US stocks fell for the third straight day on Thursday after disappointing corporate results and forecasts added to concerns about the US profit outlook. The Dow Jones industrial average fell back into the red for the year, with 3M, American...
Four people were killed and 13 others injured in a head-on collision between a covered van and a human hauler at Naujor area of Gazipur city on Friday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Bahar Uddin,...
Asian equities stumbled on Friday after a survey showed China's manufacturing activity crumbled to 15-month lows, rekindling concerns for the region's exports as the world's second-largest economy struggles to arrest a broad downturn. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside...
A young man was crushed under the wheels of a bus in Shewrapara area of Dhaka city on Friday morning. The victim was identified as Selim, 28, hailing from Tangail. He was a resident of Iqbal Road area of West...
Police in separate drives arrested two people along with firearms and ammunition from different parts of Jessore district on Thursday night. Tofail Ahmed, sub-inspector of the Detective Branch of Police, said a team of detectives conducted a drive at a...
A group of Dhaka-based ambassadors, mostly from the European countries, will open their residences to showcase photographs and art by Bangladeshi youths. Styled ‘Art Weekend’, this is a private initiative by the ambassadors of Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and...
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin has said Bangladesh is always proactive with Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya refugees and stop further influx but unfortunately the resolution of the problem is still awaited. The Ambassador said the systematic push-on...
A man has been shot dead in Narayanganj’s Fatullah allegedly over the control of a drug racket that sparked a turf war, police say. The victim, Ashraful Islam Babu, 32, traded in factory-seconds garments. Md Jakaria, additional superintendent of Narayanganj...
Rain has washed away the first session of the fourth day’s play in the Chittagong Test, while clouds make the holding of the second session doubtful as well. The game was scheduled to resume at 9:30am at the Zahur Ahmed...
Despite the Planning Commission’s objections, the government has decided to build a new Secretariat, the country’s administrative headquarters, at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s behest. The public works ministry recently asked the commission to place the project plan involving the construction...
Brent crude oil futures settled at its lowest since April on Thursday and US crude fell into bear market territory and ended below $49 a barrel for the first time since late March. US crude's $48.45 a barrel settlement is...
A youth was stabbed to death by some unidentified miscreants at Derkaliwa village in Sirajganj Sadar upazila on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Abdus Sabur, 25, son of Jabbar Sheikh, a resident of the village. Police said some...
Two motorcyclists were killed as a bus rammed the vehicle on Magura-Faridpur Highway in Kachhundi area in Magura district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Shamsur Rahman Shamin, 29, son of Ekram Hossain of Sitarampur village and Obaidur, 27,...
A Sylhet court on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing a minor boy in 2010. The convict was identified as Pervez Ahmed, 30, a resident of Akhalia Nayabazar in Sylhet city and son...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel seized 2.56 million Yaba pills from different parts of Chittagong district in the last seven months (January to July). The elite force came up with the disclosure at a press briefing of Rab-7 on Thursday....
A Sylhet court on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing a minor boy in 2010. The convict was identified as Pervez Ahmed, 30, a resident of Akhalia Nayabazar in Sylhet city and son...
The benchmark BSE Sensex declined by 111 points in early trade on Friday due to selling by funds and investors on earnings concerns amid a weak trend overseas. The 30-share barometer, which had lost 134.09 points in the previous session,...
Train communications of Sirajganj with Ishwardi and Dhaka remained suspended since Friday morning as two bogies of a train derailed at Mahmudpur near Sirajganj bazar. Ahmed Hossain Masum, additional chief engineer of Bangladesh Railway, said two bogies of Dhaka-bound ‘Sirajganj...
The three-member probe committee of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) formed to investigate the allegations of negligence of duty by police during the killing incident submitted its report on Thursday night. SMP Additional Commissioner SM Rokunuddin submitted the 424-page report to...
At least seven shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Ikri Bazar in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur district on early Friday. Fire service sources said the fire originated from the oven of a sweetmeat shop around 1:00am...
Astronomers hunting for another Earth have found what may be the closest match yet, a potentially rocky planet circling its star at the same distance as the Earth orbits the sun, NASA says. Not only is this planet squarely in...
A four-member delegation of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) headed by its president Abu Sayed Md. Shaykhul Islam FCMA will leave Dhaka tomorrow (Saturday) for Colombo, Sri Lanka to participate in South Asian Federation of...
Five people were killed and eight others injured in a collision between a bus and a microbus in Melkai area of Tarash upazila of Madaripur district on Friday noon. The deceased could not be identified immediately. All the deceased were...
European shares edged lower on Friday, led down by satellite operator SES and chemicals firm BASF after poorly received corporate updates. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 was down 0.3 per cent at 1,574.44 at 0706 GMT, hitting a one-week low. The...
Nikkei's $1.3 billion purchase of the Financial Times from Britain's Pearson PLC marks the culmination of decades of attempts by the Japanese household name to break into mainstream English-language media. The Japanese media group's flagship newspaper enjoys a must-read reputation...
The government is taking necessary steps for the repatriation of the dead bodies of two Bangladeshis from Libya to Bangladesh, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The Bangladesh Embassy in Libya has already contacted the family members of the deceased...
Updating of voter list will begin across the country Saturday and continue till February 10 next year. The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Quazi Raqibuddin Ahmad is expected to formally inaugurate the voter list updating activities at district Shilpakala Academy in...
A police constable died on Friday after a passengers bus rammed into his motorbike near Northern University campus at the capital’s Karwan Bazar area. Tejgaon Police Station OC Md Mazharul Islam confirmed the incident and said the victim, Sohel Rana,...
The two-day 28th conference of the National Central Committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), begins at the Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital Saturday. Prime Minister and Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina will be present as the chief guest at the...
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