AirAsia jet missing on way to Singapore; flight started in Indonesia
The plane took off with 155 passengers and crew on board, the news agency Reuters reported, citing Indonesian transport officials.The flight, an Airbus A320-200, was on its way from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore, according to the airline's website.The plane left Juanda International Airport at 5:27 a.m. Sunday (5:27 p.m. Saturday ET) and was due to arrive in Singapore at 8:37 a.m. Sunday (7:37 p.m. ET), according to the website.
North Korea lambasts U.S. over 'The Interview,' says Obama is the 'culprit'
The North Korean government is fuming over the release of the "The Interview," claiming President Barack Obama forced the film into theaters and onto streaming video services."U.S. President Obama is the chief culprit who forced the Sony Pictures Entertainment to 'indiscriminately distribute' the movie and took the lead in appeasing and blackmailing cinema houses and theatres in the U.S. mainland to distribute the movie," North Korea's National Defense Commission said Saturday, according to state-run media.
Jihad rescued dead after fire service abandons operation.
Minor boy Jihad, who slipped into 600-foot deep abandoned tube-well of Bangladesh Railway at Shahjahanpur railway colony, was pronounced dead by doctors at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, after he was rushed to the hospital on Saturday noon.
Gazipur strike underway peacefully
The dawn to dusk strike enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance, protesting the authorities’s ban on political gatherings in Gazipur, was underway peacefully, witnesses said.BNP’s Gazipur district unit president and central organising secretary Fazlul Haque Milon announced the fresh programmes at a press conference at Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office after she held a meeting with senior leaders on Friday.
From Russia with no love: Party-pooping Putin cancels holiday vacation
Vladimir Putin delivered a lump of coal in the Kremlin's stocking this year when he announced Thursday that he has canceled holiday vacations for members of the government.
No sign of human in borehole, claims Asaduzzaman; Police pick up trapped boy’s father
After several abortive attempts and sending a borehole camera inside 254 feet into a 600 feet abandoned water-pump well, the state minister for home, Asaduzzaman Khan, at about 2:45am on Saturday declared that there was no boy trapped into the borehole and it might be a rumour. The rescue operation, however, was not officially suspended and the fire service and civil defence director general said that they would pull out the debris found in the borehole through the camera footage and finally reach a conclusion. The three-and-a-half year old boy, Zihad,
Suspected ‘robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ in Pabna
A suspected ‘robber’ was killed by police in an alleged ‘gunfight’ on Lalpur-Ishwardi road near Raju Cinema Hall in Ishwardi of Pabna early Thursday.
Focus on WC spots as Super League begins
Arch-rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club will take on table-toppers Abahani Limited at Fatullah in one of the three matches of Dhaka Premier Division Cricket’s super league that is beginning at three different venues today.
Graft cases against Khaleda: January 7 set for next hearing
10 injured in clash as BNP chairperson reaches special court
More hardware under procurement to make army all-round: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday said besides establishing new structures for Bangladesh Army, a process is under way to procure significant amount of military equipment from various countries including China and Serbia to make Army more modern, time befitting and all-round, reports United News of Banglaesh.
