Greek MPs are debating tough economic measures they must approve by the end of the day in order for an €86bn eurozone bailout deal to go ahead.The new legislation includes tax rises and an increase in the retirement age.PM Alexis...
VIENNA: Hours after major powers agreed a deal over Iran’s nuclear programme, the White House Wednesday launched a campaign to stop sceptics at home and abroad from derailing the long-awaited accord. The agreement, signed Tuesday after 18 days of marathon...
Bangladesh blew away South Africa in the 3rd game of their 3-match one-day international series to achieve another land mark in the ODIs on Wednesday. Set a target of 170 in the rain-soaked Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, the...
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh crushed South Africa by nine wickets to win the three-match one-day international series 2-1 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Wednesday. Set an easy target of 170 runs in 40 overs according to the Duckworth/Lewis Method...
Greece has agreed to the creation of a new independent fund that will manage assets to privatise. The target is to generate a total of €50bn (£35.5bn, $55bn). But the cash won't come quickly. It is likely to be several...
A worker was killed allegedly by his co-worker over a trifling matter at a hosiery factory in Naranyanganj city. The deceased was identified Sharif Hossain Bokul, 20, hailing from Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj and a worker of Siam Fashion. Police...
Wall Street built on opening gains on Monday after eurozone leaders agreed to offer Greece a third bailout, after marathon talks in Brussels. The Dow Jones closed up 214.53 points, or 1.2%, at 17,979.94. The S&P 500 rose 22.98 points,...
A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was hacked to death by miscreants in front of Qamrul Islam Degree College in Goalanda uazila headquarters of Rajbari district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain, 25, vice-president...
Oil prices tumbled more than $1 on Tuesday after Iran and six global powers reached a landmark nuclear deal that would see an easing of sanctions against Tehran and a gradual increase in its oil exports. Front-month Brent crude futures...
The war crimes tribunal will deliver its verdict against Patuakhali’s Forkan Mollick on Thursday. Forkan has been accused of killing eight people, organising mass killings, four cases of rape, forcibly converting three people, evicting 13 families and forcing them to...
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Stocks extended their gaining streak for the six running sessions on Tuesday, the last trading day before Eid vacation as investors remained active in the market amid encouraging earning season. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),...
The Sensex and Nifty fell on Tuesday after worse-than-expected retail inflation data dented hopes of an interest rate cut by the RBI next month, while Tata Motors declined on continued worries over slowing sales in China. The BSE index fell...
A man was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Kemtoli village in Borura upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Amir Hossain, 35, an alleged drug peddler of the village. Nasir Mridha, officer-in-charge of Borura Police Station, said...
Bangladesh has suspended diplomatic operations in Libya, and relocated its mission staff to Tunisia after escalation of hostilities. The government also asked all Bangladesh nationals, including migrant workers, not to travel to the trouble-torn country in view of the worsening...
Stressing the importance of properly maintaining the country’s roads and highways, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to strictly monitor so that overloaded trucks and other vehicles cannot ply the roads. She gave the directive while...
Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of on-off negotiations with an agreement that could potentially transform the Middle East, and which Israel called an "historic surrender". Under the deal,...
In a bid for what is appearing as a step towards its first major reshuffle, the Cabinet is going to reappoint two state ministers as ministers as well as appoint three ruling leaders as its new members. According to sources...
Police have failed to find useful leads, let alone secure a breakthrough, in the Reshma murder case. Five days after Mirpur college student Amena Khatun Reshma was found brutally murdered in the apartment she stayed with her parents, police say...
A man and his wife received serious burn injuries when miscreants threw acid on them at Bhiti Basania village in Homna upazila in Comilla early Tuesday. The injured were identified as Parimal Chakraborty, 40, a gold trader and his wife...
Shares in London and other European markets fell on worries over whether Greece's parliament would back the latest eurozone bailout deal. In lunchtime trade, the FTSE 100 was down 20.01 points at 6,717.94. France's Cac 40 fell 6.51 points to...
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, speeding past at 14km per second. Earlier, the space agency released the most detailed picture yet as it hurtled towards the dwarf planet on Tuesday. The probe was set...
At least 27 pilgrims have died in a stampede on the banks of a holy river in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The Hindu pilgrims had gathered to take a dip in the Godavari River at the start...
Three ministers and two junior ministers were sworn in on Tuesday evening as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has gone on her first major cabinet-overhaul exercise inducting three new faces and elevating two junior ministers to full ministers. President Abdul Hamid...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has finally been released on bail from detention in jail ahead of Eid. Six months after his arrest, Alamgir walked out of the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)...
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves have risen to $25 billion again, recovering within a week from the drop caused by payment of nearly $1 billion import bills. On Tuesday, the reserves reached $25.02 billion, enough to foot the import bill for...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated Bangladesh’s highest road in Bandarban through a video conference from Dhaka. She also inaugurated two other road projects, and a ship and two ferries of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) from Ganabhaban,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would hand over cheque for donation to ill, insolvent and accident-hurt journalists and family members of late journalists on July 16 morning at Shapla Hall of the Prime Minister Office. The donation would be given under...
The newly inducted ministers and state ministers say they will carry out their responsibilities with sincerity. The ministers were sworn in the first shakeup in Sheikh Hasina’s cabinet Tuesday. New Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc told...
The geographical location between three major sub-regions of Asia - South Asia, South East Asia and East Asia - provides a unique opportunity for Bangladesh to become regional economic hub, according to the editorial of the current ICCB News Bulletin...
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