DHAKA: North and South Korea have agreed to resume formal high-level talks that had effectively been suspended since February.Reports from South Korea say, according to the BBC.The agreement came during a surprise visit to South Korea by North Korean officials for the closing ceremony of

DHAKA: Hundreds of students and staff at Harvard University received emails on Friday from a sender who threatened to come to the Ivy League school "tomorrow" and shoot them, according to campus police. The Harvard University Police Department said it could not verify that the threat was

DHAKA: At least 33 people were killed - mostly women and children - and 28 injured in a stampede in Patna after Dussehra celebrations at the landmark Gandhi Maidan on Friday evening.  29 of them have been identified so far, reports NDTV. Here are the latest developments:     The

DHAKA: Police in Hong Kong have arrested 19 people, including suspected members of triad gangs accused of attacking pro-democracy protesters. The scuffles on Friday led to the postponement of talks between the demonstrators and the government. Police denies claims that is is colluding

DHAKA: A video has been released on the internet that purports to show an ISIL fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the Sunni-led armed group now being targeted by US-led air strikes. The video, released on Friday, begins with a news clip

DHAKA: Over 30 people have been killed and 15 other injured in a stampede during Dussehra celebrations at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan.The incident occurred soon after the effigy of Ravana was burnt in the ground, reports the Times of India. Officials said most of those killed were women and

BAHRAIN: A Bangladeshi citizen has died in a heart attack in Rifat area of Bahrain on Friday.The deceased was identified as Abul Bashar, 50, son of one Nur Miah, hailed from Gopdua village in Nangalkot upazila of Comilla.Roommate of the deceased, Selim, told banglanews that they informed

RIYADH: Saudi Grand Mufti Abdul-Aziz Ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh on Arafat Day on Friday stressed upon the unity of Muslims to save Ummah around the world.He made the plea at Arafat in western Saudi Arabia while presenting Hajj’s Khutbah.Saudi Grand Mufti, however, also asked Muslims

DHAKA: Sixteen people are still missing following the deadly eruption of Mount Ontake last weekend.The Japanese officials have said this that reports BBC on Friday.The search has been temporarily called off as a typhoon near the southwest coast made conditions hazardous.The volcano,

DHAKA: Heavy fighting is being reported between Kurdish militiamen and Islamic State (IS) militants advancing on the northern Syrian town of Kobane.A BBC correspondent across the border in Turkey saw explosions and smoke rising from buildings hit by shells, reports the BBC.IS has moved

DHAKA: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask for $4 billion for reconstruction in Gaza following the recent 50-day war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers.Donor countries are deciding on aid to Gaza on October 12, reports the NDTV.Palestinian officials say more than 60,000

RIYADH: "Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik" (O God, here I am, answering your call) are being reverberated in the air of Arafat on Friday.Sources said that more than two million Muslim pilgrims from around the world ascended Mount Arafat in western Saudi Arabia at the climax of the annual

DHAKA:  Protesters in Hong Kong have accepted an offer of talks with the government after a week of unrest.Chief Executive CY Leung Leung offered the talks with his deputy late on Thursday but rejected calls to resign.The protesters, angry at China's plan to vet election candidates,

DHAKA: UK Prime Minister David Cameron has arrived in Kabul for talks with new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Cameron said British armed forces had paid a "very high price" for their involvement in Afghanistan. As he arrived, the prime minister said Britain had gone "a long way" towards

DHAKA: The Australian cabinet has given its approval for fighter jets to join the US-led military action against Islamic State targets in Iraq.Prime Minister Tony Abbott said IS was a "death cult" that had "declared war on the world" and must be stopped.IS controls a broad swathe of

DHAKA: Turkey's parliament has authorised the government to carry out cross-border military operations in Iraq and Syria to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and other armed groups.Thursday's vote also allows foreign soldiers to be stationed in Turkey and to use

DHAKA: Hong Kong's Chief Executive CY Leung says he will not resign, but has offered talks between his government and pro-democracy protesters, BBC reports. The leaders of mass demonstrations have welcomed proposed talks, but still insist that Leung should step down.The protesters are

DHAKA: Lawyers for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have asked a photographer to "cease harassing" Prince George, BBC reports. A Kensington Palace statement said they were prompted to take action after the man was spotted near the 14-month-old and his nanny in a central London

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin dismissed Western sanctions as ‘utter foolishness’ on Thursday and said they would not stop Russia developing into a stronger economic power.Attempting to take the higher ground in a speech to foreign and Russian investors, Putin said he was

DHAKA: Cape Town’s mayor has ‘suspended’ a planned summit of Nobel peace laureates, blaming the South African government’s ‘intransigence’ in refusing to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama.South Africa has three times turned down a request to grant the exiled Tibetan spiritual