Nobel Peace Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has said that Atlanta is a city of peace. He is in Atlanta for the summit of the Nobel peace laureates. The US city has been selected to host next year's world summit of...
The National Eidgah (prayer ground) is readying to host the main Jamaat (congregation) of Holy Eid-ul-Azha which will be observed in the country on Monday. Final preparations are going on in full swing to make the National Eidgah near the...
Bangladesh cricket team won bronze medal beating Hong Kong by 27 runs in the 3rd place-deciding match of the 17th Asian Games on Friday at Incheon, South Korea. The Bengal tigers decided to bat first after winning the toss and...
Abdul Latif Siddiqui has been sued by three more persons in cases filed with 2 Dhaka courts accusing him of hurting religious sentiments. The two courts heard the matter on Thursday and summoned the ruling party MP. President of Jananetri...
Durga Puja, the greatest religious festival of Bengali Hindus, will end tonight (Friday) as the Mohanabami and the Vijayadashami are being held on same day today. However, the immersion of Duga idols will be held on Saturday, on the 10th...
Different Islamic parties brought out a huge protest procession from Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Jum’a prayers on Friday demanding capital punishment of telecom minister and ruling party lawmaker Abdul Latif Siddiqui for his recent anti-Islamic comments. Islamic parties like...
Members of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested a woman along with her three associates on charge of killing her son. The detectives conducted simultaneous drives in the capital and outside the city on Thursday and...
NARAYANGANJ: Local leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh Friday declared a Tk .50 million bounty on the head of minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his recent defamatory remarks against hajj and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). They came up with the announcement at a...
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader has described home travel ahead of the Eid as ‘challenging’ because of slow traffic and said he was unable to sleep Thursday because of people’s suffering. The minister said the breakdown of unfit cattle trucks...
Tanners will buy cow hide at Tk 70-75 per square foot in Dhaka and Tk 60-65 in the rest of the county this year, lowering the price by more than 16 per cent. The price of goat hide has been...
The Education Ministry Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Singaporean educational institution to get support from it to develop the country’s technical education, according to a news agency. Director General of the Directorate of Technical Education Shajahan...
Brushing aside the BNP chairperson's threat to wage a fierce movement after Eid-ul-Azha, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday said Khaleda Zia is killing people in the name of movement and urged people to resist together if she starts doing that...
A Chittagong court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping his stepdaughter. Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 judge Md Rezaul Karim delivered the verdict on Wednesday. State counsel Jesmina Aktar said the accused, Mosharraf Hossain Kabir, was...
Unknown assailants shot a Bangladeshi businessman to death in South Africa. The deceased was identified as Salauddin Babu, 26, a businessman and son of Mustafa Chowdhury, a resident of Kaunia village of Faridganj Upazila in Chandpur district. Babu owns a...
US Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned under fire on Wednesday after a series of security lapses came to light that exposed gaping holes in the protective cocoon around President Barack Obama. Pierson, in her position for just 18 months,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned to Dhaka this (Thursday) morning concluding her 10-day visit to the USA and the UK. Earlier, the Prime Minister arrived in Sylhet city from London by a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. From Sylhet,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, just arrived from London after a 10-day tour of USA and UK, will hold a press conference on Friday at 4:00pm at her official Ganobhobon residence. Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Awami League, will address...
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The prices of most of the shares at the country's twin-bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last session of the week. The DSE's benchmark index...
A minor girl was raped by a man at Jagdal village in Magura Sadar Upazila on Wednesday night. Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Jahangir Alam said Aziz Mollah, son of Hanif Mollah of the same village, entered the room of...
Armed robbers looted Tk 1.5 million from the office of a distributor of a cigarette manufacturing company in Panchagarh town on Wednesday night. Police and the company sources said a gang of 9-10 robbers, on three motorcycles came and stormed...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel detained 11 Bangladeshi nationals while entering the country through Kulia border point at Debhata Upazila of Satkhira on Wednesday night, after going to India illegally. They are: Tarak Mandal, 30, Mukti Mandal, 19, Debobroto Mandal,...
Asian stocks dropped on Thursday following weak global data and continued unrest in Hong Kong, while investors awaited the European Central Bank's policy meeting. US benchmark indices skidded over 1 per cent overnight, posting their worst beginning to October since...
A large number of cattle have been brought to Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, and many more are on their way, but traders say sale is yet to pick up. They say the customers are surveying the cattle prices at various...
Japanese stocks were knocked hard on Thursday as weak global manufacturing activity and an Ebola health scare in the United States spooked world markets, sending investors scurrying to the safety of US bonds, the yen and gold. The gloom is...
The share market has closed lower in the wake of falls on nearly all major world markets. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said local shares opened lower and stayed there, with falls posted in all sectors. 'When you see...
European stocks fell, extending their lowest level in more than five weeks, on concern the European Central Bank’s asset-buying program will disappoint. US index futures were little changed, while Asian shares dropped. All industry sectors declined. A gauge of oil...
China's state media has strongly backed Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung, praising his performance while condemning protests as "chaos". The support in Communist Party paper People's Daily came as Hong Kong drew closer to a deadline set by protesters...
New Zealand shares have retreated as offshore investors repatriated cash back home on the promise of yield. The NZX 50 Index dropped 29.346 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 5245.237 on Thursday. Within the index, 28 stocks fell, 15 rose...
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The country's prime bourse – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) - retained the gaining streak of the last several sessions of the week, which ended with Thursday’s trading, before going into a 9-day vacation of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja, apart from...
Share prices on Bursa Malaysia opened lower on continued selling pressure as negative regional and global developments continued to weigh on local sentiment, dealers said. At 9.30 am, the benchmark index stood at 1,842.61, down 2.71 points, after opening 0.15...
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