Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his second by visiting Dhakeshwari National Temple in the city on Sunday. He went there around 8:40am and offered prayers. Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon, President of Mahanagar Sarbajaneen Puja Committee...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi on the occasion of the historic Six-Point...
Three people, including two children, have been killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Sunamganj and Sylhet. In Sunamganj, two children were killed by a lightning strike in Sunamganj municipality area and Dharmapasha upazila on Saturday night. The deceased...
Italian Coast Guard say at least 3,500 illegal migrants have been detained from five wooden boats in the Mediterranean sea, and as many as 7 other vessels have been spotted at sea. The migrants were packed onto wooden fishing boats...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed steep gain in early hour of trading on Sunday, the first session after the announcement of the national budget. Finance Minister AMA Muhith Thursday proposed a set of fiscal...
Turkey is voting in a general election which will determine whether the ruling party can change the constitution. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who first came to power as prime minister in 2003, is seeking a big enough majority to turn...
A ‘mentally retarded’ young man allegedly hacked his father to death at Sejamura village in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Sabuj Miah, 65, a resident of the village. Quoting family members, police...
A worker was killed and two others were injured in a boiler explosion at a rice mill at Trimohoni under Naldanga upazila in Natore district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Jamrul, 35, son of late Elahi Box...
West Bengal (Pashchimbanga) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has left Dhaka after witnessing the exchange of land boundary agreement (LBA) documents, and the launch of two new bus services that kickstart a new era of connectivity between India and Bangladesh. State...
A man was killed as a powerful bomb exploded while he was carrying it at Hamidpur village in Jessore Sadar upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Firoz Hossain, 26, son of late Idris Ali of the village. Police...
Three teenage girls have been rescued by police from Dankinipara under Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur district. Police said people smugglers picked them up from Goadagari upazila of Rajshahi district for trafficking abroad. The rescued teenagers were identified as Mili, Asha...
A physically challenged woman has been raped in Kamarkhand upazila of Siranjganj district by a gang of men who, according to police, posed as transgender. Locals demonstrated at Jamtail Station protesting the delay in registering the case and failing to...
British authorities have warned that up to 500,000 people could attempt to cross Mediterranean sea in their frenetic efforts to land in European countries. The perilous crossing this summer could jeapardise hundreds of live. Meanwhile, naval vessels from the United...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled six foundation plaques under New Delhi's aid programme. He inaugurated those projects ranging from college dormitory to waste treatment plant at Indian High Commission’s new chancery complex on Sunday in the morning. Modi...
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Sunday afternoon. They sat in a meeting in the Credential Hall of Bangabhaban at 12.40pm. Earlier, the President welcomed the Indian Prime Minister when he arrived...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received the Award of Liberation War Honour in Bangladesh on behalf of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. President Md Abdul Hamid handed the award over to Modi at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on Sunday....
Detectives in separate drives arrested five alleged drug peddlers, including a woman, from Daulatdia Ferry Ghat area of Rajbari district on Saturday night. The arrestees were identified as Joynal Sheikh, 28, Johurul Islam, 30, Wahidul Islam, 20, Sathi, 40, and...
Former Speaker Sheikh Razzak Ali died at his Farzipara residence in the city on Sunday. He was 87. Sheikh Razzak, who had long been suffering from cancer, breathed his last around 2:45pm, Razzak’s daughter Dr. Shahnaz Razzak. He is survived...
Barcelona's mighty attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar won the Champions League on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Juventus that showed the beauty of fluent and attacking football after days of scandal that have tarnished the...
The World Bank has approved a total of $476 million for two projects in Bangladesh to develop a strong financial sector and to improve agricultural productivity for one million poor farmers. The projects approved by the Bank’s Board of Executive...
Customs officials arrested a man along with 442 pieces of Viagra, 350gm gold, 18 Samsung Galaxy phone sets, five cartons of cigarettes and four kg molasses from Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport on Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad...
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Stocks closed marginally higher Sunday, the first session after budget announcement, after witnessing correction in the previous session. Finance Minister AMA Muhith Thursday proposed a set of fiscal measures in the upcoming budget for the development of capital market, including...
Gulf stock markets edged down in early trade on Sunday after oil prices ended the week lower and corporate news flow remained thin ahead of summer holidays. Oil had staged its first rally in three days on Friday, gaining 2...
A man was killed as a motorcycle hit him at Bejura in Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Surab Ali, 40, son of Sayed Ali, a resident of Tajpur village of the upazila....
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia sat in a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. Khaleda Zia, leading a 6-member delegation, reached Sonargaon hotel around 3:45pm. The other delegation members are BNP...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated a probe against a director of Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) for allegedly amassing illegal wealth. The Commission at its recent meeting decided to launch probe against DGFP director (Admin) Mahbubur Rahman,...
A court in Cox's Bazaar has sentenced three persons to death for murdering a child two years ago. Cox’s Bazar District and Sessions Judge Md Sadiqul Islam Talukder issued the verdict on Sunday. The convicts were in the court when...
DATCO Group chairman Moosa Bin Shamsher has submitted his wealth statement to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Moosa submitted his wealth statement to ACC secretary M Maksudul Hasan Khan on Sunday through a representative, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar...
Reassuring to resolve the Teesta Water Sharing deal, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said all problems would gradually be resolved if the two countries work together. Opposition leader Begum Raushon Ershad said quoting Modi as saying during her...
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