DHAKA: An overcrowded ferry with 45 passengers, most of them tourists, keeled over and sank off Viper Island, 500 metres from the dockyards in Port Blair in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, killing at least 21 people on Sunday.The diesel-run tourist boat Aqua Marine had covered a distance

DHAKA: At least 21 people have been killed after a boat carrying tourists capsized near Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.The deaths have been confirmed by P Jawahar, the deputy commissioner of Nicobar.The boat was travelling between Ross Island and North Bay, P Jawahar said

DHAKA: French leader Francois Hollande on Sunday began a new chapter in his presidency after splitting from his partner of eight years following an affair with a younger actress.Under intense media scrutiny since the revelation of the affair two weeks ago, Hollande, who had pledged a

DHAKA: Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour has announced that Egypt will hold a presidential election before parliamentary polls, changing a political ‘road map’ laid down after the army overthrew Mohamed Mursi last summer.The long-expected change could pave the way for the

DHAKA: A 20-year-old woman who says she was gang-raped in a tribal region on orders of a village court has been placed under police protection, along with her family, and will be relocated after being ostracised by villagers.India officials said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.The

DHAKA: Pope Francis prayed on Sunday for an end to violence in Kiev, calling for dialogue between the Ukraine government and opposition amid fears fierce protests could develop into a wider civil conflict.‘I hope for constructive dialogue between the institutions and civil society, and

DHAKA: A teenager described on Sunday how he took the controls of a light plane for more than half an hour after the pilot passed out during a joy flight over rural Australia.Troy Jenkins, 19, said the single-engine Cessna 150 was only 10 minutes into a flight from the New South Wales

DHAKA: A gunman carrying homemade explosives shot dead two people at a popular shopping mall near Washington on Saturday before killing himself.The US police said, reports gulfnews.com.Investigators were grappling for a motive but said that they had ‘tentatively identified’ the

DHAKA: India marked its Republic Day on Sunday with a parade of military hardware in the capital, as the president warned the country’s politicians against underestimating public anger over corruption.Thousands of spectators turned out for the annual military and cultural parade along

DHAKA: The whole family of an uncle of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, Jang Song Thaek, has been executed on Kim Jong Un’s order.This is what South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reports, with reference to multiple sources, says The Voice of Russia.Jang Song Thaek himself, once a

DHAKA: A man identified by police as one of the leaders of anti-government protests in Thailand was shot dead on Sunday when violence erupted as demonstrators in Bangkok tried to block early voting for an election next week.Piya Utayo, a spokesman for Thailand’s national police,

DHAKA: At least 49 people have been killed in clashes in Egypt as the country marks the anniversary of the 2011 uprising which overthrew president Hosni Mubarak.Egypt health ministry says, reports the BBC.Rival demonstrations of supporters and opponents of the military-backed government

DHAKA: A police constable guarding a Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan was shot dead Sunday, authorities said.Two assailants in a motorbike shot the policeman who was standing guard outside a temple in Peshawar, said Faisal Mukhtar, the city’s police superintendent.Authorities do not

DHAKA: A Chinese court sentenced one of China’s most prominent rights advocates to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets.The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s

DHAKA: A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least four people in Kabul on Sunday when he targeted a defence ministry bus, officials said, confirming three people in the vehicle and one female bystander had died.The attack was the first major blast in the Afghan capital since Taliban

DHAKA: More than 300 people on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship have become ill during a voyage, the Centers for Disease Control said on its website.According to the statement, 281 of the 3,050 passengers and 22 of 1,165 crew members of Explorer of the Seas reported vomiting and diarrhea,

DHAKA: Protesters in Thailand have surrounded polling stations, blocking early voting ahead of next week`s general election, officials say.Crowds of flag-waving demonstrators chained the doors of polling stations shut, despite promises by protest leaders not to obstruct the polls.Advance

DHAKA: A suicide bomber has blown himself up close to a bus carrying Afghan soldiers in the capital Kabul.The incident happened in the south-east of the city. A Kabul police chief says there are casualties, including civilians, reports BBC.The Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) news agency quotes

DHAKA: Police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo say they have detained 128 people during clashes that followed a demonstration against this year`s football World Cup.A car was set on fire. Shops, banks and a police vehicle were also damaged, reports BBC.The violence forced the

DHAKA: At least 29 people were killed in violence marking the third anniversary of the January 25 revolution that brought down longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian state media said.Dozens more people were wounded in clashes throughout the country between anti-government protesters