The dollar stuck to its recent ranges in holiday-thinned trading on Friday and stocks edged up as investors awaited key US employment figures for possible clues on when the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2 percent, while Japan’s Nikkei stock average was up 0.3 percent. Wall Street logged modest gains ...

Kenya is mourning 147 people killed in Thursday’s al-Shabab attack on Garissa university campus, amid questions over why warnings were ignored. Kenyan newspapers say there was intelligence information of an imminent attack on a school or university. Locals question why security was not heightened, with only two guards on duty at the time of the attack. Uganda is on heightened ...

Data from the second ‘black box’ flight recorder belonging to the Germanwings plane that crashed in the Alps suggests that the co-pilot deliberately accelerated its descent, French investigators say. They say Andreas Lubitz modified the automatic pilot system several times to increase the speed of descent. The information they recovered also confirms earlier findings that Lubitz deliberately crashed the plane. ...

Sylhet district administration and social welfare department chalked out different programmes marking the day. A colourful procession led by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md. Shohidul Islam was brought out from Taltola and after parading the city roads ended at the Zila Parishad premises. Later, a discussion meeting was held at the auditorium of Zila Parishad at noon. Deputy Commissioner Md. Shohidul ...

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Jatiya Party (JaPa) in Bishwanath upazila on Friday afternoon over the upazila unit committee. Party sources said the new district JaPa convening committee on Wednesday formed fresh committee of its Bishwanath upazila unit dissolving the previous one. However, the supporters of JaPa MP from Sylhet-2 constituency Md ...

 Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque has said that law enforcers are working to trace missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed as police is responsible to find out any missing person. He said, ‘Shekh Hasina not only Primeminister, also a great world leader’. The police boss made the remarks while talking to reporters after inaugurating Police Reserve Range at Lalabazar ...

The UK’s party leaders have clashed in the first TV election debate on a range of issues including the NHS, immigration and the deficit. It is the only time David Cameron and Ed Miliband will appear together on TV ahead of 7 May’s polling day. The Conservative and Labour leaders, as well as the leaders of the Lib Dems, UKIP, ...

The Sylhet city’s and district area was submerged after a sudden heavy downfall. , the rainfall for about two hours in the city inundated streets in several parts in the city, wreaking havoc on life and trade. Water logging was created in many streets due to the rainfall. The areas include Mirabazar, Shibgonj, Modina Market and Zindabazar. The temperature will ...

Two people were killed and 10 others injured as a minibus overturned at Kalapur in Sreemangal upazila on Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Parvin Begum, 35, wife of Abul Kashem, haling from Thanabazar in Sadar upazila, and Amir Hossain, 23, son of Harun Miah of Missionpara in Kulaura upazila. Locals said the Moulvibazar-bound minibus rolled over in the ...

The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has taken the top position among Bangladeshi universities in a ranking of world universities prepared by website www.webometrics.info. The SUST also ranks 2400 in the world, according to the latest ranking list. SUST Vice-Chancellor Dr Aminul Haque Bhuyan on Wednesday informed this to university authorities over phone. Students and teachers brought out ...