DHAKA: European spacecraft Rosetta became the first ever to catch up with a comet on Wednesday, a landmark stage in a decade-long space mission that scientists hope will help unlock some of the secrets of the solar system. Rosetta, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2004,

DHAKA: The United Nations is ready to help rebuild Gaza but for the last time, UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Wednesday. Ban opened a special meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with an appeal for a lasting peace as a 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was holding for a

DHAKA: The federal government this month quietly stopped publicly reporting when hospitals leave foreign objects in patients’ bodies or make a host of other life-threatening mistakes. The change, which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) denied last year that it was

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has banned its male citizens from marrying women from four countries, including, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Chad and Myanmar. A Saudi police officer said, reports The Times of India. The announcement comes as a part of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to prohibit Saudi men from

DHAKA: The death toll from an earthquake that devastated a remote region of China jumped to nearly 600 people on Wednesday, authorities said, as volunteer rescuers were warned away. Rescue efforts in the south-western province of Yunnan, where the 6.1-magnitude quake struck Sunday, were

DHAKA: Turkish prime minister, and presidential hopeful, Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparked an outcry Wednesday after using what critics said was a racist slur against Armenians in a television interview. During a live interview on the private NTV channel late Tuesday, Erdogan complained that

DHAKA: Islamic Jihad’s senior representative, Ziad al-Nakhaleh announced while in Cairo for cease-fire talks that the issue of disarming the Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip would not be discussed during the indirect talks with Israel. ‘This issue is non-negotiable,’ he

DHAKA: Iran and six world powers will probably discuss a potential deal on Tehran’s nuclear program on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September. The state news agency IRNA quoted a senior Iranian negotiator as saying, reports The Jerusalem Post. Negotiations

DHAKA: 5-year-old boy's run as mayor is over in a tiny tourist town in northern Minnesota of United Sates of America.Robert "Bobby" Tufts lost his bid for a third consecutive term as mayor of Dorset on Sunday. Tufts was defeated when the name of sixteen-year-old Eric Mueller of Mendota

DHAKA: Tens of thousands are gathering for peace ceremonies in Hiroshima to mark the 69th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city, as anti-nuclear sentiment runs high in Japan. Ageing survivors, relatives, government officials and foreign delegates, including US Ambassador to

DHAKA: A US general has been killed in an attack by an Afghan soldier at a British-run military academy near Kabul, US officials say. Maj Gen Harold Greene is the highest ranking US military official to have been killed since US-led combat operations in Afghanistan began. At least 15

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Israel and the Palestinians to take advantage of the Gaza truce to move towards broader negotiations. Kerry told the BBC the situation could concentrate minds on the need to negotiate a "two-state solution". A 72-hour humanitarian truce

DHAKA: A United States Army major general was killed on Tuesday by an Afghan soldier, shot at close range at a military training academy on the outskirts of Kabul, officials of the American-led coalition said Tuesday. The officer was the highest-ranking member of the American military to

DHAKA: A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit central South Africa on Tuesday, killing at least one man and trapping some miners underground, according to emergency services. The US Geological Survey said the tremor was centred in Orkney, a town around 120 km southwest of Johannesburg, an area

DHAKA: Former Pakistani cricket hero turned opposition leader Imran Khan on Tuesday announced he would hold a major protest in the capital Islamabad next week to force the government into holding fresh elections. Khan, who leads the third largest party in Pakistan’s parliament, has

DHAKA: Egypt plans to build a new Suez Canal alongside the existing 145-year-old historic waterway in a multi-billion dollar project aimed at expanding trade along the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia. The Suez Canal earns Egypt about US$5 billion a year in revenues, a

DHAKA: Justin Bieber may have millions of fans worldwide, but Russia's bears don't appear to admire his music, which proved fortunate for one lucky fisherman.Igor Vorozhbitsyn had his life saved by a Justin Bieber ringtone, when his mobile phone went off during a potentially fatal

DHAKA: Rights groups on Tuesday urged Thailand’s military rulers to probe allegations a ‘Red Shirt’ activist was tortured during her near one-month detention by soldiers after the coup. The army has summoned, detained and warned hundreds of political opponents including Red Shirt

DHAKA: An Afghan soldier opened fire on Nato troops at a British-run military academy on the outskirts of Kabul on Tuesday, officials said, though they were unable to immediately confirm casualty details. ‘We are investigating, but it appears that an Afghan army officer opened fire.

DHAKA: Russia has threatened to block access to the website of the BBC Russian service over an interview with a Siberian activist who called on people to attend an unsanctioned protest.Izvestia daily reported Tuesday, says The Straits Times.In the BBC interview with Artem Loskutov