Amid the widespread speculation over his removal from the LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry following his absence in an Ecnec meeting, ruling Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has been made minister without portfolio. Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister...
A college girl was found slaughtered in her flat in the city's Mirpur area on Thursday. The victim was identified as Amena Akhtar Reshma, 20, a 2nd year student of Mirpur BCIC School and College. She was residing with her...
The government has ordered a probe into the suicide of freedom fighter Ayub Khan, who took his own life after being ‘humiliated’ by the secretary of Liberation War Affairs Ministry. “Joint secretary (administration) Sheikh Mijanur Rahman has been told to...
Awami League general secretary and minister without portfolio Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday urged BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to stop spreading lies while fasting. “I call upon Begum Khaleda Zia to stop spreading lies while observing fast. Come to the...
The High Court has banned the use of Indian or other sub-continental film songs as ringtones or welcome tunes in mobile phones. The court directed ‘abstention’ from the use of songs and tunes from Hindi movies, Indian Bangla movies and...
Corruption eats up 2 to 3 per cent of Bangladesh’s GDP and another 1 per cent of it is lost due to political instability, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said. The damning indictment by the octogenarian finance minister came when...
A young girl was gang raped by four men at Sonarbadi in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria on Wednesday evening. Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a CNG-run auto rickshaw driver named Robin, 20, of Hirapur village in the upazila...
Five students of Dhaka University were suspended on Thursday for their alleged link with banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir. The action was taken against DU Management Department students Nur-e Alam Shihab Uddin and Mohammad Sayedi Hasan Sajib, and Md Tariqul...
The High Court on Thursday granted bail to BNP leaders MK Anwar, Tariqul Islam, Abdul Awal Mintoo and Amanullah Aman in a number of cases. Meanwhile, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the High Court bail granted to...
A Chittagong court on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in the city in 2008. The condemned convict was identified as M Anwar Hossain Sujon, 30, son of Delwar Hossain, of Betray lane under Kotwali Police...
A Chittagong court on Thursday granted a fresh five-day remand to Golam Mostafa Sohel, manager of Khanjahan Ali enterprise, of Khatungonj for his alleged involvement in bringing cocaine with imported sunflower oil through Chittagong port. The court of senior Metropolitan...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reduced its fare in all domestic routes from Tk200 to Tk500 for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr this month. The national flag carrier will also operate special extra flights from Dhaka to Jessore, Rajshahi and Syedpur from July...
Euro zone members have given Greece until the end of the week to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will keep the country from crashing out of Europe's currency bloc and into economic...
Police in Bangladesh have made first-ever arrests for cruelty towards animal. In a first in Bangladesh, police have nabbed three people on charges of cruelty towards animal in Dhaka. Rampura police station’s Sub-Inspector ‘Jashim’, investigating the case, said they arrested...
A businessman and a trucker died in a road accident in Koratipara of Tangail Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 50, a businessman and a resident of Munshiganj district, and Mamun Islam, 28, a...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday amid marginal volatility, the fourth trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...
A mobile court in Chittagong Port has fined 10 vessels in the estuary of Karnaphuli River for plying in the river without legal documents, Bay crossing permit and overloading. Authorised Officer of Chittagong Port and Executive Magistrate Mohammad Abul Hashem...
The High Court has rejected the writ petition against the decision of the Dhaka University (DU) authorities not to allow students to sit for the university’s admission test for the second time. An HC bench comprising justices Farah Mahbub and...
A Narayanganj court on Wednesday accepted the charge-sheet in two cases filed in connection with killings of 7 people in the district about 15 months ago. The district court accepted the charge-sheet rejecting the naraji (no-confidence) petition filed by Selina...
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Stocks edged higher for the second running sessions on Wednesday with turnover improving slightly as investors went for buying spree amid optimism. The market opened with a positive note and the upward trend sustained throughout the session amid marginal see-saw...
A tribunal will be formed to try Khaleda Zia and her associates for ‘instigating’ petrol bombings during the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s agitations against the government, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. “The government has plans to set up an Anti-terrorism...
The High Court has ruled that the government should not force anyone to consume the wheat bought from Brazil. The government insist that the wheat purchased for Tk 4 billion from Brazil is ‘fit for human consumption’. The Brazilian wheat...
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Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) today (Wednesday) unveiled its new logo heralding a new era for the investors and companies. CSE Chairman Dr. Muhammad Abdul Mazid unveiled the new logo at CSE Dhaka office. CSE Director Shafiul Islam Mohiuuddin and Managing...
The timing for the three-match ODIs series between Bangladesh and South Africa has been revised. The matches were scheduled to begin at 12:00pm, but it has been revised for three hours, according to a BCB media release. The release, issued...
Asian shares tumbled to a 1 1/2-year low on Wednesday and the safe-haven yen rallied as Chinese stocks struggled to pull out of a tailspin, shaking investors already rattled by Greece's debt crisis. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside...
A group of unruly people set a bus ablaze after a minor boy was crushed under its wheels at Mirpur Road in the city’s Dhanmondi area on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Fahim, 10. Officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi police station...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is examining the formation of a wage board for electronic media journalists and technicians. "The wage board would be constituted for journalists and technicians of the electronic media following the existing...
Indian stock indexes fell nearly 2 per cent on Wednesday, marking their steepest decline in nearly a month, mirroring steep falls in their Asian peers as China's stock market meltdown spooked investors. The Sensex ended 1.72 per cent lower, while...
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday issued a warrant for the arrest of six people, including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana’s mother, in a case filed for violating the building code under the Building Construction Act in connection with the...
Oil futures fell again on Wednesday as worries over the Greek debt crisis and China's stock market turmoil outweighed an expected US inventory drop, with traders anticipating further drops. Front-month Brent crude futures were 60 cents lower at $56.25 a...
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