Malaysia's military believes a jetliner missing for almost four days turned and flew hundreds of kilometers to the west after it last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country’s east coast, a senior officer said on Tuesday...
A fire broke out at a slum at Bhashantek in the city on Tuesday night. Following information, four units of Fire Service and Civil Defence from Mirpur and a nearby fire station rushed to the spot and brought the blaze...
Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Razar Char at Sadar upazila in Barisal on Tuesday. The diseased were identified as Badal Hossain Nawshad,40, son of Nazrul Islam, a resident of Charmonai, and Bashirul Islam Bashir, 26, son...
Former US Ambassador in Dhaka William B Milam has said BNP is ‘equally responsible’ for the Jan 5 ‘farcical election’ as it continues to refer to it because of its many ‘errors of strategy and judgment’. Milam, also a senior...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 388 bottles of Phensidyl at Jamalpur village at Sadar upazila Joypurhat on Tuesday. The arrestees were identified as Toiyab Ali, 29, son of Golam Mostafa, a resident...
Police in separate drives arrested 136 people accused in different cases from different areas of Sylhet city and four districts of Sylhet division on Monday night and Tuesday. Makbul Hossain Bhuiyan, deputy inspector general of police (DIGP), Sylhet, said police...
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged drug trader at Ramchandrapur in Satkhira town on Tuesday evening. The law-enforcers also recovered a large quantity of contraband items from him. The arrestee was identified as Angur Ali Sardar, son of...
Russia’s leaders are refusing all negotiations with their Ukrainian counterparts, Ukraine’s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has said. Turchynov said that Ukraine would not intervene militarily in Crimea, even though a secession referendum there was a “sham”. Meanwhile interim Prime Minister...
Bangladesh and India will discuss some specific issues over the management of hilsa and other trans-boundary species at the first meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on fisheries cooperation. The meeting is set to begin in Dhaka today (Wednesday)....
Three pedestrians including two minors were killed in Sunamganj after a car ran over them on Wednesday. Superintendent of Police (SP) Harunur Rashid said the accident happened around 9:30 am at Chhatak Upazila on the Sunamganj-Sylhet highway. The victims are...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading Wednesday amid modest see-saw. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went up by 15.10 points or 0.32 per cent to...
One of the pilots of the missing Malaysia jet liked to entertain female passengers in the cockpit, it emerged on Tuesday. First Officer Fariq Abdul Hamid invited two blondes into the cockpit of the Flight MH370 when it was flying...
Journalists and lawyers traded verbal fire and were engaged in a scuffle in the High Court (HC) on Wednesday. According to bdnews24.com, the journalists had an argument with some lawyers over standing in the courtroom before the proceedings of the...
Rail services in all routes from the northern district of Joypurhat were suspended for more than one hour in protest against alleged assault of a loco master of a train by some local ‘hoodlums’ on Wednesday. Bangladesh Railway sources said...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday interrogated BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee in connection with the allegation of acquiring wealth illegally. ACC deputy director Manjur Morshed grilled the BNP leader for one hour from 10 am, ACC public...
Russia has signed a preliminary agreement to build at least two more nuclear power plants in the Iranian port city of Bushehr, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. "Iran and Russia reached a preliminary agreement to build at...
Thailand reduced its official interest rate to the lowest level in three years on Wednesday to boost the economy in the face of a protracted political crisis. The Bank of Thailand lowered its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, to...
Major Japanese firms, including Toyota and Panasonic, on Wednesday said they would boost employees' wages for the first time in years, heeding a call from the prime minister ahead of a sales tax rise next month. The deal came as...
Twelve people including four women were killed on Wednesday in a violent clash between two gangs in Pakistan's Karachi, officials said, with the death toll feared to rise. "The clash erupted this morning when two gangs exchanged heavy gunfire. Later...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday underscored the need for having proper knowledge about the defense and the national security by the persons in the civil administration. The Prime Minister expressed this view while addressing the 15th joint meeting of...
Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said Wednesday net profit more than tripled last year on a rise in Chinese travellers and fuel-cost savings, but its cargo unit saw earnings fall while analysts warned of a tough future. The city's flag-carrier...
A fire that broke out in a readymade garment (RMG) factory at Rupshi in Rupganj upazila here on Wednesday gutted some chemicals. Fire service officials said the fire erupted at the chemical department of ‘Antim Garment’ at about 11am and...
A man who spent more than 25 years on death row in the US state of Louisiana has walked free from prison after his murder conviction for the 1983 killing of a jeweller was overturned. Glenn Ford, 64, had been...
Football's world governing body, Fifa, has announced that there will be no speeches at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in June. Last year, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was booed by fans at the opening match of the Confederations...
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Stocks slipped into the red Wednesday, a day after positive trend amid choppy trading throughout the session as investors remained indecisive. The market saw volatile trading at opening oscillated positive and negative territory several times, eventually landed into the red...
The northern Australian city of Darwin has been hit by a major power blackout, forcing schools to close and knocking out traffic lights. The power cut, which was caused by a tripped circuit at a sub-station, affected all of Darwin...
A future Labour government would not call an in/out referendum on the UK's membership of the EU unless it was being asked to transfer more powers to Brussels, Ed Miliband has said. In an article for the Financial Times, the...
Light pollution could affect the regeneration of tropical rainforests because it disrupts the behaviour of seed dispersing bats, a study suggests. Researchers found that a species of fruit-eating bats in Costa Rica avoided foraging in artificial light. The team warned...
A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing his nephew over land dispute at Paikura village in Madan upazila here in 2005. The convict, Lilu Mia, 50, was tried in absentia. According to the prosecution, Lilu...
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