Thursday, 15 May, 2025

International

Greece talks ruled out before vote

DHAKA: Eurozone finance ministers have ruled out any further talks on a fresh bailout for Greece until the country holds its referendum on Sunday.Greeks will be asked to accept or reject proposals made by creditors last week, with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urging a ‘No’

25 dead as bus collides with truck in India

DHAKA: At least twenty-five persons, including four women, were killed and 19 others injured when the bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck near Choti Chhaegaon Makhan area in Khandwa on Wednesday.The incident occurred when the private bus, carrying 38 passengers,

Tsipras in new bailout ‘concessions’

DHAKA: Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has offered new concessions to the country’s creditors.A letter to creditors obtained by the Financial Times says Tsipras is prepared to accept most conditions that were on the table before talks collapsed and he called a referendum,

Record 137,000 migrants crossed Med sea

DHAKA: A record 137,000 people made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe in the first half of 2015, most of them fleeing war, conflict and persecution.The United Nations said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.‘Europe is living through a maritime refugee crisis

Washington, Havana to announce embassies

DHAKA: The US and Cuba on Wednesday will announce the opening of embassies in each other’s capitals, a major step in re-establishing diplomatic ties severed in 1961.A senior US official has said, reports the BBC.Relations had been frozen since the early 1960s when the US broke links and

Indonesia plane crash death toll rises to 141

DHAKA: Indonesian officials say 141 bodies have been recovered after a military transport plane crashed in a residential area of Medan on Tuesday.The military says none of the 122 people on board the Hercules C-130 survived when it hit houses and a hotel before bursting into flames,

Greece misses IMF payment deadline

DHAKA: Greece has missed the deadline for a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its bailout.But the ministers say they will discuss a last-minute request from Greece for a new two-year bailout on Wednesday,

Anisa first female judge to Afghanistan SC

DHAKA: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday nominated a female judge to sit on the Supreme Court in an unprecedented move that has angered some Islamic conservatives.Anisa Rasouli, the head of the Afghan Women Judges Association and a former juvenile court judge, was the only female

113 killed in Indonesian military plane crash

DHAKA: At least 113 people have been killed after an Indonesian air force C-130 plane crashed in a residential neighborhood in the city of Medan on the northern island of Sumatra.According to military officials, the plane came down on Tuesday hitting empty residential buildings after

38 dead after military plane crashes in Indonesia

DHAKA: Thirty-eight bodies have been recovered from the crash site of an Indonesian military aircraft in the city of Medan.An Indonesian Red Cross official Zulkifli said, reports CNN.Local TV reported that the Hercules crashed into two houses and a car and burst into flames.Moreover,

20 dead as military plane crashes in Indonesia

DHAKA: An Indonesian air force transport plane crashed Tuesday shortly after take-off, exploding in a fireball in a city residential area and killing at least 20 people.Buildings near the crash zone were severely damaged and cars were reduced to flaming wrecks when the Hercules C-130 came

5 killed as military plane crashes in Indonesia

DHAKA: At least five people were killed Tuesday when an Indonesian military transport plane crashed into the city of Medan on Sumatra island and exploded in a ball of flames.Police said, reports The Straits Times.The C-130 Hercules plane crashed on Tuesday shortly after take-off,

Tsipras asks Greeks to vote no

DHAKA: Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has urged voters to reject creditors’ demands in a snap referendum on Greece’s debt crisis due on Sunday.Tsipras said a clear vote against austerity would help Greece negotiate a better settlement to the crisis, the BBC publishes this report on

Tsipras asks Greeks to vote no

DHAKA: Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has urged voters to reject creditors’ demands in a snap referendum on Greece’s debt crisis due on Sunday.Tsipras said a clear vote against austerity would help Greece negotiate a better settlement to the crisis, the BBC publishes this report on

Californians struggle for ‘normal life’, without water

DHAKA:  A washing machine stands in the middle of Maria Jimenez’s California yard, like a redundant relic of modern life. Nearby are several rented mobile toilets, no longer in use.For four months, she and her family have had no running water.“We are trying to live a normal life,”

Taliban ambush kills 11 soldiers in Afghanistan

DHAKA: Taliban militants in Afghanistan have killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers in an ambush in western Herat province.The convoy of pick-up trucks was attacked on Sunday evening in Karukh district of Herat, officials say, the BBC publishes this report on Monday.Weapons were stolen by the

Egypt prosecutor Barakat killed in Cairo attack

DHAKA: Egypt’s public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, has been killed in an apparent bomb attack on his car in Cairo.Barakat died of his wounds in hospital, a government spokesman told the BBC.Two bodyguards were also injured in the attack, which targeted the vehicle in the Cairo suburb of

Great Wall disappearing

DHAKA: Around 30 percent of China’s Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities ─ including stealing the bricks to build houses ─ erode the Unesco World Heritage site.China state media reported, says dawn.com.The Great

2 prisoners dig tunnel to escape India’s top jail

DHAKA: Two prisoners escaped from India’s most secure jail in New Delhi by digging a tunnel under a wall and scaling another in a daring dash for freedom.An official and media reports said Monday, reports The Straits Times.The pair escaped on the weekend from Tihar jail, Asia’s

Greeks pay price of Tsipras’ populist ploys, missteps

DHAKA: When Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won power in January, he was hailed by many as the man to revolutionize not only his country’s politics, but also those of all Europe.Aged only 40, he is Greece’s youngest prime minister in almost two centuries. More importantly, he