Saturday, 05 Jul, 2025

International

French journalists abducted in Syria freed

DHAKA: Four French journalists were found by Turkish soldiers on the border with Syria on Saturday after being abducted by the rebel group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria last June.Journalists Nicolas Henin, Pierre Torres, Edouard Elias and Didier Francois were found

Russia ready to offer support in Ukraine crisis settlement

DHAKA: Russia is ready to offer most wide support in settlement of the Ukrainian political crisis.Russia’s deputy foreign minister Grigory Karasin said during a meeting with Ukraine’s presidential candidate Oleg Tsarev.Russian foreign ministry reports on Saturday, says The Voice of

32 bodies found, missing more than 300

DHAKA: Death toll climbs to 32 in South Korea ferry tragedy till Saturday noon that sank 3 days ago, though the captain of the ferry said ‘sorry’ to the people of South Korea.CNN publishes this report on Thursday.It said that Coast guard spokesman Kim Jae-in say they`ve found four

14 more Nigerian schoolgirls escape from militants

DHAKA: Another 14 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists in the northeast have escaped, leaving 85 missing on Saturday after an attack that has sparked global outrage.A Nigerian official said, reports The Straits Times.The unprecedented mass abduction of 129 teenage girls

Deadly Clash Kills 5 Chinese, 2 Vietnamese

DHAKA: A deadly clash kills Five Chinese civilians and two Vietnamese border guards on late Friday during a shootout between Vietnamese border guards and Chinese citizens, reports The New York Times.The daily said that the incident happened when Chinese citizens were trying to enter

‘Search for jet at a critical juncture’

DHAKA: The underwater search for black boxes from the missing Malaysia Flight MH370 is at a critical juncture.Malaysia’s Defence Minister and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on Saturday.A lot rests on what the mini-submarine scouring a stretch of the Indian Ocean

Al-Qaeda chief calls for unity as jihadist schism deepens

DHAKA: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called for unity in a new interview amid widening divisions with a rival jihadist organisation rooted in the Syrian civil war.The interview, which the SITE monitoring service dated to between February and April, was released after the Islamic

Rescuers search for missing people in Everest avalanche

DHAKA: Rescuers searched Mount Everest for bodies on Saturday as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from an avalanche that killed at least 12 Nepalese guides in the deadliest accident ever on the world’s highest peak.Four sherpas were still missing from Friday’s

South Korea ferry disaster captain arrested

DHAKA: The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized three days ago was reportedly arrested early Saturday, as divers overcame strong currents and near zero visibility to enter the submerged vessel for the first time.A team of police and prosecutors had sought on Friday arrest

“I am really sorry and ashamed”

DHAKA: Lee Joon-seok, Captain of the South Korean sunken ferry Sewol, said sorry and sought apology to his nation and to the bereaved families those lost or are yet to find their dear ones, reports Yonhap News Agency.Captain Lee, 52, said, "I am really sorry and deeply ashamed. I don`t

Man commits suicide after rescue

DHAKA: A teacher rescued from the capsized South Korean ferry has been found hanged on Friday afternoon, reports Wall Street Journal.The deceased was identified as Kang Min-gyu, 52, was a part of more than 300 teachers and students on board the Sewol ferry and was reported missing on

Gabriel Garcia Marquez 5 must read

DHAKA: The Guardian published ‘five must reads’ of Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died on Thursday.They said this Nobel Lariat found his voice with his 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude.We round up the key texts from the master of magic

Make him/her fall in love in 90 minutes

DHAKA: Just take an hour and another half to lure someone to your side and make him/her fall in love with you-- Sounds implausible? It’s not.Science has proved that 90 minutes is the perfect time to get two hearts pounding to a single beat.Cosmopolitan reports that a US study introduced

Owner of a Miraculous Life

DHAKA: When Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born, in 1927, in the sleepy little town of Aracataca, not far from Colombia’s Caribbean coast, there were certain established fixities in the world of letters reports — The Time.They said that the centers of gravity were Europe and North

12 die and missing 9 Nepal

DHAKA: Tweelve Nepalese guides have been killed while nine more are missing over an early-morning avalanche on the slopes of Mount Everest on Friday 6:30am.The Breaking News reports this at on Friday morning while there were nine deceased till the morning 8am according to The Huffington

12 soldiers killed in Iraq

DHAKA: At least 12 soldiers were killed and 12 others wounded in an attack on a military base in a restive area of northern Iraq.Thursday`s attack took place at the base outside the city of Mosul, about 360 kilometres northwest of Baghdad, when a suicide bomber detonated his

Nobel winner Gabriel Garcia dies

DHAKA: Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died on Thursday in Mexico.He was 87, says BBC.   Garcia Marquez was considered one of the greatest Spanish-language authors, best known for his masterpiece of magic realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude.The 1967

Deal to de-escalate Ukraine crisis

DHAKA: Russia, Ukraine, the US and the European Union have said that all sides have agreed to steps to "de-escalate" the crisis in eastern Ukraine. Their foreign ministers were speaking at the end of talks between Russia, Ukraine, the EU and US in the Swiss city of Geneva, says

Dozens killed in S Sudan UN base

DHAKA: Dozens of civilians sheltering in a UN base in the South Sudan town of Bor were killed in an attack by armed youths, reports BBC. Toby Lanzer, the UN`s top aid official in South Sudan, told the BBC that the youths broke through the gates and opened fire.UN peacekeepers returned

10 Iraqi soldiers killed in attack on army base

DHAKA: At least 10 soldiers have been killed and 12 others were wounded in an attack on a military base in a restive area of northern Iraq.Thursday’s attack took place at the base outside the city of Mosul, about 360 kilometres northwest of Baghdad, when a suicide bomber detonated his