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

DHAKA: At least 30 people were killed in landslides and flash floods as tropical storm ‘Jangmi’ slowly crossed the southern and central Philippines, dumping heavy rain for a second day on Tuesday.Officials said, reports The Straits Times.Rivers burst their banks and submerged villages

DHAKA: Indonesia officials said they were "95 percent sure" that debris and bodies spotted in the Java Sea on Tuesday were from the missing AirAsia passenger jet that disappeared with 162 people aboard.The Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency told NBC News that teams searching for

DHAKA: USA president Barack Obama has said Vladimir Putin made a ‘strategic mistake’ when he annexed Crimea, in a move that was ‘not so smart’.Those thinking his Russian counterpart was a ‘genius’ had been proven wrong by Russia's economic crisis, he said, reports the

DHAKA: News that Greece faces a snap election on 25 January has been met with international concern, with the radical left scenting victory. Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza, has vowed ‘austerity will be history’ if his left-wing party wins on 25 January, reports the BBC. German

DHAKA: Items resembling a plane door and an emergency slide have been found in the search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, according to officials. At least 10 large objects have been found in the Java Sea, around six miles from where the plane lost contact with air traffic control, the

DHAKA: The hunt for AirAsia flight QZ8501 has entered a third day, with the search area widened to cover land and sea, reports BBC. Indonesian officials say they are sending teams to investigate reports of smoke on an island in East Bilutung, inside the expanded search zone. The Airbus

DHAKA: The Russian economy contracted by 0.5% in November, the first fall in national output - Gross Domestic Product - since October 2009.Russian official figures show, reports the BBC.The Russian government expects a 0.8% decline in GDP next year, compared with 0.6% GDP growth in 2014