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Four years on, MH370 families await report as search ends for missing plane
May 29, 2018Malaysia’s new government has promised to release a long-awaited report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as a privately funded underwater search ended on Tuesday. Flight MH370, carrying 239 people, vanished enroute from Kuala... -
Italy’s fresh election risks being referendum on euro
May 29, 2018The euro looked to have dodged a bullet when Italy’s would-be eurosceptic coalition government collapsed at the weekend, but it may turn out to have been the opening salvo in a war over Europe’s single currency.... -
Retired English teacher corrects letter from Trump’s White House
May 29, 2018A retired American secondary school English teacher has corrected a letter she received from US President Donald Trump and sent it back to the White House so that he can learn from mistakes. The letter, dated... -
London mosque now accepts bitcoin
May 29, 2018Looking for a new way to give money to charity as part of Ramadan? A mosque in Britain’s capital is willing to receive your donation – in bitcoin. The Shacklewell Lane Mosque in Dalston, east London,... -
Fifa World Cup 2018 teams to wear jackets made in Bangladesh
May 29, 2018Like millions of sports lovers all over the world, the people of Bangladesh have been waiting eagerly for Fifa World Cup 2018, which is set to commence from June 14 in Russia. The national team of... -
PM Sheikh Hasina gets honorary D Lit degree from India’s Kazi Nazrul University
May 29, 2018Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accepted a doctorate in literature from West Bengal’s Kazi Nazrul University during a special convocation on Saturday. She was awarded with the honorary D Lit degree at the event in Asansol... -
Advance bus tickets for Eid available on May 30
May 29, 2018Bus operators will begin selling advance tickets for Eid-ul-Fitr trips on May 30. Tickets for various routes in the northern and southern regions of Bangladesh will be available from the early hours of Wednesday, Sohel Talukdar,... -
Pakistan appoints former chief justice as caretaker prime minister
May 29, 2018Pakistan’s ruling and opposition parties on Monday announced the appointment of a former Supreme Court chief justice as caretaker prime minister, reports BSS. The selection of Nasir ul Mulk comes days after the country’s president announced... -
Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy faces growing election calls
May 28, 2018Spain’s Ciudadanos party upped the pressure on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Monday, intensifying calls for snap elections after a proposed no-confidence motion roiled markets last week. The country’s fragmented parliament is expected to accept the... -
Pakistan appoints former top judge as interim PM until election
May 28, 2018Pakistan on Monday appointed former chief justice Nasir-Ul-Mulk as interim prime minister until general elections on July 25 expected to usher in the second-ever democratic transition of power in the nuclear armed nation of 208 million...
