DHAKA: She was a living miracle, but something 71-year-old Larry Wilkins never expected to see: a bleeding and shoeless young girl - the lone survivor of a plane crash that killed four of her family members - standing on the doorstep of his Kentucky home, begging for help.“She was

DHAKA: Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government has authorised the building of the first church in the country since the end of the Ottoman empire in 1923, media has learned.The church is for the country’s tiny Syriac community and will be built in the Istanbul suburb of Yesilkoy on the

DHAKA: Five men have been arrested in India charged with kidnapping and repeatedly raping a Japanese student.Police in the eastern city of Calcutta say the assaults took place over a period of more than a month from 23 November and in at least two locations.They say an organised gang

KOLKATA: Maitree Express trains will run thrice a week between Dhaka and Kolkata from Sunday. Sources of India’s Eastern Railway authorities confirmed the matter to banglanews.   The 13107 Maitree Express will leave Dhaka every Friday while 13108 Maitree Express will start from

DHAKA: Two large metal objects were found in the search for the AirAsia airliner in the Java Sea, according to the head of Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency, Bambang Soelistyo.  The objects were discovered using a metal detection system aboard an Indonesian ship, reports CNN.com. 

DHAKA: The Palestinian ambassador to the UN has formally submitted Palestine's application to join the International Criminal Court to the UN secretary-general. The Palestinians want to pursue war-crimes charges against Israel and challenge Israeli settlement building, reports

DHAKA: The search for clues into where AirAsia Flight QZ8501 went into the sea continued Saturday morning, amid news that oil slicks had been spotted in the search zone. The USS Sampson was one of the ships in the Java Sea looking for debris and bodies, the U.S. Navy said. On Friday,

DHAKA: To scuba divers and tourists, Belize's famous "Blue Hole" underwater cave is a wonder, one of the "10 most amazing places on Earth," according to the Discovery Channel. To scientists, it's something more: evidence of the drought that is suspected to have led to the demise of the

DHAKA: The US has imposed new sanctions on North Korea in response to a cyber-attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment. President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday allowing sanctions on three North Korean organisations and 10 individuals. The White House said the move

DHAKA:  A fishing boat from Pakistan with four people on board went up in flames off the Gujarat coast in what appeared to be an attempt to evade investigation by the Indian Navy on New Year’s Eve, reports ndtv.So far, no survivors have been found from the vessel which set sail from

DHAKA: Chinese assistant foreign minister Zhang Kunsheng has been removed from his position and is being probed for “violating discipline”, reports BBC.Quoting “State media” of China, BBC said, “Zhang as the highest-ranking diplomat to be targeted in the anti-corruption

DHAKA: A cargo vessel carrying hundreds of migrants is being towed to Italy after it was abandoned by smugglers and left drifting without a crew in the second such case in just a few days.Italian Coast Guard Commander Filippo Marini said on Friday that after several hours of

DHAKA: An uncrewed merchant ship carrying 450 migrants has lost power as it headed towards Italy's coast and a helicopter has been sent to lower rescuers on to the vessel, the Italian air force has said.The vessel, said to have been abandoned by the crew, is floating 65km off Capo di

DHAKA: Japan’s birth rate slumped to a record low in 2014, health ministry figures show, dropping to 1,001,000 newborns in 2014 - 9,000 fewer than in 2013.The fall is the fourth in consecutive years and comes as the estimated number of deaths continues to rise, at just under 1.3

DHAKA: China’s President Xi Jinping has demanded an investigation into Shanghai New Year’s Eve crush that killed 36 people and injured 47.The crush happened in Chenyi Square in Shanghai’s historic Bund district, where thousands of people had gathered to countdown to the New

DHAKA: Tropical storm Jangmi exited the Philippines on Thursday, leaving at least 54 dead and 13 missing from floods and landslides as officials said greater measures could have been taken to prepare for the deluge.The storm’s death toll was nearly triple that of the last major

DHAKA: Violence in Iraq killed more than 15,000 civilians and security personnel in 2014, government figures showed Thursday, making it the deadliest year since sectarian bloodshed in 2007.Figures compiled by the health, interior and defence ministries put the death toll at 15,538,

DHAKA: More than 76,000 people were killed in Syria’s brutal conflict in 2014, making it the bloodiest year yet in the country’s nearly four-year war.A monitor said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The conflict that began in March 2011 shows no sign of abating, with

DHAKA: Indian Union Minister Babul Supriyo’s driver’s body was found in his official Ambassador car at Udyog Bhawan.The body was discovered Thursday morning by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer.In what could be said to be a major security lapse, the body was

DHAKA: Turning up the pressure on Israel, the Palestinians announced Wednesday that they are joining the International Criminal Court to pursue war-crimes charges against the Jewish state — a risky, high-stakes move that brought threats of retaliation from Israel and criticism from