Oil prices fell on Wednesday after industry data showed US crude inventories rose last week when they had been expected to drop. US crude held above $50 a barrel on Wednesday. By 0657 GMT (2.57 am EDT), West Texas Intermediate...
Germany will provide 208 million Euro in assistance to Bangladesh for combating the adverse impacts of climate change, develop energy efficiency and strengthen governance. Newly appointed German Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Thomas Heinrich Prinz said this when paid a courtesy...
FE Online Report | 2015-07-22 00:00:00
Stocks extended their gaining streak for the eight consecutive sessions on Wednesday with turnover crossing Tk 7.0 billion-mark as investors continued their buying spree amid optimism. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up marginally by...
European shares dropped in early trading on Wednesday, led lower by technology stocks after disappointing results from Apple, as the quarterly earnings season gathered pace in Europe and on Wall Street. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was...
A team from the Border Guard of Bangladesh went to Myanmar on Wednesday morning to bring back 155 Bangladeshis, who were recently rescued from Myanmar sea territory. The flag meeting began between BGB and Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) began...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia may appear before a special court here on Thursday to attend the hearing on the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases. “Khaleda Zia is respectful to law, and she’s likely to appear before...
The Mushfiqur Rahim-led Tigers’ team trail by 70 runs with six wickets in hand against visiting South Africa's 248 runs in the first innings when the rain halted the first Test second day's play at 3:12 pm in their two-match...
Bangladesh sees economic benefits through enhanced trade and commerce in the coming days if the historic accord to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for over a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions is implemented. “Yes, our...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday set September 15 as the date of hearing for charge framing against 63 including BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in an arson case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alamgir Kabir Raj fixed the...
Voicing deep concern over India’s reported move to connect Teesta-Ganga-Manas-Sankosh covering three states, BNP on Wednesday urged the government to sit with the authorities concerned of the neighbouring country on emergency basis over the issue. Addressing a press briefing at...
A schoolgirl was gang-raped by miscreants in the city’s Lalbagh area early Wednesday. Police, meanwhile, have arrested a suspected rapist -- Saikat Islam Rana -- from the area. Sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said the victim, a Class-IX...
What may be the world's oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence. The pages of...
In separate incidents, two housewives reportedly committed suicide in the city’s Pallabi and Kalabagan areas on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Saraban Tahura alias Tuhin, 26, wife of Abdul Momen of 14/7 North Dhanmondi under Kalabagan Police Station,...
South Africa’s wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock and Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal were involved in a shoulder-barging incident at the stroke of lunch on the 2nd day of the first Test in Chittagong on Wednesday. Tamim played out the last ball...
An employee of the Wari office of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) has been suspended over the seizure of 76,000 Yaba pills from the office. The action was taken against Mohammad Mostafa, a technician (work charge) of the BTCL office,...
A Shillong court has framed trespassing charges against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed after he pleaded not guilty. Judicial Magistrate KML Nongdri on Wednesday said he will begin hearing the prosecution witnesses from July 30. The BNP joint secretary general, facing...
Noted journalist Atiqul Alam was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard in Dhaka on Wednesday evening. He was buried besides his daughter after Maghrib prayers at 7:30pm. Atiqul Alam breathed his last at the house of his father-in-law in Bogra...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has found South African cricketer Rilee Rossouw guilty of breaching their Code of Conduct and docked 50 per cent of his match fee, after he was involved in a shoulder-barging incident with Bangladesh batsman Tamim...
A man and his son were arrested with 600 grams of gold worth about Tk 3.0 million (30 lakh) from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday morning. "We arrested M Billal Hossain, 62, and his son M Shah Alam,...
World football's troubled governing body FIFA will vote for a new president, to replace Sepp Blatter, at a special congress to be held on February 26, 2016 in Zurich, the organisation said on Monday. An "extraordinary elective congress" with all...
Mohiuddin Babar | 2015-07-21 00:00:00
Some years ago, a drive along the Airport Road in Dhaka would generate a soothing feeling. Nicely decked roadside plantations not only rendered a satisfying comfort to eye sights but added value to the scenic beauty of the busy road...
Munima Sultana | 2015-07-21 00:00:00
A new air-conditioned (AC) bus service is going to be introduced on four routes of the city almost a decade after such service was suspended following wrong selection of the routes, sources said. Transport experts have already expressed their doubt...
FE Report | 2015-07-21 00:00:00
The capital city is still in holiday mood, although three-day Eid-ul-Fitr vacation ended on Sunday. Attendance in offices at the Bangladesh Secretariat and commercial hub in Motijheel and Dilkusha areas was thin on Monday, the first working day after the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-21 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 20: Six people, including five children, were killed in hill slide and wall collapse in the city's Lalkhan Bazar and Baizid Bostami areas early Sunday. The law-enforcers of Khulshi police station and Baizid Bostami police station filed separate...
Families of the BNP leaders and activists could not enjoy the Eid-ul-Fitr this year because of the cases against them and 'harassment' by police, said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Adviser Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, reports bdnews24.com. He claimed on Sunday,...
FENI, July 20 (BSS): Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader dismissed on Monday all speculations about ruling Awami League's plan to split the BNP saying that BNP is not a cause of concern for the AL. "The government is...
BHOLA, July 20 (UNB): Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said on Monday people do not accept the words of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia as the country is now in a better position than that at any time in the past. "She...
Newly-appointed Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam said on Monday government officials will continue to work neutrally as Awami League does not believe in the politicisation of the administration, reports UNB. "We don't believe in the politicisation of the administration…government...
GAIBANDHA, July 20 (UNB): An alleged member of banned Islamic outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was shot to death by unidentified miscreants at Mamudpur village in Saghata upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Fazle Rabbi, son of...
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