DHAKA: Myanmar’s parliament has passed a bill that gives Aung San Suu Kyi a role similar to that of prime minister. The Lower House passed the bill to create the post of ‘state counselor’, which now requires only presidential approval to become law. Unelected military

DHAKA: South Africa’s parliament is due to vote on an opposition-sponsored motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma.   The Democratic Alliance (DA) said he was no longer fit to govern after the country’s highest court ruled last week that he had breached the constitution by failing

DHAKA: Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has ended months of speculation by announcing her candidacy to become the next UN secretary-general.   In an interview with the BBC she said she would like to reform the security council by making Germany, Japan, India and Brazil

DHAKA: Syrian forces and their allies have retaken the central town of al-Qaryatain from so-called Islamic State (IS), dealing a further strategic blow to the militant group.   Syria state media say, reports the BBC.   It comes days after IS was pushed out of the nearby

DHAKA: At least 25 people have been killed and dozens wounded in bomb attacks across Iraq, media reports say.   As many as 10 suicide bombers carried out the attacks, which reportedly targeted members of the security forces and allied Shia Muslim militias.   The Islamic

DHAKA: The first boat carrying migrants being deported from Greece has arrived in Turkey as part of an EU plan aimed at easing mass migration to Europe.   Scores of migrants boarded ferries on the Greek island of Lesbos and arrived in Dikili, western Turkey, reports the BBC.  

DHAKA: At least 53 people have been killed by flash floods caused by torrential rain in northwest Pakistan. Pakistan officials say, reports the BBC. The rain began on Saturday bringing flooding to parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces. Pre-monsoon

DHAKA: Mehbooba Mufti has been sworn in as the first woman chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, where she will lead a coalition with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP. The 56-year-old leader took oath after a delay of nearly three months since her father Mufti Mohammad

DHAKA: A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. Eleven million documents were leaked from one of the world’s most secretive companies, Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, reports the BBC. These documents

DHAKA: Azerbaijan has announced a ‘unilateral ceasefire’ in fighting with Armenian forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.   A defense ministry spokesman said the Azeris were acting in response to international calls to halt violence, reports the BBC. But the

DHAKA: Brussels airport has reopened for three ‘symbolic’ flights amid tight security controls, 12 days after an attack by suicide bombers killed 16 people there. Three Brussels Airlines flights were scheduled to depart for European destinations. The first left at 11:40 GMT for

DHAKA: At least 11 people were killed and 16 injured as heavy rains inundated various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on Sunday.   The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said four people were reported dead in Shangla, two in Swat and one person each in

DHAKA: Five Turkish soldiers and one special forces police officer have died in a bomb attack in the country's south-eastern Mardin province. Turkey’s Dogan news agency said Kurdish rebel group the PKK was responsible, reports the BBC. The victims were said to be taking part

DHAKA: A new wave of fighting broke out in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Saturday, killing dozens and drawing international calls for an immediate ceasefire to stop violence spreading in the South Caucasus. Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies inside Azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic

DHAKA: Syrian troops have found a mass grave containing about 40 bodies in the city of Palmyra following its recapture from the Islamic State (IS) group. Syrian state news agency Sana reports, says the BBC. The grave containing the bodies of men, women and children was uncovered on

DHAKA: Turkey has illegally forced thousands of refugees to return to Syria, a report by Amnesty International says.   The group says about 100 Syrians have been sent back to their war-torn country every day since mid-January in breach of international law. Amnesty says its

KOLKATA: The death toll in the collapse of an under construction flyover in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata rose to 29. Besides, over hundred people are feared trapped under the concrete and steel bridge, which collapsed on a busy road here. Meanwhile, the government and

DHAKA: A flyover under construction in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata has collapsed, killing at least 18 people and injuring others. Many people are feared trapped under the concrete and steel bridge, which fell on a busy road. Images show residents using their bare hands to

DHAKA: At least 15 people were killed in Kolkata and many more are trapped after a flyover under construction for years in a crowded commercial area came crashing down on Thursday. Many are feared dead in what the state government called a monumental tragedy. “I think at least 150

DHAKA: South Africa’s highest court has ruled that President Jacob Zuma violated the constitution when he failed to repay some of the government money used to upgrade his private home.   The treasury had 60 days to determine how much he should repay, it added, reports the BBC.