DHAKA: Heavy rains hampered efforts Friday by hundreds of rescue workers digging through heavy mud and debris, as the death toll from a landslide that engulfed an entire village in western India rose to 51. Rescuers are still looking for about 100 people missing and feared dead, after

DHAKA: Heavy rains hampered efforts Friday by hundreds of rescue workers digging through heavy mud and debris, as the death toll from a landslide that engulfed an entire village in western India rose to 51. Rescuers are still looking for about 100 people missing and feared dead, after

DHAKA: The UN's top rights and refugee officials have condemned Israel's bombardment of Gaza and warned of a major humanitarian crisis, with almost half of Palestinians now refugees in their own territory. Navi Pillay, the UN human rights commissioner, on Thursday said that Israel had

DHAKA: The death toll is rising in Taiwan in a series of explosions triggered by underground gas leaks in the southern city of Kaohsiung, according to state-run news agency CNA. At least 22 people were killed and another 270 injured when the powerful blasts ripped through the city's

DHAKA: Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in exile for several years after clerics in her country issued a fatwa against her, it seems has now been cold shouldered by the Indian government after getting the royal ignore from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The Bangladeshi

DHAKA: UN and US say Israel and Hamas have agreed humanitarian truce to begin on Friday morning and to hold talks in Cairo. The UN and the US have announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire to begin on Friday morning. In a joint

DHAKA: Israel is calling up 16,000 extra reservists to bolster its military as the conflict in Gaza continues. The deployment brings the total called up by Israel to 86,000. Officials told Israeli media the call-up gave the military "room to breathe". The move comes as Israel pledged to

DHAKA:  At least 25 people have been killed and nearly 200 are feared buried after a landslide hit a village, nearly 120 kilometres from Pune in Maharashtra. Rescue workers anticipate that the number of dead will rise, reports NDTV. Here are the latest developments: The landslide took

DHAKA: An airstrike hits an open air market. An explosion rocks a school-turned-shelter. A booby-trapped tunnel explodes. These were among the scenes in Gaza in a more-than-three-week-old conflict that has left more than 1,300 people dead and even more wounded. The violence between

DHAKA: The United States has allowed Israel, waging an offensive in the Gaza Strip, to tap a local US arms stockpile in the past week to resupply it with grenades and mortar rounds, Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon's press secretary, has said. The munitions were located inside

DHAKA: The attack on Abu Hussein School, a UN facility based school in Gaza’s Jebaliya refugee camp, left 19 killed and 126 others injured. The UN Relief and Works Agency spokesman Gaza Adnan Abu Hasna confirmed the matter, reports CNN.Abu Hasna attributed the high number of

DHAKA: Israel launched a deadly attack on a UN school housing refugees in Gaza despite repeated warnings that civilians were sheltering there, the UN has said.UN spokesman Chris Gunness said "the world stands disgraced" by the attack, in which 15 were reported killed.The Israeli

DHAKA: At fifteen people were and 100 more feared buried under a landslide that hit a village 120 kilometres from Pune Wednesday morning after torrential rains.Images of the area showed mountains of slush and mud that can be a logistical nightmare for rescue attempts to reach those

DHAKA:  Online social networking and microblogging website Twitter reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, showing both revenue and user growth. The social media service reported that it now has 271 million monthly active users, a 6% quarterly increase and a

DHAKA: Security officials in Ukraine said the downed Malaysia Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine suffered an explosive loss of pressure after it was punctured by shrapnel from a missile.They said the information came from the plane’s flight data recorders, which are being analysed by

DHAKA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of a "prolonged" military campaign in Gaza, reports BBC.Netanyahu said Israel would continue to act until it had achieved its aim of destroying militant group Hamas’ network of underground tunnels.The assertion comes amid an

DHAKA: The downing of Malaysia Airlines jet MH17 in eastern Ukraine may constitute a “war crime”, the UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says. Ukraine and Western governments believe pro-Russian rebels shot down MH17, using a missile system supplied by Russia. All 298 people on board

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has called for an “immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza. An emergency session backed a statement calling for a truce over the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr "and beyond". Both the Palestinian and Israeli envoys to the UN

DHAKA: The Malaysia Airlines is reviewing options to change its name as part of brand overhaul prompted by the recent tragedies including introducing new routes after the MH370 and MH17 crashes. Hugh Dunleavy, commercial director, told The Sunday Telegraph, “Our majority shareholder,

DHAKA: Palestinian Hamas has declared a 24-hour ceasefire after Israel ended an earlier truce amid continuing rocket fire from Gaza. A spokesman for Hamas said its ceasefire would start from 14:00 local time (11:00 GMT), reported BBC. Israel earlier resumed its military offensive in