Boeing shares drop 5.0% after Air India flight crash
Boeing shares tumbled 5.0 percent in early trading on Thursday after a London-bound Boeing 787 operated by Air India crashed in Ahmedabad, likely killing all 242 people on board.
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Flames, smoke in aftermath of crashed India passenger jet
Thick black plumes of acrid smoke towered high above India鈥檚 Ahmedabad airport on Thursday after a London-bound passenger jet with 242 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff.
Boeing 鈥榬eady to support鈥� Air India after crash
US planemaker Boeing said it was ready to support Air India following the crash on Thursday of a London-bound flight with 242 people on board.
Yunus mourns tragic plane crash in India with 242 on board
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday expressed deep shock over the crash of a plane in India with 242 people on board.
BSF pushes 70 people into Bangladesh through four border points in Sylhet
The Indian Border Security Force has reportedly pushed 70 people into Bangladesh through four border points in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts...
All but one dead as plane with 242 aboard crashes in India
A London-bound passenger plane crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday leaving one known survivor from 242 on board, with the jet smashing into buildings housing doctors and their families.
Joy visits India to meet Hasina
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 US-based son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, is in India to meet his mother, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, reports Hindustan Times...
48 Rohingyas registered in India pushed into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India has recently pushed at least 122 Rohingyas, including 48 registered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India, into Bangladesh...
Dhaka should step up effort to address border tension
TENSION along Bangladesh鈥檚 borders with India and Myanmar continues to escalate amid a series of troubling incidents, including push-ins, border killing by India鈥檚 Border Security Force and landmine explosion and abduction by Myanmar鈥檚 rebel group Arakan Army. The persistent pattern of abuse and violence against Bangladeshis in the frontiers remains a matter of grave...
Tensions continue along Bangladesh鈥檚 borders with India, Myanmar
Tensions along Bangladesh borders with India and Myanmar have continued to rise amid repeated incidents of push-in and border killing by the Indian Border Security Force and land mine explosions and abductions of fishermen by Myanmar rebel group Arakan Army...
Indian coastguard battles blaze on container ship
India鈥檚 coastguard said Tuesday it was battling to stop a fierce blaze that has engulfed a Singapore-flagged container ship listing off the southern coast that broke out a day earlier.
Gopalganj AL leader Shahbuddin Azam detained in Benapole
The police on Tuesday arrested Awami League Gopalganj district unit general secretary Shahabuddin Azam from Benapole border while he was trying to flee to India.
Protests continue in Manipur
Protests continued to grip the Indian state of Manipur on Tuesday, as demonstrators defied prohibitory orders and clashed with security forces across several districts of Imphal valley.
India pushes 32 more into Bangladesh
Indian Border Security Force pushed 32 more people into Bangladesh through different border points in Thakurgaon, Dinajpur and Meherpur districts on Tuesday.
BNP questions govt preparedness over new Covid variant spread
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday raised concerns over the government鈥檚 preparedness in tackling a potential new wave of coronavirus, as new sub-variants of the virus keeps spreading in neighbouring countries, including India...
Bangladesh govt advises citizens to avoid India travel amid rising Covid cases
The Directorate General of Health Services has advised Bangladeshi citizens to refrain from traveling to India and other neighbouring countries experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases unless absolutely necessary...
Climate change heightens risk of Indian farmer suicides
On a small farm in India鈥檚 Maharashtra state, Mirabai Khindkar said the only thing her land grew was debt, after crops failed in drought and her husband killed himself.
India navy deploys after fire onboard container ship
India deployed coastguard aircraft and a warship on Monday after a Singapore-flagged container ship caught fire off the southern coast, the defence ministry said...
Spirit of mutual respect, understanding to guide 2 nations to work together: Yunus to Modi
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi have exchanged Eid-ul-Azha greetings in the spirit of festivity, sacrifice, generosity and unity...
Screening tightened at Benapole border to prevent spread of new Covid variant
Authorities have intensified the screening of people returning from India through Benapole land port in a bid to prevent the spread of a new variant of Covid-19...
Modi opens strategic railway in Kashmir
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Kashmir on Friday since a conflict with arch-rival Pakistan, opening a strategic railway line to the contested region he called 鈥榯he crown聽jewel聽of聽India鈥�.
Trade through Benapole suspended for 10 days
Export and import activities between Bangladesh and India through Benapole land port will remain suspended for 10 days on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha...
At least 11 killed in stampede at India cricket celebrations
At least 11 people were killed in a stampede Wednesday as a tightly packed crowd celebrated the victory of their home cricket team in the Indian city of Bengaluru, the state's chief minister said.
India pushes 32 more into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India pushed 32 more people into Bangladesh through the Bijoypur-Baghmara border at Durgapur upazila in Netrakona district early Wednesday...
Jhenaidah AL leader Mintu granted bail in MP Anar abduction case
The High Court on Monday granted interim bail to Jhenaidah district Awami League general secretary Saidul Karim Mintu in connection with the abduction of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, whose dismembered body was later allegedly recovered in Kolkata, India.
India pushes 56 more people into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India pushed 56 more people into Bangladesh through different border points in Chapainawabganj, Panchagrah, and Mymensingh districts on Tuesday.
Losses are not important, outcomes are: India鈥檚 General
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said that 鈥榩rofessional military forces are not affected by setbacks and losses,鈥� days after claiming that India did lose some fighter jets during Operation Sindoor. However, losses are not important, but outcomes are, he added, reports The Times of India...
It is not possible to face push-ins by India: Touhid
Bangladesh interim government foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Tuesday said it was not possible to face push-in incidents by India, which has been unilaterally pushing people into Bangladesh.
BSF pushes eight people into Bangladesh through C鈥檔awabganj border
The Indian Border Security Force has pushed eight people into Bangladesh through the Chandshikari border in Bholahat upazila of Chapainawabganj on early Tuesday...