'Thank you & goodbye', says NoW

'Thank you & goodbye', says NoW

The last edition of the News of the World (NoW) has been published, its front page declaring: "Thank you & goodbye."

Editor Colin Myler, after leading staff from the building late on Saturday, said: "This is not where we want to be and not where we deserve to be."

Publisher News International axed the 168-year-old tabloid in the wake of phone-hacking allegations last week.

In a full-page inside editorial, the paper offers an apology. "Quite simply, we lost our way," it says.

Rupert Murdoch is due to arrive in the UK this weekend to take charge of handling the phone-hacking crisis.

NASA fuels Atlantis for end-of-era spaceflight

NASA fuels Atlantis for end-of-era spaceflight

Atlantis is poised to blaze a path into history Friday when it propels toward the heavens on the last-ever mission of the 30-year-old American space shuttle program.

The crew of four US astronauts boarded the shuttle as NASA kept a close eye on the gloomy weather forecasts, which have predicted rain, clouds and a 70 percent likelihood of a delay in the launch planned for 11:26am (1526 GMT).

Atlantis’s 12-day mission to the International Space Station marks the end of an era in human spaceflight, after which the United States will rely on Russia to send astronauts to space until a replacement US capsule can be built.

‘The beginning of the end of the space shuttle era is this morning,’ said NASA spokesman Allard Beutel.

At least 7,50,000 people have descended on Florida, with tourists eager to grab a glimpse of the final launch, but nostalgia has mingled with bitterness among the thousands of NASA employees set to lose their jobs.

UK Minister of State for International Development visits Bangladesh

UK Minister of State for International Development visits Bangladesh

Dhaka, Alan Duncan MP, the UK’s Minister of State for International Development, will arrive here tomorrow (Monday) for a three day official visit to Bangladesh.Duncan, in his second visit to Bangladesh, will be observing the development challenges Bangladesh faces, and reaffirming the UK’s growing commitment to work in partnership with the government of Bangladesh