Saturday, 27 Apr, 2024

International

Frost’s last documentary on PM

LONDON: The Qatar based Al Jazeera TV is going to broadcast a documentary on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made by international eminent journalist late David Frost.It will be broadcasted at GMT 20:00 on September 20, said sources concerned.  This is the last documentary film made by

Death sentence or life term?

DHAKA: The much-awaited closure in a case that triggered India wide protests and soul-searching about the treatment of women in India may happen Friday with a Delhi fast-track court set to announce the quantum of punishment for the gang-rape and murder of a young student last

Russia hospital patients killed in blaze

DHAKA: A fire has swept through a Russian psychiatric hospital overnight, killing at least three people and leaving more than 30 others feared dead, officials said.The fire in the one-storey hospital in the village of Luka in the northwestern Novgorod region erupted at around 3 am local

Key Syria talks enter second day

The US and Russian foreign ministers are due to hold their second round of talks in Geneva on how to secure Syria`s chemical weapons.US officials said Thursday`s meeting was comprehensive and lasted about an hour. Talks could continue over the weekend.The BBC`s Paul Adams in Geneva says

Afghan Taliban attack US consulate

DHAKA: Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have attacked the US consulate in the western city of Herat.The Taliban told the BBC a suicide bomber had detonated explosives outside the building before dawn on Friday.Other fighters then opened fire on the consulate. Several Afghan police are

Talks on Syria weapons `not a game`

DHAKA: Crucial talks on ending Syrian control of its chemical weapons began Thursday in Geneva with the top negotiators -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov -- offering similar goals but different ideas on how to reach them."This is not a game,"

Assad signed chemical weapons decree

DHAKA: President Bashar al-Assad has signed a decree stating that Syria will accede to international law on chemical weapons, the United Nations said.In a statement on Thursday, the spokesman for the UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said: "The secretary general has today received a letter

Canadian arrested in Colombia for `drugs belly`

DHAKA: A Canadian woman has been arrested in Colombia after trying to board a flight from Bogota`s international airport with a fake pregnant belly stuffed with cocaine.Police say the tourist caught the attention of an anti-narcotics officer during a routine pat down.Source: BBCBDST: 0528

Syria sends chemical documents to UN

DHAKA: The United Nations said on Thursday it has received documents from the Syrian government seeking to join the international convention banning chemical weapons."In the past few hours we have received a document from the government of Syria which is being translated," said a UN

Syria chemical weapons talks start in Geneva

DHAKA: John Kerry, US secretary of state, has addressed the media after arriving in Geneva to meet Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov as the UN tries to forge an international plan to disarm the Syrian government of its chemical weapons.Lavrov and Kerry will discuss efforts to agree a UN

Unable to stop anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar

DHAKA: Myanmar`s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday that she alone could not stop the anti-Muslim violence that has shaken her country and that the solution was to install the rule of law."It`s not something that I could learn to do, but I think what this whole society

Somalia`s al-Shabaab kill US fighter

DHAKA: An American from Alabama who ascended the ranks of Somalia`s al-Shabaab armed group high enough to attract a $5 million US government bounty has been killed in an ambush ordered by the group`s leader, witnesses said.Residents in al Baate village in southern Somalia said Omar

Riot victims didn`t get justice in Gujarat: Mulayam

DHAKA: Talking to reporters at the conclusion of his party`s national executive meeting, he said, "There was no justice in Gujarat but justice will be done in UP, I have never done the politics of caste and religion.”“Strict action will be taken against the guilty. We will provide the

BJP set to name Modi as PM candidate

DHAKA: Advani stood firmly against Modi, though BJP president Rajnath Singh and other leaders tried to convince him during two rounds of discussions that majority of the BJP leadership, its cadres and the ideological parent, the RSS, overwhelmingly wanted Modi as the PM candidate.In fact,

Breivik begins studies at University of Oslo

DHAKA: The man convicted of murdering 77 people in attacks in Norway in 2011 has enrolled at the University of Oslo to study political science.Anders Behring Breivik, who is serving a 21-year sentence, has not been admitted to a degree-granting programme, but will study modules.The

Syria will give up control of chemical weapons

DHAKA: Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on Russian TV to confirm that his country’s chemical weapons will be placed under international control.His comments, to Rossiya 24, came as US and Russian foreign ministers prepared to meet in Geneva to discuss the plan, proposed

Russia says there is still a chance for peace in Syria

DHAKA: There is a still a chance for peace in Syria and the world must not let it pass, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Thursday.Speaking to students in Kazakhstan, Lavrov welcomed the Syrian government’s acceptance of Russia’s proposal that Damascus

European Parliament wants ‘clear strong’ response

DHAKA: The European Parliament on Thursday urged a ‘clear, strong, targeted and united’ international response, including ‘deterrent measures’ if needed, to the chemical weapons attack that left hundreds dead in Syria last month.In a resolution, the parliament noted that

US seeks proof Syria ready to abandon chemical weapons

DHAKA: The United States will insist that Syria take rapid steps to show it is serious about abandoning its vast chemical arsenal, a senior US officials said, as US state secretary John Kerry arrived in Geneva on Thursday for talks with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.Among the

One-third of food worldwide gets wasted

DHAKA: The UN food agency says one-third of all food produced in the world gets wasted, amounting to a loss of $750 billion a year.The Rome-based Food and Agricultural Organization said in a report Wednesday that food in developing countries is wasted mostly due to poor harvesting