A Dhaka court has fixed November 3 for hearing on charge framing against 25 BNP leaders including its acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed for obstructing police from discharging their duties. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate SM...
Two men have been apprehended in Mymensingh on war crimes charges hours after Bangladesh’s first war crimes tribunal ordered their arrest, police say. Phulbarhia Police Station OC Rifaat Khan Rajib said the tribunal ordered arrest of Amjad Ali, Riazuddin Fakir,...
Greece has agreed a bailout deal ‘in principle’ with its creditors, the European Commission has said. The Commission said a technical agreement had been reached with Greece, which now requires political approval. Earlier, Greece’s Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos had said...
A bus collided head-on with a police van carrying war crimes suspects on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur district on Wednesday. Two person accused of war crimes case and four policemen were injured in the accident. The injured accused are —...
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A technical glitch at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is halting trade in the country’s premier bourse till filing this report at 11.08am on Wednesday, the fourth session of the week. DSE officials said due to the sudden technical problem,...
Two Bangladesh nationals have been killed in road accidents in holy Medina and Taif city of Saudi Arabia on Monday night. The deceased were identified as M Hamid Ullah, 31, hailed from Lohagara upazila of Chittagong district and Humayun Kabir,...
A strike by transport workers to protest the lynching of a driver by a section of bus passengers has paralysed transport services in Sylhet. Bus services between Dhaka and the eastern city has been stopped. But buses from Sylhet are...
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Trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) started at 12:10pm and will continue till 4:10pm on Wednesday as a technical glitch delayed trade resumption at the premier bourse. However, instruments on SPOT trading cycle will be tradable up till 2:30pm...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit in a meeting with the leaders of the 20-party alliance on Wednesday night ahead of her London visit. "The meeting of the 20-party alliance will be held at the BNP Chairperson's political office at...
Barcelona substitute Pedro scored deep into extra time to secure the European Super Cup with a 5-4 win over Sevilla in a thriller on Tuesday after they surrendered a three-goal lead in Tbilisi. Unsettled Pedro had said in the build-up...
Bangladesh authorities should unequivocally declare their commitment to free speech instead of proposing self-censorship, says Human Rights Watch (HRW). The killing of secular blogger Niladri Chattopaddhaya is a harrowing reminder of the need for the Bangladesh government to take immediate...
Bangladesh's trade gap has widened and the deficit now nearly stands at $10 billion. This is because Bangladesh has increased the volume of oil imports substantially. The prices of fuel oil have dropped substantially in the international markets. The trade...
A woman was crashed under wheels of a local train in Harespur area under Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rahima Khatun, 25, daughter of Alai Miah of Jamalpur village of the upazila. Being...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the information ministry to be watchful to check the flow of information that harm people. "The duty of the information ministry is to be particularly watchful to stop the flow of harmful information,"...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq categorically said that the charge-sheet of minor boy Rajon murder case will be submitted by 72-hrs. He made the assertion while talking to reporters during a programme in the city on Wednesday....
A Dhaka court on Wednesday turned down bail petitions of BNP Joint Secretary General Amanullah Aman in 44 cases filed for obstructing police from discharging their duties, arson attack on vehicle and vandalism during the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s blockade and...
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Stocks ended marginally higher Wednesday though technical glitch hit trading on the premier bourse. Trading, that usually takes place between 10:30am and 2:30pm, started at 12:10pm and continued till 4:10pm. However, trading took place for full four hours except instrument...
A student of Madan Mohan College in Sylhet died on Wednesday after fellow Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists stabbed him. BCL is the student affiliate of the ruling Awami League. Nineteen-year-old Abdul Alim was stabbed on the campus in the...
At least four people were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased could not be identified. Police and locals said four people, who were traveling in a...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced a lecturer of Jahangirnagar University (JU) to three years’ imprisonment for making indecent comments against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on social networking site Facebook in 2011. The convict was identified as Ruhul Amin Khandaker,...
Two war crimes accused and four policemen were injured as a prison van collided head-on with a bus in Rajendrapur area in front of National Park of Gazipur city on Wednesday morning. The war crimes accused were identified as Hazi...
The students of 2013-2014 academic session (Series 13) of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) on Wednesday announced a 3-day ultimatum for the authorities to cancel the 33-credit system. Addressing a press conference on the RUET campus, the series...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the Hajj programme 2015 at the Hajj Camp at Ashkona in the capital Thursday. The prime minster will also exchange greetings with the Hajj pilgrims for this year at a programme there beginning...
Emphasizing the rights of free thinking, UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Robert Watkins on Wednesday said the killing of bloggers is ‘unacceptable’. If any person breaks the law of the land that is a separate issue but killing is not...
The government has approved a three-year Export Promotion Policy banning overseas sell of items of everyday use like soybean oil, onions and garlic. Export of palm oil, ginger, flour and jute seeds also has been banned as Bangladesh needs to...
The Primary and Ebtedayee Terminal Examinations-2015 will begin across the country on November 22. The examinations will be held from 11:00am to 1:30pm on the every scheduled day, Rabindranath Roy, information officer of Primary and Mass Education Ministry, told UNB....
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Ministry has scrutinised the International Financial Corporation Bill, 2015. Examining the bill thoroughly, the parliamentary body also recommended placing its report at the House after making some corrections in the bill, said a Parliament...
China's Central Bank has again cut the guiding rate for the national currency, the yuan, a day after Tuesday's record 1.9pc devaluation. The move sent fresh shockwaves through Asian markets, but the bank has sought to calm fears, saying it...
South Korea's government says it is monitoring reports that North Korea's vice-premier Choe Yong-gon was killed in May on the orders of Kim Jong-un. Mr Choe was executed after he "expressed discomfort against the young leader's forestation policy", South Korea's...
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