Asian shares marked gains while the dollar held steady on Tuesday, as investors awaited the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's two-day meeting that begins later in the session for clues to the direction of US interest rates. Tokyo was...
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the law will take its own course in Abdul Latif Siddiqui’s case once he returns to Bangladesh. ‘There are existing court directives on Latif Siddiqui. Steps will be taken according...
European shares rose in early trade on Tuesday, reversing the previous session's dip as better-than-expected results from a number of blue-chips including pharma group Novartis and bank UBS helped lift sentiment. At 0803 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top...
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Stocks returned to the red on Tuesday after previous day’s upturn with turnover on the prime bourse hitting a three-month low as investors went for late hour selling binge. The market opened with an upward mood, but could not sustain...
Modhumoti Bank Limited (MMBL) signed an agreement with Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) for collection of bills of its respective zone. Under this deal, now the consumer of REB under Moheshpur Zone in Jhenaidah will be able to pay their...
Detectives have rescued a businessman 7 days after he was abducted from Shahjadpur Upazila in Sirajganj. Sirajganj Detective OC Nasir Uddin said police have detained 3 men in connection with the abduction. The victim was rescued around 9:30pm on Monday...
An official of Sonali Bank's Lalmatia branch has been put under suspension after more than 50 cheques were stolen from its clearing section. Senior Officer Farida Begum was 'temporarily dismissed' from the service for dereliction of duties after the cheques...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in a drive arrested two alleged arms traders along with two pistols and 14 rounds of bullet from Sonamasjid area in Shibganj Upazila on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Bablu Rahman, 27, son of...
A court in Khulna district on Monday sent 20 local leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami to jail rejecting their bail prayers in three separate cases filed for exploding bombs and obstructing police from performing their duties. Khulna district (south) unit...
Police arrested a young man along with a pistol, two magazines, some gold ornaments and cash Tk 15,000 in Jhikorgachha Upazila of the Jessore on Monday night. The arrestee was identified as Polash, 32, son of Dilip Biswas at Solua...
A minor boy died from electrocution in Raigonj Upazila in Sirajganj district on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shahriar, 9, son of Selim Ahmed of Debrajpur village. Police said Shahriar came in contact with a live electric wire...
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Poba Upazila of Rajshahi district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Halima Khatun, 45, wife of Janbong at Panshail village of the Upazila. Family sources said Halima, a mother of...
Four senior officials in the civil services on Tuesday replied to show-cause notices issued by Public Administration Ministry for using fake freedom fighter’s certificate. The four officials are Health Secretary Niaz Uddin Mia, former Liberation War Affairs Secretary KH Masud...
The government is bracing for heightened security measures across Bangladesh before Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami’s war crimes verdict is announced on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters at the Secretariat on Tuesday, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said all...
Urging the political parties to hold dialogue immediately, junior British minister for international development Lynne Featherstone has said Bangladesh’s January 5 election was unexpected. She said ‘A poll can not be transparent when most of the candidates were elected unopposed....
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the bail granted by the High Court to Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi in a case filed on charge of accumulating...
Bangladeshi journalist Sheuli Akter bagged the ‘World Media Summit Global Awards for Excellence 2014’ on Monday in Beijing. Sheuli Akter, special correspondent and editor of NsNewsWire, earned an honourable mention in the Exemplary News Professionals in Developing Countries category, for...
The fourth session of the 10th parliament will begin on November 13. President Abdul Hamid summoned the parliament session that will begin at 4:00pm on the day, said Parliament Secretariat media release on Tuesday, according to a news agency.
A mobile court in Dhaka on Tuesday sealed an ice-cream factory and a beverage company in the capital’s Mirpur area for running their production illegally and using harmful chemicals in products. The mobile court, comprising Dhaka district administration and Bangladesh...
A parliamentary watchdog at a meeting on Tuesday recommended taking legal action against the Hajj agencies involved in anomalies and corruption in their Hajj management. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Religious Affairs Ministry came up with the recommendation from its...
The task of bringing back convicted Bangladesh nationals being held in UAE prisons will begin soon, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said. There were 1,019 Bangladeshi prisoners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he said, of whom,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her government wants to expand its relations with the Gulf states in trade, tourism, investment and strategic partnership for economic development alongside bolstering the trade ties with the UAE. “My government wants to...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday suggested accelerating coordinated efforts particularly in some major areas to promote Bangladesh to the middle-income group by 2021. "We need coordinated efforts to achieve significant improvement in some major areas to elevate the country...
US forces staged four air strikes on Islamic State militants in Syria Tuesday and allies joined in nine strikes on the group in Iraq , the U.S. Central Command said. In Syria, US attack and fighter aircraft went after targets...
India's top counter-terrorism agency has uncovered a suspected plot by a banned militant group to assassinate the prime minister of Bangladesh and carry out a coup, three senior Indian security officials told Reuters Tuesday.India will hand over a dossier to...
Three Bangladeshis have been beaten to death by a mob at a village in the border town of Khowai in India's Tripura state. Quoting locals, BGB officials told bdnews24.com the incident took place in the early hours of Tuesday at...
The parliamentary standing committee on Education Ministry on Tuesday recommended new policy for MPO enlistment of non-government secondary schools and higher secondary colleges. The recommendation was made at the 6th meeting of committee on Tuesday at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 27 (BSS): Mentally sick people need proper treatment and medicare facilities and special care from surrounding human beings for sake of their early recovery, speakers at a seminar here said. They viewed optimum treatment and necessary healthcare facilities...
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KHULNA, Oct 27: Khaleda Begum, 32, resides at village Southkhali under Sharonkhola Upazila of Bagerhat district. She lost six members of her family including her son and other relatives in super cyclone Sidr on November-15, 2007. She recalled emotionally, "We...
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