At least 36 people were killed and many more injured in road accidents across the country during the last four days, including the three-day Eid vacation that began on Friday, reports UNB. Of them, 10 people were killed on Friday,...
Despite rainy weather, Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated across the country with much enthusiasm and religious fervour, reports UNB. Eid prayers were offered at different mosques and eidgahs across the country in the morning. As usual, the largest eid congregation was held...
FE Report The owners of 31 private-sector textile mills have been given five to ten years to repay their debts to two state-owned banks and one financial institution as they reported sick, officials said. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) recently...
A bomb attack has killed at least 28 people and wounded nearly 100 others in the Turkish town of Suruc, across the border from the Syrian town of Kobane. The explosion may have been caused by a female suicide attacker,...
Eminent journalist Atiqul Alam died at the house of his father-in-law in Bogra on Monday afternoon. He was 81. Family sources said the body of Atiqul Alam will be brought to Dhaka and he will be laid to eternal rest...
After winning the ODI series, spirited Bangladesh embark on a new mission as they face mighty South Africa in the first of two-match Test series scheduled to be held on Tuesday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Private...
The death toll in the collision between two buses in the west of Bangabandhu (Jamuna) Bridge in Sirajganj has risen to 17. Abour 60 others were injured when the two buses coming from opposite direction drove into each other at...
A fire completely gutted four shops and destroyed other properties, including cash money and valuables, at a bazaar in Rajganj in Comilla city on Sunday. Locals said the fire originated from electric short circuit at a shop owned by one...
A local Awami League (AL) leader has been killed allegedly by leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami in Naogaon following disputes over land. The dead is Amzad Hossain, 35. Police and local people said Amzad and Mozaffar Hossain, superintendent of a...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has mourned death of senior politician and former president of Bogra Bar Association Advocate Anisur Rahman. In a condolence message, Khaleda, also a former prime minister, expressed deep shock at the death of the veteran BNP...
A businessman has been crushed under a truck in Puthya upazila in Rajshahi district. The dead is Sadeque Ali, 38, a potato trader and a resident of Shibpur. Another person was injured in the accident. Quoting locals, police said a...
All the scheduled banks will open today (Monday) after a three-day official holiday for Holy Eid-ul-Fitr. The banks remained closed for straight three days from July 17 (Friday). Earlier, the banks remained closed on July 15 (Wednesday) for Holy Shab-e-Qadr...
Ninety-nine per cent readymade garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh have paid their workers salaries before the Eid-ul-Fitr, the BGMEA claims. “About 99 per cent of factories have paid their workers before Eid,” BGMEA President Atiqul Islam came up with the...
Bangladesh’s one-day international captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza planted saplings at Ataur Rahman Cricket Academy at Narail during the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation before going to Chittagong. The three-day official Eid holidays ended on Monday morning. The national cricket team is now in...
Rain has been continuing in different places of Bangladesh including Dhaka and Chittagong divisions and the capital city. Met Office said incessant rains have been continuing since Thursday night and will continue until Monday evening. The continuous rains make different...
Police have filed two cases and arrested two persons over the death of three children in a landslide in Chittagong. Five children and a woman died in two separate incidents of landslips in the port city on Sunday. Bayezid Police...
In separate incidents, a teenage boy drowned and a man went missing in the Bay of Bengal in Cox's Bazar sea beach on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rubel, 17, while the missing person is Faruk Hossain. He was...
Asian markets started the week largely unchanged on Monday with thin volumes, while Tokyo was closed for a public holiday. Australia's ASX 200 index was trading flat at 5,669.7 points, while South Korea's benchmark Kospi index was up 0.1% to...
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 of Gaibandha district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Fazle Rabbi, son of Sadikas...
A young housewife was hacked to death by miscreants at Daulatpur village in Bishwanath upazila of Sylhet district on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Sujina Begum, 19, wife of UK expatriate Murad Ahmed, hailing from Satal village in...
Oil prices edged lower on Monday as data showed Saudi Arabian exports fell to the lowest in five months despite record output. Both international and US crude futures posted their third consecutive weekly losses last week on expectations of increased...
Police recovered the body of a man from a pond near Ullapara Railway Station in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shafique, 37, son of Samaj Ali of Nayangati village in Sadar upazila of...
A local court has placed Ruhul Amin on a seven-day remand in the case filed in connection with the brutal killing of Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon in Kumargaon area of Sylhet city on July 8. Judge Anwarul Haque of the...
European shares edged higher on Monday, closing in on fresh six week highs, with Greece fears receding further as the country's banks re-opened and with Dutch chemical firm OCI surging on merger talks. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 was up 0.2...
A massive fire in a boarding house at Merul Badda has spread rapidly, burning down everything near it. Frantic locals were driven to panic as flames leapt up and thick smoke billowed out of buildings engulfed by the fire. The...
A man was killed in a motorcycle accident at New Bus-Stand area on the Companiganj Dagonbhuyan road under Companiganj upazila of Noakhali district on Monday. The deceased was identified as M Saiful Islam, 27, son of M Mujibul Haque of...
Elderly journalist M Obaidul Haque, died of old age complications at a city clinic in Chittagong on early Monday. He was 87, family and clinic sources said. Renowned journalist M Obaidul Haque was suffering from various old age diseases and...
Shares fell on Monday, retreating from a three-month closing high last week, as investors shunned blue chips a day ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament where key reforms such as land acquisition Bill are expected to be presented. At...
Detectives arrested Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president Rajib Ahsan and five others reportedly along with 45 Yaba tablets in a car at Lebukhali Ferryghat in Dumki upazila of Patuakhali district on Sunday night. Tipped off, a team of Detective Branch...
Bangladesh-origin British MP Tulip Siddiq has congratulated Bangladesh cricket team on their consecutive ODI series wins and announced a reception for them in the UK. The granddaughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman extended the invite while...
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