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...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed profound shock at the death of eminent freedom fighter and commander of Canada Command Council of Muktijoddha Sangsad Dr Zahirul Islam. In a condolence message, the Prime Minister said the country has lost...
A youth met the tragic end of his life after being crushed under the wheels of a running train in Patgram Rail Station under Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat on Monday. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Alam Babu, 22, son...
Water levels in 56 rivers stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises and 23 stations recorded falls. Among the 84 monitored water level stations in the country, three are above danger level, a bulletin issued...
At least 25 people were killed in separate road accidents at different parts of the country during the three-day Eid-ul-Fitr vacation. In a single incident, at least 17 persons were killed and 60 others injured in a head-on collision between...
Newly-appointed Minister for Public Administration Syed Ashraful Islam joined the office in the city on Monday afternoon. State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadique, senior secretary Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury and other officials received the minister with bouquet at...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday said people across the country have celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr more peacefully and safely this time. No untoward incident like theft, mugging and robbery have occurred in the city except two or three incidents, said the...
The commander in chief of army in Myanmar has said he will respect the result of November's historic general election, even if the opposition wins. In an exclusive interview, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said he believe the election would...
A minor boy drowned in a small ditch at Dawlatpur village in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj district on Monday. Family sources said Jayed, 2, son of Zahid, drowned in the rain-fed ditch in the afternoon while playing nearby it, according...
The re-investigation report of Salman Shah murder case will be submitted on September 15. A Dhaka court on Monday fixed the date for submitting the re-investigation report of the killing of popular film actor Shahriar Chowdhury Imon, widely know as...
Dhaka is slowly returning to its usual business after the three-day vacation for Eid-ul-Fitr, but the holiday mood appears to prevail in businesses at least for this week. People, who left Dhaka city last week for celebrating the Eid at...
Bangladesh national Test cricket team practised in Chittagong on Monday afternoon in a final preparation to the first of their two-match Test series against South Africa. Meanwhile, ICC referees, Bangladesh Cricket Board officials and groundsmen, and the team officials of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has a hectic schedule at office on the first working day after Eid holidays. She came to her office at Tejgaon at 10:00am on Monday, prime minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Ashraful Alam Khokan said. She first...
Muslims in Bangladesh have celebrated the Eid-ul-Fitr keeping with its spirit of peace and fellow feeling. President Md Abdul Hamid in his message on the occasion emphasised the teachings of the Eid. The rich, the poor, the elite, and the...
The health condition of Railways Minister Muzibul Hoque, who is currently under treatment in Singapore, has improved. Muzibul Hoque fell ill on Thursday in Comilla and was taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a local hospital. He was...
Sixteen people were killed in a road accident in Sirajganj Sadar upazila near Bangabandhu (Jamuna) Bridge on Sunday morning. Police and locals said at least 16 people were killed and 60 others injured as two speeding buses collided on the...
A devastating fire at the land office in Noakhali Sadar upazila has destroyed important documents. The fire, which broke out in the land office building on Saturday, has also gutted files, books and furniture. Fire service officials said the fire...
The Meteorological Office forecast more downpour or thunder showers in five divisions, including Dhaka in the next 14 hours ending at Sunday night. Weather experts at the Met Office said light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary...
After clinching the one-day international series against South Africa for the first time in their cricket history, Bangladesh set sights on another record, win a Test match against the Proteas. The first of the two-match Test series between Bangladesh and...
The Greek government ordered banks to open on Monday, three weeks after they were shut down to prevent the system collapsing under a flood of withdrawals, as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras looked to the start of new bailout talks next...
Police arrested another accused in the gruesome killing of minor boy Rajon from Tuker Bazar in Shohortali area in Sylhet city on Saturday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Ruhul Amin, brother-in-law of Ali Haider, a suspect named in the...
China must learn lessons from its stock market rout, the country's vice finance minister said on Saturday, signaling his intent to focus on supervision and the development of new frameworks to make it possible to weather any future market turbulence....
Three people, including two minor girls, were killed in a wall collapse in Chittagong city on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Akhi, 5, and Mariam Begum, 30, her two-year-old daughter Suraiya. Deputy Director Mohammad Jasim Uddin of the Fire...
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