UK Minister of State for International Development Desmond Swayne on Tuesday announced up to 3 million pounds to help Bangladesh’s flood victims. He came up with the announcement at a press conference held at British High Commission Staff Club in...
The BSE Sensex staged a smart recovery in the afternoon trade on Tuesday after falling to its lowest level in a year. Strong gains in European markets and buying at lower levels helped Indian markets recover from lower levels. The...
Quebec provincial police say all six people aboard a seaplane that crashed on the province's North Shore have died. Police said Monday the Air Saguenay plane went down in a wooded area on Sunday afternoon. Authorities announced late Monday that...
European shares rose on Tuesday, recovering some poise after a sharp sell-off the previous day on concerns about China's economy that saw around 450 billion euros ($520 billion) wiped off the value of leading stocks. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index,...
FE Online Report | 2015-08-25 00:00:00
Stocks closed flat on Tuesday after witnessing modest volatility as investors closely observed the global stock market trend. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 1.06 points or 0.02 per cent to settle at...
The Fourth Bangladesh Fashion Carnival-2015 will begin on August 26 with the theme "Do Your Eid Shopping with us". The five-day international exhibition of branded clothing and fashion products will be held at Emmanuell's Banquet Hall on Wednesday, which will...
China's central bank cut interest rates and simultaneously relaxed reserve requirements for the second time in two months on Tuesday, cranking up support for a stuttering economy and a plunging stock market that has sent shockwaves around the globe. The...
Customs officials on Tuesday arrested a youth with 1.40 kg gold, including a bar and ornaments, from the Canopy-2 of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in the capital. "Customs officials and members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained Mahbubur Rahman,...
The overall flood situation in north, north-central and north-eastern part of the country may likely to improve in next 72 hours, a bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said Tuesday. The FFWC found water levels at 46...
The government has appointed senior secretary Iqbal Mahmud chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) for three years. The Public Administration Ministry issued a circular in this regard on Tuesday, a news agency report said. The three-year term of...
Bangladesh Bar Council is all set to hold its election Wednesday and all necessary preparations have been taken in this regard. "All the necessary preparations have been made. Polling materials have already been sent to the polling stations throughout the...
A mother strangulated her 10-month daughter to death Tuesday morning over family feud at Peoples Colony area of Khulna city Tuesday. Police arrested the mother, Sharmin, 18, and the victim's step father Mizan after the incident. On her confessional statement,...
Some 125 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, rescued by Myanmar authorities on May 21 and May 29, were brought back home from Myanmar on Tuesday after a flag meeting along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. The flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)...
A worker was killed after a fire broke out in a shipyard following a generator explosion in Dakhshin Shitolpur area of Sitakundo upazila of Chittagong on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ilias, 30, hailing from Bagherpara upazila...
A Chittagong court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a young girl at Koroldanga village under Boalkhali upazila back in 2000. Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal- 1 Judge Mohammad Rezaul Karim pronounced the judgment convicting...
Pirates abducted 18 fishermen from Sangu Gas Field area early Tuesday morning and place a ransom demand of Tk 0.3million for their release. President of Hatiya Fishing Boat Owners Association Rashed Miah said 18 fishermen went out for fishing in...
Police on Tuesday confiscated goods of two absconding accused in the case for killing child Samiul Alam Rajon at Kumargaon in Sylhet. Jalalabad police seized goods available in the houses of main accused Kamrul Islam and his brother Shahim in...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-24 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Aug 23: As the Brahmaputra, one of the mighty rivers in the country, crossed its danger level on Saturday night, the overall flood situation in the district deteriorated inundating fresh, river basin and char areas. The officials of Bangladesh...
RANGPUR, Aug 23 (BSS): Mayor of Rangpur city and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu today directed the officials to distribute rice and pulse immediately among the flood-hit people in the city. He passed the directive to the concerned...
A Correspondent | 2015-08-24 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 23: The harvesting of Aus paddy is going on in full swing in all the nine upazilas in Rajshahi district amid market price lower than the production cost. Thousands of farmers are now worried over falling prices of...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-24 00:00:00
KHULNA, Aug 23: The poultries of Khulna are in great threat due to complexity of bank loans, bird flue, price increase of poultry feed and domination of foreign companies in the poultry industry. Meanwhile, many poultry farms have already been...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-24 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Aug 23: A good number of poor people of different areas under Gangachara upazila in the district have changed their lot by weaving Benarashi sarees as it provides them a way to earn their livelihood. There are more than...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 23 (BSS): Responsive support from the community especially teachers, parents and leaders of influence has become an urgent need to ensure adolescent-friendly reproductive health services to all the target people for substantial and sustainable reduction of child marriage...
MAGURA, Aug 23 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested a young man along with 32 grams of heroin from a bus on the Magura-Jessore road in Arpara area of Shalikha upazila Saturday evening. The arrestee was identified as Faruk Ahmed,...
Five arrested with ganja in Panchagarh Boda Thana police in a raid arrested five persons and recovered 200 grams of ganja from their possession at Sardarpara village under Boda upazila of the district Saturday night. The arrested were identified as...
Bangladesh will face hosts Nepal Under-19 football team in their last group match of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-19 Championship in Kathmandu, Nepal, today (Monday), reports UNB. The match will start at 3:30pm (Nepal time). Bangladesh and Nepal...
The South Bangla 3rd National Junior Table Tennis Championship, organised by Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation (BTTF), began Sunday at Dinajpur District Indoor Gymnasium, reports UNB. BTTF President and former Principal Secretary to Prime Minister's Office Mohammad Abdul Karim inaugurated the...
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