Asian stocks mostly rose Monday after Chinese officials said market turbulence was ending while uneasy investors mulled the timing of a US rate hike and looked ahead to data on China's slowing economy. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.9 per...
A cattle trader, who fell unconscious after having a meal along with 35 people at a restaurant at Bypass cattle market in Rajshahi city on Sunday, died in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on early Monday. The deceased was identified...
A man died from electrocution at Shahapur village in Tala upazila of Satkhira district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Moslem Gazi, 50, son of Dhonai Gazi of the village. Witnesses said Moslem came in contact with a live...
At least 10 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were bullet-injured in a clash between its two factions over establishing supremacy in Baluchar area of Sylhet city on Sunday night. Nizam Uddin Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Shah Poran Police Station said...
A man was killed and 16 other people were injured in a clash over catching fish in a pond at Bajitpur Upazila of Kishoreganj district on Sunday afternoon. The dead is Layes Miah, 60. Police and locals said there was...
China's main indexes rose on Monday in the first trading after a two-day holiday during which further restrictions on futures trading were announced. China CSI300 stock index futures for September rose 6.4 per cent, to 3,222, or 154.15 points below...
A case was filed against Bangladesh national cricket team player Shahadat Hossain and his wife Nitto Shahadat allegedly for torturing their housemaid on Monday. A resident of Journalists’ Residential Area in Pallabi, reportedly a journalist, filed the case with Mirpur...
A court in Narayanganj on Sunday sentenced two young men to life term imprisonment each for in a case kidnapping a schoolgirl in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj district in 2005. The convicts are Rasel, 23, and Jamir Hossain, 25, both...
Oil prices fell on Monday as oversupply concerns, a firmer dollar and lackluster US non-farm payrolls data weighed on global markets, but a rebound in Chinese stocks after a two-day holiday helped prop up prices. The long Labor Day holiday...
Police arrested a fugitive, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Dhaka court in 2003, from Fayez Mor area in Lohagara upazila of Narail district on Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Parvin Begum Ruposi, 40, daughter of Abdul...
The case for killing teenage boy Rajon was transferred to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court from the Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court-1 on Monday. Judge of Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court-1 Md Shahedul Karim passed the order to transfer the case after the...
writes Shamsul Alam concluding his two-part article | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
On December 04, 2014, the UN General Assembly accepted the Secretary-General's synthesis report titled The Road to Dignity By 2030. The report stated that the agenda for the post-2015 SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) process would be based on the OWG...
Shah Md Ahsan Habib | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
Public concern over the state of energy and environment has been growing rapidly mainly due to increasing energy use, alarming environmental degradation, threatening greenhouse effect and declining non-renewable energy resources. Policy makers of both developed and developing countries are focusing...
Suspicion that Dhaka, now ranked as the world's second worst livable city, would soon become a dead city is growing as the problems it has been facing are becoming more complex over time. The situation is no better in the...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
Most of the low-lying areas of Dhaka city go under knee-deep water even after a light rainfall, which severely disrupts the city's communication system. Thus the sufferings of the city-dwellers know no bounds. The calamitous weather during the last few...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
The heroic feat of traffic-police constable Md Monir Hossain in saving a small boy in Chittagong reminds us of the truth that humanity never dies. No matter how pervasive the extent of insouciance is at a given time, it eventually...
Each year during the Eid holidays, we see a huge number of people leaving Dhaka for their village homes to celebrate Eid with their near and dear ones. It is a joyful occasion and people indeed enjoy sharing the joys...
Fake cosmetics and toiletries are being sold in the rural areas openly and the common people are being fleeced with the substandard products. A section of unscrupulous traders is involved in it who sell fake products and deceive the innocent...
Regular physical workout is an essential precondition for a healthy life. But somehow most of us miss the point and shy away from regular physical activities. Regular physical workouts instil new vigour and energy in our body and enable us...
Shawkat Hossain | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
The much-awaited Alternative Investment Rule was approved by the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) in June 2015. It will create opportunities to undertake business by venture capital and private equity in the country. Venture capital (VC) and private equity...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
National Professor Dr Muhammed Ibrahim, a renowned physician, a gifted teacher, a talented organiser and a great reformer, was born on December 31, 1911 and died on September 06, 1989. His death anniversary is observed as (Diabetic) Service Day (sheba...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Sept 5: Overall flood situation in the district worsened furhter as the three major rivers of the district-the Brahmaputra and the Ghagoa marked sharp rise in last 24 hours till Saturday 9 am inundating more areas. The officials of...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
SYLHET, Sept 5: Over 48,000 hectares of Transplant Aman paddy remained inundated for about 2 weeks, causing a huge crop loss in the Sylhet region. The possibility of recouping the loss is almost nil, even if the rains come to...
RANGPUR, Sept 5 (BSS): Over 300 male and female students of Dhukdhukirhat High School under Badarganj upazila have committed for launching social movement to eradicate child marriage and sexual harassment from the upazila. They took the vow at the quiz...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Sept 5: With the holy Eid-ul-Azha drawing near the blacksmiths of eight upazilas in Rangpur district are passing extremely busy time with making and sharpening knives, machetes, choppers etc for slicing the flesh of sacrificial animals. A number of...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Sept 5: Ginger fields have been severely hit by a virus in Nilphamari district. It is a routine phenomenon that ginger crop becomes vulnerable to various diseases every year particularly during the rainy season. In this year also the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
BOGRA, Sept 5: Market of sacrificial animal is gaining momentum here in Bogra district as the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festivity is knocking at the door. The price of the sacrificial animals is going out of control both for low income and...
Our Correspondent | 2015-09-06 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Sept 5: Janmashtami, the celebration of the birthday of Lord Krishna and one of the biggest religious festivals of the Hindus, was celebrated in all the seven upazilas in the district Saturday with due religious fervour and enthusiasm. According...
Terrorist hacked to death in Rajbari An alleged terrorist was hacked to death by his rivals at Bhagalpur village in Goalanda upazila on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Dimbal (20), son of Momin Pramanik, a resident of the...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has taken a move to turn the northern region of Bangladesh into an agro-based industrial zone of the country through massive investment in SME. "We account for one-fourth of the total banking investment in the...
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