A man died from electrocution at Mulgram in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Touhidur Rahman, 30, son of Alauddin of the village. Family sources said Touhidur Rahman came in contact with a...
A mobile court in Comilla on Monday night sentenced four teenage boys to three months’ jail each for teasing some young girls at Ashkamta village in Sadar Dakkhin upazila of Comilla district. The identities of the convicts could not be...
Latest Score: South Africa 1st innings 104/1 in 28 overs v Bangladesh South Africa are off to a solid start having lost only one wicket in the opening session in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong. The Proteas were...
Asian shares gained on Tuesday, taking heart from Nasdaq's fresh high, while gold prices took back some lost ground after plunging more than 4 per cent to five-year lows in the previous session. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside...
Dhallywood heart-throb Shakib Khan is now “serious” about marriage. But it will still take two years to tie the knot. The ‘numero uno’ of Bangladesh film world told a television show on Monday that he was planning to get married...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the Privatisation Commission and the Board of Investment (BoI) will be merged, aiming to boost investment and industrialisation in the country. "We want to merge the Privatisation Commission and the Board of Investment,"...
An international team, led by Princeton University scientist M Zahid Hasan, has discovered an elusive massless particle theorised 85 years ago. The discovery has raised hopes for the next-generation electronics. The particle could give rise to faster and more efficient...
Latest Score: South Africa 1st innings 169/3 in 58 overs v Bangladesh Bangladesh have struck back in the first Test snapping up two South African wickets in quick succession in Chittagong. The Proteas are 169 for three in 58 overs...
Veteran journalist Atiqul Alam will be buried on Wednesday after his son, an US expatriate, reaches Bangladesh. His widow Rowshan Ara Alam said his Namaz-e-Janaza had been shifted to Wednesday from Tuesday. “His Janaza will be held after Asr prayers...
A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by a young man at Rajnagar Bakabarshi in Keshabpur upazila in Jessore district on Monday night. Mahtab Uddin, officer-in-charge of Keshabpur Police Station, said one Kaizar Islam, 25, son of Rafiqul Islam of Nepakathi picked...
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Stocks extended their gaining streak for the seven straight sessions on Tuesday, the opening day after six-day Eid holidays as investors continued their buying spree amid optimism. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), crossed the 4,700-mark...
Toshiba's chief executive and president Hisao Tanaka has resigned after the company said it had overstated its profits for the past six years. He will be succeeded by chairman Masashi Muromachi, with vice-chairman Norio Sasaki also stepping down. On Monday,...
Police in a drive arrested a man along with 76000 pieces of Yaba tablets from an office of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) at Wari in the capital on Tuesday morning. The arrestee was identified as Abu Bakar Siddique. Tipped...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government will execute the new pay scale for public servants soon. "Another pay scale was supposed to be executed from this month. By the grace of Allah, it’s almost ready and we’ll do it,"...
Police in a drive recovered 10 petrol bombs and 12 crude bombs from Jhikra area in Nachole upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Tuesday. Tarikul Islam, officer-in-charge of Nachole police station said, tipped off, a team of police conducted a raid...
Bangladesh made 7 runs for no wickets at stumps in first innings in reply to South Africa’s first inning total of 248 all out in their first Test in Chittagong on Tuesday. Brief scores: July 21-25, 2015 - 1st Test...
Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Tuesday pressed charges against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan, in a case filed for shooting two people to death with his firearm in the city’s New Eskaton area. DB...
India's stock markets fell nearly 1 per cent on Tuesday after Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (SUN.NS) slumped more than 15 per cent, its steepest daily decline, after the company warned that its sales in 2016 would be flat at best. The...
Oil prices steadied on Tuesday, helped by a dip in the dollar, but were on track for their biggest monthly drop since March in the face of a global supply glut. Brent crude for September LCOc1 was 15 cents lower...
European shares headed for a flat to slightly higher open on Tuesday, with investors focusing on company results as the second-quarter earnings season gathered pace in Europe. German business software maker SAP's revenues topped expectations due to a surge in...
US stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday ahead of a raft of earnings from technology giants, including Apple, and as the dollar continued to trade at a three-month high. The dollar index was down marginally at $97.88. Oil...
Toshiba's chief executive and president Hisao Tanaka has resigned after the company said it had overstated its profits for the past six years. He will be succeeded by chairman Masashi Muromachi, with vice-chairman Norio Sasaki also stepping down. On Monday,...
A suspect has been identified in the suicide bomb attack that killed 32 young activists in Turkey, the country's prime minister has said. Ahmet Davutoglu, who is due to visit the scene of the blast in Suruc near the Syrian...
The High Court on Tuesday granted bail for three months to Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser MA Mannan in two cases filed with Joydebpur and Kaliakair Police Stations, clearing the way for his release...
A helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) made an emergency landing at Durgapur Bazar in Mirsarai upazila on Tuesday afternoon due to technical problems. The Chittagong-bound helicopter from Dhaka landed on a paddy field adjacent to Durgapur Bazar around 4:30pm,...
The Brics group of emerging economies on Tuesday launched its New Development Bank (NDB) in Shanghai. The bank is backed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – collectively known as Brics countries. The NDB will lend money to...
An elderly Indian woman accused of practising witchcraft has been stripped naked and beheaded by villagers in the state of Assam, police say. They said that 63-year-old Purni Orang had been blamed for illness in the tribal settlement. Seven people,...
A juvenile boy was stabbed dead in Dhaka on Tuesday while a teen-aged girl, rescued unconscious from near a Keraniganj school, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday. One of the deceased was identified as Md Shahadat Hossain,...
Trashing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s allegation of ‘government conspiracy to annihilate BNP’, Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Tuesday said the government wants all political parties to do politics in a democratic environment. “We don’t know those trying to...
Teenage pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman is thrilled with his performance on Test debut which, he claims, is better than the one he put up on his ODI debut. Mustafizur registered a five-wicket haul against the famed Indian batting line-up in...
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