BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has discussed the plans for future programmes with the leaders of the 20-party coalition that she leads. The meeting held at her Gulshan office on Wednesday night was her first with the allies in nine months....
The work on Dhaka’s metro-rail project has got underway. The utility tests which the contractors started in the capital on Tuesday, were going on in full swing in different important points in the route of the metro-rail project in the...
The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday fined Janakantha Editor Atikullah Khan Masud and its Executive Editor Shawdesh Roy Tk10,000 on contempt of court charges. A six-member bench of the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hour of trading on Thursday, the last trading session of the week. The country’s premier bourse faced a technical glitch on Wednesday that forced...
A mobile court in Pabna has sentenced five brokers to four months’ imprisonment for harassing service seekers at the local office of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). The convicts are Abul Hossain, Samir, Jony, Sweet and Sharif. They were also...
Mintu Khan, a so-called uncle of M Omar Sharif, the prime accused in the Rakib killing case, reportedly has confessed to his crime before a Khulna court. Metropolitan Magistrate M Faruk Iqbal recorded the statement of Mintu under section 164...
An auto-rickshaw driver was killed as a bus ran over it in Nekroj Bazar area of Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mosharof Hossain, 45, son of Alam Bepari, a resident of Nababganj upazila...
US stocks rebounded in afternoon trading on Wednesday to end little changed as energy shares and Apple bounced back, offseting continued concerns about a slowdown in China. The S&P energy index climbed 1.9 per cent. Apple, for which China is...
A bicyclist was killed as he was crushed under the wheels of speeding train in front of Dinghadoba Mission Road intersection in Rajshahi city on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Taiful Islam, 55, son of Erfan Ali, a...
Asian stock markets stabilised Thursday after a two-day sell-off sparked by China's currency devaluation. China's yuan fell again but the decline was smaller than before. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.8 per cent to 20,533.61 and South Korea's Kospi gained 0.4...
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman to three years’ jail in a case for non-submission of his wealth statement and also income sources filed with Anti-Corruption Commission. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the Special...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized 84,000 cigarettes of Indian Nasir brand from Kumarpara border village of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet district on Wednesday. Mohammad Saiful Islam, assistant director of Kanaighat BGB 31 battalion, said a team of BGB led...
A woman who sustained burn injuries in a ‘mysterious explosion’ in Central Road under Kalabagan Police Station in Dhaka on August 08, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Panna Akhter, 28. Panna Akhter,...
At least 44 people are now known to have died, and more than 500 injured, following two major explosions in China's northern port city of Tianjin. Twelve firefighters were among the dead, China's official Xinhua news agency said as it...
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The online stores in Bangladesh have been contributing in both making life easier and helping our national economy. In this era of internet, they are bringing a wide range of products within the fingertips of their clients. Easy Shopping BD...
Three cattle traders died of electrocution in Nachole upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Wednesday evening. The deceased were identified as Alamgir Hosssain, 25, son of Afzal Hossain Darash of Nazarpur village in Gomastapur upazila of the north-western district; Selim Ali,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday hinted at introduction of yearlong Hajj registration to make Hajj management more easy and dynamic. "We are taking decision about yearlong registration for the Hajj pilgrims. In the existing system, hurriedness is seen among...
A woman was beaten to death over a trifling matter at Sahedapur Uttarpara village in Nangalkot upazila of Comilla district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ranu Begum, 45, wife of Mostafizur Rahman of the village. Police said deceased’s...
European shares bounced on Thursday after a four-per cent fall this week. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 1.6 per cent, with national benchmark euro zone indexes broadly in line with that rise at 0756 GMT. Automakers and luxury...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday interrogated Jatiya Party presidium member Kazi Firoz Rashid, MP in connection with an allegation of a house grabbing in Dhaka city. According to an official source, ACC deputy director Zulfikar Ali questioned him...
The BSE Sensex and Nifty snapped their four-day losing streak on Thursday as investors bought beaten down stocks while a news report that a government panel had questioned the controversial minimum alternate tax on foreign investors also helped. The BSE...
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Stocks closed the week with marginal fall on Thursday with turnover declined slightly as investors remained cautious amid profit taking tendency. The market opened with a positive note, but could not sustain as the session progressed. DSEX, the prime index...
National flag carrier Biman is set to carry 51,000 Hajj pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through 145 direct flights on Dhaka-Jeddah-Dhaka route. The first flight will take off with 419 pilgrims from Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport at...
The combined medical and dental college admission test will be held on October 2. The decision was taken on Thursday at a meeting that Health Minister Mohammed Nasim chaired. The hour-long MCQ exam would be held for entrance to all...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Thursday said it wants a free, fair, competitive and inclusive election under a non-party administration to establish an elected and pro-people government. “The 20-party thinks only an elected government which is accountable to people can...
Muggers looted Tk2,92,000 after shooting two people, including an agent of ‘bKash’, a mobile money transfer provider, at Gild Bazar in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The injured people were identified as bKash agent Moin Biswas, 25, and Majnu Miah, 45,...
Police in their anti-drug drives arrested 43 suspected drug dealers from the capital in 24 hours till 6am on Thursday. Sources at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Headquarters said police conducted drives in Ramna, Lalbagh, Wari, Tejgaon, Mirpur and Gulshan areas...
Health Minister Mohammed Nasim has directed all government hospitals to provide free health care services to people for four hours on Saturday marking the National Mourning Day. The Health Ministry issued an order in this regard on Thursday. All government...
Talking tough against cheating with hajj pilgrims by any individual and agency, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government is planning to conduct online registration of intending hajj pilgrims throughout the year to simplify hajj management. "From the...
The joint task force of Bangladesh and Indian signed a joint declaration to tackle smugglings and counterfeit currency in the two countries. "The second such top security-level formal talks between the two countries especially on fake currency signed a joint...
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