Dozens missing after landslide in south China
At least 91 people are missing after a landslide damaged 33 buildings in an industrial park in south China on Sunday, according to Chinese state media.
Four detained after bomb scare causes Air France flight to divert to Kenya
Four people were being questioned Sunday over a suspicious device that was found in the restroom of an Air France flight, prompting an emergency landing in Kenya early in the day.
Putin: 'If necessary, we will use' advanced military capability in Syria
Russia will use more advanced military force against terror groups in Syria "if necessary," President Vladimir Putin said Saturday.
Weapons fire exchanged across Israel-Lebanon border after militant's death
Weapons fire was exchanged along the Israel-Lebanon border on Sunday after the death of a Lebanese militant.
PM asks BGB to stay alert
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the BGB personnel to remain alert so that incident like the 2009 BDR mutiny would not recur in the future.
Teachers’ role important to end corporal punishment
A former adviser to a caretaker government Rashida K Chowdhury has said teachers’ positive role is important to reduce corporal punishment of schoolchildren.
BB relaxes banks’ capital market investment rules
Bangladesh Bank on Sunday relaxed the provision for scheduled banks’ investment in the capital market by excluding their equity investment in subsidiary companies in calculating the banks’ capital market exposure.
Alumni assoc of BSMMU’s endocrinology dept formed
Former students of endocrinology department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University formed an alumni association with Dr AKM Aminul Islam as its president and Dr Sharmin Jahan as general secretary.
Skills training for ethnic minorities for employment stressed
Rights activists on Sunday said that members of national minority communities, the female members of the communities in particular, living in the hills and the plains needed occupational skills training for employment.
First on CNN: Newly discovered hack has U.S. fearing foreign infiltration
A major breach at computer network company Juniper Networks has U.S. officials worried that hackers working for a foreign government were able to spy on the encrypted communications of the U.S. government and private companies for the past three years.
