The expatriates have remitted $15 billion before end of current fiscal year (2014-2015). Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) have expressed the hopes the remittance sent by the expatriates would reach $15.4 billion when the FY15 ends on June 30, 2015....
Police have been granted another four days to question ruling party MP Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony over killing of two men in downtown Dhaka. The court of Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman send 42-year-old Rony to police...
A rickshaw puller was killed and two others were injured as a private car knocked down his rickshaw at Fire Service Crossing in Rajshahi city on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Manjur Hossain, 50, a resident of Shayer Gacha....
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and elected to field in the third and final one-day international crictet match against India at Mirpur in Dhaka on Wednesday, according to a news agency.
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Stocks extended losing streak for the fifth straight sessions today (Wednesday) as investors remained cautious. The market opened with a positive note, but could not sustain as the session progressed. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),...
US stocks ended with slight gains on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq eking out another record close while investors continued to await clarity on whether Greece could reach a deal to prevent defaulting on its loans. The Dow Jones industrial average...
The district administration has revoked the licences of some 806 firearms as those were not renewed for long. This was informed by deputy commissioner Md Shahidul Islam at a views-exchange meeting at his office on Wednesday, according to a news...
Fitra, a charity done by well-off Muslims at the end of Ramadan month, has been fixed at Tk60 for this year (2015). A meeting at Islamic Foundation decided the minimum rate on Wednesday afternoon. Last year the amount was fixed...
Outgoing Army chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban office. Bhuiyan extended his sincere gratitude to the prime minister for giving necessary guidelines and support to...
The death toll from a heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province has passed 800, hospital officials say, as mortuaries reached capacity. At least 780 people had died in Karachi. Another 30 deaths were reported elsewhere in the province. The Edhi...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Awami League has not only built Bangladesh as an independent country but has also played a key role in its economic progress. “Awami League is an organisation of Bangladesh’s soil and people. From...
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Success breeds success is an old saying. This is true in the case of present Bangladesh one-day international cricket team, especially teen-age bowler Mustafizur Rahman. When successes start coming on a consistent basis it becomes a winning habit, proved Mustafiz,...
Asian shares were near to eking out a sixth session of gains on Wednesday as investors strove to stay optimistic on the chance of a Greek debt deal, while the dollar held firm as the prospect of US rate rises...
The World Investment Report 2015 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Wednesday that foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh went down by more than 4.5 per cent last year. According to the report launched...
Oil rose towards $65 a barrel on Wednesday before a US government report expected to show domestic crude inventories fell for an eighth week, a sign that a supply glut is easing. The industry group American Petroleum Institute (API) on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Indian Premier Narendra Modi during his recent visit to Bangladesh assured of signing the deal on Teesta water sharing with Bangladesh soon and also pledged to bring down the border killings to zero....
The trade deficit of Bangladesh with Saarc members countries stood at slightly over Tk377 billion (Tk37700.7 crore) till April of the current fiscal year (20014-2015), said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday. Tofail said this while responding to a tabled...
European shares edged higher on Wednesday as investors anxiously awaited fresh talks aimed at averting a Greek default, while the dollar held on to most of the previous day's gains on prospects of higher US interest rates. Greek Prime Minister...
Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday said a total of 4,28,186 Bangladeshi workers went to different countries of the world his fiscal year. "A total of 4,28,186 workers went abroad in the 2014-'15 fiscal year....
BNP on Wednesday alleged that the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is following a one-eyed policy to save the ruling party leaders. “On one hand, the ACC suddenly decided not to continue the graft case in which minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury...
The World Bank has promised to provide US$80 million to construct 1,500 flats for the slum dwellers at five elected A-category Municipalities (Pourasava). Prime Minister Sheikh disclosed this in parliament, while replying to a tabled question from opposition bench member...
Police have raided the headquarters of Toyota Motor in Toyota City, as well as its office in Tokyo. It comes after the arrest of senior American executive Julie Hamp on suspicion of importing a controlled substance into Japan, BBC Online...
Iran's supreme leader has hardened his stance on the nuclear negotiations with world powers, with the deadline for a comprehensive agreement only days away. In a speech on Tuesday night, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei insisted Iran would only dismantle its nuclear...
A US media report says at least 18 people have been killed in the Chinese region of Xinjiang during a clash at a police checkpoint. According to US-based Radio Free Asia, ethnic Uighurs - part of China's Muslim minority -...
France has summoned the US envoy in Paris over claims that the US spied on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors, officials say. Whistleblower website Wikileaks reports the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on Mr Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy...
Fifties from Shikhar Dhawan and MS Dhoni set India up for their best batting performance of the ODI series and left Bangladesh needing to pull off their second-highest successful chase to wrap up a 3-0 whitewash. Dhawan stroked a 73-ball...
Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) fell by 16 per cent to $1.23 trillion in 2014, according to the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2015. The report, released in Geneva on Wednesday, says the drop can be explained by the fragility of...
A flag meeting will be held on Thursday to bring back BGB Nayek Abdur Razzak who was abducted by Mayanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) from Teknaf frontier on June 17, said director general of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Maj Gen...
Bangladesh have lost both openers in their chase of 318 runs to win against India in the third and final ODI in Mirpur. At 17 overs, the Tigers were at 108 runs for 2 wickets. Soumya Sarkar got the hosts...
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