DHAKA: Saudi Arabia’s new king has announced a major cabinet reshuffle that puts in place a new generation to succeed him.King Salman has appointed his nephew, the powerful Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, as crown prince, reports the BBC.The king’s son, Prince Mohammed

DHAKA: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the execution of 15 people this year, including several top officials.South Korean intelligence says, reports the BBC.The agency told a parliamentary meeting on Wednesday that they were executed by firing squad on spying charges.Those

DHAKA: An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft ferrying supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) is plunging back to Earth and apparently out of control.An official said on Wednesday, reports NDTV.‘It has started descending. It has nowhere else to go,’ an official familiar with

DHAKA: Nepalese riot police battled Wednesday to contain anger among survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people as rescuers raced against time to find anyone else alive in the rubble of the capital Kathmandu.Supplies are running thin and aftershocks have strained nerves

DHAKA: A fire has broken out in woods near Ukraine's disused Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of a meltdown in 1986.Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said about 400 hectares of forest was alight in the exclusion zone around the plant, reports bbc.com. Up to 200 firefighters, along with

DHAKA: A part of India slid about one foot to 10 feet northwards and underneath Nepal in a matter of seconds during the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the neighbouring country on Saturday, a US scientist has said."Saturday's slip took place over an area about 1,000 to 2,000

DHAKA: Venezuela says it will cut the working day for public sector workers to five-and-a-half hours to conserve energy, down from eight to nine hours.The initiative is part of a nationwide electricity rationing plan.Vice-President Jorge Arreaza said there had been a surge in energy

DHAKA: The death toll in the Nepal earthquake has reached 5057, reported the official Twitter handle of National Emergency Operation Centre, Nepal.The toll in could reach 10,000, said Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Tuesday, ordering intensified rescue efforts and appealing for foreign

DHAKA: Some 250 people went missing after a mudslide in village near center of Nepal earthquake on Tuesday afternoon.An official of Nepal government confirmed the matter.BDST: 1940 HRS, APR 28, 2015AKA

DHAKA: At least 52 people are missing, feared dead after a landslide swept through a village in Afghanistan’s remote mountainous northeast on Tuesday.Officials said, reports The Straits Times.At least 25 women and 22 children are among those missing in the landslide in Khwahan district

DHAKA: An earthquake jolted parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on Tuesday, creating a sense of fear and panic among the residents.The Dawn reports.According to Meteorological Department, the intensity of the earthquake was recorded as 5.5 on the Richter scale and its

DHAKA: Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Tuesday said the death toll in Nepal’s earthquake could reach 10,000.The premier also ordered to intensify rescue efforts and appealed for foreign supplies of tents and medicines, reports the NDTV.“The government is doing all it can for

DHAKA: Nepal was devastated by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Saturday, which originated outside the capital Kathmandu and has been followed by a series of powerful aftershocks. More than 4,000 people have been killed by the disaster.Saturday's quake was many times more powerful than the

DHAKA: An Australian convicted drug smuggler has married his girlfriend in an Indonesian prison ahead of his expected execution.Andrew Chan married Febyanti Herewila on Monday in a ceremony attended by family and friends, reports the BBC.Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, also Australian, were

DHAKA: The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Nepal has risen to 4,310.The Home Ministry said on Tuesday confirmed the matter, reports the Straits Times.A further 7,953 people are now known to have been injured in Saturday’s quake, said ministry spokesman Laxmi Prasad

DHAKA: India’s Jindal Steel has placed a 4.8bn Bangladeshi Taka ($61.3m) order for 10 new mini bulk carriers with Bangladesh’s largest shipbuilder Western Marine Shipyard.The Indian steelmaker is re-entering the shipping market after a period of six years in hibernation due to

DHAKA: The virus chikungunya has killed 25 people in Colombia in less than a year, the National Health Institute said Monday.Since the illness was identified in Colombia in July 2014, more than 180,000 cases have been confirmed, 25 people have died, and another 17 deaths are still being

DHAKA: Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order Monday declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard. And, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has issued a citywide curfew to start Tuesday night.Speaking Monday evening, the mayor issued a general curfew to start

DHAKA: The United States on Monday voiced alarm over rare clashes between the Myanmar military and insurgents in Rakhine state believed to have caused hundreds of civilians to flee their homes.Unrest between the military and Arakan Army (AA) - a group that hails from Rakhine but has

DHAKA: The commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards accused Saudi Arabia of treachery Monday, saying the bombing of Yemen had put the kingdom in the same camp as arch foe Israel.The remarks, by General Mohammad Ali Jafari, are a further sign of deteriorating relations between