DHAKA: A small island created in the Arabian Sea by the huge earthquake that hit southwest Pakistan has fascinated locals but experts say it is unlikely to last long.The 7.7-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday in Baluchistan’s remote Awaran district, killing more than 200 people and

DHAKA: A robot that picks ripe strawberries as the farmer sleeps was unveiled in Japan on Wednesday, with its developer saying it could cut workloads by two-thirds.The device, which can gather a piece of fruit every eight seconds, uses three cameras to determine which strawberries are

DHAKA: A team of UN chemical weapons experts arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday, an international media correspondent said, ahead of new investigations into the use of the banned arms.The team, led by chief expert Ake Sellstrom, flew into the Lebanese capital Beirut on

DHAKA: The United Nations voiced concern on Wednesday over the fate of more than 100,000 Filipinos displaced by two weeks of fighting between government troops and Muslim rebels, saying they were at risk of disease from crowded and unsanitary conditions in evacuation centres.The

DHAKA: India urged Sri Lanka on Wednesday to share political power with ethnic minority Tamils after their victory in local council elections, in a bid for ‘genuine reconciliation’ after a decades-long war.The opposition Tamil alliance swept to victory at the weekend in the first

DHAKA: One in three young Japanese women wants to get married and be a full-time housewife, a government survey has showed, despite growing calls for increased female participation in the workforce.The poll, which quizzed more than 3,000 people aged 15-39, found 34 percent of unmarried

DHAKA: Moderate Syrian rebels are engaged in their fiercest fighting to date with al-Qaida-affiliated fighters on Syria’s northern and eastern borders.A senior US State Department official said on Tuesday, The Jerusalem Post publishes this report on Wednesday.‘There is a real

DHAKA: Australian road safety researchers on Wednesday unveiled a pioneering ‘attention-powered car’ which uses a headset to monitor brain activity and slow acceleration during periods of distraction.The car, commissioned by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) of Western Australia, is

DHAKA: Pakistan`s military on Wednesday rushed to reach the scene of a huge earthquake that killed more than 260 people and toppled thousands of mud-built homes when it hit the country`s southwest.The 7.8-magnitude quake struck Tuesday afternoon in Balochistan province`s Awaran district

DHAKA: More than a quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds in Britain do not trust Muslims, a BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat poll suggests.Of the 1,000 young people questioned, 28% said Britain would be better off with fewer Muslims, while 44% said Muslims did not share the same values as the rest of the

FROM UN HEADQUARTER: A number of incidents have taken place in the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and some of those were informal. Some are as follows:US President Barack Obama met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina three times during current UNGA but none of those

DHAKA: At least 217 people were killed and 350 others were wounded after a 7.7 magnitude earthqauke struck the southwestern province of Balochistan, which also prompted a new island to rise from the sea just off Pakistan`s southern coast, officials said.Home Secretary Asad Gilani told

DHAKA: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says he is prepared to engage in "time-bound and results-oriented" talks on his country`s nuclear programme.He told the UN General Assembly`s annual meeting in New York that sanctions against Iran were "violent".He also welcomed Syria`s acceptance

DHAKA: A strong earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck the southwestern province of Balochistan on Tuesday, killing at least 55 people and prompting a new island to rise from the sea just off Pakistan`s southern coast, officials said.Spokesman Frontier Corps (FC) Khan Wasey had earlier said

DHAKA: Kenyan officials said early on Tuesday that their forces were ‘in control’ of a mall in the capital where Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab launched a raid.‘Our forces are combing the mall floor by floor looking for anyone left behind,’ the Ministry of Interior and

DHAKA: Iran’s foreign ministry said Tuesday that no meeting between president Hassan Rohani and his American counterpart Barack Obama was on the agenda at the UN General Assembly.‘Such a meeting is not on the agenda,’ ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham told reporters when asked

DHAKA: Syrian insurgents pressed a new assault in the strategic, heavily-defended southwestern suburbs of Damascus on Tuesday, saying they aimed to break an army blockade of rebel-held areas.Rebels fired mortars at government forces while army shelling hit the suburb of Derayya, the scene

DHAKA: United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki Moon on Tuesday called on states to stop sending weapons to the Syria conflict as the United States and Russia wrangled over destroying Syria’s chemical weapons.‘I appeal to all states to stop fuelling the bloodshed and to end the arms

DHAKA: A strong earthquake of magnitude struck Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Tuesday, killing up to 46 people, officials said.Khairjan Baloch, Political Secretary to Chief Minister Balochistan and a former administrator in the worst-affected Awaran district

DHAKA: Russia hopes the UN Security Council will reach agreement this week on a resolution supporting a deal for Syria to abandon its chemical weapons, but there is no guarantee.Russia deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.Ryabkov, speaking in