Balloting is under way in by-election to Jokiganj municipality in Sylhet district on Saturday. Local administration sources said the voting, which began at 8:00am, was continuing peacefully in all nine polling centres in the north-eastern Upazila town. The voting will...
Envoy M Ziauddin has briefed US Congresswoman Grace Meng about the Bangladesh government’s steps to improve factory safety and labour rights after the collapse of multi-storey Rana Plaza at Savar last year. ‘The government had taken concrete steps to ensure...
Some muggers allegedly threw a college student out of a moving train, instantly killing him near Dhirasram Railway Station in Gazipur city on Friday. The victim is Abu Bakkar alias Zillu, a 4th year (honours) student of Sheikh Amanullah College...
A schoolgirl was raped by a young man in Talaimari Phultala in Rajshahi city on Friday. Police and locals said some young men, led by Ashique Ali, 19, a wielding worker and son of Nurul Islam of Jamalpur area in...
A motorcyclist was killed as a truck knocked down his vehicle at Kutibari under Sreepur Upazila in Magura on Saturday. The dead is identified as Taizel Hosen, 40, a resident of Ghoshial village of the Upazila. Police said a truck...
A woman died after receiving a snakebite in Tanore Upazila headquarters in Rajshahi on Friday. The dead is Shamsun Nahar, 24, wife of Rezaul Islam of the area. Family members said a venomous snake bit Shamsun Nahar in leg when...
A South Korean man involved in planning an outdoor pop concert where 16 people were killed after falling through a ventilation grate was found dead Saturday in an apparent suicide, officials said, as doctors treated eight others facing life-threatening injuries...
Fresh clashes have broken out between Hong Kong police and pro-democracy protesters, with officers using pepper spray and batons against the crowd. Thousands of protesters gathered at Mong Kok district, reclaiming part of a protest site cleared by police earlier...
A college student went missing during a fishing trip in the Dhaleshwari River in Saturia Upazila in Manikganj district on Friday. The victim was identified as Lavlu Hossain, 18, son of Harun Sheikh, a resident of the adjacent Aag Savar...
The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 328,368,522.07 on the basis of cost price and Tk 320,574,735.94 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on October 16. The face value per unit...
The Quarterly Business Conference – 2014 of Jamuna Bank Limited was held Friday in the city. The Chairman of Jamuna Bank Shaheen Mahmud was present in the Conference as Chief Guest. The Chairman of Jamuna Bank Foundation Al-Haj Nur Mohammed,...
A former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s Dhaka city unit was shot and injured by some miscreants in Rampura area in the city on Friday evening. The victim, Abul Khair sustained bullet injuries in his left leg and arm and...
At least 39 climbers died on a key Nepali hiking route after it was hit by major snowstorms and avalanches earlier this week. Helicopters are helping rescuers high in the Himalayas as they search on for missing trekkers, with fears...
Oil prices have risen for a second consecutive day following strong petrol demand data in the US, as investor sentiment steadied in global equity markets. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in November added a modest five cents to...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 7 people, including a human trafficker, at Benapole union under Sarsa Upazila of Jessore on Friday night. Subedar Samsur Rahman of Khulna 23 BGB Batallion said they were trying to illegally cross over to India....
Gold prices increased by 50 baht at 9.10am on Saturday. The Gold Traders Association announced the buying price at 18,950 baht and the selling price at 19,050 baht per baht-weight for gold bars. The buying price for gold ornaments was...
The head of the International Monetary Fund says market turmoil this week may have been an ‘over-reaction,’ as leading economic figures met to discuss Friday the global economy and worries about another recession in Europe. Christine Lagarde described the week...
The NASDAQ and global economy appear to be in a slump. Retail sales and producer prices were reported falling in the US while global markets have also taken hits. Oil prices have fallen and China and Germany’s economy are reportedly...
Police recovered the body of a high school student with the throat slashed from a paddy field in Burichong Upazila in Comilla district on Saturday. The dead is Nazmul Hasan, a class VIII student of Chandina Gobindapur High School and...
A man, who was seriously injured in an attack by some miscreants in Purbo Jurain area in the city, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday afternoon. The dead is Nur Hossain, 30. Locals found Nur Hossain in...
Was the decision to raise a key tax this year a big mistake? For years, the political consensus has been that Japan’s consumption (ie, value-added) tax needs to go up in order to control a ballooning public debt. In April...
India's former President APJ Abdul Kalam left here for home on Saturday after attending a programme, organised by Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka, on the occasion of its 110th founding anniversary. A Jet Airways flight carrying Abdul...
Amid slower global growth foreseen this year, the Philippines will still manage to post a stronger dollar income from its transfers of real resources from the local scene to the rest of the world—measured as the country’s current account surplus...
Korean government has claimed that the size of the sovereign debt is not problematic because it is lower than the OECD average. However, according to lawmaker’s data, the total liabilities amounted to 94 per cent of the GDP, 1.252 quadrillion...
Pakistan’s tax to GDP ratio has increased to 8.9 per cent during previous financial year 2013-14 from 8.5 per cent mainly due to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)’s collection of Rs 2266 billion. ‘As far as revenue collection is...
Korean technology major Samsung has committed to scale up its investments in India's 4G market in a meeting with Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, while LG expressed great faith in the ‘changed investment climate’, ‘Met CEO Samsung, Discussed NOFN and...
Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.0 per cent in September, a slight dip in the cost of living from the previous month, Statistics Canada said Friday. The inflation rate had been up 2.1 per cent in the months of August...
Bangladesh will showcase the recent developments in the country with political stability in place during a three-day trade fair to be held in Malaysia next month, sending out a message that Bangladesh is a ‘good place for investment’. Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber...
Accusing the ruling Awami League of trying to divide the nation, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urged Saturday the country’s people to put up a strong resistance against a deep-rooted conspiracy against the country, according to a...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has decided to relieve Lodewijk de Kruif as the head coach of the Bangladesh National Football team. Bari Tito, his deputy, will take charge of the team temporarily, said BFF President Kazi Salahuddin, according to a...
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