Dhaka sets 2-yr jail for child marriage
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday approved a law setting a two-year jail term for anyone involved in marrying a girl aged under 18, in a bid to cut the country's notoriously high child marriage rate.
India may acquire Ambedkar's UK home
london: India may acquire the Rs40-cr residential property where Dr BR Ambedkar lived during the 1920s and convert it into a memorial to the crusader for social justice, a social organsation said on Monday.
Poland Appoints Ewa Kopacz as new PM
Warsaw: Poland's President has appointed Parliament Speaker Ewa Kopacz to be the next Prime Minister and given her the task of assembling the new Cabinet.
6 die, 14 wounded in Ukraine shelling
Kiev: Shelling killed six people and wounded 15 others in rebel-held Donetsk, the city council reported on Monday, the worst violation yet of the cease-fire between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian troops that took effect September 5.
SKorea fisherman finds suspected North drone
Seoul: A South Korean fisherman on Monday found a suspected North Korean drone in his net near a front line island south of the rivals' disputed sea border, military officials said.