US stocks lost more than 1 per cent on Wednesday in the S&P 500's biggest decline since Oct. 13 as another big drop in oil prices hammered energy shares. The S&P 500 has lost 2.4 per cent this week so...
The Bangladeshi female student, who was allegedly raped by a research scholar at Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan in India’s West Bengal state, is leaving the institution. A BBC Bangla report has said that the student would be leaving Santiniketan for...
European stocks fell for a 3rd session in a row on Wednesday as a further plunge in crude prices knocked down the shares of oil majors and oil services groups such as Royal Dutch Shell and Fugro. Shares in Shell...
Three persons suspected to be members of the outlawed Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir have been arrested from Dhaka's Badda area. Badda police station’s OC MA Jalil said that they were nabbed from Badda's Ali Morh area around 11:00pm on Wednesday. He...
Asian stocks fell on Thursday as falling oil prices added to global growth concerns, while the dollar saw a bit of a respite against the yen and euro after successive sharp losses. Spreadbetters expected the bearish tone for equities to...
State minister Mujibul Haque Chunnu has rejected a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report that says women workers in Bangladesh readymade garment industry are harassed at workplace. He said that doubt over genuineness of the report ‘remains’ as majority of...
About 52 hours after its capsize, ‘OT Southern Star 7’ has been salvaged. The sand carrying cargo-vessel-turned oil tanker was pulled out from Shela River in Sundarbans' west zone in Bagerhat district on Thursday morning. The salvage vessels of Ms...
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Turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell significantly today (Thursday) as investors were reluctant to make fresh investment on the first trading day with the newly launched trading system. The daily turnover dropped by 68 per cent from that...
The government has appointed 2 new administrators for the bifurcated Dhaka City Corporations (DCC) with the terms of 2 incumbent administrators of the city about to end. The public administration ministry issued a circular notifying the appointments on Thursday. Jute...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the country’s 1st-ever coast guard training base. She also inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 13 other development projects in Patuakhali district on Thursday. At the beginning of her daylong visit to the...
Joint Secretary AKM Jahangir has been sent down on forced retirement for allegedly holding a meeting with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia along with a group of incumbent and former government officials, according to private TV channels.
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) today (Thursday) went live with its new automated trading system, incorporating DSE X-Stream INET Matching Engine powered by NASDAQ technology. Deployment of ‘DSE-FlexTP’ will enhance the Exchange’s technological capability, improve transparency and offer one of the...
Joint Secretary AKM Jahangir has been sent on forced retirement over his reported meeting with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. AKM Jahangir, an officer on special duty (OSD), along with a group of incumbent and former government officials reportedly held a...
At least five people were killed and 25 others injured as they fell off a freight train and crushed by it in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Thursday afternoon. Three of the deceased were identified as Sadequl of Puranpoil area,...
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Thursday alleged that some foreign envoys are adding fuel to the BNP’s demand for fresh parliamentary polls. She also said the countries the emissaries represent had not been in very much favour of Bangladesh during...
The 134th birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani will be observed on Friday with due respect, according to a news agency.
A Bangladeshi expatriate worker has been shot dead by a muezzin in Saudi Arabia for allegedly failing to make prayer call on his behalf. The incident took place on Sunday at Ortawwiyah in Majmaah district, some 30km from Riyadh, Arab...
Though oil taker ‘OT Southern Star 7’ was pulled off to the shore under private efforts on Thursday morning two days after its capsize in the Shela River, the furnace oil continues to spread to the river and its surrounding...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 10 (BSS): Speakers at a post-rally discussion here today underscored the need for protecting the human rights of the ethnic minorities for their mainstreaming. They mentioned that there should be effective measures for creating public awareness towards establishing...
SYLHET, Dec 10 (UNB): A truck driver and his helper were killed in a head-on collision between two trucks at Sutang in Sadar upazila of Habiganj district early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as truck driver Abu Bakar,42 and his...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Dec 10: Gopalganj thana police recovered dead body of a female student from a house in Gopalganj town yesterday (Tuesday). The victim was identified as Tulika Bal (18), a student of first year Sabera Rauf College and daughter of...
Bangladesh Navy Ship "Shomudro Joy" on Thursday reached Male with 100 tonnes of bottled drinking water and five desalination plants. The Bangladesh government sent these as emergency assistance to Maldives to address their drinking water crisis in capital city Male,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Another message from our correspondent says: The International Anti-corruption Day-2014 was observed with a befitting manner in Gopalganj yesterday. District Corruption Prevention Committee, Gopalganj organised the programme. On the occasion of the day a colourful rally, chanting slogans paraded through...
Indian High Commission in Dhaka has asked Bangladeshis to report to police if anyone approaches them offering assistance for Indian visa, according to a news agency.
NATORE, Dec 10 (UNB): A farmer man was found dead in a crop field at Salamar village in Singra upazila on Wednesday morning, one month after his going missing. The deceased was identified as Abdus Salam, 38, a resident of...
RANGPUR, Dec 10 (BSS): Enhanced participation of the organisations of small and marginal farmers in food security governance and policy-making could improve livelihoods and ensure food security of the extremely poor, speakers said today. They were addressing today the concluding...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-11 00:00:00
MAGURA, Dec 10: International Human Rights Day-2014 was observed in Magura Wednesday. Voluntary organisation Rova Foundation in association with Manusher Jonnyo Foundation took different programmes in observance of the day. A rally was brought out in town in the morning....
GAIBANDHA, Dec 10 (BSS): Some 200 River erosion people of Singria village under Udakhali union of Fulchhari upazila got blankets from two non-governmental organizations on Tuesday. An online based voluntary organization Dhakastha Gaibandhabashi and the Distressed Children and Infants International...
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