Hundreds of students staged demonstration in Dhaka University (DU) campus on Sunday, protesting the authorities’ decision not to allow students to sit for the DU entry test twice. Police detained four students from their gathering in front of ‘Raju Sculpture’....
Violent clashes erupted in Hong Kong early on Sunday for a second night, deepening a sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong...
A farmer died after receiving snakebite at Khopdai village in Keshabpur Upazila in Jessore on Saturday evening. The dead is Abul Hossain, 60, a resident of the village. Family members said a venomous snake bit Abul Hossain in hand as...
A Pakistani police officer says unknown gunmen have shot dead eight people and injured one in an insurgency-hit part of southwestern Pakistan. Senior police officer Bashir Brohi said Sunday the victims were labourers from eastern Punjab province who were abducted...
India has deregulated prices for diesel fuel while raising the cost of natural gas in the biggest-yet economic reform announced by new Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. The decision to allow market control of diesel costs starting Sunday targets one...
Rescue teams in Nepal say they are making a final search for survivors on a popular Himalayan trekking route that was hit by a devastating storm. It is the fifth day that Nepalese army and private helicopters have been searching...
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Stocks dipped on Sunday with key index of the major bourse lost over two per cent as investors went for massive sales, fearing further fall. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) shed 109.08 points or 2.06...
Cornell University, a leading private institution of higher learning in the USA, has cut its ties with the readymade garment manufacturer JanSport over worker and factory safety in Bangladesh. In a letter sent to VF Corporation which owns JanSport, on...
The BJP on Sunday said it will form the government in Haryana with early trends indicating it was winning in 48 of the 90 seats. This is the first time that the BJP is likely to come to power in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of National Professor Salahuddin Ahmed. In a condolence message, she recalled the contributions of Prof Salahuddin for the flourishing of education and in setting up the...
Agitating Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists attacked its headquarters in the city’s Naya Paltan on Sunday hours after the members of the recently formed central committee took control of it. The agitators, demanding the disbanding of the new committee, attacked...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has underscored the need for constituting a separate commission to recruit qualified teachers to primary schools as the government has decided to upgrade the posts of the teachers, including that of the head teachers. She came...
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday expressed deep shock at the death of National Professor Salahuddin Ahmed. In a condolence message, the President said, ‘The nation has lost an illustrious historian at the death of Prof Salahuddin Ahmed…the loss caused by...
Former dictator HM Ershad sees a bright future for his Jatiya Party (JP) as he claims the people have deserted both the Awami League and the BNP. ‘Jatiya Party is a party of possibilities; party for change. We have huge...
Evaporating inflation and slowing growth have put financial markets into such a spin that they could inflict further damage on the world economy. Until a dramatic selloff, exuberant markets had raced well ahead of the economies that underpin them, partly...
India is poised to become a $2 trillion economy this year, while its GDP size would cross another milestone of $three trillion after five years in 2019, according to IMF's latest world economic outlook. India's ranking would also improve to...
Fraud could be costing the country up to $9.4 billion a year, according to reports that were ditched by the Government before completion. The draft report by the Serious Fraud Office to quantify the cost of economic crime has been...
A physically challenged boy was strangulated to death and the body was dumped in a ditch in Khamargati village in Sirajganj Sadar Upazila at sometime between Thursday night and Friday. The deceased was identified as Sohan, 9, son of Aynal...
US Embassy in Dhaka has instituted several changes to make it easier for visa applicants to pay their visa processing fees, schedule visa interview appointments, and drop off and pick up their passports and other documents. Information about these new...
The government will move to ensure that the war crimes convicts do not get presidential mercy in future, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said. He has hinted at amending the Constitution to this end if necessary. A Ganajagaran Mancha faction...
After last week’s market gyrations investors might be hoping for a quiet week but a swath of Chinese data on Tuesday, US inflation figures on Wednesday and flash eurozone purchasing managers' indices on Thursday, as well as a lot of...
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology aims to raise the sector’s GDP to EGP 195bn by 2020, up from EGP 58.3bn for 2014. According to a Ministry official, the sector is expected to contribute to the nation’s GDP at...
Bangabhaban on Sunday trashed an advertisement published in several newspapers involving the President, the highest institution of the state. Several national dailies, including the Daily Bartoman, published the ad, titled ‘Unconditional apology to the honourable President: Fervent appeal for Alhaj...
Bangladesh fared better in attaining the SAARC Development Goals (SDGs) after Sri Lanka compared to the other South Asian countries as it became the star performer in case of fertility rate. The fertility rate (children per woman) in Bangladesh in...
The European Union’s struggle to avoid a period of falling consumer prices suffered a setback in September, as the annual rate of inflation across the bloc’s 28 members fell to its lowest level in five years. The EU’s statistics agency...
The 'aggrieved' Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists, deprived of posts in its new committee, on Sunday postponed their demonstration and sit-in programmes in front their Naya Paltan headquarters following a fruitful meeting with BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam...
Dubai’s real estate sector registered a slowdown in rents and sales prices during the third quarter of the year, marking further stabilisation in the market, according to Asteco’s Q3 2014 report. Average apartment and villa rental rates dropped by two...
Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander A Nikolaev on Sunday assured that his country will allow duty- and quota-free access of Bangladesh readymade garments to the Russian market. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu came up with the information while talking to...
Several hours into the enforcement, Sylhet Road Transport Workers’ Union on Sunday afternoon postponed its indefinite transport strike in the district until November 5. The decision to postpone the strike came at a meeting between the striking workers and the...
The board of directors of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd has decided to issue Mudaraba Subordinated Bond (6- year Redeemable) for Tk 3.0 billion to strengthen the bank's total capital as requirement under Basel III. The bond styled ‘AIBL Mudaraba Subordinated...
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