DHAKA: Divers have pulled 48 bodies from a single room of the sunken South Korean ferry, search officials have said.They said on Friday that only 35 of the ferry`s 111 rooms have been searched so far, Yonhap news agency reported.The room where they had found the bodies was designed to

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama and top European leaders are moving ahead on a new round of sanctions against Russia, US officials have said.In a joint statement on Saturday, the Group of Seven nations - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and US - said that they will "move swiftly

DHAKA: At least three polling officials and five policemen were killed on Thursday evening while traveling in hit a landmine allegedly planted by the Maoists in the Dumka district of India, reports NDTV on Friday.They said The Jharkhand police have admitted to "mistakes" in this

DHAKA: At least four people have been killed and 20 others were seriously injured over an explosion that is took place near a mosque in Delhi colony area of Karachi on Friday, reports Dawn News.At this time three government vehicles were also damaged.Dawn News said on Friday that security

DHAKA: Rajeev Suri, an Indian has been selected to be the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the world’s largest mobile-phone company Nokia, which is ready to become tagged as “Microsoft Mobile’ at any moment.The Hindustan Times reports on Friday that Nokia will on Tuesday name

DHAKA: After legitimating ‘Live-Together’ Indian Supreme Court validate birth of live-in couple on Thursday, reports the India Today. They said there, ‘if a man and a woman are "living together for a long time as husband and wife, there would be a presumption of marriage" and their

DHAKA: The Government of Canada announced re-opening immigration with new occupations and caps for the popular Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program on Wednesday.Canadian Immigration Center published a newsletter regarding this on Wednesday.The cicnews said there, ‘the new changes go

DHAKA: The man who tried to enter the cockpit of a Virgin aircraft while flying and was reported as a hijacker was none but a drunk passenger, reports international media on Friday.Of course the man, who caused the ‘hijack’ scare has been arrested for creating a disturbance after the

DHAKA: The man who tried to enter the cockpit of a Virgin aircraft while flying and take over the plane but has since been detained.They said, ‘a Virgin aircraft flying from Australia is believed to have been hijacked at Bali airport, reports quoting Indonesian officials say’.Police

Dhaka: A Virgin Blue Airlines plane that was on its way from Brisbane, Australia, to Bali was hijacked on Friday, reports international media.The plane was forced to land at Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali. It is not known who the hijackers and how the fate of the passengers, according to

DHAKA: Around 500 jhuggis (huts) were destroyed in a huge fire at a large slum in South Delhi`s Vasant Kunj this morning.The fire, reported at 8.30 a.m, has been doused. 28 fire engines were sent to put out the flames, said officials, who stressed that nobody was reported hurt, reports

DHAKA: Seven convicts linked to the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will remain in jail, the Supreme Court ruled Friday. A Constitution bench will decide on whether they can be granted freedom, and whether the Centre or the Tamil Nadu government can do so,

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama is in Seoul for a visit that comes amid concern that North Korea may be planning a fourth nuclear test.Obama, who arrived from Japan on the second stop of his Asian tour, will hold talks with South Korean leader Park Geun-hye.Their talks are set to focus

DHAKA: The US President Barack Obama has some new high tech friends.The President played soccer Thursday with a Japanese robot during a stop at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, or Mirikan. The visit was aimed at highlighting the renewal of a 10 year scientific

DHAKA: The Israeli government has decided to halt peace talks with the Palestinians in response to a new unity agreement between rival Palestinian factions.The decision appears to end a nine-month peace initiative by US Secretary of State John Kerry. The negotiating period is scheduled to

DHAKA: At least five people were killed and eight others wounded on Friday when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a vehicle in Swabi`s Yar Hussain region in Pakistan.The deceased and the injured in the attack all belonged to the same family.Station House Officer (SHO) Aijaz Khan

DHAKA: At least 37 people have been reported killed and 18 injured in air raids, in the Khyber tribal area of Pakistan on Thursday. Meanwhile, a bomb blast in the country’s south claimed the life of a police officer and three others.The military said the raids on Thursday targeted

DHAKA: Facing anger from families of Flight 370 passengers, Malaysia`s Prime Minister said Thursday his government will release its preliminary report on the plane`s disappearance.In a TV exclusive, Najib Razak told media the report will be available to the public next week.He also asked

DHAKA: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah remains the frontrunner with 80% of votes counted.Afghanistan officials say, reports the BBC.Dr Abdullah has 43.8% of ballots cast, followed by Ashraf Ghani with 32.9%, according to the Independent Election Commission (IEC).The IEC

DHAKA: Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has been installed as the official representative of students at the University of Glasgow.Snowden told the ceremony by video link that, in the office, he would follow the idea ‘that if we believe in something, we should