A court in Sylhet on Monday sent 10 local leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case filed in connection with a clash between two groups at Shahjiragaon village in...
Oil prices fell around 3 per cent in Asian trade on Tuesday, with investors covering short positions and taking profits after Brent and US crude soared more than 8 per cent in the previous session. Both Brent and US crude...
Fourteen senior police officers –- ranking from Superintendents of Police to Deputy Inspector Generals of Police (DIGs) -- have been transferred and given new postings. The Home Affairs Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Monday. According to the...
Chinese shares have continued their recent slide after fresh data provided further evidence of a slowdown in the country's economy. An official survey indicated that manufacturing activity in China contracted at its fastest pace in three years in August. The...
State Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs Meher Afroze has said the government has decided in principle to set up a hostel for working women in every district in phases. The junior minister said this while addressing a cheque distribution...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel arrested a young man in possession of 46 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a bus in Mahananda Bridge area of Chapainawabganj district town on Monday night. The arrestee was identified as Subedar Ali, 30,...
A woman received severe burn injuries as miscreants threw acid on her on the District and Sessions Judge’s Court compound in Magura district town on Monday night. The victim identified as Selina Khatun, 35, wife of Amirul Islam, a resident...
Gulf stock markets, which had mostly opened higher on Tuesday in response to an overnight surge of oil prices, quickly gave up those gains and moved into the red after leading Asian equity indexes fell because of poor data from...
Four Bangladeshi women and a minor boy returned home through Benapole check post on Monday night after serving four years’ jail in an Indian prison. The returnees were identified as Manika Pandey,21, and her one-year old son Koushik and Alladi...
Digital ticket system will be introduced in the country’s ferry services on October 1. Shipping secretary Shafiq Alam Mehedi informed this while talking to journalists at a press briefing at the ministry on Tuesday morning. To this effect, Bangladesh Inland...
Indian stock Markets continue to reel under pressure with Nifty trading below the 7,900 mark owing to weakness across the bourses on lower-than-expected GDP numbers along with the India’s manufacturing activity which grew at a slower pace in August. Losses...
The bodies of a man and his son were recovered from Dhala Beel (water body) area in Sunamganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdus Sattar, 52, a resident of Bhadertek village of the upazila, and...
European stocks fell on Tuesday after weak manufacturing data from China raised fresh concerns over the health of its economy and hit Asian markets. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 was down 1.3 per cent at 1,414.74 points by 0706 GMT, with...
A schoolboy received injuries as a crude bomb blasted at Kashimpur village in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore district on Monday night. The injured was identified as Raihan Hossain, 10, a class V student of Kashimpur Government Primary School and son...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday paid homage to party founder slain president Ziaur Rahman by placing wreaths at his grave marking the party’s 37th founding anniversary. Khaleda, the widow of Zia, placed the wreaths flanked by party leaders and...
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Stocks extended losing streak for the third running session on Tuesday as investors went for panic sell-offs, fearing further fall. The market opened with a falling mood, which sustained throughout the session as investors feared further fall in the market....
A local Awami League leader was shot to death by unidentified miscreants in Chandraganj upazila of Laxmipur district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Omar Faruk, vice-president of Chandraganj union unit of Awami League and son of late Abdul...
Wholesale onion prices in Lasalgaon of Maharashtra, Asia's biggest bulb market, fell further by Rs3 per kg to Rs45 on increased arrival of the crop. The retail prices are still ruling high up to Rs80 per kg across the country,...
Police have arrested two students of Dhaka University (DU) and Jagannath University (JnU) for allegedly mugging a youth in Dhaka's Suhrawardy Udyan by threatening to rape his female friend. Police identified the arrestees as Rajib Baroi studies at DU and...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the government will decide after September 10 about increasing the transport fare following a hike in the prices of gas. “The decision to raise the transport fares will be taken...
The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has temporarily expelled four students affiliated with Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for allegedly attacking demonstrating teachers earlier this week. Vice Chancellor Prof Md Aminul Haque Bhuyan said the proctorial body recommended their...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-4 in a drive on Tuesday arrested six-extortionist from the capital's Pallabi area. The arrested were identified as Sento Mia, Millon alias Sumon, Yamin Sarker alias Monti, Babu Ahammed alias Babu, Masud Rana alias Rana and Solaiman...
Detectives on Tuesday arrested two female operatives of the banned Islamist outfit Hizbut Tahrir from the city's Uttara area. "We arrested Touhida Akhter alias Urmi and Rakiba Mahmud alias Zakia from in front of RAJUK College under Uttara East Police...
Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Tuesday submitted a charge sheet before a court here accusing five operatives of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in connection with blogger Washikur Rahman Babu murder case. "We have submitted the charge sheet against Zikrunnah...
Chittagong district police in special drives arrested 155 people from different upazilas of the south-eastern district from Monday evening to early Tuesday. Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong Mohammad Naimul Hasan said, among the arrestees, 23 were accused...
The High Court has asked the government why Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act would not declared to be in contravention of the Constitution. Following preliminary hearing of a petition, justices Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Md Ashraful...
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Tuesday signed a a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to introduce rapid pass magnetic card system on experimental basis at Daulatdia, Paturia and Kazirhat ferry ghats from October...
Iran is eager to expand cooperation with Bangladesh in many areas, especially in energy sector, following the lifting of ban imposed on Iran by world powers. Tehran's cooperation in Bangladesh's energy sector and its investment in the country's agriculture, jute...
The High Court on Tuesday cancelled a writ petition filed by former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain, challenging the legality of Gatco graft case. A High Court division bench comprising Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha and Justice SM Mozibur...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday observed its 37th founding anniversary by holding various programmes in the capital and elsewhere in the country. BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia along with party's central leaders paid homage to...
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