MUMBAI, Oct 17 (Reuters): Indian shares rose on Friday, led by stocks of domestic oriented companies including lenders such as HDFC Bank on value buying and hopes a likely win for the BJP in two recent state elections would help...
LONDON, Oct 17 (AFP): European stock markets rose at the start of trading on Friday, the end of an immensely volatile week for shares as investors fear a return to recession in the eurozone. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of...
HONG KONG, Oct 17 (AFP): Most Asian markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street and European shares stabilised in response to upbeat US data, but traders remained on edge about the global economy and fresh fears over Greece. The figures...
HABIGANJ, Oct 17 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 9,500 bullets, 80 magazines, five wireless sets and a radio set during their fresh drive at bordering Satchhari jungles in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj on Friday. The recovered ammunition...
Joint general secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, MP, sought Friday support of BNP to bring back home its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman through Interpol for trial, reports BSS. "BNP leadership should keep in mind that if...
BRAC University professor Piash Karim who passed away Monday was laid to eternal rest at Banani Graveyard in the city Friday, reports UNB. Piash Karim, also a political analyst and TV talk-show panelist, was buried around 3pm after two namaz-e-janazas....
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has claimed that decentralisation of the National University (NU) aims to protect the institution by removing all complications in its functioning, report agencies. "As the number of colleges in the country has been increasing day...
Speakers at a discussion in the city said Friday Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has saved the country's independence and democracy by holding the election on January 5 last. Bangabandhu Parishad arranged the discussion titled, "Last election, present government, democratisation...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina returns home tonight (Saturday night) from Milan after wrapping up her four-day official visit to Italy to attend the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit-2014, reports BSS. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina congratulated Friday Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP, on his being elected the president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) for the next three years, reports UNB. He is the first Bangladeshi to win the IPU president post....
NARAYANGANJ, Oct 17 (UNB): Police in separate drives arrested five people and recovered two foreign pistols, two magazines and five bullets in Bandar Upazila Thursday night and Friday morning. The arrestees were identified as Wahiduzzaman alias Sujan Mollah, 36, Imran...
THAKURGAON, Oct 17 (BSS): The tri-annual district conference of Thakurgaon Awami League was held Thursday at the local Zila Parishad auditorium. After the opening session, election was held to elect the new leadership for next three years in the second...
The BNP is plotting to seize power through the backdoor, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has claimed. The BNP, according to him, is caught in a "whirlwind of frustration"."They are not ready for agitations; so, the government has...
A suspected member of banned Islamic outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh sustained bullet injuries as police opened fire to disperse a procession of the group in the city's Mohammadpur area Friday, reports UNB. The injured was identified as Nafiz, 25, son...
The 50th birthday of Sheikh Russell, youngest son of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed in a befitting manner today (Saturday), reports BSS. On this day in 1964, Sheikh Russell, youngest of three brothers of...
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Speakers at a seminar in the capital Friday emphasised separation of merchant banking from conventional banking to ensure smooth functioning of the country's financial institutions (FIs). They also called for taking prudent measures for ensuring greater coordination among the financial...
Two teachers' organisations Friday alleged that a vested quarter is hatching conspiracies to foil the achievements made in the country's education sector, reports UNB. They came up with the allegation from separate human chains formed in front of the Jatiya...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate raids arrested four persons including two accused in the killings of a mother and her three daughters at Mirzapur from Tangail, Gazipur and Dhaka Wednesday and Thursday, reports BSS. The arrestees are Md...
A first year student of Cambrian School and College was found dead at his room in the college hostel Friday, police said, reports BSS. Officer-in-Charge (OC) Muhammad Sarwar Hossain of Bhatara thana confirmed the death saying: "The deceased was identified...
SATKHIRA, Oct 17 (UNB): The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a special drive arrested six smugglers along with two tiger skins in Sadar Upazila Thursday night. The skins were believed to be removed from Royal Bengal tigers after...
FE Report A freelance journalist was killed in a road accident on Rampura Bridge in the city Friday noon. Officer-in-Charge of Rampura Police Station Mahbubur Rahman confirmed the incident to the Financial Express. According the police, a covered van knocked...
BAGERHAT, Oct 17 (UNB): A court here Friday sent 14 Indian fishermen, who were arrested from the Fairway buoy area of the Bay of Bengal Thursday, to jail. The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate passed the order when police...
Four people, including a centenarian, were killed in separate road accidents in Munshiganj, Jessore and Sylhet districts Thursday and Friday, reports UNB. In Munshiganj two people, including a woman, were killed and another was injured in a road accident on...
GAZIPUR, Oct 17 (BSS): Police recovered Friday a body of a youth from Dhirashram area in Gazipur. It is suspected that the muggers might have pushed him down from the rooftop of a running train. The victim was identified as...
MANIKGANJ, Oct 17 (UNB): A village police man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Khagrakhuri village in Sadar Upazila Thursday. The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain Delu (56), son of late Nifazuddin. Sadar thana SI...
Bir Bahadur for clean Bandarban town BANDARBAN, Oct 17: State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tract Affairs Bir Bahadur, MP, directed Friday the authorities concerned to enforce law to keep the district town clean. He emphasised on establishing Bandarban as a...
The eighth death anniversary of Ayesha Siddiqua Moqbal, mother of Titas Gas T & D Company Ltd manager Abu Saleh Mahmood Sharif, will be observed today (Saturday), said a press release. The family members of the deceased have requested relatives,...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), reports UNB. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary...
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