DHAKA: A chapter in newspaper history drew to a close on Tuesday with the renaming of the 125-year-old International Herald Tribune, amid a time of unprecedented upheaval for print media.Editions of the paper that rolled off the presses early on Tuesday featured the publication’s new

DHAKA: Seventy-three people have been confirmed killed in a powerful earthquake that struck the central Philippines on TuesdayPhilippine authorities said, reports The Straits Times.At least 57 people died on the island of Bohol, where the 7.1-magnitude quake’s epicentre struck,

DHAKA: Iran’s overtures to the West are being tested as the US and its partners sit down for the first talks on Teheran’s nuclear programme since the election of a reformist Iranian president.Negotiations between Iran and the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany began on

DHAKA: The governor of Afghanistan`s Logar province has been killed in a blast in a mosque, during prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid.Arsala Jamal was standing at the front of the mosque greeting worshippers when a bomb hidden under a table detonated.At least 15 people were injured,

DHAKA: Five men from Bangladesh have been arrested for immigration offences during a Home Office operation at an Indian restaurant in Newton Abbot.Acting on intelligence, officers visited Eastern Eye, Queen Street, on Friday, October 11 and carried out checks on staff.Four of the men,

DHAKA: An appeals panel has ruled that a Malaysian Catholic newspaper could not use "Allah" to refer to the Christian God in a case that sparked attacks on places of worship three years ago.The publishers of the Herald, who had argued that a 2009 government ban on the use of Allah in its

DHAKA: An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude has hit the central Philippines, killing at least four people.The US Geological Survey said the quake struck underneath the island of Bohol, in a region popular with tourists.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a destructive wave was not

DHAKA: As with any annual event that grows over time, Haj has become a complex, carefully choreographed ritual that leaves little wriggle room to include some of the simple traditions of the past.In fact, it’s inevitable. Up until this year, about 3 million pilgrims converged in Makkah.

DHAKA: Swiss radiation experts have confirmed they found traces of polonium on clothing used by Yasser Arafat which ‘support the possibility’ the veteran Palestinian leader was poisoned.In a report published by The Lancet at the weekend, the team provide scientific details to media

DHAKA: Three of the six aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross kidnapped in Syria have been freed, along with a colleague from the Red Crescent.‘Three ICRC colleagues and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer have been released and are safe and sound. We are

DHAKA: Iranian foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced hope Tehran and world powers can agree in talks this week on a road map towards resolving their nuclear stand-off, but warned the process would be complex.The negotiations about Iran’s nuclear

DHAKA: Agya Amma surveyed the pile of twisted wood and shredded thatch that was her home in this seaside Indian village.Like most everything else in Podampetta, it was all but swept away when Cyclone Phailin roared in off the Bay of Bengal with a massive storm surge and winds topping 200

DHAKA: US state secretary John Kerry called on Monday for a peace conference on Syria ‘very soon’ but said peace would not be possible without a transition government to replace president Bashar Assad.‘We believe it is urgent to set a day, to convene the conference and work toward a

DHAKA: Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency met Japanese officials Monday as part of a mission to assess clean-up efforts at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.The UN atomic agency began the nine-day mission at the request of the Japanese government, as it did in

DHAKA: The 2013 Nobel Prize in economics has been awarded to Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller.It was awarded for their ‘empirical analysis of asset prices’, reports the BBC.The awarding committee said the trio’s separate pieces of work had ‘laid the foundation for

DHAKA: A car bomb killed at least 20 people on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Darkoush, close to the Turkish border.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, reports The Straits Times.It said dozens were wounded by the explosion at a market in Darkoush, a small rebel-controlled

DHAKA: A car bomb killed at least 20 people on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Darkoush, close to the Turkish border.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, reports The Straits Times.It said dozens were wounded by the explosion at a market in Darkoush, a small rebel-controlled

DHAKA: Nuclear power is set to remain a key part of Japan’s energy profile despite the safety concerns raised by the Fukushima disaster.Senior Japanese energy officials predicted Monday, reports The Straits Times.‘The Japanese government still considers nuclear as an option for the

DHAKA: Moscow police have detained 1,200 people in an anti-migrant raid on a produce market where a racially tinged riot took place over the weekend after the killing of an ethnic Russian.‘About 1,200 people have been taken to the police in the course of a raid on a produce market in

DHAKA: The United Nations’ Aids agency on Monday condemned a draft Chinese regulation to ban HIV-positive people from spas and public bathhouses, as campaign groups expressed outrage over the proposal.The proposed Ministry of Commerce rule is the latest instance of longstanding