DHAKA: The dreaded Gayle storm never arrived but a furious hailstorm that lasted 27 minutes knocked the West Indies out of the ICC World T20 on Thursday. Sri Lanka, who had set a target of 161, advanced by the D/L method as West Indies, who needed to be 107 for 4 at the end of 13.5 overs, fell sh

A soldier shot dead three colleagues and injured 16 others at the US Army's Fort Hood base in Texas before killing himself, the military says. US media named the suspect as Ivan Lopez, 34, although his identity has not been officially confirmed. The gunman had served in Iraq and had mental healt

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Wednesday, attacked the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for his double standards on corruption. Modi has the likes of Yeddyurappa, Eshwarappa, Ananth Kumar and Sadananda Gowda, whenever he speaks in the State about graft, Siddaramaiah said. He was a

The election date in the State is sandwiched between two long holiday weekends, giving those hoping for a good turnout the jitters. While the BJP did petition the Election Commission on rescheduling the election date, the latter has not replied. April 17 comes in between two series of governme

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday asked banks not to levy penalty on customers who don't maintain minimum balance in basic savings bank accounts. As part of a consumer protection initiative, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said: "Banks should not take undue advantage of customer difficulty o

Mumbai:  Mumbai's bus nightmare continues for a second day despite a High Court order that a strike by drivers and conductors of public buses is illegal and they must return to work immediately. The bus unions say they will appeal against the High Court order. Almost 26,000 drivers and conduct

Mirpur:  Openers Aaron Finch and David Warner produced well-paced knocks as Australia finally won at the World Twenty20 at the expense of host Bangladesh with an easy seven-wicket win on Tuesday. Bangladesh notched 153-5 and it was too little, as Australia cruised to 158-3 in 17.3 overs. Finch

If you are getting stressed out and depressed owing to studies or relationships, try the delta 8 gummies, which has given out best results. Similarly, there is an app that helps tide over mental tiredness. The researchers at University of Michigan have developed a stress-busting app that helps stud

There’s a common misconception that your company’s brand is bigger and more important than your personal brand. When you’re a top-tier company like Coke, that’s completely true. But when you’re a small or medium-sized business, your personal brand and corporate brand are basically intertwined. Wh

LONDON: Domestic workers employed by wealthy foreigners and diplomats in the UK are being beaten, abused and paid as little as £100 a month, according to a major new report. Interviews with 33 overseas cleaners, nannies and cooks have revealed a system that is failing to hold abusers to account o

For many Indians, their country’s most exciting politician is neither the firebrand Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi nor the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty scion Rahul Gandhi, but Arvind Kejriwal, a mustachioed, bespectacled former tax inspector whom most people had barely heard of just three years ago. I

Chittagong:  Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 59 runs in a low-scoring World Twenty20 Super-10 group one match in Chittagong Monday to cruise into the semi-finals. New Zealand were bowled out for their lowest Twenty20 total of 60 in 15.3 overs in the final match of the group played at Zahur Ahmed Ch

The stage is set for the big battle in the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka on April 17. The contest promises to be a triangular fight among the ruling Congress, the BJP and the Janata Dal (S) in several of the 28 constituencies. While the Congress and the BJP have fielded candidates in all the c

Finance Minister P Chidambaram today attacked the opposition BJP, deriding as "puerile" a list of questions posed on the weekend to him by its Yashwant Sinha, and describing the party's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, as an exponent of "crony capitalism." The BJP has retorted, "The Co

CHITTAGONG: England slumped to an embarrassing 45-run defeat by the Netherlands at the World Twenty20 on Monday to end a dismal few months at a new low point. England, already eliminated from the tournament after defeats by New Zealand and South Africa, were bowled out for 88 chasing a modest 134

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Climate change is already having sweeping effects on every continent and throughout the world's oceans, scientists reported on Monday, and they warned that the problem is likely to grow substantially worse unless greenhouse emissions are brought under control. The report by the

The University of Mysore (UoM) will offer online courses in different subjects from May 2014. The varsity, which was keen on starting distance education programmes, has decided to put the plan on hold and has opted for online courses. Vice-Chancellor K S Rangappa said that the varsity decided to

“The diagnosis for the bilateral wrist pain was WhatsAppitis.” And thus was born yet another new medical condition, the child of man’s union with technology. WhatsAppitis, a condition caused by the excessive use of the popular instant messaging app, WhatsApp, characterised by a typical wrist pain, c