The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has reportedly shut down a number of river routes because of the inclement weather. An official of the BIWTA said heavy rain led to the closing down of several river transport routes on...
Three people have died including the driver after a bus as the vehicle crashed into a roadside Banyan tree in Dinajpur’s Ghorhaghat Upazila. At least 20 others were injured in the accident that took place around 4:00am on Thursday in...
Asian shares headed mostly higher, following gains on Wall Street as Japanese shares led the way after four days of losses. US benchmark indexes - the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq - all closed over 1.2 per cent...
India has admitted its para commandos crossed the border into Myanmar to attack Naga and Manipuri insurgents’ bases. The attacks were launched between 3:00am and 4:00am – very early at dawn on Tuesday. Indian envoy to Myanmar Gautam Mukhopadhayay later...
Myanmar has maintained that Indian forces carried out an attack on insurgents inside the Indian territory, adding it would not tolerate rebel groups using its soil to attack neighbours. In a Facebook post, Hmuu Zaw Htay, director of Myanmar’s presidential...
Crude oil futures fell on Thursday as the World Bank cut its global economic growth forecast, ending a two-day rally triggered by a sharp US inventory drawdown. In its twice-yearly Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank predicted the global...
A trawler (motorised large boat) with more than 100 passengers on board have sunk in the Meghna River near Bhola’s Manpura. Bodies of five passengers including that of a child were recovered from the spot of the accident on Thursday,...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified young woman from inside a plastic drum at Kadampur in Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka District on Thursday. Police said locals spotted the drum lying beside the Dhaka-Mawa highway in the area in and...
A young housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband in Panchghariakandi area of Munshiganj district on early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mariam Akter Nishi, 18, wife of Al Amin of the area. Police said Al Amin,...
Stocks returned to the red Thursday after previous day’s upturn as late selling pressure cut early gains. The market opened higher in the morning, but could not sustain as the session progressed. At the end of the session, DSEX, the...
British High Commissioner Robert Gibson said he was disappointed that a full and clear Election Commission (EC) probe into the city corporation rigging allegations did not “appear” to have happened. He was speaking at the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB)...
Two readymade garment workers were killed and four others injured as a train rammed into them at a level crossing at Fatullah in Sadar upazila of Narayanganj disreict on Thursday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Witnesses...
Airport Armed Police (AAP) personnel arrested a man along with 60,000 Saudi Riyal at Shahjalal(RA) International Airport on Thursday. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Musa. AAP members challenged Musa while going to Singapore by a flight of Regent Airways...
Kaymu.com.bd, the leading online shopping community in Bangladesh, has extended their bat sponsorship deal with Bangladesh star Tamim Iqbal. The opening batsman will now continue to sport the Kaymu blue sticker on his bat throughout the series against India. The...
Two Bangladesh nationals were killed in a gas cylinder explosion in Dammam in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. However, identities of the deceased could not be knoen. Saudi police in Dammam quoting expatriate Bangladeshi workers said the blast took place in...
The benchmark BSE Sensex regained the 27,000 mark by soaring over 159 points in early trade today on increased buying by participants after the current account deficit (CAD) narrowed sharply to $ 1.3 billion, or 0.2 per cent of GDP,...
Trade deficit for the outgoing fiscal is poised to surpass all previous records although fuel prices went down by half. The deficit widened because of the sharp rise in imports. The trade deficit stood at $8.5 billion at the end...
A man was shot to death by unidentified miscreants in Mirpur area of Dhaka on early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam Rasel, 40, owner of Medicare Pharmacy in Mirpur-11. Witnesses said unidentified miscreants opened fire at Rasel...
European shares climbed on Thursday, with the automobile sector rising on positive company updates while Greek shares bounced higher on renewed expectations of a resolution to its debt problems. The STOXX Europe 600 Automobile & Auto Parts index rose 1...
Play on the 2nd day in the one-off Test between Bangladesh and India has been abandoned due to rains. BCB officials said heavy rain washed out the the 2nd day’s play in the lone Test against the visiting Indian cricketers...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the police to gain people’s confidence by ensuring the overall security of public life and property and ensuring their welfare. "You'll always have to work devotedly for ensuring the welfare of the common...
A man has been injured in what police claim to be a ‘shootout’ with law enforcers in Satkhira’s Kaliganj. The incident took place at Benadona village around 2:45am in the early hours of Thursday. Relatives of the injured, Shahar Ali...
The fourth border haat (market) on the India-Bangladesh fronter opened on Thursday. The forth weekly frontier market or “haat” opened in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria district along the boundary line with India’s Tripura state. Earlier on June 6, Bangladesh Prime...
President Abdul Hamid on Thursday advised the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to ensure transparency and accountability as the government’s image depends on the ACC’s image. The President made the advice when a four-member ACC delegation, led by its chairman M...
Two famers were killed and three others injured in two separate incidents of lightning strikes in Barisal district on Thursday afternoon. Witnesses said thunderbolts knocked down the farmers when they were working in crop fields. They are Rustom Ali Sikder,...
The government is procuring equipment costing Tk1.5891 billion for conducting quick rescue operation immediately after any disaster. "We have already procured modern equipment from various countries at a cost of Tk630 million to conduct immediate rescue operation during any disaster,"...
Three people were killed in Singra upazila of Natore district while a man was crushed under a truck in Manikganj district in separate road accidents on Thursday. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Singra Police Station M Nasir Uddin said a truck overturned...
Newly elected President of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Matlub Ahmed leaves Dhaka on Sunday for China with a 25-member delegation to participate in the 10th China-South Asia Business Forum and the China-South Asia Exposition. Another 30-member trade...
Forty more local BNP leaders and activists were released on bail in Chittagong while an activist of outlawed outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir (HuTi) was arrested again at the jail gate after he was released on bail from the divisional jail on...
An undocumented Bangladesh national was found dead with severe head injuries at an uninhabited house in Laamu Atoll Gan Island, Maldives on Thursday. Ishag Yoosuf, the 65-year-old caretaker of the house, said he found the farm worker’s body at 7:00am...
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