DHAKA: One asylum seeker has been killed and 77 injured during a second night of violence at Australia`s immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea.The man died of head injuries on the way to hospital, Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said.Thirteen people suffered

DHAKA: Dozens of people were injured in violence that erupted as Thai police began clearing protest sites in the capital, Bangkok.More than 40 people were injured and one police officer killed in the violence, reports say.Police are trying to retake official sites that have been blocked

DHAKA: India`s Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has cut indirect taxes on cars and mobile phones in an attempt to boost economic growth.Chidambaram unveiled the move as he presented the interim budget ahead of this year`s general elections.In his speech he expressed concerns over

DHAKA: An Ethiopian Airlines plane en route from Addis Ababa to Rome has been forced to land in Geneva after being hijacked, Swiss police say.One hijacker has been arrested. The airline said in a statement that all passengers and crew were safe.There are no injuries, and the police say

DHAKA: At least four people died and 14 were wounded Sunday by an explosion on a tourist bus in the Egyptian resort town of Taba, authorities said.Brig. Gen. Alaa Mahmoud said 33 tourists from South Korea were on the bus and had visited the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine`s, in

DHAKA: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday ordered three U.S. diplomatic officials expelled from the country, accusing them of conspiring against his government.The announcement comes after the U.S. State Department expressed concerns about the state of affairs in Venezuela,

DHAKA: Switzerland has refused to sign a proposed deal granting Croatians free access to the Swiss employment market.Both countries had agreed the deal last summer after Croatia joined the European Union.Switzerland said the accord could not be signed "in its current form", after a recent

DHAKA: John Kerry, the US secretary of state, is in Indonesia to discuss climate change and press authorities in Jakarta and throughout Asia to step up efforts to combat it.Kerry is to deliver a speech on Sunday on the matter in Jakarta, the capital, a day after winning an agreement with

DHAKA: Florence mayor Matteo Renzi is poised to win the nomination to become Italy`s youngest-ever prime minister after Enrico Letta was forced to resign by their centre-left Democratic Party.President Giorgio Napolitano held a day of formal consultations with political leaders on

DHAKA: Syria`s government and opposition have agreed on an agenda for a third round of peace talks in Geneva, despite disappointment at the little progress achieved as the second round came to an end.No date was set for the the negotiations to resume, and dispute overshadowed the

DHAKA: Two persons were killed and one other injured critically as a wall of an under-construction building collapsed at Badda area of the capital at 1:45pm Saturday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Officer-in-Charge of Baddha Thana Abdul Jalil confirmed the

DHAKA: A devastating fire in an old building in Jeddah’s Al-Jamia district killed two Bangladeshis and injured five Yemenis on Friday.Civil Defense firefighting teams contained the blaze and transferred the injured to King Abdul Aziz Hospital, reports Arab News.The Civil Defense said in

DHAKA: A winter storm that brought snow and ice to the US East Coast moved off-shore today, leaving at least 25 people dead and hundreds of thousands without power and causing a large pileup in Pennsylvania that injured 30 people.The deaths included a pregnant woman struck by a mini-plow

DHAKA: Strong winds and heavy rain have lashed southern England as widespread flooding continues to hit parts of the UK.The Met Office has severe weather warnings in place on Saturday for the south of England, south Wales, Northern Ireland and northern Scotland.Thousands of sandbags are

DHAKA: The Cuban government says it has suspended consular services in the United States after an American bank decided to withdraw its facilities.Cuba says it will not be able to renew passports and process visas unless it finds an alternative to the M&T bank, reports BBC.The bank said

DHAKA: A giant winter storm that gridlocked traffic, left flights cancelled, and knocked out power in the US East Coast has pushed into eastern Canada.As much as 60cm (24in) was expected to fall in some areas by the end of Friday, blown about by heavy winds, from Quebec to Newfoundland,

DHAKA: France has announced plans to increase its 1,600-strong military deployment in the Central African Republic by sending an additional 400 soldiers, as political and sectarian unrest continues to tear apart the African country .Friday`s decision to boost French military presence in

DHAKA: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced his resignation on Friday night to protest the blocking of an anti-corruption bill, less than 50 days after taking office in the Indian capital, reports Straitestimes.   "My cabinet has decided that we are quitting," Mr Kejriwal told

DHAKA: Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta resigned after just 10 tumultuous months at the head of a fragile coalition with the centre-right in which he struggled with a rampant economic crisis.Letta submitted his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday after his own

DHAKA: New research shows that earwax varies among people of different ethnicities, suggesting that the substance holds untold secrets.A team of scientists from Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia gathered earwax from 16 men–half were white and half were East Asian–and