DHAKA: The Ukrainian and Russian presidents have agreed that a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is ‘largely holding’. Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko said he spoke by phone to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss steps to make Friday’s truce durable, reports the BBC. Some

DHAKA: The death toll in the Jammu and Kashmir floods has risen to 160 as the floods, the worst the state has seen in 60 years, affected a staggering 2,500 villages.India’s union home minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said as he assured help to deal with the grim situation,

DHAKA: Abandoning his pledge to act by the end of summer, US president Barack Obama has decided to delay any executive action on immigration until after the November congressional elections.White House officials said, reports Yahoo news.The move is certain to infuriate immigration

DHAKA: A 3000-year-old bronze sword has been discovered in a local river by an 11-year-old child in east China’s Jiangsu Province.Yang Junxi discovered the rusty sword on July 2 when he was playing near the Laozhoulin River in Gaoyou County.While washing hands in the river, Yang

DHAKA: At least 36 people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger buses collided along a busy road in north-western Tanzania.Tanzania police said Saturday, TDS publishes this report on Saturday.Officers said it was still not clear what caused the accident on Friday afternoon

DHAKA: Syrian war planes hit a bakery run by Islamic State in the city of Raqqa, killing at least 17 people, in air raids on Saturday that also hit a major training camp used by the group for a second day running.A group monitoring the war said, reports The Jerusalem Post.The air

DHAKA: An Egyptian prosecutor charged ousted president Mohamed Mursi and several of his aides on Saturday with endangering national security by leaking state secrets and sensitive documents to Qatar.Relations between Qatar, a Gulf Arab state, and Egypt have been tense since mid-2013,

DHAKA: Russia warned on Saturday that it would react if the European Union imposed fresh economic sanctions against it over the situation in Ukraine. ‘As for the new list of sanctions from the European Union, if they are passed, there will undoubtedly be a reaction from our side,’

DHAKA: Imprisoned in Vietnam? You may still be able to keep in touch with friends and family via social media network Facebook, according to a local news report.Vietnam's prison inmates are using Facebok on smartphones that have been smuggled in, reported the Dan Tri newspaper on

DHAKA: The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume in about two weeks, with Australia and Malaysia splitting the cost to the tune of A$60 million each.Australian prime minister Tony Abbott said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.‘It will commence in about a

DHAKA: Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Saturday said Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit scheduled for this month had been postponed due to anti-government protests in Islamabad.‘In view of the current political situation in Pakistan, the governments of China and Pakistan

DHAKA: Sierra Leone - one of the countries worst hit by West Africa's Ebola outbreak - has announced a four-day lockdown to try to tackle the disease, BBC reports.From 18 to 21 September people will not be allowed to leave their homes, a senior official said.The aim of the move is to

DHAKA: The US has announced that Nato allies have agreed to form a coalition to fight the Islamic State, with Barack Obama stating the group's "savage nihilism" must be confronted.The US president said on Friday that the US and its key allies would be mount a sustained effort to push

DHAKA: A ceasefire agreed by the Ukrainian government and pro-Russia rebels in the east appears to be holding.No fighting was reported overnight after the deal was struck in Minsk, capital of Belarus, on Friday.Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says there should now be talks about a

DHAKA: An unresponsive private plane has crashed in the sea off Jamaica, officials on the island have said.The Jamaican Defence Force said the plane went down about 14 miles (22km) north-east of Port Antonio.The US had earlier scrambled two F-15 fighter jets when the plane failed to

DHAKA: Leader of Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane, killed by US attack earlier this week. Quoting Pentagon sources, BBC reports the matter on Friday. BDST: 2153 HRS, SEP 05.2014

DHAKA: Five coal miner was died and 29 trapped miners were rescued after a gas blast caused by a small earthquake in Bosmia on Friday. The survivors were pulled one by one out of the Raspotocje mine in Zenica after spending the night more than 500m (1,600ft) below ground, reports the

DHAKA: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday sought the support of all parties in Parliament as the political logjam continued after several rounds of talks. “I hope the opposition will continue on its path of supporting the government,” Sharif said on the fourth day of the

DHAKA: The Nato military alliance has agreed on a new ‘spearhead’ force amid growing concern at the Ukraine crisis and the rise of Islamic State militants. The move was announced at a meeting of Nato leaders in Wales. Talks on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine have begun, but more

DHAKA: Iran’s Supreme Leader has approved co-operation with the US as part of the fight against Islamic State in northern Iraq. The sources told BBC on Friday. Ayatollah Khamenei has authorised his top commander to co-ordinate military operations with the US, Iraqi and Kurdish forces.