Sydney, Aug 27 (IANS) Solar cell researchers have established a new benchmark in converting 43 percent of solar power into energy, the highest ever by any group globally, thanks t...More

Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday invited opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia for an Iftar party, triggering prospects of a political rapproachment. ...More

Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) Rats use an instant replay of their actions to help them decide what to do next, says a new study shedding new light on how animals and humans learn and ...More

Hamburg, Aug 27 (DPA) High-spending Real Madrid are planning to start the new season as leaders of the Spanish Liga. After spending a record-breaking 256...More

Kathmandu, Aug 27 (IANS) Nepal's Supreme Court said it will start hearing from Oct 29 yesteryear's 'Serpent' Charles Sobhraj's appeal in a nearly 30-year-old murder case that, for...More

London, Aug 27 (DPA) After the preliminaries, the Premier League begins in earnest Saturday as champions Manchester United host Arsenal in the first meeting this season of two mem...More

Toronto, Aug 27 (IANS) Canada will formally inaugurate its trade office in Kolkata Sep 2. Gerald Keddy, parliamentary secretary to Canada's International...More

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 27 (IANS) Former model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, who was to be caned after she drank beer in public, cannot file an appeal against the sentence as the 14-day p...More

London, Aug 27 (IANS) Justin Timberlake is to star in a musical which will be produced by Hong Kong actress Leslie Loh. Dailystar.co.uk reports that Loh,...More

London, Aug 27 (IANS) Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who became a household name here after her win on the reality show 'Celebrity Big Brother' in 2007, is set to marry business...More

Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) Scientists have come up with a novel electronic sensor that ensures faster, more accurate and cost-effective testing of DNA for diagnostics and biologica...More

London, Aug 27 (IANS) British comedian Russell Brand and US singer Katy Perry have teamed up for a spoof of the song 'Tonight' from the Broadway hit 'West Side Story' in a video t...More

Sydney, Aug 27 (IANS) Eavesdropping helps dry wood termites avoid their more aggressive kin as a mode of survival, according to scientists. Both species ...More

London, Aug 27 (IANS) Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe claims that she secretly reported the shady doctor Arnold Klein to the police because he was allegedly supplying the po...More

London, Aug 27 (IANS) Hollywood singer-actress Lindsay Lohan is suspecting an old friend's hand behind the recent burglary at her Los Angeles house. Loha...More