DHAKA: The Sydney Opera House, world heritage-listed as ‘one of the indisputable masterpieces of human creativity’, celebrated its 40th birthday Sunday with a flotilla of lifesavers, Aboriginal dancers and a gigantic cupcake.Huge crowds packed the steps for a distinctively Australian

DHAKA: The Obama administration has reportedly made a quite decision to resume military and economic assistance to Pakistan as relations between the two countries have thawed.CNN on Saturday cited a senior administration official as saying, The Jerusalem Post reports.According to the

DHAKA: A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with 1.5 tonnes of explosives killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens in Syria’s central city of Hama on Sunday.The man blew himself up inside the vehicle on a busy road on the outskirts of the city, the state-run SANA news agency

DHAKA: Arab League chief Nabil Al-Araby said on Sunday peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Syria would take place on November 23 in Geneva.‘I discussed the Syria file with Lakhdar Brahimi and it was decided that the Geneva meeting would take place on November 23 and arrangements

DHAKA: Police say another 10 people have died in hospitals after drinking toxic bootleg liquor in northern India, raising the death toll to 42 in the past three days.District Magistrate Neena Sharma says another 40 people are being treated in hospitals in Uttar Pradesh state, reports The

DHAKA: Iran views the removal of punitive measures on its economy as the sole signifier of progress in talks with world powers on its nuclear issue.    Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said Saturday, The

DHAKA: Muammar Gaddafi`s former military barracks and compound in Tripoli will be converted into a public park, the Libyan government has announced.Ikram Bash Imam, the country`s tourism minister, said on Saturday that the government has embarked on "preliminary works" in the development

DHAKA: Premier Barry O`Farrell has declared a state of emergency across NSW for the next 30 days, which will give special powers to all emergency services to force evacuations and deal with what could be a catastrophe.The last time such an order was used was in March 2012, to cope with

DHAKA: Nine Lebanese Shia pilgrims who were kidnapped by rebels in Syria in May 2012 have arrived back in Beirut a day after being released.There were jubilant scenes as they were greeted on the tarmac by family members and Lebanese politicians.Two Turkish pilots who were being held

DHAKA: Two convicted murderers who used forged documents to trick their way out of prison in Florida have been recaptured, US officials say.Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, both 34, were seized without incident at a motel in Panama City, Florida.The men, who were serving life sentences,

DHAKA: Australian firefighters battling destructive bush fires in New South Wales are preparing for worsening conditions in the next few days.The return of hot weather and strong winds is expected to fan the flames - the worst in the state for a decade.Around 200 homes have already been

DHAKA: Tunisian security forces have killed at least nine suspected Islamist militants who are blamed for a deadly attack on a police patrol, officials say.They say at least three other suspects were arrested in the operation in the Mount Taouyer area, about 70km (44 miles) west of the

DHAKA: At least 10 people have been killed after a small tourist plane crashed near the city of Namur in south-east Belgium.It was carrying a group of skydivers and crashed shortly after take-off, killing all those on board, the local mayor has told the AFP news agency.The plane is

DHAKA: Campaigning Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai was reunited on Saturday with two friends who were injured in the Taliban attempt to kill her.Kainat Riaz and Shazia Ramzan met Malala during an event at Edinburgh University in Scotland, the first time they have seen her since the

DHAKA: Egyptian state media say top security officials are testifying behind closed doors in the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak, who faces charges related to the killings of around 900 protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster.The 85-year-old former autocrat

DHAKA: Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov and US ambassador Michael McFaul met on Saturday to discuss a number of international and bilateral subjects.The Russian foreign ministry reported, says The Voice of Russia.Ryabkov and McFaul ‘touched upon some international issues,

DHAKA: A Somali police official says at least 12 people have been killed after a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a small restaurant north of the capital.Mohamed Abdi said on Saturday that the attack in the city of Beledweyne, about 339km north of Mogadishu, also wounded at least 10

DHAKA: A batch of toxic bootleg liquor killed at least 32 people, mostly poor labourers, and sickened dozens more in northern India, police said on Saturday.Police officer Arvibnd Sen said the victims bought pouches of tainted liquor on Thursday from a shop in Adampur village in Uttar

DHAKA: Groundwater radiation levels at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have soared near a tank that leaked 300 tonnes of toxic water in August, struggling operator Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) said.Tepco said water samples collected from a well on Thursday contained 400,000

DHAKA: A Milan court on Saturday ruled that former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud.But, since Berlusconi is a senator, the court’s decision will have no immediate effect, and his expulsion