Sydney, Aug 13 (IANS) Female customers are less likely to buy an item from a shop if they feel the sales girls are more attractive than they are, according to a study. ...More

London, Aug 13 (IANS) The Edge, guitarist of the acclaimed rock band U2, claims he and his band mates - Bono, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen - have a 'mysterious' connection when t...More

Sydney, Aug 13 (IANS) Scientists have discovered a natural defence mechanism against ageing. They are amino acids working hard to protect our bodies from...More

Washington, Aug 13 (DPA) US space agency NASA does not have enough cash to track the large nearby asteroids that could pose a hazard to Earth, a study by the National Academy of S...More

Phnom Penh, Aug 13 (DPA) A private health clinic in Phnom Penh mistakenly declared a prematurely born baby dead on two occasions, local media reported. T...More

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 13 (IANS) Malaysia's Registrar of Societies (ROS) has decided that M. Kayveas is the People's Progressive Party (PPP) president, rejecting the claim of a rival, ...More

London, Aug 13 (IANS) Controversial supermodel Kate Moss and her singer friend Lily Allen were spotted smoking what looked like a cannabis joint while holidaying in St. Tropez, Fr...More

Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) The Bangladesh government wants to know under which law -- military or civil -- should it try the border guards who staged a bloody mutiny in February that le...More

Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) US economists are generally agreed that America's worst economic downturn since the Great Depression is over, but an average American is unlikely to feel...More

Toronto, Aug 13 (IANS) Canadian researchers have successfully reversed multiple sclerosis in rodents, spelling hope for humans. Multiple sclerosis is an ...More

Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) Bangladesh's Hindu community Thursday celebrated Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, with functions organised in the national capital and other pa...More

Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) Dhaka has opted for a 'go slow' approach to a proposal by Delhi to set up markets at some border points to facilitate commodity exchange between small traders...More

New York, Aug 13 (IANS) Third seeds Prakash Amritraj of India and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan have entered the second round of the doubles at the Levene Gouldin & Thomas Tenn...More

Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni will be in India early next month to discuss the Tipaimukh dam issue and to follow up on assurances given to a parliamen...More

Zamboanga City (Philippines), Aug 13 (DPA) Twenty-three soldiers and more than 20 militants from the Abu Sayyaf group have been killed in fierce fighting in the southern Philippin...More