An elderly man allegedly committed suicide by jumping under the wheels of a speeding train at Panchjumma village in Gaibandha Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Dhulu Miah, 75, a resident of Panchjumma village. Sources at the...
At least 727 migrants who had reportedly been picked up by Myanmar Navy off the country’s southern coast, were taken to Maungdaw in Rakhine on Wednesday, five days after the incident. Major Abu Russel Siddique, additional director of BGB-42 Battalion,...
At least 727 migrants who had reportedly been picked up by Myanmar Navy off the country’s southern coast, were taken to Maungdaw in Rakhine district on the bank of Naaf River on Wednesday, five days after the incident. Major Abu...
European shares edged higher on Wednesday. Shares in Ahold and Delhaize rose 3.6 per cent and 6.3 per cent respectively. The two companies are in talks to create a top 20 global retailer with a major presence in the United...
US stocks eased on Tuesday as a jump in bond yields hit utilities and other top dividend payers, but energy gains and optimism Greece is near a deal with creditors limited losses. The S&P utility index .SPLRCU fell 1.4 per...
Oil prices fell more than 2 per cent on Wednesday as the dollar strengthened and as oversupply weighed on markets ahead of a key meeting of OPEC oil producers. Core Gulf members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries,...
People are being smuggled out of the country by sea as land and air routes are shut, Bangladesh police officials claim. Human traffickers are increasingly towing people out to sea as trafficking by land and air has stopped because of...
Bangladeshi writer and human rights activist Taslima Nasreen has fled from India to the US after she was named as an al-Qaeda murder target, a rights group has said. The US based Center for Inquiry says that she arrived in...
As many as 177 Bangladeshi students have been awarded with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award in 2015. British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert W Gibson has handed over the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award to the 177 Bangladeshi students...
A growing band of hacktivists is helping Islamic State spread its message by attacking media organisations and websites, a security company suggests. Supporters of IS were helping it with opportunistic attacks and more sophisticated operations, said FireEye. French TV station...
A bus has overturned in front of Dhaka's Karwan Bazar, killing a man and injuring several others. Tejgaon Police Sub-inspector Sujit Kumar Saha confirmed the casualties but could not confirm the identity of the deceased in Wednesday’s incident that happened...
A senior Thai army officer has turned himself in over his alleged involvement in a human trafficking scandal, marking the first arrest of a military official since the investigation started last month. Lieutenant General Manas Kongpaen, a senior adviser to...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a loan agreement of $75 million with Summit Bibiyana II Power Company Limited for developing a gas-fired power plant in Bibiyana, Habiganj. "The project will benefit households, business and industry by improving...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday announced a 14-man squad for playing the one-off Test against neighbouring rival India, with pacer Rubel Hossain returning back to the team. BCB chief selector Faruque Ahmed announced the squad at the BCB office...
Remittance inflow to the country rose by 7.20 per cent or by over $933 million in the first 11 months of the outgoing 2014-15 financial year (FY15), heightening the expectation that the yearly inflow would cross $15 billion mark at...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is expected to unveil the national budget for 2015-16 fiscal year (FY16) at the Jatiya Sangsad at 3pm Thursday. This will be the country's 44th budget and the 16th of the Awami League government...
In a landmark move to introduce digital payment system, Bangladesh has joined "Better Than Cash Alliance" to transform all financial services into electronic payment to make it more convenient and transparent to all citizens. "As part of its massive digitization...
Professor Dr Iftakher Uddin Chowdhury of Sociology department of Chittagong University (CU) has been appointed as the university’s new vice-chancellor (VC). Dr Chowdhury was serving as the Pro-Vice-chancellor (VC) of CU from May 30 in 2013. In an education ministry...
President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) Abdul Matlub on Wednesday said they will welcome Indian investment for setting up industries in Bangladesh. The country’s business community is eagerly waiting to meet the Indian business...
The National Committee for Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resource, Power and Ports (Oil-Gas Committee) urged on Wednesday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to jointly announce the termination of Rampal power plant. The national committee...
Pirates kidnapped three fishermen and looted huge fishes and nets from eight fishing boats in the Bay of Bengal in Narikelbaria coastal area of Bagerhat on Wednesday. Witnesses said a gang of 15-20 bandits in a trawler swooped on the...
Nations must work together on two major frameworks — technical and legal — to keep the cyber world and mass media secure and free from inappropriate contents, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told the concluding session of the two-day Ministerial...
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who has relocated to the US, Wednesday said she hasn't left India permanently and would return to the country when she felt safe. In a post on her Twitter handle, Nasreen said she was "worried"...
A private car driver sustained bullet injuries in a gun attack by local gangsters in the city’s Shahjahanpur area on Wednesday. The injured driver was identified as Md Sohel Rana, 30, of Khilgaon, a news agency report confirmed. Sub-Inspector Enamul...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to chalk out a plan for fixing convenient spots to set up makeshift cattle markets as well as delimit the slaughtering zones ahead of the next Eid-ul-Azha....
The Election Commission (EC) has informed the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) that the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has been cancelled. Senior Assistant Secretary of the EC Mohammad Atiar sent an information statement regarding the cancellation of Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration to the Parliament...
Bangladesh is amending law to put Jamaat-e-Islami on trial for suspected war crimes, Law Minister Barrister Anisul Huq has said. But the bill will be tabled in Parliament when the government wants, he said. The High Court in 2013 ruled...
A clash at Madripur’s Shibchar Upazila has left two people killed, including an activist of the local Awami League. Shibchar police OC Adbus Sattar said that the clash erupted at the Upazila’s Kutubpur. The dead are Arshed Madbar, an activist...
The dollar ascended to a new 12-1/2-year peak against the yen on Tuesday, while Asian shares fell for a second day as the stronger greenback pressured commodity prices. The dollar rose as high as 124.07 yen, its loftiest peak since...
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Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) started with positive note amid choppy trading on Tuesday morning, the third session of the week. DSEX, the benchmark index of the DSE, went up by 4.89 points or 0.10 per...
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