DHAKA: More than 100 South Koreans are heading across the border for reunions with their North Korean relatives - the first such events since 2010.The reunions, which come after North Korea called for better relations between the two sides, are taking place from 20 to 25 February, reports

DHAKA: California politicians have announced a $687m (£412m) plan to provide immediate assistance to communities parched by an ongoing historic drought.The proposal was put forward by state Democrats and California Governor Jerry Brown, reports BBC.Most of the money, garnered from two

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has vowed to expand trade agreements between the Americas and Asia, despite concerns within his own political party.Ending a day of talks with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, Obama said the North American partners must keep up their "competitive

DHAKA: Ukraine`s President Viktor Yanukovych says he has agreed a truce with opposition leaders, after at least 26 people died in clashes this week.In a statement, he said "negotiations" would now start to end the bloodshed of the last two days, reports BBC.Opposition leader Arseniy

DHAKA: Australia has inadvertently made public the identities of almost 10,000 asylum seekers, the department of immigration has said, raising concerns it could help locate people fleeing persecution.A file published on a government website by mistake held the names, nationalities and

DHAKA: The government in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has decided to free three men and a woman convicted of plotting the 1991 assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.On Tuesday, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, citing

DHAKA: Colombia`s President Juan Manuel Santos has dismissed the chief of the armed forces over disparaging comments about inquiries into extrajudicial killings.Santos said General Leonardo Barrero had been sacked for "disrespectful remarks" that emerged as part of an investigation into

DHAKA: Downtown Kiev was aglow in fire early Wednesday, as demonstrators undeterred by a bloody day on the streets staked their claim to the heart of the Ukrainian capital and, they hope, the heart of the country itself.Such flames have been a constant for three months, acting as fiery

DHAKA: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday commuted the death penalty of Rajiv Gandhi`s killers to life term, citing the 11-year delay in deciding their mercy pleas.With this, the three convicts on death row in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case — Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan —

DHAKA: One asylum seeker has been killed and 77 injured during a second night of violence at Australia`s immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea.The man died of head injuries on the way to hospital, Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said.Thirteen people suffered

DHAKA: Dozens of people were injured in violence that erupted as Thai police began clearing protest sites in the capital, Bangkok.More than 40 people were injured and one police officer killed in the violence, reports say.Police are trying to retake official sites that have been blocked

DHAKA: India`s Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has cut indirect taxes on cars and mobile phones in an attempt to boost economic growth.Chidambaram unveiled the move as he presented the interim budget ahead of this year`s general elections.In his speech he expressed concerns over

DHAKA: An Ethiopian Airlines plane en route from Addis Ababa to Rome has been forced to land in Geneva after being hijacked, Swiss police say.One hijacker has been arrested. The airline said in a statement that all passengers and crew were safe.There are no injuries, and the police say

DHAKA: At least four people died and 14 were wounded Sunday by an explosion on a tourist bus in the Egyptian resort town of Taba, authorities said.Brig. Gen. Alaa Mahmoud said 33 tourists from South Korea were on the bus and had visited the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine`s, in

DHAKA: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday ordered three U.S. diplomatic officials expelled from the country, accusing them of conspiring against his government.The announcement comes after the U.S. State Department expressed concerns about the state of affairs in Venezuela,

DHAKA: Switzerland has refused to sign a proposed deal granting Croatians free access to the Swiss employment market.Both countries had agreed the deal last summer after Croatia joined the European Union.Switzerland said the accord could not be signed "in its current form", after a recent

DHAKA: John Kerry, the US secretary of state, is in Indonesia to discuss climate change and press authorities in Jakarta and throughout Asia to step up efforts to combat it.Kerry is to deliver a speech on Sunday on the matter in Jakarta, the capital, a day after winning an agreement with

DHAKA: Florence mayor Matteo Renzi is poised to win the nomination to become Italy`s youngest-ever prime minister after Enrico Letta was forced to resign by their centre-left Democratic Party.President Giorgio Napolitano held a day of formal consultations with political leaders on

DHAKA: Syria`s government and opposition have agreed on an agenda for a third round of peace talks in Geneva, despite disappointment at the little progress achieved as the second round came to an end.No date was set for the the negotiations to resume, and dispute overshadowed the

DHAKA: Two persons were killed and one other injured critically as a wall of an under-construction building collapsed at Badda area of the capital at 1:45pm Saturday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Officer-in-Charge of Baddha Thana Abdul Jalil confirmed the