Hong Kong shares tumbled 0.87 per cent in the first few minutes of trade on Friday on geopolitical tensions after a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed in Ukraine with 295 passengers on board. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 204.41 points...
The prices of most of the shares in Australia’s capital markets slid on Friday after a Malaysia Airlines plane came down in battle-wracked Ukraine, sparking geopolitical tensions and sending Wall Street tumbling. Sydney socks were 0.17 per cent down at...
The prices of most of the shares in South Korea’s stock markets dipped on Friday after a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down in war-torn Ukraine, sparking geopolitical tensions and sending Wall Street tumbling. Seoul’s benchmark Kospi was 0.45 per...
Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels of shooting down the MH17 Flight with 298 people aboard, sharply escalating the crisis and threatening to draw both East and West deeper into the conflict. The rebels denied downing the Malaysian Airlines’ Boeing 777. US...
Shares in Malaysia Airlines tumbled almost 18 per cent on Friday after one of its passenger jets crashed in violence-wracked Ukraine, just 4 months after the carrier was hit by the loss of a passenger jetliner over Indian Ocean. The...
The Israeli military has begun a ground offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, extending its 10-day-old Operation Protective Edge. It said it was in response to continued rocket fire by the Islamists and to strike a ‘significant blow...
Three persons have been sentenced to death while six others have got life for killing a man 11 years ago. The court of Bagerhat District and Sessions Judge SM Solayman gave the verdict of the 2003 murder on Thursday. The...
Two women were killed and eight other people injured in a road accident at Guagaon College intersection under Pirganj municipality area in Thakurgaon on Thursday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Quoting witnesses, police said the accident...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in two separate drives recovered 28,900 pieces of Yaba tablet and arrested a woman in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday. Acting on secret information that a big consignment of smuggled amphetamine Yaba tablets...
US Ambassador-designate to Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat has said she will work hard to support efforts to promote accountability and strengthen human rights and democracy in Bangladesh. She said Bangladesh’s main political parties urgently need to engage in constructive...
Three motorcyclists were killed as a covered van crashed into their bike in Chandina upazila in Comilla district on Thursday evening. The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 30, son of Abdul Barek, Kabir Hossain, 22, son of Siddiqur Rahman,...
Police have recovered a body at Rajoir upazila in Madaripur district. Rajoir Police Station OC Md Moniruzzaman said police found the body of a man in his fifties with hands and legs tied lying beside the Dhaka-Barisal Highway near Takerhat...
Japan’s child poverty rate has hit a record high, according to a government survey, prompting criticism that Tokyo wasn’t doing enough to fix the problem. The welfare ministry report showed the child poverty rate rose to 16.3 per cent in...
The state-run Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will operate its six steamers to carry home-bound passengers during the Eid-ul-Fitr. The corporation has also decided to operate 43 ferries to transport motor vehicles before five days of the Holy Eid-ul-Azha...
A Jatiya Sangsad panel has suggested the government to reduce backlog of cases across the country using the techniques the Mymensingh District Judge has applied for the speedy disposal of 50,000 cases. It also recommended the law ministry to arrange...
A Malaysian airliner crashed in strife-torn east Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board and leaving a horrific trail of carnage on the ground, with US claims it was shot down in a missile attack prompting global consternation. As Malaysian...
At least 11 Palestinians were killed in the first few hours of Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza early Friday, Israeli military sources said. Meanwhile, Israel announced in the morning that a soldier had been killed, its first fatality since a...
A local leader of BNP was killed in a clash between his supporters and police at Islamkati-Sujanshah under Tala upazila in Satkhira district on Friday. The dead is SM Biplab Kabir, general secretary of Jalalpur union unit of BNP and...
Four construction workers, who were kidnapped by miscreants from Matiranga Upazila of Khagrachhari 11 days back, were rescued from Sindukchhari under Guimara thana in the district on Thursday night. The rescued workers are Raju Mia, a bulldozer driver, his helper...
Five policemen, including a sub-inspector (SI), were closed to the Faridpur Highway Police Super’s Office on Thursday on charge of extorting money from vehicles in Khulna. They are SI Deen Mohamamd, assistant sub-inspector Abbas Uddin and constables – Monjel, Habibur...
A young man was killed in a ‘gun battle’ between a gang of ‘miscreants’ and police at Hatirjheel in the city’s Rampura area on Friday. The dead is Apan (only one name), 26. Police claimed that the deceased was a...
The United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) will hold an emergency meeting on Friday on Ukraine after shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines jet with 298 passengers aboard near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Britain’s UN Mission has said it requested the meeting...
The foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into India more than doubled to 3.60 billion US dollar in May, the highest in the last eight months. In May 2013, the country had received FDI worth $ 1.63b. During April-May this fiscal,...
The BNP has decided to reconstitute its Dhaka city unit. A highly placed source in the party said, a new Dhaka metropolitan unit committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party will be named very soon. It said that BNP standing committee member...
A housewife, injured allegedly by her husband over dowry on July 7, died at Mahershpur upazila health complex in Jhenidah district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sagarika Begum, 20. Quoting victim’s family Maheshpur police said Shariful Islam used...
An unidentified man was killed and two other people were injured during a gun battle between two rival outfits at Manikchhari in the hill district of Khagrachhari on Friday. Locals said the gunfight took place between the activists of Santu...
Workers of a readymade garments (RMG) factory went on a rampage demanding wage and Eid bonus in Tongi in Gazipur district on Friday. Police said the workers of Zaber and Zobair Fabrics of Noman Group staged demonstration in front of...
Hijras or transgenders in Bangladesh will now be able to exercise their franchise. They are free to identify themselves as males, females or hermaphrodites in their national identity cards (NID). The Election Commission (EC) is amending the NID registration rules...
Asian markets were mostly lower on Friday after a Malaysia Airlines jet came down in battle-wracked Ukraine, sparking geopolitical tensions and sending Wall Street tumbling as the US claimed the aircraft had been shot down. Tokyo fell 1.00 per cent,...
Shares in Malaysia Airlines tumbled almost 18 per cent on Friday after one of its passenger jets crashed in violence-wracked Ukraine, just months after the carrier was hit by the loss of a plane over the Indian Ocean. The firm...
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