DHAKA: China’s President Xi Jinping has demanded an investigation into Shanghai New Year’s Eve crush that killed 36 people and injured 47.The crush happened in Chenyi Square in Shanghai’s historic Bund district, where thousands of people had gathered to countdown to the New

DHAKA: Tropical storm Jangmi exited the Philippines on Thursday, leaving at least 54 dead and 13 missing from floods and landslides as officials said greater measures could have been taken to prepare for the deluge.The storm’s death toll was nearly triple that of the last major

DHAKA: Violence in Iraq killed more than 15,000 civilians and security personnel in 2014, government figures showed Thursday, making it the deadliest year since sectarian bloodshed in 2007.Figures compiled by the health, interior and defence ministries put the death toll at 15,538,

DHAKA: More than 76,000 people were killed in Syria’s brutal conflict in 2014, making it the bloodiest year yet in the country’s nearly four-year war.A monitor said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The conflict that began in March 2011 shows no sign of abating, with

DHAKA: Indian Union Minister Babul Supriyo’s driver’s body was found in his official Ambassador car at Udyog Bhawan.The body was discovered Thursday morning by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer.In what could be said to be a major security lapse, the body was

DHAKA: Turning up the pressure on Israel, the Palestinians announced Wednesday that they are joining the International Criminal Court to pursue war-crimes charges against the Jewish state — a risky, high-stakes move that brought threats of retaliation from Israel and criticism from

DHAKA: At least 35 people were killed in a stampede at a New Year's celebration in Shanghai, China, state media reported.The stampede happened at about 11:35 p.m. Wednesday in a riverfront area known as the Bund, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. At least 42 people were

DHAKA: If we look back, we see the year 2014 is full of conflicts. Militant group Islamic State (IS) dominated the media reports most of the time. The war in Ukraine and Israeli attacks on Palestine, especially on Gaza made headlines for a long. The missing of planes, particularly MH370,

DHAKA: Revellers across the globe are gathering to welcome in the New Year, while people of the eastern hemisphere including New Zealand and Australia have joined the celebrations.A giant clock in Auckland's Sky Tower counted down the minutes until midnight (11:00 GMT), when fireworks

DHAKA: The first two bodies from the AirAsia Flight QZ8501 crash have arrived back in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, where relatives are waiting for them.Next of kin have been asked for DNA samples to help identify the victims.The Airbus A320-200, carrying 162 people from Surabaya to

DHAKA: Unlike the previous years, 2014 is remarkable for a record in the world of awards. This year the Nobel committee made Pakistani children rights activist Malala Yousafzai the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate at her age of 17. The winners of other major awards are given below:

DHAKA: Niaz Mohammad, a former Pakistan Air Force junior technician, convicted in the Pervez Musharraf assassination attempt case, was executed early Wednesday, DawnNews reported.He was hanged at the Peshawar Central Prison. Niaz was sentenced to death for making an attempt on the life of

DHAKA: Another three bodies were found on Wednesday in the search for Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501, as recovery teams struggled with bad weather. One of the bodies was dressed in air stewardess uniform, said F. H. Bambang Soelistyo, chief of Indonesia's search and rescue agency

DHAKA: A man described by his family as "depressed and overly emotional" is suspected of killing eight people before taking his own life, police in Edmonton of Canada said Tuesday at a press conference.Seven of the victims, including two children, were found inside a house in north

DHAKA: The motion received eight "yes" votes, including from Russia and France, two "no" votes from the United States and Australia, and five abstentions.Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the UN, criticised the world body for the failure of the vote."The Security Council has

DHAKA: A woman in the US state of Idaho has been killed after her two-year-old son accidentally shot her with a gun he found when reaching into her handbag. The woman was shot in a Wal-Mart in Hayden, a town in Idaho's northern panhandle. A sheriff's spokesman said the woman was

DHAKA: A top intelligence official with Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affliated Shebab rebels was killed in a US air strike on Monday.Somalia’s government said, The Straits Times publishes this report on Tuesday.‘In a joint operation last night by the Somali national security and the United

DHAKA: A Twitter user has posted photos of an AirAsia plane that appears to have overshot the Kalibo runway.According to Jet Damazo Santos, a journalist from Rappler Indonesia, passengers had to leave the aircraft using its emergency slide."Engine was shut immediately, we were told to

DHAKA: An air force plane on Tuesday spotted a ‘shadow’ on the seabed believed to be the missing AirAsia jet, flight QZ8501.Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief said, reports The Straits Times.Bambang Soelistyo told a press conference, ‘At 12.50 the air force

DHAKA: An Indonesian warship recovered more than 40 bodies from the sea on Tuesday believed to be passengers from the missing Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501.A navy spokesman said, reports The Straits Times.‘Based on the navy radio, it has been reported that the warship Bung Tomo has