Zia, 3 family members summoned by court
Dhaka: Opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia, her Malaysia-based daughter-in-law and two grand-daughters were summoned on Sunday to appear before a Bangladeshi court next month in connection with a $5.8 million loan default case.
ISIS claims attacks on Kurds, Syria
Beirut: The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks across Syria that left dead dozens of people, in an announcement on its radio station.
NASA’s plane wing has 18 propellers
Washington: NASA has designed an experimental plane wing with 18 propellers attached to it, in a bid to create a more efficient, electric-powered aircraft. The 18 propellers sit atop the 31-foot wingspan, and work together to lift and propel the plane forward. They are powered by lithium iron phosphate batteries.
language may change how you see world
london: Different languages may cause their speakers to view an event differently, scientists say. Researchers from lancaster University and other institutions are studying how the language that a person is using may change the way that person sees what’s around — thought processes included.
English king Richard III starts final journey
leicester: Dug out of a municipal car park five centuries after his battlefield death, England’s Richard III began his final journey on Sunday before finally receiving a burial fit for a king this week. Some 530 years after he was killed in 1485, the last English monarch to die in battle will be laid to rest on Thursday in leicester Cathedral, across the street from where his remains were found in 2012.
23 Egyptian Islamists get life for killings
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 23 Islamists to life in prison for killing four people during the 2013 violence. The 23 defendants, include the son of Muslim Brotherhood leader Saad el-Husini, were accused of violence in the delta city of Tanta following the dispersal of sit-ins by police in August, 2013.