The government officials, who had a meeting with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, have been identified, State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadek has said. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, she said intelligence agencies spotted the public servants, who will...
Some miscreants tortured a sexagenarian man to death and dumped the body in a Kashban in Uttara in the city at some times between Monday night and Tuesday. Local people found the body, bearing multiple injury marks, and informed police....
A gang of identified local miscreants killed a man and injured five other people for land at Kapashpara village in Naria Upazila in Shariatpur on Monday. The dead is Fazlul Haque Ojha of the village. Locals said Mannan Sarder, a...
The driver of a bus that plunged into a ditch killing three female students of Rajshahi Government College, was arrested in Rajshahi city on Tuesday evening. Being tipped off, a team of Matihar Police Station conducted a drive at Battala...
Asian stocks were mostly lower on Wednesday as data from both China and Japan pointed to continued weakness in the world’s 2nd and 3rd-largest economies. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 1.6 per cent to 17,530.39 after a government...
New York rolled out the red carpet for Royal couple – Prince William and Kate. The British royals capped their whirlwind tour of the Big Apple at a gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after visiting the September 11...
Country's first Catholic university Notre Dame University Bangladesh (NDUB) has begun its journey by kick-starting academic activities on the campus in the city. Approved by the government on April 29 last year, the NDUB has formally begun its academic activities...
A train engine swerved off the track onto the platform of Chittagong Railway Station on Wednesday morning during replacement of compartments. However, none was injured. Mafizur Rahman, additional chief engineer (Bridges) at the railway station, said the engine along with...
A truck driver and his helper were killed in a head-on collision between two trucks in Sutang area in Habiganj Sadar Upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as truck driver Abu Bakkar, 42, and his helper Rakib Hasan...
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The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) increased in early hours of trading on Wednesday, maintaining the previous session’s upward trend. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...
Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in Padma River resumed after 12-and-half-hour’s disruption caused by dense fog on Wednesday morning. Bidyut Kumar Saha, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Aricha Ghat, said they kept suspended ferry services...
The High Court has ordered a change in the probe committee formed to investigate the Narayanganj 7-murder. Additional Secretary of Ministry of Public Administration Md Abdul Hakim has been appointed the committee’s new chief. Narayanganj City Corporation’s Ward 2 councillor...
Interview for admission into the 1st year honours courses under 'B' unit of Islamic University (IU) for the session 2014-2015 will be held on December 11 and December 15. The viva of ‘B’ unit merit list 1 to 45 from...
Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), Prof Dr AKM Nurun Nabi has urged the men to stand beside the females in their struggles for establishing women’s equal rights. ‘The women have to struggle at their own in establishing...
Thick fog and cold spell partially paralysed the life in Chittagong and its adjacent areas with massive disruption of air, water and road communications causing untold sufferings to thousands of people. Jaker Hossain, Secretary of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) said...
The S&P 500 ended nearly flat on Tuesday as concerns about global weakness and political turmoil were offset by gains in technology and energy shares. The index managed to nearly erase a 1.3 per cent decline from earlier in the...
Some miscreants chopped a freedom fighter to death and injured another person at Ayapur village at Patnitala Upazila in Naogaon district early Wednesday. The dead is Nazim Uddin, 65, a valiant freedom fighter and son of late Mofizuddin of Merulia...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued warrant of arrest against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case filed for his ‘disparaging remarks’ against Bangabandhu. Metropolitan magistrate Ataul Haque issued the arrest warrant upon a petition filed by...
European equity indexes were set to rebound on Wednesday, mirroring a late recovery on Wall Street and recouping some of the sharp losses suffered on the previous day. At 0721 GMT futures for the Euro STOXX 50 equity index, Germany's...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her resolve to make Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) a technically sound, strong and capable air force through further modernisation. She was addressing a function at BAF Base Bangabandhu in Dhaka’s Kurmitola on Wednesday marking...
Some miscreants killed a man one month after his abduction and dumped the body in a crop field in Singra Upazila in Natore district at some times between Tuesday and early Wednesday. Locals found the body of Abdus Salam, 38,...
Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi has described the media outlet owners as a major obstacle towards exercising the freedom of expression in Bangladesh. ‘No one, including the state, has the right to suppress the freedom of expression...
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Stocks ended in red today (Wednesday) amid choppy trading with no significant movement of index as investors followed cautious stance amid lack of market’s direction. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,943.72 points, shedding...
The forest department has filed a case against the owners of the two ships involved in Tuesday’s collision leading to a deadly oil spill in Sundarbans’ Shela River. An inquiry has been started about the spillage of more than 350,000...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet President Md Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban this (Wednesday) evening. ‘Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will make a courtesy call on the President at Bangabhaban at 7:00pm,’ President’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim told the reporters in...
Police arrested an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir along with firearms and bullets and his associate from Achua Koshaipara area of Godagari Upazila in Rajshahi on Tuesday. The arrested are Ahsan Habib, 22, son of Altaf Hossain of Rajapur village...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has dared BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to prove that it is corrupt. Commissioner M Shahabuddin Chuppu claimed that the constitutional institution is working independently and neutrally. Khaleda, accused in several corruption cases, dubbed it ‘corrupt’...
Detectives have arrested five Rohingya women and a Bangladeshi man in Pabna district. They went to Pabna to get Bangladesh passports. They were arrested at the passport office premises in Chhatiani in Pabna town on Tuesday afternoon, Pabna Detective Branch...
Several hours after an inter-city train ploughed through the platform of Chittagong Railway Station, the authorities suspended three employees of Bangladesh Railways (BR) for negligence in duties on Wednesday. The suspended employees are ATM Jahurul Haque, loco master of the...
There is no legal bar to arrest Tangail-3 MP Amanur Rahman Khan Rana over the murder of local Awami League leader and freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed, says Attorney General Mahbubey Alam. His comments came on Wednesday after the Supreme Court...
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