Hong Kong's economy shrank last year for the first time since 2009, government data showed Monday, as the territory struggles with the impact of China's virus outbreak.

Samsung Electronics, South Korea's tech behemoth, saw operating profit more than halve last year, a regulatory filing data showed Thursday.

China's beer industry reported steady expansion in 2019 with leading output and growth rate in the alcohol-making sector, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.

There were 56 journalists killed in 2019 and most of them were killed outside zones of conflict, a United Nations spokesperson said Monday.

A total of 8,543 people were killed and 14,318 others injured in 6,210 road, railway and waterway accidents across the country in 2019, said Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare platform, on Saturday.

Crippled with drought and ravaged by fire, it's no surprise that 2019 will go down as Australia's warmest and driest year on record.

As the war against corruption in Bangladesh has failed to achieve any success yet, the country witnessed some unusual graft cases that raised the eyebrows of all in 2019.

While Bangladesh was hit hard by tragedies and other negativities in 2019, good news and positive initiatives were also there in the country during the period.

The year 2019 was tumultuous year for Bangladesh football, which witnessed its fair share of highs and lows over the past 12 months. Overall though, it has to be said that under Englishman Jamie Day, the men’s national team seem to be on to a good thing for the first time in years. It remains to be seen how much further the team can progress under his tutelage. Before turning the page to 2020, let's look back at the year that was for Bangladesh football.   Slight improvement in FIFA rankings   The Bangladesh Men’s National football team started the year 2019 ranked a dismal 192nd out of 210 nations in the FIFA rankings. They moved to 188th slot in April and then jumped up five place to move 183rd in June and then 182nd in July. That would remain the peak for the year however, as they again slipped down to 184th in October and finally ended the year at 187th with 915 points – so not all that much better in the end, but certainly not worse.  

Dhaka, Sept 9 (UNB) - Kristen Stewart has given her seal of approval regarding the casting of Robert Pattinson as Batman. Stewart, who is promoting her movie Seberg at the Toronto International Film Festival, spoke to Variety about her former co-star getting the prestigious role, reports The Indian Express.