DHAKA: US-led air strikes have disrupted Islamic State (IS) militants but the fight against them will take years. A Pentagon spokesman has told the BBC. The comments came as activists reported new strikes around the town of Kobane, near Syria's border with Turkey. Kobane has been

DHAKA: Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has been found not guilty of terrorism offences by a court in Jordan.A panel of civilian judges sitting at Amman’s State Security Court cleared him of being involved in a thwarted plot aimed at the millennium celebrations in 2000.The ruling

DHAKA: Air France has dropped plans to expand its Transavia low-cost airline, the government has said, following a week-long strike by its pilots.The country's transport secretary, Alain Vidalies, told RMC radio that ‘the Transavia Europe project has been abandoned by management’,

DHAKA: American jets began bombing ISIS targets in Syria early Tuesday, raising U.S. involvement in the war-torn country and sending a forceful message to the terror group.The airstrikes focused on the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, a U.S. official told CNN, though other locations were hit

DHAKA: Mission successful. India's Mars mission, Mangalyaan, has entered the red planet's orbit in a historic moment for the country's space programme.Among an audience made up largely of excited scientists at the spacecraft control room of the Indian Space Research Organisation in

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry Tuesday denounced human rights abuse in North Korea and called on Pyongyang to shut down its penal colonies riddled with ‘barbarity and inhumanity’. ‘You should close those camps, you should shut this evil system down,’ Kerry said at an

DHAKA: Outgoing Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Tuesday blamed the United States for his country’s long war, a final swipe at the country that helped bring him to power 13 years ago but towards which he has become increasingly bitter. His farewell speech came days ahead of the planned

DHAKA: Iran and Saudi Arabia held their first foreign minister-level meeting since the 2013 election of president Hassan Rouhani, official Iranian media reported, signalling a possible thaw in chilly ties between the rival Gulf powers. Iran and Saudi Arabia have been engaged in a bitter

DHAKA: At least 70 IS fighters were killed by the air strikes in Syria, activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say. Earlier, the US and five Arab allies launched the first strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, reports the BBC. The Pentagon said warplanes,

DHAKA: High Commission of India along with the India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) is organizing a Business event at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, Gulshan on Thursday (September 25) to mark the launch of the ‘Make in India’ campaign by Prime Minister

DHAKA: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will respond to US-led air strikes inside Syria and blamed Saudi Arabia for allowing them to happen. A fighter for ISIS said on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times. ‘These attacks will be answered. The sons of Saloul are the ones who are to

DHAKA: Militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) released a video on Tuesday that appears to show British journalist John Cantlie criticising preparations for US-led attacks on the militant group, the SITE monitoring service reported. Islamic State, which controls territory

DHAKA: World leaders including US president Barack Obama are holding a summit on climate change at the United Nations. The aim at the New York meeting is to galvanise member states to sign up to a comprehensive new global climate agreement at talks in Paris next year. ‘Climate change

DHAKA: The US and allied nations have launched the first air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, reported BBC quoting Pentagon sources. Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm John Kirby said fighter and bomber jets and Tomahawk missiles were used in the attack. The strikes were

KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA): Merchantrade mobile has brought a new opportunity to the Bangladeshi citizens living in Malaysia for sending money home in Bangladesh.By using the reload in their mobile phone, they can easily send money to their family in soonest possible time.In addition,

DHAKA: Pakistan is developing sea-based missiles and expanding its interest in tactical nuclear warheads to give it a ‘second-strike’ capability if a catastrophic nuclear attack destroyed all its land-based weapons.The next step of Pakistan’s strategy includes an effort to

DHAKA: Thousands of pro-independence activists, determined to continue their fight for Scottish statehood, have launched a new campaign called ‘the 45 percent’, despite losing Thursday’s referendum.The campaign draws its name from the 44.7 percent of the Scottish electorate who

DHAKA: Syrian government air strikes killed at least 42 people, including 16 children, in Idlib province in the northwest.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on September 22, reports Turkish daily Hurriyet.The air raids on Sunday afternoon and evening killed 19 people, including

DHAKA: Alex Salmond has claimed that Scotland could declare itself independent without a referendum in the future.The Scottish first minister, who has said he is standing down after voters failed to back independence last week, said a referendum was the ‘best route’ to statehood,

DHAKA: Following the successful re-firing of the main liquid engine of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft for a minor trajectory change on Monday.Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is planning to activate the colour camera payload and get the first images of the red