DHAKA: The death of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban, has been confirmed by authorities in Pakistan who have shared the information with Afghan government officials.A media report said on Wednesday, according to Hindustan Times.The issue was reportedly

DHAKA: Pakistani police say they have shot dead Malik Ishaq, the leader of banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.Ishaq, who had been detained last week, was in a prison convoy in Punjab province when supporters opened fire in an attempt to free him, said police, reports the

DHAKA: Three people have died after a three-storeyed building collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane district late last night. 16 people have been pulled out of the debris; six are still feared trapped.Local municipal authorities say the building had been served a notice declaring it a weak

DHAKA: At least 25 people have died in a fire that has gutted an Egyptian furniture factory north of Cairo, a health ministry official says.Twenty-two more workers suffered from burns and smoke inhalation in the blaze in the Al-Helw factory on the outskirts of the capital, health ministry

DHAKA: Toyota has fallen behind Volkswagen in the race for the world’s biggest automaker title, figures showed Tuesday, as the German giant outsold its Japanese rival in the first half of the year.Toyota said it sold 5.02 million vehicles worldwide between January and June, falling

DHAKA: Barack Obama has chided African leaders who refuse to give up power in the first speech at the African Union headquarters by a US president.The scolding came in the course of his address on Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to the 54-member continental bloc, reports Al

DHAKA: Thailand and Myanmar signed an agreement on Tuesday to allow citizens with ordinary passports to make visa-free visits of up to 14 days.The agreement was signed by Thailand foreign minister Tanasak Patimapragorn and his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin during the Thai-Myanmar

DHAKA: India former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s funeral will be held on Thursday in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, where he was born.The former president is survived by his older brother Mohammad Muthu Meera Lebbai Maraicker, who is 99.The body of Dr Kalam was brought to 10 Rajaji Marg,

DHAKA: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has sacked his deputy in a cabinet reshuffle after Muhyiddin Yassin had called on the leader to explain a growing corruption scandal at debt-laden state investment fund 1MDB.Muhyiddin had said at the weekend the ruling coalition could lose the

DHAKA: Rescuers found 13 dead migrants on a boat off the coast of Libya with more than 500 others aboard, an Italian coast guard spokesman said on Tuesday, giving o details about how they had died.An Irish naval ship, mobilized as part of the EU’s Triton mission, and one operated by the

DHAKA: Saif al-Islam, the most prominent son of Libya’s slain leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has been sentenced to death by firing squad.He was sentenced in absentia on Tuesday in Tripoli along with eight other senior members of the former regime, overthrown in 2011, reports Al Jazeera.They

DHAKA: All 28 Nato members are joining an extraordinary meeting to discuss Turkey’s campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group and Kurdish militants.The meeting was called by Turkey, which has staged a dramatic shift in its approach to the Syrian conflict.The previously reluctant

DHAKA: Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam, the renowned missile scientist who played a stellar role in advancing India’s nuclear programme, died on Monday after collapsing at an event in Meghalaya.His body was flown to Guwahati in Assam Tuesday morning and will be brought to

DHAKA: Former president of India APJ Abdul Kalam died on Monday after collapsing during a lecture in Shillong, PTI reported.Kalam, 84, collapsed during a speech at the IIM Shillong and was rushed to the nearby Bethany Hospital where doctors put him on oxygen and tried to revive him.“He

DHAKA:  India tightened security on its border with Pakistan on Monday after terrorists dressed in army uniform stormed a police station in Punjab state, killing at least five people and injuring several others. The dead included three civilians and two homeguards, reports

DHAKA: Turkey has called a special meeting of Nato ambassadors to discuss military operations against the Islamic State (IS) group and PKK Kurdish separatists.The session is to take place in Brussels on Tuesday.Turkey launched air attacks against IS militants in Syria and resumed air

DHAKA: David Cameron says business deals worth more than £750m ($1.2bn) will be made during his tour of South East Asia.Mr Cameron is to be accompanied by 31 UK business leaders on the trade mission, which starts in Indonesia, reports bbc.com The UK prime minister says he wants to forge

DHAKA: Iran’s foreign minister began a charm offensive in the Gulf on Sunday to defend a nuclear deal seen by some Arab states as heralding greater Iranian support for armed groups and governments opposed to the hereditary monarchies.Most Gulf Arab states are worried that Iran’s July

DHAKA: Syrian president Bashar Assad said on Sunday the army had been forced to give up areas in order to hold onto more important ones in its fight with insurgents, and the scale of the war meant the military faced a manpower shortage.In a remarkably frank assessment of the strains

DHAKA: UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to offer Indonesia and Malaysia support in tackling Islamist extremists, during a trade mission to South East Asia.It comes amid growing concern that the next branch of so-called Islamic State (IS) could emerge in the region.David Cameron