DHAKA: Sikh protestors gathered at the Congress office today, demanding action against party leader Captain Amarinder Singh for his recent remarks to NDTV on the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. Amarinder Singh, who has served as Chief Minister of Punjab, had declared that Jagdish Tytler for the

DHAKA: A submarine scanning the ocean floor for signs of a missing Malaysian airliner is two-thirds of the way through its search but has yet to find the plane, officials say.The Bluefin-21 submarine was to embark on its ninth search mission on Monday.Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went

DHAKA: South Korean President Park Geun-hye has condemned the conduct of some of the crew of the ferry that sank last week, calling it "akin to murder".Ms Park said that those to blame would have to take "criminal and civil" responsibility for their actions.Divers are continuing to

DHAKA: At least 30 militants were killed in "massive and unprecedented" operation against Al Qaeda, Yemeni government official says, reports the CNN.BDST: 0841 HRS, APR 21, 2014

DHAKA: At least 14 soldiers were killed and 7 others injured late Saturday in an ambush attack by militants in northern Algeria, a security source said Sunday, reports Yahoo News.They said that the militants targeted an army patrol combing a mountainous area in the northern province of

DHAKA: Families of missing Malaysian flight MH 370 are going to get financial assistance from the Government, reports abc NEWS on Sunday.It said that a Malaysian official met Sunday with relatives of passengers who were aboard the missing jetliner and discussed ways of providing them with

DHAKA: At least five security guards were killed while nine others were seriously injured in eastern Baghdad over suicide bombing at a university on Sunday, reports the World Bulletin.It said that the attack occurred before noon when two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests tried to

DHAKA: The underwater drone scanning for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 finished its seventh mission Sunday, having covered about half its intended territory without finding any sign of the missing plane.CNN reports on Sunday.It said, ‘this has been the case for 44 days now, which seems

DHAKA: Death toll reached near 60 while 246 still are unaccounted in South Korean ferry disaster, reports Voice of America.voanews said that by early Sunday divers also have entered the sunken ferry Sewol to recover more bodies.In this incident 56 bodies have been recovered and most of

DHAKA: At least four people were killed Sunday in a gun battle in restive eastern Ukraine, shattering a fragile Easter truce in the crisis-hit former Soviet republic, reports Yahoo News on Sunday.They mentioned ‘three pro-Russian militants and one attacker were killed in a deadly

DHAKA: Families of passengers on a sunken South Korean ferry have protested angrily over the rescue operation.Police stopped up to 100 people trying to leave Jindo island intending to march to the country`s capital, Seoul.After more than three days, divers have now finally entered the

DHAKA: Mastodons -- elephant-like beasts that lumbered across North America more than 10,000 years ago -- are long extinct, but apparently it wasn`t tooth decay that did them in.A 9-year-old Michigan boy stumbled across something -- literally -- that, it turns out, is a mastodon tooth,

DHAKA: At least 41 people were killed and several others injured on Sunday morning in Sindh`s Sukkur district of Pakistan over a bus-trailer collision on the National Highway, DawnNews reported.The Dawn said on Sunday that the accident took place near Pano Akil area in Sukkur when a bus

DHAKA: An earthquake struck late Saturday off Papua New Guinea’s eastern coast with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5.The US Geological Survey said, reports CNN.The quake struck at 11:27pm and occurred at a depth of 19 miles, the USGS said.It was centered 47 miles southwest of Panguna,

DHAKA: Egyptian leftist Hamdeen Sabbahi on Saturday submitted the documents required to run in next month’s presidential election, in which he is likely to be the only rival to former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.Sabbahi is currently General Sisi’s sole challenger after lawyer

DHAKA: Rescuers have recovered the body of another mountain guide after an ice avalanche on the lower slopes of Mount Everest, bringing the death toll to at least 13 in the deadliest accident on the world’s highest mountain.Officials said that Saturday’s recovery of the body still

DHAKA: A majority of inhabitants in Ukraine’s pro-Russian protest hub Donetsk do not want to join Russia but consider the government in Kiev to be illegitimate, according to a poll published on Saturday.52.2 percent of people questioned in the region, the focal point of separatist

DHAKA: Unknown gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Hamid Mir in Karachi on Saturday, injuring the senior reporter and television anchorperson.Reports said the incident took place on Sharae Faisal near Natha Khan area when the gunmen opened fire on his vehicle around 5:30pm, reports

DHAKA: A drone strike in Yemen killed at least 15 people on Saturday, including 12 suspected al Qaeda militants, three Yemeni Defense Ministry officials told.CNN publishes this report.The strike occurred in the al-Hazemiyah district of al-Baitha province, Yemeni officials said.The

DHAKA: Australian officials supervising the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 said on Saturday that an underwater search for the black box recorder based on ‘pings’ possibly from the device could be completed in five to seven days.A US Navy deep-sea autonomous