Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina narrowly escaped a bomb blast which occurred in a Dhaka neighbourhood minutes after her convoy passed the area.
Several crude bombs exploded in Dhaka`s Karwan Bazar area only 10 minutes after the prime minister`s convoy passed.
Hasina crossed the area on her way to the capital`s Suhrawardy Udyan to attend a rally organised by the ruling Awami League.
The blasts occurred amid a transport blockade and shutdown across Bangladesh, enforced by the Khaleda Zia-led opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies.
A bird that was long thought to have gone extinct has been rediscovered in Myanmar after a team of scientists used a recording of its distinctive call to track it down.
The Jerdon's Babbler (chrysomma altirostre ) -- a small brown bird similar in size to a house sparrow -- was last spotted in Myanmar in 1941 and was thought to have died out altogether.
Government has got commitments of Rs. 86,000 crore from telecom players at the end of fourth day of spectrum the auction -- crossing the targeted minimum amount of Rs. 82,000 crore from the ongoing sale of 2G and 3G airwaves.
The government may rake in above Rs. 1 lakh crore from the spectrum sale if bidding continues at robust pace.
Till now, 24 rounds of bidding have taken place in four days. At the end of 17 rounds, the value stood at Rs. 77,000 crore.
However, the government will not release results of the auction because of a court ruling.
Foreign Exchange Reserves Rise by $3.88 Billion
Data released by RBI showed that foreign exchange reserves increased by US $3.88 billion to US $338.07 billion for the week ended February 27.
According to the RBI's weekly statistical supplement, foreign currency assets, the biggest component of the forex reserves, climbed up by US $3.90 billion to US $312.20 billion in the reporting week.
The foreign currency assets, expressed in US dollar terms, include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US currencies such as the pound sterling, euro and yen held in reserve.
Saina Nehwal First Indian Woman to Qualify for All England Final
Saina Nehwal scalped yet another Chinese shuttler to make her first All England Badminton Championships final and become the first Indian woman to do so.
The world-number three from India had earlier defeated her Chinese nemesis and former World Champion Wang Yihan for the first time in more than two.