The Indian Supreme Court has ordered his arrest following his failure to appear before it in a contempt case after two of his companies failed to refund Rs 20,000 crore to investors. "We issue non-bailable warrants of arrest qua Subrata...
At least 111 houses of 310 families were gutted by a devastating fire which broke out at Hazipara village in Nilphamari Sadar upazila on Tuesday midnight. Fire service officials and locals said the fire originated from a stove of a...
Two minor boys were killed as a truck rammed a rickshaw they were riding in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Alfaz, 11, son of Sultan, a resident of Raghaichati village in Gafargaon upazila,...
Bangladesh have been sent to bat first by five times Asian champions India in their first match in the Asia Cup cricket tournament at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium at Fatullah in Narayanganj district on Wednesday afternoon. India won the...
Hong Kong shares rose 0.54 percent on Wednesday as bargain hunting offset a weak set of US indicators and losses on Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 120.24 points to end at 22,437.44 on turnover of HK$63.80 billion...
The local returning officer on Wednesday cancelled Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) president Abdul Kader Siddiqui’s nomination for the by-election to Tangail-8 (Basail-Sakhipur) constituency on charge of loan default. The nomination paper of Jatiya Party (Ershad)-backed Quazi Ashraf Siddiqui was...
Spanish oil company Repsol has agreed a $5bn (£3bn) settlement with Argentina over the seizure of its assets there. Argentina nationalised Repsol's stake in the country's biggest oil firm, YPF, in 2012, stripping Repsol of nearly half its annual output....
Ukraine's acting interior minister has said the elite Berkut police unit, blamed for the deaths of protesters, has been disbanded. Arsen Avakov said further details would be given in a briefing on Thursday. Meanwhile, there are continuing international divisions over...
The former chief editor of prominent Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao is in a critical condition after being attacked with a cleaver, officials say. Kevin Lau was attacked in Hong Kong by two men on Wednesday morning, police said. He...
Bangladesh were 34 for one wicket in 9.1 overs against India in their first match in Asia Cup cricket tournament at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium at Fatullah in Narayanganj district on Wednesday afternoon. The hosts lost opener Shamsur Rahman...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing Dr. Sazia Afrin Eva in Dakshin Khan area of the city in 2012. According to the prosecution, the convict, Md Foysal, who was a caretaker of Amtala Brac...
Credit Suisse "helped its US customers conceal their Swiss accounts" and avoid billions of dollars in American taxes, a report has alleged. It claims the bank opened Swiss accounts for more than 22,000 US customers, with assets totalling $12bn (£7.2bn)...
KHAGRACHHARI: The local administration has imposed Section 144 in Mahalchhari upazila and Kamalchhari of Sadar upazila following a fresh clash between Pahari and Bangalee settlers over the murder of Sabita Chakma in Sadar upazila Wednesday. The restriction will remain in...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said in Parliament on Wednesday that no one of the capital market was greatly affected due to the massive mayhem ahead of the January 5 parliamentary elections. “If it is so affected, the government would take...
Police in an overnight drive arrested a total of 22 fugitives on various charges from different places of Sylhet city on Wednesday. The arrestees are accused in a number of cases filed with six police stations of the north-eastern city....
The Russian ruble fell to a new record low against the euro on Wednesday amid fears of a Ukrainian default and a slowdown in the Russian economy. The euro surged to 49.39 rubles at around 0915 GMT, dropping below the...
Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim hit 117 off 113 balls to lift the hosts to 279-7 in the Asia Cup match against world champion India in Fatullah on Wednesday. Rahim's second one-day century followed his 133-run stand for the third wicket with...
A Missouri man was executed early on Wednesday for raping and murdering a 15-year-old schoolgirl, authorities said, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a flurry of petitions seeking a stay. Michael Taylor died by lethal injection 25 years after...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is determined to take forward the country facing all odds, including the political trouble. “Political disturbance has become a common phenomenon in the country; we have to continue our works facing...
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Stocks edged marginally down on Wednesday after two sessions of positive trend with turnover dipping below Tk 4.0 billion mark once again as investors took cautious stance. The market opened with a positive note but could not sustain. At the...
Britain's economy grew by less than previously thought last year, but still registered the fastest rate of growth since before the financial crisis, revised official data showed Wednesday. The nation's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 1.8 percent in 2013,...
The Supreme Court (SC) has stayed the High Court (HC) order which vacated eight positions of directors at Pubali Bank Ltd. Chamber Judge Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order on Wednesday afternoon following a plea by the bank authorities....
A court in China has accepted a case filed by Chinese citizens seeking compensation from Japanese firms over forced labour during World War Two. The 37 plaintiffs include lawyers, academics and individuals who say they were forced into labour. They...
Two Indian navy sailors are missing and seven others are in hospital after inhaling smoke during an accident on board a submarine off the Mumbai coast. The INS Sindhuratna was being tested at sea when smoke triggered the automatic closure...
Pakistan on Wednesday unveiled its first ever counter-terrorism policy after battling a homegrown Islamist insurgency for more than a decade, announcing that every act of militant violence would be met with retaliation on their bases. Interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali...
Global banking giant HSBC said on Wednesday that it had agreed to sell its Kazakhstan division to JSC Halyk Bank for US$176 million in cash. The disposal of HSBC Bank Kazakhstan is part of the group's strategy to sell non-core...
Apprehending vote fraud in the 2nd phase of upazila elections, BNP on Wednesday warned that they will stage strong demonstrations across the country in case of any polls manipulation. “The BNP candidates, leaders and activists are being attacked, harassed, and...
An Egyptian criminal court on Wednesday sentenced 26 people to death for founding and leading a "terror group" that aimed to target ships in the Suez canal, judicial sources said. The court referred the verdict to the mufti, a top...
Hezbollah has said it will respond to an alleged air strike by Israel warplanes on one of its bases on the Lebanese border with Syria on Monday. The militant Shia Islamist movement described the attack as a "blatant assault on...
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