Wright said the government would be making ‘lawful’ use of ‘fundamental’ powers by triggering

DHAKA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to visit Pearl Harbor, becoming the first leader of his country to go to the US naval base in Hawaii. Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on the base in 1941, killing 2,300 US servicemen and propelling the US into World War Two.

DHAKA: At least 11 people have died after a fire at a four-star hotel in the city of Karachi in Pakistan. The fire began in the kitchen on the ground floor of the Regent Plaza hotel, before spreading through the building, reports the BBC. More than 70 people were injured as the fire

Dhaka: The popular leader of India's southern Tamil Nadu state was in critical condition after undergoing surgery Monday morning hours after suffering a heart attack, the hospital said. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalitha was being monitored by "a team of experts,

Thirty-three bodies have so far been recovered from a warehouse in Oakland, California, following a deadly fire during a party, officials say. Only about 20 percent of the building has been searched and “a significant number” of people are still missing, they said. It is unclear