The Vatican has launched a worldwide survey to find out what Catholics really think about its teaching on marriage and family life. Pope Francis is calling bishops to Rome next October to discuss possible reform that considers modern social realities.
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India launches spacecraft to Mars
India has successfully launched a spacecraft to the Red Planet – with the aim of becoming the fourth space agency to reach Mars.
Pakistan’s Musharraf step closer to release after bail
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.
Egypt ex-president Morsi tells judge ‘I am president’
Egypt’s ousted leader Mohammed Morsi has gone on trial in Cairo, telling the judge the case is illegitimate as he remains president.
Three Presidential Candidates’ meeting revives hope in Maldives
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…
Nigerian wedding party in Borno State massacred by gunmen
Gunmen in north-eastern Nigeria have killed more than 30 people in a attack on a wedding convoy.
Rare solar eclipse in America, Europe and Africa
A rare solar eclipse allowing a view of the Sun that is totally or partially blocked out by the Moon is under way.
Boat carrying 70 Muslim Rohingya sinks off Myanmar
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.
China’s general of Xinjiang stripped of party position
The military commander in China’s restive western province of Xinjiang has been stripped of his Communist Party position, state media report.
Syria conflict: Israel launches Latakia air strike
Israeli aircraft have carried out a strike near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, a US official says. The official said the strike targeted Russian-made missiles intended for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Phone-hacking trial: Prince Harry message ‘was hacked’
A voicemail message left by Prince Harry was hacked by the News of the World, the Old Bailey has heard.
Germany hopes for details from Snowden on US spying
The German government says it is keen to hear directly from the fugitive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about the US spy agency’s activities.
Tripura militants have camps in Bangladesh?
Agartala: The separatist groups from India’s northeast regions have their camps in Bangladesh, though the Bangladeshi security forces’ have been cracking down on them, Director General of Tripura Police C Balasubramaniam said here on Thursday.
Syria chemical weapons equipment destroyed, says OPCW
Syria’s declared equipment for producing, mixing and filling chemical weapons has been destroyed, the international watchdog says.
15 injured in Russian nuclear submarine blaze
Dhaka: Fifteen seamen were in the hospital on Tuesday after a fire broke out on a Russian nuclear submarine, federal investigators said, contradicting earlier reports that nobody was hurt in Monday’s blaze.
Japan launches ‘affordable’ Epsilon space rocket
Japan has launched the first in a new generation of space rockets, hoping the design will make missions more affordable.
No decision on flying drones: Indian envoy
Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran has urged all to not read too much into media reports that the Indian border guards plan to fly drones along the Bangladesh frontiers.
Give up chemical weapons, Russia urges Syria
Russia has asked Syria to put its chemical weapons stockpile under ‘international control’ in a bid to avoid US military strikes and then have them destroyed.
Ahsania Mission to get UNESCO award
DHAKA: Ahsania Mission is going to receive ‘UNESCO Confucius Literacy Award’ for their outstanding performance in increasing literacy in grassroots level.
Russian MPs to urge U.S. Congress not to approve Syria strike
NOVO-OGARYOVO – Russian lawmakers will urge the U.S. Congress not to approve military strikes on Syria, the speaker of the upper house of parliament told President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
Mandela back home after long hospital stay
JOHANNESBURG – Anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela returned to his home on Sunday where he will continue to receive intensive care after three months in hospital with a lung ailment.
Putin told Assad to quit Syria, the presidency?
DHAKA: A Saudi newspaper is reporting that Russian resident Vladmir Putin suggested to his Syrian counterpart and ally Bashar Assad that he give up the presidency and leave the country.
BRRI develops 4 high yielding paddy varieties
Scientists of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) have developed four high yielding varieties of paddy, another remarkable feat in the country’s food security attainment.
Bangladeshi monk beaten in Lanka dies
A Bangladeshi Buddhist monk who was beaten in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo and remained hospitalised for about a week there succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. Officials at Colombo National Hospital said the Buddhist monk was in its…
China, Bangladesh shore up military ties
BEIJING – The Chinese government said Tuesday it secured a stronger working relationship with the Bangladeshi military during bilateral talks in Beijing.
Dhaka elected vice-chair of CSA, UN-WTO
Bangladesh has been elected vice-chair of the Commission for South Asia (CSA), United Nations-World Tourism Organisation in the meeting of Regional Commission for South Asia (CSA) held in Zimbabwe on Sunday.
Bradley Manning: ‘I Am Chelsea Manning. I Am Female’
A day after being sentenced to 35 years in prison, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning announced in a statement to “Today” that she identifies as female and wants to be known as Chelsea Manning.
Myanmar’s district police denies two-day clashes
Myanmar’s district police denies two-day clashes between RSO and Myanmar riot police near Myanmar-Bangladesh border.
Tributes paid to Bangabandhu on National Mourning Day
Speakers at a discussion today said it was a rare example that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman united all the countrymen under an umbrella through a 18-minute historical speech at the Rescourse maidan in Dhaka.
Eighteen sailors trapped after explosion, fire on submarine
By Kaustubh Kulkarni