The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday allowed a time petition holding back for five weeks the hearing on the contempt of court case facing by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York–based global rights body, over releasing a ‘scandalous’ report…
Doctors and nurses working under US military orders have been complicit in the abuse of terrorism suspects, a new independent US report says.
A Pakistani court has granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the 2007 army operation to oust militants from Islamabad’s Red Mosque.
The second United States and Bangladesh defence talks will begin in Dhaka on Tuesday to strengthen what the US embassy describes as bilateral cooperation on military issues. According to the US embassy, ‘positive and substantial dialogue’ reflects the “breadth, depth,…
Egypt’s ousted leader Mohammed Morsi has gone on trial in Cairo, telling the judge the case is illegitimate as he remains president.
By Lynn McConnell Unable to bowl Bangladesh out in the Test series, unable to win one of the ODIs and unable to defend a total of 307 – New Zealand’s attack has become toothless.
Tottenham have been described as “irresponsible” for allowing goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to play on against Everton after losing consciousness.
By Piers Newbery BBC Sport at the O2 Arena Coverage: BBC TV: One singles match each day live; BBC Radio: Every afternoon singles match live on 5 live sports extra; BBC Sport website: One singles match each day streamed online,…
The first ever YouTube awards have been held in New York, with actor Jason Schwartzman and musician Reggie Watts presiding over a frenetic ceremony.
A collection of 1,500 artworks confiscated by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s has been found in the German city of Munich, media reports say.
Sci-fi adventure Ender’s Game has zoomed to the top of the US box office chart in its debut weekend.
By N Sathiya Moorthy Even as the rest of the world and Maldivians too had almost given up the country as on the brink of a political and leadership chaos, it has bounced back with the kind of verve and…
Gunmen in north-eastern Nigeria have killed more than 30 people in a attack on a wedding convoy.
By Matt McGrath A scheme to combat flooding by surrendering land to the sea will be completed on Monday on the south coast.
By Keeren Flora Researchers have found strong evidence that the Sars virus originated in bats. Two novel Sars-like coronaviruses were found in Chinese horseshoe bats which are closely related to the pathogen that infects humans.
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma Land-locked mountain kingdom conjures up an irresistible image of a Shangri-la, with happiness being its gross domestic product. In every direction around the kingdom, unhappy situations prevail in its diverse manifestations – be it India or Nepal…
Government plans to force visitors from “high risk” countries to pay a £3,000 security bond to enter the UK have been scrapped, it is understood.
Real Madrid survived a second-half fightback by bottom side Rayo Vallecano to hold on to a nervy win.
Japan’s hunting of dolphins, smaller whales and porpoises is threatening some species with extinction in its coastal waters, a report by a British environmental group has said.
A wild boar which has been on the loose in Alderney for more than a month is thought to have swum there from the nearby French coast.
Is the tide now turning against privatisation? In the 1990s, a wave of sell-offs swept away countless publicly owned enterprises (though privatisation’s fans would say that “enterprise” was the wrong word to describe them).
Michael Trevino, who plays the sexy hybrid on “The Vampire Diaries,” has confirmed he will be the first “TVD” cast member to appear on the CW’s New Orleans-set spinoff, “The Originals.”
One of the jailed members of the Pussy Riot protest band has vanished from sight since she was moved to a new prison 10 days ago, reports from Russia say.
By being more precise in what is uncertain, the weather forecasts will become more reliable. A new method for forecasting the weather is now being developed at Uni Research.
The Norwegian Vikings were more oriented towards the East than we have previously assumed, says Marianne Vedeler, Associate Professor at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo in Norway. After four years of in-depth investigation of the silk trade…
A rare solar eclipse allowing a view of the Sun that is totally or partially blocked out by the Moon is under way.
Yangon — A boat carrying 70 ethnic minority Muslim Rohingya capsized Sunday off the western coast of Myanmar, an aid worker said. Only eight survivors have been found.
The military commander in China’s restive western province of Xinjiang has been stripped of his Communist Party position, state media report.
At least eight vehicles have been torched in Dhaka ahead of the Opposition’s second spell of a nationwide strike starting from Monday.
A group of Muslims went on a rampage at Bangram in Sathia upazila on Saturday attacking and looting the houses and shops of Hindu community members following reported derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad (SM) and the Holy Quran on a…