A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband for dowry in Boda Upazila of Panchagarh district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mukti Rani, 25, daughter of Goynath Chandra Roy, a resident of Charpara village. Family sources...
A joint meeting of Awami League’s Central Working Committee and advisory council will be held on Saturday afternoon. The meeting will start at 5:00pm, according to a press release. It said the highest policy-makers and advisors of the ruling party...
A fire broke out at a warehouse in Patiya Upazila in Chittagong district early Saturday. Fire brigade sources and local people said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at the warehouse in Gawsia Market in the Upazila around...
More rain likely over some places in Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions in the next 24 hours starting at 6:00am on Saturday. A weather report has said the low over West Central Bay and adjoining Andhara-Orissa coast persists. Under its...
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond resigned on Friday. Salmond, the nationalist leader of Scotland, announced his resignation a few minutes after the unofficial result of the historic referendum was out. After announcing his resignation as the First Minister, Salmond left...
The 3rd the foreign ministers’ level Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting between India and Bangladesh started on Saturday morning at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Ali is heading the Bangladesh delegation in the meeting. Delhi on...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in an overnight drive in the city have arrested six people on suspicion of their involvement with Moghbazar triple-murder. The identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately and the RAB members said the...
At least 30 people have been injured, including five with bullets, as the activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir clashed with police in front of Loknath School in Rajshahi city on Saturday. Abdus Sobhan, sub-inspector of Boalia Police Station,...
An alleged drug trader was arrested at Jhonjhonia village at Nazirpur Upazila in Pirojpur on Friday night. Police said a large quantity of Yaba tablets was recovered from him. The arrestee was identified as Aminul Islam Polash, 34, son of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged for hosting sports activities in all educational institutions of the country on a larger scale for sound physical and mental growth of the students as well as creating world standard sportsmen. She expressed...
A man was killed and five other people were injured in an accident in Atoari Upazila in Panchagarh on Saturday. The dead is Omar Ali, 35, driver of a microbus and son of late Tamizuddin, a resident of South Durgapur...
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday that 49 hostages who were seized by Islamic militants in Iraq have been freed and safely returned to Turkey, ending Turkey's most serious hostage crisis. The hostages were seized from the Turkish Consulate...
A storm that brought torrential monsoon rains which flooded much of the Philippine capital gained strength and battered the country's northernmost provinces Saturday with heavy downpours and strong winds. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that more...
Indonesia was formally named the host country for the 2018 Asian Games on Saturday, filling the void created when Vietnam relinquished its hosting rights over financial concerns. Indonesia's National Olympic Committee said Saturday that events would be held in the...
A garment worker died and 100 others fell sick after drinking water supplied by the authorities of the readymade garment (RMG) unit in Gazipur city on Saturday. The dead is Shahida. The sick workers were admitted to different local hospitals...
Pro-Russian separatists and representatives from Kiev and Moscow agreed on Saturday on further measures to ensure a cease-fire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists. Violations of a Sept. 5 cease-fire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, whom Kiev says have...
Police detained 18 people in Lama Upazila in Bandarban district early Saturday when they were being sent to Malaysia illegally. A suspected trafficker was also arrested. The victims hail from different Upazilas of Barisal, Sylhet, Feni, Comilla and Noakhali districts....
The stock market in London jumped out of the blocks early as investors welcomed news that Scotland voted to reject independence from the United Kingdom, but European stocks overall ended mixed. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index, after impressive morning gains...
US stocks have faced big hurdles during the week, but emerged stronger following a favourable Federal Reserve decision, a rejection of Scottish independence and a record stock offering from Chinese company Alibaba. The gains were strongest for the Dow Jones...
Crude oil prices have closed mixed, with the WTI futures contract under pressure from a stronger dollar and Brent gaining after Scotland rejected independence from the United Kingdom. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October fell 66 cents, closing at...
The gold markets fell during the session on Friday again, breaking the bottom of the hammer from the Thursday session. Because of this, we feel that the market is going to continue to try to fall apart and head towards...
Three Bangladeshis were shot and wounded by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at Baliadangi Upazila of Thakurgaon district on Friday night. The victims were identified as ‘Mister’, 25, son of Selim Miah, ‘Sadequl’, 26, son of Dabir Uddin and...
Ukraine's government and pro-Russia rebels have agreed a memorandum on a peace plan for the eastern conflict. The nine-point deal includes setting up a 30km (19-mile) buffer zone, a ban on overflights of part of eastern Ukraine by military aircraft...
A four-day long income tax fair has got underway at Panchagarh tax office in the district town. District Administrator Adv Abu Bakkar Siddik formally inaugurated the fair as chief guest. Panchagarh income tax office organised the fair. Additional assistant tax...
Six Russian fighter jets were intercepted by American and Canadian planes off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday, US defence officials have confirmed. They entered what is known as the Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), but did not enter US...
French jets struck a suspected Islamic State target in Iraq for the first time on Friday, expanding a US.-led military campaign against militants who have seized a third of the country and also control large parts of neighboring Syria. President...
A spokesman for Afghanistan's election commission says the final results of the country's presidential election will be released on Sunday following a weeks-long audit for fraudulent ballots. Noor Mohammad Noor said Saturday that the election commission has finished its work...
The Dalai Lama brought religious leaders together Saturday to mull some of India's most pressing problems, from gender violence to widespread poverty, while praising the country's religious harmony as proof to the world, that different communities can live peacefully together....
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Saturday he told his Group of 20 counterparts that the world's third-largest economy continues to recover moderately despite the temporary pain from a sales tax hike in April. He also said Japan stressed...
Iceland's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in real terms showed an increase of 3.5 per cent in 2013, according to revised data issued Friday by Statistics Iceland. GDP increased 1.1 per cent in 2012 and 2.7 per cent in 2011, data...
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