Eurozone industrial production falls sharply in August BRUSSELS, Oct 14 : Industrial output in the eurozone fell by 1.8 per cent in August, official data showed on Tuesday, a steep drop and another sign that recession in the 18-nation currency...
Branding Awami League (AL) as an irreligious party in the guise of secularist, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Tuesday said the ruling party men attack all religions whenever they get a chance, reports UNB. "Secularism is just their (AL) mask. AL,...
The Appellate Division fixed November 27 (Tuesday) for hearing the leave petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, an accused in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, against a High Court (HC) verdict upholding the trial court order on charge...
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said Tuesday the government has taken initiative to dispose all the cases relating to the militants quickly, reports BSS. "We have taken initiative to dispose cases related to militants so that they,...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali Tuesday said the government is yet to get any report from India on the recent bomb blast at Bardhaman in West Bengal, reports UNB. "We've sought a report from India. The report is yet to...
Bangladesh will not be taking part in the US-led effort to destroy Islamic State (IS) militants fighting to gain control of Iraq and Syria, reports benews24.com. But the government is willing to join if the United Nations launches a humanitarian...
Police arrested a Jamaat leader from the Hasnabad area under South Keraniganj thana Monday evening, reports BSS. The arrestee was identified as Shahinur Islam (45), secretary of Dhaka district (south) Jamaat. He was arrested on several charges, including destructive activities...
A Dhaka court sentenced Tuesday an operative of the banned outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) over a case of the serial bomb blast, reports BSS. Special Tribunal-10 Judge Masud Parvez, passed the verdict in the...
Forty-three years after the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, a cross-country history project is underway to record facts and documents connected with it, reports bdnews24.com. The India-Bangladesh History Project, led by Haroon Habib, a leading Bangladesh freedom fighter (FF) and...
Reception to Speaker October 22 Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will be accorded a reception in the afternoon on October 22 at the south plaza of JS Bhaban on her election as the chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary...
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The Dhaka University (DU) authorities decided on Tuesday to cut the opportunity for appearing at the admission test for second time from the academic year of 2015-2016 to ensure fair contest among the candidates. In previous years students had scope...
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The Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo organized a reception in honour of the members of the reconstituted Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship League at the city's prestigious International House of Japan on Tuesday evening. More than 25 Diet members and 20 Japanese business...
Bangladesh has achieved a remarkable success in sanitation coverage as 97 per cent households now use latrines while the figure was only 33 per cent in 2003, reports BSS. Quoting a joint survey of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and...
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Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology(BUET) has been selected to host local edition of Hult Prize wherein students answer President Bill Clinton's "childhood education and the word gap" challenge with US$1 million up for grabs, organizers said. A press release...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 14 (BSS): Detective Branch (DB) of Police recovered almost the entire Tk 30 million stolen from the Chittagong office of Group Four Securities (G4S), an international security solutions group. DB police recovered the money from the residence of...
The academic activities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will resume today (Wednesday) after a 17-day vacation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja, reports BSS. Meanwhile, the administrative activities of the university resumed from October 12 after a 10-day vacation....
The Customs intelligence arrested one person with one kilogram of gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Tuesday, reports BSS. "We detained one Zakir Hossain of Shahrasti of Chandpur district and seized one-kg of gold hidden inside...
Veteran photojournalist Azizur Rahman Peu died of cardiac arrest at his Dhanmondi residence in the city early Tuesday. He was 49, report agencies. Family sources said Peu breathed his last at 3:00 am. He left behind his wife, one daughter,...
The International White Cane Safety Day-2014 will be observed in the country today (Wednesday) as elsewhere across the globe, reports UNB. The Department of Social Services and Social Welfare Ministry have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day. A...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka, Barisal, Sylhet and Chittagong divisions until 6:00 pm...
DU Mourning Day today The Dhaka University Mourning Day will be observed today (Wednesday) commemorating the tragic death of 39 students, guests and employees in a building collapse at the university's Jagannath Hall in 1985. — Press release Human chain...
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CHITTAGONG, October 13: Mohammed Abu Taher has been elected president of Bangladesh Ship Breakers Association (BSBA) in the first-ever direct election in its 30 years' history. Besides, Amzad Hossain Chowdhury and Md Shafi have been elected vice president of the...
Medhat made CTO of Grameenphone Grameenphone has appointed Medhat El Husseiny as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the company. Medhat, who is an Egyptian national, brings over 20 years of experience from telecom sector, holding senior management roles in different...
Dhaka University authorities Tuesday decided to allow only freshly passed HSC students to appear in its admission tests for a single year from the 2015-16 academic session, aiming to create an equal opportunity for all the aspirants. The decision was...
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Stocks witnessed marginal correction Monday after four straight sessions' bullish streak as investors booked some profit on financial stocks. The market tumbled in the early session, losing 42 points within 90 minutes of trade. However, it partly recovered by the...
SYDNEY, Oct 13 (Reuters): Asian stocks stumbled to seven-month lows on Monday, while crude oil prices were pinned near a four-year trough as promising trade numbers out of China failed to cheer a market still worried about faltering global growth....
MUMBAI, Oct 13 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex closed higher on Monday as stocks of blue-chip companies recovered from recent losses, tracking positive cues from European markets, while technology shares rose for a second consecutive day. Improving China trade data also...
MUMBAI, Oct 13 (PTI): Regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has barred realty major DLF and also six top executives including Chairman KP Singh, from securities markets for three years, after finding the company guilty of "active and...
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