Hong Kong, July 24 (DPA) A father who kicked and stomped his three-year-old son, rupturing his intestines and liver, was jailed for two years by a Hong Kong court, a newspaper rep...More

Sydney, July 24 (IANS) Children grappling with language and literacy problems are better off with intense daily therapy rather than extended therapy, according to a recent study. ...More

Dhaka, July 24 (IANS) China is a victim of terrorism like Bangladesh and India and wants to join the UN-led campaign against terror, a Chinese diplomat has said. ...More

Washington, July 24 (IANS) Experiencing chronic stress day after day can produce physical and mental wear and tear and retard learning. However, acute stress -- a short stressful ...More

Dhaka, July 24 (IANS) Criticised for his remarks made against Bangladeshi visa seekers, Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty has won approval from an unexpected quart...More

Sydney, July 24 (IANS) A drug that targets a disease causing gene substantially cuts down muscle damage after a heart attack. Known as Dz13, the drug tar...More

Dhaka, July 24 (IANS) China has expressed support for talks between Dhaka and New Delhi over the proposed construction of Tipaimukh dam in India's Manipur state. The Barak river, ...More

Karachi, July 24 (IANS) Heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms battered the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi Friday morning, a media report said. ...More

New York, July 24 (DPA) Software giant Microsoft Corp has reported sales of $13.1 billion for the latest quarter, well below Wall Street expectations of more than $14 billion. ...More

Swat (Pakistan), July 24 (IANS) A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban has said militant leader Maulana Fazlullah is in good health, rejecting the claims by security forces that he...More

Washington, July 24 (DPA) Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday used a robotic arm to place Japanese experiments outside the station. ...More

Lahore, July 24 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party is planning to file a criminal case against former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, the Online news agen...More

Washington, July 24 (DPA) People in more than a dozen countries have a misperception of how Afghans feel about the presence of NATO in their country, a poll released Thursday show...More

Stockholm, July 24 (Xinhua) The European Commission has said that it wanted the targets for energy efficiency improvements to be made mandatory as the block's enegry ministers beg...More

Sao Paulo, July 24 (EFE) Nine people were killed and 17 others injured when the passenger bus in which they were travelling rammed into a truck in southern Brazil Thursday, offici...More