US stocks ended little changed on Tuesday as the US economy grew more than expected last quarter but soft readings on consumer confidence and house prices kept major indexes in a tight range. Based on the latest available data, the...
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) will launch Least Developed Countries Report 2014 prepared by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) tomorrow (Thursday) at 11.00 am at the CIRDAP Auditorium in the city. UNCTAD’s LDC Reports are annual...
Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura won the toss and sent Bangladesh into bat in the 3rd one-day international (ODI) cricket match on Wednesday afternoon. Hosts Bangladesh made one change as it bid for a series-clinching win, with Shafiul Islam replacing fellow...
European stocks ended slightly higher on Tuesday as euro zone banking shares climbed on mounting expectation of more stimulus from the European Central Bank. BHP Billiton lost 1.7 per cent, BP fell 1.1 per cent and Total dipped 1.6 per...
The US Embassy in Dhaka will remain closed on Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving Day, an American national holiday. The Consular Section and the American Center with the Archer K. Blood American Center Library and the Education USA Student Advising...
The 2nd-day mobile court drive against jaywalking in the city is underway today (Wednesday). Sources at Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said 40 pedestrians have been fined in the 1st 2-hour for jaywalking since 10:00am on Wednesday. The DMP says it...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to two activists of banned outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for shooting dead a man during a police search. Judge of 4th Speedy Trial Tribunal Court, Dhaka, ABM Nazmul Haque gave the verdict...
A mobile court in Moulvibazar on Tuesday sentenced a person to one and a half years’ imprisonment and another to 6 moths’ jail for selling expired medicine in the district town. The convicts were identified as Saiful Islam, 50, of...
An old man drowned and 10 other people were injured as a trawler carrying some Muslim devotees sank in the Meghna river in Mehendiganj Upazila of Barisal district on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Yusuf, 60, son of...
Six Bangladeshis, who were arrested by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) while they were trying to enter Indian territory through Petrapole border illegally, returned home through Benapole check post on Tuesday night. BSF members handed the six people over to...
Hosts Bangladesh made 297 for 6 wickets in stipulated 50 overs in the 3rd one-day international (ODI) match against Zimbabwe on Wednesday. Opener Tamim Iqbal was run out after scoring 40 runs while Anamul Haque made 95. Zimbabwe won the...
The Anti Corruption Commission on Wednesday interrogated former State Minister for Water Resources Mahbubur Rahman for reportedly acquiring illegal wealth. ACC investigation officer and deputy director Farid Ahmed Patwari questioned him for several hours from 10:00am at the ACC headquarters...
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Stocks witnessed a sharp decline Wednesday, a day after upturn with turnover hitting fresh four months low as investors remained reluctant to make fresh exposure amid weak sentiment. The market opened with a positive mood, but cloud not sustain. At...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday quizzed another six officials of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) in connection with the allegation of embezzlement of nearly Tk 13,000 million by Ananda Shipyard. An ACC team, led by its deputy director...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India will give business visa for 3 to 5 years for 8 Saarc countries and called for making procedures simple and facilities better. 'India will now give business visa for 3-5 years...
The country now needs to accelerate its GDP growth to over 8 per cent and maintain the present remittance growth to become a middle-income country by 2021, said a leading chamber body on Wednesday. Bangladesh's economy has maintained a healthy...
Authorities will take tight security measures for the upcoming 2-phase Biswa Ijtema, the 2nd largest congregation of Muslims after the Holy Hajj. Stating that a foolproof security will be in place, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Wednesday...
Some miscreants stabbed a man to death at Purulia village at Kalia Upazila in Narail district on Wednesday. The dead is Makbul Hossain, 60, a farmer and resident of the village. Police and family source said when Makbul Hossain was...
Zimbabwe struggled to 89 losing five of their valuable wickets in the process, chasing a target of 298 in the 3rd ODI against Bangladesh in Dhaka’s Mirpur on Wednesday evening. Mashrafe bin Mortaza struck twice early followed by another hit...
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal arrives in Dhaka on Thursday on a 3-day visit. During the visit, she will have meetings with high-level officials of the government and leaders of labour,...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina that his government is vigourously working to sign Teesta water-sharing deal and implement the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA). Modi informed Prime Minister Hasina of the efforts to...
Firefighters tamed the fire which broke out at a bicycle factory in Tejgaon Induatrial Area in the city on Wednesday afternoon. However, no casualty was reported in the devastating fire that gutted bicycles, cycle parts and cycle-making materials worth millions...
Zimbabwe struggled to 148 after losing 7 wickets as they were chasing a target of 298 in the 3rd match of the 5-match ODI series in Mirpur on Wednesday. Earlier, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza struck twice to trigger collapse in Zimbabwe...
The 18th Saarc Summit has been adjourned till Thursday without any deals being signed. There was a slot for singing agreements at 12:35pm, but the chair of the summit Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala adjourned the 2-day meet until Thursday....
About one month has elapsed since the grid failure that plunged the entire Bangladesh into an unprecedented blackout, the reason behind the massive outage could not be known yet. However, the government says the causes of the worst blackout will...
Bangladesh clinched the five-match Bashundhara Cement ODI series beating Zimbabwe by 124 runs in the third match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Wednesday. Chasing a target of mammoth 298 runs, the visiting side were bundled out for 173...
Those wishing to perform Hajj next year have to now complete all formalities seven months before their departure. The compliance including the payment of of the money has to be wrapped up by January as the Saudi government has brought...
FERGUSON: Protest marches sprang up across the United States on Tuesday, and police battled to stifle another night of unrest in Ferguson, ground zero of America’s latest racially-charged riots. Violence erupted in the St Louis, Missouri suburb for a second...
Hostilities between rivals India and Pakistan Wednesday threatened to scupper efforts by South Asian leaders to boost trade among almost a quarter of the world's people, throwing into doubt any prospect of a regional customs union. India and Pakistan have...
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday ordered the exhumation of the body of Nayar Sultana, a popular child actress in the 1980s as Tuni, for a fresh postmortem. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Bikash Kumar Saha passed the order following a petition...
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