US, UK ‘crack online encryption’
US and UK intelligence have reportedly cracked technology used to encrypt internet services such as online banking, medical records and email. Disclosures by leaker Edward Snowden allege the US...
View ArticleChina, Japan leaders meet at G20
The Chinese and Japanese leaders have shaken hands and spoken to each other in an unexpected meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit. China’s Xi Jinping and Japan’s Shinzo Abe have not met since...
View ArticleNepal plans to name Himalayan peaks after Hillary, Tenzing
Nepal plans to name two Himalayan peaks after pioneering Mount Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a senior hiking official said, in a move designed to boost tourism in the...
View ArticleLeaders uncertain over who launched Syria attack
World leaders are venting over Syria’s civil war but look no closer to agreeing on international military intervention to stop it. A French official says leaders at a summit of the Group of 20 leading...
View Article35-km tailback on Dhk-Ctg highway
Hundreds of passengers remained stuck for more than six hours after a covered van and a truck collided on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chandina upazila of Comilla Friday creating a 35-kilometre...
View ArticleCouple found dead in Pabna
A couple was found dead at their house in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna Friday morning. Deceased are Imran Hossain, 17, a resident of Belkuchi upazila in Sirajganj, and his wife Alo Khatun, 14, said Biman...
View ArticleBangkok plane skids off runway; hurt 14
A Thai Airways plane skidded off the runway in Bangkok after the landing gear malfunctioned, slightly injuring more than a dozen passengers as they evacuated the jet, the airline said yesterday. The...
View ArticleIAEA head reaches out to new Iran govt
The head of the UN atomic agency reached out yesterday to Iran’s new government but said Tehran must urgently do more to remove suspicions it wants nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy...
View ArticleBoko Haram, vigilantes clash kill 18
Clashes between Islamist sect Boko Haram and government-backed civilian vigilantes killed 18 people in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, survivors said yesterday, as President Goodluck Jonathan...
View ArticleRussian diplomat shot dead in Georgian region
A senior Russian diplomat in Georgia’s Moscow-backed breakaway Abkhazia region was shot dead yesterday by an unidentified gunman, Russian news agencies reported. The first secretary of the Russian...
View ArticleChina warns against online rumours
China unveiled yesterday tough measures to stop the spread of what the government calls irresponsible rumours, threatening three years in jail if untrue posts online are widely reposted, drawing an...
View ArticleJapan Olympic win boosts Abe but Fukushima shadows linger
Japan savoured its victory on Monday in the race to host the 2020 Olympic Games, anticipating an economic boost to spur its revival from two decades of stagnation and help it recover from the...
View ArticleNorway’s opposition set for sweeping polls victory
Norway’s centre-right opposition, pledging privatisation, tax cuts and smaller government, was set for a sweeping election win yesterday but faces difficult coalition talks since a populist...
View ArticleLobsters hold the key to eternal life!
Lobsters contain a chemical that makes them ‘biologically immortal’ and may hold the secret to eternal life, scientists believe. Although they are still susceptible to death by disease or attacks,...
View ArticleAssad warns US over strike
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Washington yesterday to brace for retaliation if US forces attacked his war-torn country, as he denied using chemical weapons against his people, reported AFP....
View ArticleHajj flight trouble over
The backlog of hajj pilgrims created due to flight schedule disruption over the last two days had cleared early today as a leased aircraft yesterday joined the hajj fleet, claimed Biman officials. The...
View ArticleAdilur again denied bail
A Dhaka court yesterday once again rejected the bail petition of Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan in a case filed for publishing a false report and doctored photos on the death toll of a police...
View ArticleFresh demolition drive begins
The Chittagong City Corporation began a fresh drive to demolish risky buildings in the port city yesterday. On the first day of the drive, a team led by Executive Magistrate Najia Shirin directed to...
View ArticleWakkas taken on 15-day remand
A Dhaka court yesterday granted a 15-day remand for Hefajat-e Islam leader Mufti Mohammad Wakkas in five cases filed over the group’s May 5 mayhem at Shapla Chattar and Paltan areas in the capital....
View ArticleNo plan to use drones
The Indian Border Security Force yesterday said it has no plan to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly known as drone, on the skylines over Bangladesh frontiers. “We are looking for various...
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