The government will lower fuel prices after months of resisting downward revision despite the freefall of global oil prices. The prices of fuel oil in the domestic market would be re-fixed in September by adjusting them with the international prices,...
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani has sharply criticised Myanmar politician Aung San Suu Kyi for her silence over Rohingya issues though she was awarded the Nobel Prize in peace. “She (Suu Kyi) has not uttered...
Revealing widespread corruption and irregularities in the country’s land service sector, a new study shows that land owners have to bribe up to Tk0.2 million (2 lakh) for the mutation work of a plot of land. The study unfolds various...
BNP Joint Secretary General Amanullah Aman fell sick at Dhaka Central Jail and was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) from the prison on Sunday night. When contacted, the jailer of the Dhaka Central Jail said Aman complained of...
A grocer was chopped to death in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana, 24, son of Abdul Mannan. Sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said a gang of miscreants, equipped with sharp...
A rickshaw puller was killed as a private car rammed his rickshaw at Mirpur section-11 in the city’s Pallabi area early Monday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Witnesses said a speedy private car hit the rickshaw...
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has become the brand ambassador of the first-ever international cricket tournament of the people with disabilities. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, England, India and Pakistan will play in the T20 tournament, which will be open in Dhaka on...
The official Palestinian news agency is quoting President Mahmoud Abbas as saying he is resigning from the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s top leadership body — a move seen as an attempt to tighten his grip on power. Abbas is not resigning...
The fourth and last Badda shooting victim has died from his bullet wounds. Juba League activist Abdus Salam passed away at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at around 10:30pm on Sunday, Inspector Mozammel Haque of the police camp there...
Stocks got a dismal start to the week in Asia, with China's main index losing up to 8.6 per cent Monday as investors shaken by the sell-off last week on Wall Street unloaded shares in practically every sector. Hong Kong's...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Sunday amid choppy trading, the second session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by...
A boy was killed by a lightning strike at Lasmanpur Goalbari village in Sherpur Sadar upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Ahalu Miah, 12, son of Akkel Miah, a resident of the village. Witnesses said a thunderbolt struck...
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has turned down a petition that was seeking a 2nd chance for aspirants trying for admission to the Dhaka University (DU). A four-member Appeals Bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Monday scrapped a...
Two alleged terrorists were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Chingrakhali in Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Ashraf Mir and his associate Ishaq. Quoting villagers, police said a group of terrorists, numbering 50-60,...
Police recovered a body of an unidentified man from Kuri Beel at Sadipur village in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet district on Sunday. Locals spotted the body of the deceased, aged around 45, floating on the beel in the afternoon and...
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from a madrasah in Choigharia area of Satkhira Sadar upazila on Sunday on charges of murder and subversive activities. The arrestee was identified as Maulana Mosharaf Hossain, ameer of Ghona union unit Jamaat...
A readymade garment (RMG) worker was killed as a wall of a garment factory collapsed on him at Mawna in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Nasiruddin, a resident of Singardighi area of the...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested two operatives of outlawed Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuTi) from Dakhhin Khan in Dhaka city on Sunday evening. "We arrested Altamas Ahmed Babu and Syed Jane Alam Rubel from in front of Shahi...
Introduction of a public examination at the primary level has made the students more dependent on coaching apart from raising educational expenses and malpractices, says a recent study of the Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE). The study shows class V...
The shipping ministry has decided to step up dredging operations in the Shimulia-Kawrakandi ferry route by bringing in a larger dredging unit from the Padma bridge project. Operations in the route, popularly called the gateway to southern Bangladesh, have been...
A day after local Awami League leader Arzu Mia's brother sued him for murder, RAB-2 commander Lt Col Masud Rana has been withdrawn from his command. RAB spokesperson Maqsudul Alam said that Rana was moved to the RAB headquarters (Dhaka’s...
The Cabinet on Monday ratified the 'Motor Vehicles Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger, Personal, and Cargo Vehicular Traffic with Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal' (BBIN), aiming to boost road connectivity in the region. The ratification came from the regular...
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Stocks extended their losing streak for the second straight session on Monday with turnover dipping below Tk 4.0 billion-mark as investors remained cautious. The market opened with a positive note, but failed to sustain as the session progressed. DSEX, the...
The Supreme Court (SC) has banned for six months the exhibition and screening of the movie ‘Rana Plaza’. It is based on the rescue of garment worker Reshma Begum, 17 days after the multi-storey commercial complex collapsed in Savar upazila...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive Monday arrested one person with 270kgs of explosives from the Chittagong city’s Karnaphuli area. The arrestee was identified as M Umar Faruque, 35, a news agency confirmed. Tipped off, a team...
A Saudi expatriate was killed and another person injured when a bus collided with a motorcycle at Bibirhat area in Fatikchhari upazila of Chittagong Monday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Azad, 35, of Choto Silunia Sundarpur village in the...
A Chittagong court on Monday put the three lawyers, including two of the Supreme Court, on remand in connection with a terror financing case filed against them. Those remanded are Barrister Shakila Farzana, 39, daughter of BNP leader and former...
Police arrested three persons from Jamalpur town on Monday noon for impersonating as members from the Detective Branch (DB) police and demanding extortion from two businessmen. The arrested are Sumon 28, Shawn 22 and Mukhlesur Rahman 21. All of them...
The admission for first-year honours courses under 2015-16 academic session of Chittagong University (CU) will begin from September 7 and continue till September 30. CU Deputy Registrar (Academic) SM Akbar Hossain, also member secretary of the admission committee, said the...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) on Monday signed a contract with Indian rail construction company -- Larsen and Toubro Limited -- to construct a railway bridge over the river Rupsha. General Manager of the BR Mojibor Rahman and Vice President of Larsen...
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