Trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was shut down for hours yesterday as the exchange tried to cope with what appeared to be a technical glitch, rather than an attack, reports AFP. "Trading on NYSE and NYSE Mkt has resumed," the exchange announced on Twitter at 1910 GMT, after having…

A little rain is all it took to trigger a massive traffic snarl in the capital yesterday. As rickshaws took over the streets leading to the New Market, the entire stretch of the Mirpur Road, New Elephant Road and the Kazi Nazrul Isam Avenue witnessed a massive tailback leaving commuters stuck for hours.…

The investigation officer (IO) of a case, filed in connection with the liquid cocaine haul in a drum of an edible oil container at Chittagong Port, finally collected oil samples from 107 drums of the container yesterday in presence of officials of four government agencies. The collected samples of oil…

A Dhaka court yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of six people, including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana’s mother, in a case filed for violating the building code under the Building Construction Act in connection with the garment factory collapse, reports UNB. Senior Judicial Magistrate Md…

Not withstanding the efforts being taken by the BJP government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve relations with neighbouring countries, Pakistan has made a provocative statement threatening that the option to use nuclear weapons is always available to them. The statement was…

A local journalist has been stabbed to death at his own residence at Piaratala village in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Abu Sayem, 32, Jibannagar upazila correspondent of the daily Dainik Samakal. Police and family sources said a criminal wearing the attire…