10 die in Jessore road crash(Bangladesh)

Ten passengers, including a woman, were killed when their bus crashed into a tree at Jessore’s Jhikargacha. Police said twenty others were injured in the accident at Godkhali on Jessore-Benapole road at 6am Tuesday. The death toll may rise, said Jhikargacha OC Md Mosharraf. The passengers were travelling in a Shohagh Paribahan bus that was heading from Dhaka to Benapole, he said. Five of the deceased have been identified. They are, Prasanjit Paul, 25 hailing from Shariyatpur, Jamal Hossain, Bidyut Ghose, Ranjit Paul and 'Salam' from Dhaka. Six...

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Vincent banned for life

Afp, Wellington Disgraced former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent on Tuesday was banned for life from cricket for match-fixing, admitting he was a cheat who had shamed the sport and his country. "My name is Lou Vincent and I am a cheat. I have abused my position as a professional sportsman on a number of occasions by choosing to accept money through fixing," he said in a statement. The punishment, which was confirmed by the England...

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'The brain ages faster' when sleep compromised

  Online Report, For every hour of reduced sleep duration, the researchers found an incremental annual expansion of the brain ventricles and an annual incremental decline in global cognitive performance. Photo: Courtesy The brain of older people ages faster when they have shortness of sleep, reports Medical News Today quoting researchers from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore. The research on healthy adults aged 55 years...

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HK cops arrest 500 sit-in protesters

Policemen remove protesters in the central district after a pro-democracy rally seeking greater democracy in Hong Kong early on July 2, 2014 as frustration grows over the influence of Beijing on the city. Scores of protesters were forcibly removed by police in the early hours following a massive pro-democracy rally which organisers said saw a turnout of over half a million. Photo: Getty Images Hong Kong police have arrested over...

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Afghan suicide bomber kills troops

Several people have been killed by a suicide bomber. Photo: BBC Online A suicide bomber has killed at least eight military officers in an attack on an Air Force bus in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say. Another 13 people, including civilians, were wounded in the attack near Kabul university in the west of the city. The bomber detonated explosives after approaching the bus on foot. The Taliban said they carried out the attack,...

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‘56 dead’ in Nigeria market blast

People gather to look at a burnt vehicle following a bomb explosion that rocked the busiest roundabout near the crowded Monday Market in Maiduguri,  on July 1, 2014. Photo: Getty Images A car bomb in a marketplace in Maiduguri, the northeast Nigerian city that is the birthplace of Boko Haram extremism, killed at least 56 people on Tuesday, the leader of a civilian group that recovered the bodies said. Sadiq Abba Tijjani,...

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India to deport Nur Hossain: Minister

  Online Report Nur Hossain.  file photo India has agreed to deport Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case, the foreign minister told the parliament today. "I can gladly tell you (lawmaker) that we are going to send a letter to India requesting it to send back Nur Hossain to Bangladesh as India has already expressed its eagerness to do so," AH Mahmood Ali said. He said this when Jatiya Party lawmaker...

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Facebook faces UK probe over emotion study

The revelation of the study has sparked criticism from some Facebook user A UK regulator is investigating whether Facebook broke data protection laws when it conducted a psychological study on users without their consent. The test saw Facebook "manipulate" the news feeds of nearly 700,000 users to control which emotional expressions they were exposed to. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it planned to question...

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India MP Tapas Pal apology over rape threat

Tapas Pal is a two-term MP and an award-winning Bengali actor An Indian MP who threatened to kill opposition workers and have women raped has apologised, saying it was a "gross error of judgement". Trinamool Congress (TMC) party MP Tapas Pal said he had "no excuses to offer" for his remarks. Mr Pal made the controversial comments warning the rival Communist party while addressing his party supporters. ...

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Oscar Pistorius 'suicide risk' - psychologist's report

WATCH: Coverage of murder trial of Oscar Pistorius resumes in South Africa Oscar Pistorius is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is at risk of suicide, a psychologist's report read at his murder trial says. The report, read by his defence lawyer, said he was mourning his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. On Monday, the court heard that he was not suffering from a mental disorder when he shot...

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France's ex-President Sarkozy put under investigation

Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed under formal investigation over alleged influence peddling. He appeared before a judge in Paris late on Tuesday after 15 hours of questioning by anti-corruption police. This is thought to be the first time a former French head of state has been held in police custody. Mr Sarkozy's lawyer, Thierry Herzog, and senior prosecutor Gilbert Azibert were also placed under...

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Frazier Glenn Miller: The white supremacist next door

2 July 2014 Frazier Glenn Miller has been charged with murder following the deaths of three people in Johnson County, Kansas, in April. Miller, 73, is accused of killing two people at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City, which is about 180 miles away from Miller's house. Shortly afterwards Miller drove to an assisted-living centre, Village Shalom, about a mile up the road, where a 53-year-old occupational therapist was shot. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for November. Miller has been an outspoken white...

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Tim Howard: 10 tweets about new US hero

Howard will now be serving in several key government positions, if fans get their wish The American World Cup party is over, after a dramatic and gallant defeat to Belgium. But a new US hero was born. Everton and USA goalkeeper Tim Howard needs no introduction to many football fans but his 16 saves on Tuesday, the most since World Cup records began, has suddenly made him a national hero. American fans...

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What do you do with millions of extra graduates?

What goes up: Pupils celebrate with their teacher at the end of college entrance exams Rising joblessness among new university graduates in China and India is creating an army of educated unemployed that some fear could destabilise these huge economies. Both India and China have experienced a higher education revolution in the past decade, with the number of young people completing university degrees rising from...

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What Japan's military shift means

Japan's military will now be able to assist allies under attack, in certain circumstances The administration of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced a major new interpretation of the security provisions of the country's 1947 constitution, permitting its Self Defence Forces (SDF) to participate for the first time in collective self-defence related activities. In future, the SDF will, in principle,...

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Barcelona to open talks over Liverpool striker

Luis Suarez: Barcelona to open talks over Liverpool striker By Ben Smith BBC Sport ...

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Palestinian teenager's body found in Jerusalem

Israeli police officers said they were looking into possible criminal or nationalistic motives for the killing Israeli police have found the body of a Palestinian teenager who was kidnapped overnight in East Jerusalem. Mohammed Abu Khdair, 17, was seen being forced into a car early on Wednesday. Within hours, his partly-burned corpse was discovered in a forest. Israeli police were unable to confirm the motive, but Palestinian...

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The river where swimming lessons can be a health hazard

The monsoon is about to come to Varanasi, India's ancient city on the Ganges, putting an end to the daily swimming lessons held in the river after school. The children will miss the cooling water, but some experts say it is so polluted the lessons should never be allowed at all. Hundreds of children take the swimming lessons every summer, from April into the rainy season, in addition to the thousands who wash...

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