Police have arrested two persons over the death of a young woman in Dhaka's Kalyanpur area. Those arrested were Badshah Miah and Jahangir Hossain Biplob. Badsha claimed himself as the husband of the dead woman Sadia Akter, 18, while Biplob...
Asian markets mostly rose on Wednesday, following a global rally on easing Ukraine fears after Russian President Vladimir Putin played down the prospects of a war by saying there was no need to send troops into the country. His comments...
A police constable has been injured in Rangamati after being shot allegedly by his colleague. Rangamati’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Amena Begum said that the shooting took place around 9:30am at the Baghaihat police camp of Baghaichhara Upazila. Injured constable...
The officer investigating the murder of journalist couple Sagar and Runi has turned up to appear before the High Court (HC) to update it about the probe. ASP Jafar Ullah of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) came to the HC around...
US whistleblower Edward Snowden, Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, as the Nobel Institute announced on Tuesday a record 278 candidates. “The number of nominations increases almost...
India's Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 7. The Election Commission announced on Wednesday that votes to elect the 16th Lok Sabha will be spread over nine days from Apr 7 to May 12. Polls ovservers said the 16th...
A policeman shot to death one of his colleagues over a trifling matter at Baghaihat police outpost under Baghaichhari upazila in Rangamati district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Anwar Hossain, 24, a constable of Sajek Police Station...
A divisional special tribunal here Wednesday sentenced 12 people, including three siblings, to life term imprisonment for killing Koya union parishad chairman Jamil Hossain Bachchu of Kushtia about five years ago. The tribunal also fined them Tk 25,000 each, in...
Spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin shared seven wickets as India skittled Afghanistan for 159 in their last league match in the Asia Cup in Dhaka on Wednesday. Samiullah Shenwari top-scored with 50 and Noor Ali Zadran made 31, but...
Syrian warplanes renewed air raids on the embattled rebel stronghold of Yabrud on Wednesday, launching 10 strikes on the town near the border with Lebanon, an NGO said. "Warplanes carried out 10 raids on the outskirts of the town of...
Lawyers representing Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a landmark treason case said on Wednesday they had been threatened with beheading and called for a new venue for the trial. They also urged the court to allow Musharraf, who...
Fighting broke out in a military barracks in war-torn South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday, witnesses said, although the cause of the clashes were not immediately clear. An AFP reporter said the sound of heavy gunfire was heard coming from...
Russia sold a record $11.3 billion in foreign currency to support the ruble on March 3, when the ruble came under unprecedented pressure due to concerns about conflict in Ukraine. The Russian central bank sold foreign currency to buy rubles...
Nine bombings mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad killed at least 12 people on Wednesday, officials said, as Iraq suffers its worst violence in years. The seven car bombs and two roadside bombs, which hit six different areas of Baghdad,...
China announced a growth target of 7.5% and revealed plans to raise its defence budget by 12.2%, as it opened its annual parliament session in Beijing. Premier Li Keqiang said that economic development was the central task of the government,...
Bangladesh on Wednesday extended its sincere thanks to Saudi Arabian government for allowing nearly nine lakh Bangladeshi workers there to change their Aqama (work permits) and professions. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina extended the thanks on behalf of her government when...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged Brunei to take more trained and skilled manpower from Bangladesh. The Prime Minister made the request when newly appointed High Commissioner of Brunei to Bangladesh Pengiran Haji Abdul Haris Bin Pengiran Haji Shabudin...
A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in western Japan on Wednesday but there was no fear of a radiation leak, a utility spokesman said. An electricity transformer caught fire at the No. 3 reactor at Takahama plant...
Standard Chartered bank on Wednesday said net profit fell more than 16 percent in 2013 as it was hit by impairment charges at its South Korean operations. The London-based but Asia-focused lender said net profit came in at $3.99 billion...
Russian forces have seized part of a Ukrainian missile defence unit in the disputed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, a local spokesman for Ukraine's defence ministry told AFP on Wednesday. The command post and control centre of the base in...
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Stocks edged marginally lower Wednesday, a day after positive trend with turnover dipped below Tk 4.0 billion-mark after 12-session as investors remained reluctant to make fresh investments.The market opened with a mixed trend in the morning session amid see-saw. At...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he was ready to step down if his ruling party, in power since 2002, failed to win key local elections later this month. "I am ready to quit politics unless my party...
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE have withdrawn their ambassadors from Qatar amid accusations that it has meddled in internal affairs. The three countries, who are all part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) along with Qatar, made the joint...
A court here on Wednesday placed four people, including the principal of Trust College, on a 4-day remand in connection with the killing of a reporter of a weekly magazine. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman passed the order when Mohammad...
Flexcoin, the Canada-based Bitcoin bank, is to close after losing $600,000 in a hacker attack. Its entire stock of Bitcoins stored on-line, in its so-called "hot wallet", were stolen. Coins held in "cold storage" or in servers not connected to...
A High Court bench on Wednesday refused to hear the progress report on journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case from its investigation officer as it is the matter of the trial court. The HC joint bench comprising Justice Shawkat Hossain and...
A roadside bomb on Wednesday killed six soldiers in Pakistan's troubled northwest, officials said, the latest violence to hit the country since a ceasefire between the government and Taliban insurgents began. The remote-controlled device hit a convoy of the paramilitary...
At least six policemen were injured in an attack by some villagers during their drive to nab an accused at South Kanchannagar village in Fatikchhari upazila early Wednesday. Quoting witnesses police said a team of police led by SI Shafiqul...
After nearly 12 years, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to formally sit with Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Thursday night to discuss the country’s latest political situation and their future course of action. The...
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