Asian shares rose on Friday following gains on Wall Street, while the dollar firmed after facing pressure from a rise in the yuan, but gains were capped by uncertainty over whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week....
Police in a drive on Thursday night arrested five people, including an insurance company official, from different parts of Jessore district for their suspected link to looting of 340 sacks of rice of basmati variety worth Tk1.10 million. Police said...
Two people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured as a bus knocked down a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Nayanpur on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Friday morning. One of the deceased was identified...
Floods that swept houses off their foundations and crushed others under landslides spread across Japan Friday as more rivers burst their banks, leaving at least 25 people missing and forcing more than 100,000 to flee, Reuters reports. A severe rain...
A man died from electrocution in Ashashuni upazila headquarters in Satkhira district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abul Bashar, 32, son of Shohrab Gazi, a resident of Shreeula village of the upazila. AKM Ajmal Huda, officer-in-charge of Ashashuni...
A man was burnt to death allegedly by some spoiled youths at Amati Shibpur village in Sadar upazila of Kishoreganj district on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Shamim, 20, an auto-rickshaw driver, son of Jahangir Miah. Family sources...
The coast Guard personnel in a drive seized 1.40 million meters ban current nets from a passenger launch in Meghna river on Thursday. The drive was conducted following a secret information in the passenger launch" MV Farhan-2 and seized the...
President Barack Obama has directed his administration to prepare to take in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, the White House said on Thursday. It is the first specific commitment the United States has made toward increasing...
The cattle influx from India has resumed along the border in Kurigram district ahead of Eid-ul-Azha after months' of fall in its supply since April this year as Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh had asked BSF jawans to put a...
A court in India's western Mumbai city has found 12 men guilty for their roles in the 2006 bombings of commuter trains. The 12 men were accused of waging war against the nation, conspiracy and murder. One man was acquitted....
The Usain Bolt of the tortoise world has raced into the record books as the fastest ever. Bertie, from Adventure Valley in County Durham, covered 18ft (5.48m) in 19.59 seconds - smashing the previous best of 43.7 seconds, which stood...
Students have announced a three-day strike starting from Saturday at all private universities and medical and dental colleges across Bangladesh, dubbing the government’s assurance regarding VAT on tuition fee ‘a shrewd move’. Jotirmoy Chakrabarty, the coordinator of the agitating students’...
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism of the government of Bangladesh has held a meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomats to discuss how the forthcoming International Buddhist Tourists Circuit Conference can be held successfully. Tourism Minister...
A Dhaka court has convicted a man of killing his wife 11 years ago and sentenced him to death. The condemned convict was identified as Amirul Islam Emon, hailing from Natore district. Judge Joyshree Somaddar of Women and Children Repression...
Tarana Halim, Minister of State for Post and Telecommunications, has said she received a threat call over a drive against unregistered SIM cards. She told bdnews24.com on Friday that the telephone call was made at her office on Wednesday. It...
State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim has said she received a threat call over a drive against unregistered SIM cards of mobile phones. She told bdnews24.com on Friday that the telephone call was made at her office in...
UN rights experts, speaking ahead of International Day of Democracy, have deplored the increasing erosion of democracy as a result of repressive policies in some countries but also by virtue of the increasing influence of vested interests at the expense...
A Syrian mariner was killed while anchoring ship at Chittagong Port this on (Friday) morning. The victim was identified as Abdur Rahim, 25, a mariner of Syrian ship of MV Marikana. He hailed from Syria, a Middle Eastern country. Pangkaj...
Venezuela's best-known jailed opposition figure, Leopoldo Lopez, was jailed for 13 years on Thursday on charges of inciting 2014 anti-government protests that spiraled into violence killing more than 40 people. After a marathon session at the heavily guarded Palace of...
A mother and her son drowned in Jinjiram River in Dewanganj Upazila in Jamalpur district on Thursday night. The mother was identified as Smirity Begum, 38, wife of Belal Hossain of Baliamary Beparipara village under Rajibpur Upazila of Kurigram district,...
Twelve people were convicted and one acquitted on Friday by a special court in Mumbay in the 7/11 serial bombings that ripped through the trains India’s commercial city and left 189 dead. "The long-awaited decision on the July 11, 2006,...
A Seoul court on Friday handed a 12-year prison sentence to a South Korean man who slashed and seriously injured the US ambassador to the Far Eastern country during a March forum. Kim Ki-jong was convicted of attempted murder, assaulting...
A college girl was killed and her mother and brother were injured as a truck crashed into their motorbike in Jhenidah Sadar Upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Tushi Khatun, 21, a fourth year student of Jhenidah Government...
With nearly 400 million people still not having access to essential health services globally, WHO has called upon countries in South East Asia region to focus efforts on providing affordable and quality health services to all who need them. “Health...
Leaders of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance will visit three flood-affected northern districts – Kurigram, Gaibandha and Bogra – from Saturday. During the visits, the ruling alliance leaders will exchange views with the local people to know about their actual...
The power generation in the only-functioning two units of Shahjibazar Power Plant remained suspended from Wednesday following a fire incident. Plant sources said a fire broke out at the transformers of the units 8 and 9 having a capacity of...
Two sisters allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves from a single rope in Durgapur village in Magura Sadar Upazila on Friday. The deceased were identified as Antara Begum, 18, a Class-XI student of Magura Government Women’s College, and her sister...
A mobile court, run by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), has sentenced three people to different jail terms for trading turtles in Shankhari Bazar area in Old Dhaka. The elite force also seized 57 turtles of various rare species from their...
Hungary's PM has warned that people who cross the country's border illegally will be arrested from next week. Viktor Orban said migrants entering Hungary in their thousands in the past weeks had "rebelled" against his police force, and order had...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Friday said the private university students do not need to pay additional VAT this year. “What I think is… this time nobody is going to be charged. They (universities) will pay it from...
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