The brother of main accused in Mirzapur arson case has been arrested. Mirzapur Police Station OC Golam Mustafa said they had arrested prime suspect Jahangir's brother Abu Hanif from Baliyazan area on Tuesday. Earlier, a case was filed naming Jahangir...
A man was chopped to death following an altercation over a disputed land at Jaldhaka Upazila in Nilphamari district on Wednesday afternoon. The dead is Alamgir Hossain, 30, son of late Khajrat Ali. Police said when one Jahedul Islam of...
A teenage boy was killed and 10 other people were injured when the roof of an under-construction building collapsed on them at Rajibpur Upazila in Kurigram district on Wednesday. The dead is Aminul Islam, 14, son of Adam Ali of...
A young woman and a teenage girl were killed by unknown miscreants in separate incidents in the city in the last three days ending on Wednesday. Some miscreants killed Laiju, 27, wife of M Ikbal, and dumped her body in...
People from all walks of life flocked to Central Shaheed Minar in the city on Thursday to pay their last respects to Language Movement hero Abdul Matin. His body was taken to the Central Shaheed Minar at 12 noon for...
Bangladesh will never allow its territory, not even an inch, to be used by terrorist or militant outfits operating from India and Myanmar, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said. The state minister came up with the...
The suspected mastermind of the robbery at BRAC Bank branch in Joypurhat has been attested in Kushtia. Joypurhat Police Station OC Abdur Rashid said he was arrested in Kushtia town on Thursday and Tk 900,000 was recovered from him. The...
Asian shares surged and the dollar skidded on Thursday after minutes of the US Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting showed concerns about downside risks of a stronger dollar and the global economy. European shares were expected to take their cues...
China shares retreated on Thursday as investors booked profits after a key index hit a 20-month high the previous day and ahead of major economic data next week. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.6 per cent to 2,369.3043 points by...
Tokyo shares opened higher Thursday after a big drop in the previous trading day, following a buoyant performance in the overnight US market and a positive Japanese core machinery orders data for August. At 9:15 a.m. (0015 GMT), the 225-issue...
Two Bangladesh nationals have been arrested at Hasnabad Bus Stand in North 24-Parganas district in India’s West Bengal state on charge of carrying fake currencies. Indian police said they held Saddam Hossain Sardar and Farooq Hossain Sardar, aged around 30-32,...
Hong Kong shares finished higher on Thursday, buoyed by gains in global markets on expectations that the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates low for a longer period. The Hang Seng Index rose 1.2 per cent to 23,534.53 points. The...
Rebounding after two-days of losses, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets Thursday gained around 250 points or 0.97 per cent in the afternoon trade session, as banks, capital goods and healthcare stocks rose. The benchmark index was initially up...
European stock markets have rebounded strongly at the open, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rallying 0.90 per cent to 6,540.72 points ahead of a Bank of England interest rate decision. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index on Thursday jumped 0.97 per...
The share market has achieved its largest daily rise in almost two months on signs of continued low interest rates in the United States. Banks and other financial companies were the strongest performers, pushing the main indices about one per...
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States M Ziauddin met with US Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Michael Froman at his office in Washington on Wednesday. During the meeting, they discussed issues related to the interest of both countries, including trade, investment...
Officials of the two city corporations have said that all the wastes of sacrificial animals will be removed from all the city wards and localities before Wednesday afternoon. Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) have...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed 'profound sadness' at the loss of lives in one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions in Japan. In a message to her counterpart Shinzo Abe, she offered to provide assistance and cooperation in the ongoing...
President Md Abdul Hamid, who is now in Saudi Arabia (KSA) for performing the Holy Hajj, has expressed deep shock at the death of Isahaq Hossain Talukdar, the ruling party MP of Sirajgonj-3 constituency. The President said that the nation...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has asked expatriates to raise awareness among fellow citizens to refrain from using gas for cooking in a power starved country such as Bangladesh. The Finance Minister was awarded for his 'remarkable' role in developing Bangladesh’s...
Police have arrested a fugitive condemned to death for the murder of former Gazipur MP and Awami League leader Ahsanullah Master in Noakhali's Sonaimurhi Upazila. Akram Hossain Bhulu, 45, son of Goni Mia of Tongi’s Gopalpur, was nabbed from the...
Amusement hot-spots in and around Dhaka city saw a rush of visitors on Monday and Tuesday – 2nd and 3rd day of a 3-day Eid vacation which ended on Wednesday morning. After a busy Monday morning, the Eid day, people...
Abdul Matin, the 1952 Language Movement hero, passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the city this (Wednesday) morning. He was 87. Matin, popularly known as Bhasha Matin for his significant role during the great Language Movement...
Hides and skins of animals sacrificed on Monday on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul-Azha are decomposing in different areas of Dhaka city since Tuesday. Raw hides of sacrificial animals have remained stockpiled at different spots in the capital as vehicles...
A man was beaten to death while his son injured by some local miscreants in Gazipur city on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Motaleb Mia, 39. Police and locals said Motaleb's son Humayun Kabir Sarkar, 19, had been beaten...
President Abdul Hamid has expressed profound shock at the death of language movement veteran Abdul Matin. In a condolence message on Wednesday, conveyed by President's press secretary Ihsanul Karim over phone, the President who is now in Saudi Arabia said...
Muslims celebrated Holy Eid-ul-Azha on Monday amid paryers, sacrificing animals, enthusiasm and solemnity in Rangpur division. The concerned administrations and authorities ensured peaceful celebrations of the 2nd largest religious festival by taking necessary steps. Adequate number of police, Ansar-VDP, RAB...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, expressing deep shock at the death of Abdul Matin, has said that his demise is 'an ending of a living history'. Abdul Matin, popularly known as ‘Bhasha Matin’, passed away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University...
China’s stocks rose to a 19-month high, led by developers, after policy makers eased real-estate curbs for the first time since the global financial crisis. China Vanke Co. (000002) and Poly Real Estate Group Co., the biggest developers, both advanced...
Two persons have been killed in what the law enforcers describe as an 'encounter' in the Sundarbans at Bagerhat. The victims, claimed to be robbers by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), have been identified as 'Raju', 25, and 'Jakir', 30....
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