Detectives arrested 30 Bangladesh nationals, including 11 children, who were allegedly returning home from India illegally through a Satkhira border. They were picked up from Kumira Bazar at Tala upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon, sources at the Detective...
In an oblique hint to BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman who is living in UK for the last 7 years, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government will not tolerate ‘trouble-making’ from London. “Someone will cause problems for...
Three suspected robbers were injured in a ‘gun battle’ with police at Magura village at Tala upazila of Satkhira district on Monday. The injured were identified as Kalam Sheikh, 30, son of Sobhan Sheikh of Chandkati village at Tala, Saddam...
Oil prices extended declines on Monday after two straight days of losses late last week as high production offset strong refinery runs, but a storm that could impact Gulf of Mexico operations supported US crude. Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest...
The Sensex and the Nifty were trading up by nearly 0.5 per cent despite circumspect Asian cues. At 11.40am, the 30-share BSE index Sensex was trading higher by 135.16 points or 0.51 per cent at 26,560.46 and the 50-share NSE...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has moved the High Court seeking fresh plaintiff testimonies in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. The petition filed on Monday also seeks a rule on the matter and pleads for freezing...
An elderly woman was burnt to death and three others suffered injuries as a fire broke out at a house in Dinajpur municipal area on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Mirijan Nesa, 75, wife of late Jabbar Ali,...
European stocks fell on Monday, impacted by a lack of concrete progress on Greece's debt problems, with major banking shares among the worst performers. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 1 per cent to 1,529.27 points in early session trading....
A 12-kilometres(km)-long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Monday after a vehicle became dysfunctional on the highway at Bashbaria in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong earlier on Sunday midnight. Mohammad Yeasin, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Highway Police, said the traffic gridlock...
At least five people were killed and three others injured when a pick-up van hit a CNG-run autorickshaw on Mymensingh-Tangail highway at Lengra bazaar in Muktagaccha upazila of Mymensingh district on Monday. Two of the deceased were identified as Tufainna,...
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The much-awaited Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) motor vehicle agreement has been signed in Thimphu on Monday. Bangladesh’s Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, India’s Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and the transport ministers of Bhutan and Nepal inked the deal in the...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has invited Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to an Iftar party. The party for politicians at the International Convention City in the capital’s Bashundhara is scheduled for Sunday. A BNP delegation led by...
At least five people were killed and three others injured when a pick-up van hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Muktagachha upazila of Mymensingh district on Monday. Two of the deceased were identified as Tufainna, 70, and Abul Kashem, 72, both...
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All the market barometers of DSE marked rise though the turnover declined Monday. DSEX, the prime index of DSE rose by 24.19 points though the turnover declined to Tk 3.19 billion. DSEX rose to 4477.56 points, DS-30 1730.87 points and...
The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Tuesday on the appeal of condemned war crimes convict Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed seeking his acquittal of all the charges. The case was included in the cause list of the appellate division...
A Netrakona court on Monday sentenced six people to life term imprisonment for killing a farmer in Durgapur upazila in 2007. The convicts were Abdus Sattar, Lal Miah, Saiful Islam, Babul Miah, Suruj Miah and Habibur Rahman of Telipara village...
The World Bank on Monday cited lack of efficiency, low capacity of data collection system as well as scarcity of necessary data and information on the part of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in carrying out activities of national...
A batch of 47 Bangladeshi nationals, earlier trafficked into Thailand by sea, return home at 7.30pm Monday by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Among the returnees, 10 hail from Jessore, nine from Sunamganj, another nine from Sirajganj, six from Jhenidah; two...
Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Monday said Bangladesh wants to further deepen its ties with China. “Though the ties between Bangladesh and China had suffered a setback during Bangladesh’s Liberation War, now there exists...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against the owner of a private cable network for accumulation of illegal wealth. ACC Deputy Director Jalal Uddin filed the case against M Shahjahan Ahmed, owner of New Star Cable...
Trading time at Bangladesh's twin bourse -- the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – has been rescheduled for Holy Ramadan month. Throughout the month, trading at the DSE and CSE will begin at 10:30am and...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday said Bangladesh will gain economically if India uses Chittagong and Mongla ports. The comment follows BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia reservations against allowing India transit facility free of charge. The motor vehicle agreement to connect...
The Board of Investment (BoI) has registered project proposals worth Tk825.85 billion (Tk 82,585 crore) from local, joint and foreign investors till April of the current fiscal year (2014-2015). Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu made the disclosure in Parliament responding...
Ihsanul Karim has been made Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Press Secretary after he served two years in the same position for president. He was managing director and chief editor of state-run news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Karim has been appointed...
A day after appointing its registrar general, the Supreme Court on Monday appointed two registrars for its Appellate Division and the High Court Division. Additional registrar of the Appellate Division M Zakir Hossain, also District and Session Judge, has been...
President Abdul Hamid has urged citizens to invent and get familiar with new technologies to keep up with the world. “New inventions in information technology are constantly providing advanced technologies,” he said after inaugurating the Bangladesh ICT Expo in Dhaka...
Stock markets around the world fell Monday, suffering their first bout of significant contagion from the Greek crisis after 11th hour talks between the near bankrupt country and its creditors collapsed. The losses were broad across risk assets. Major stock...
Indian Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh called on Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan at the Army Headquarters of Dhaka Cantonment on Monday. During the meeting, they exchanged greetings and discussed matters of bilateral training...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith Monday observed that the Accord and the Alliance have turned to be gallows for the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector. “Bangladesh had welcomed Accord and Alliance for gaining the confidence of buyers. But, their activities have...
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