Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Delwar Hossain Sayedee’s death penalty getting reduced by Supreme Court to life in jail is a binding judgment even though it is undesirable. People of Bangladesh would have been happy if the capital...
The entry test of Dhaka University’s ‘Kha’ Unit for 1st year (honours) under the academic session 2014-2015 was held on Friday in 73 examination centres on the DU campus and outside it. The test started simultaneously in all the centers...
State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder has left Dhaka to join the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea. The 17th Asian Games will open in South Korean city of Incheon tomorrow. The state minister will return home on...
A fire broke out at a bazaar (market) in Chandpur Sadar Upazila on Friday morning. Firefighters and local people said the fire, which erupted at a shop around 5:00am at Baharia Bazar, was sparked by electric short circuit. Soon the...
Police have filed two cases against Islami Chhatra Shibir activists who clashed with the law enforcers while trying to occupy a residential hall at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET). Motihar Police Station’s Sub Inspector Masudar Rahman filed one...
Bangladesh’s new ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin has presented his credentials to the State Department. Ziauddin also met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday. President Obama welcomed the Bangladesh envoy in the Oval Office...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday assured completing the construction of Padma Bridge by 2018 saying the bridge would be a reality during the tenure of the current government. ‘Construction of the dream project (Padma Bridge) will be completed by...
The Sector Commanders Forum (SCF) has accepted the resignation of its chairman AK Khandker and nominated former sector commander KM Shafiullah to the post. A meeting of the executive committee of the forum of 1971 war veterans took the decisions,...
Police lodged cases against 65 leaders and workers of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir on charge of obstructing police from discharging their duties and vandalism in Feni during the 1st phase of nationwide 48-hour hartal (shutdown) on...
A large number of books, including anti-government and jihadi books and CDs (compact disks) have been seized in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur district on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, Bhandaria Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mahbubur Rashid assisted by a police...
Shiite rebels and Sunni militiamen battled in the streets of the Yemeni capital for a 2nd day on Friday in fighting that has killed at least 120 people, driven thousands from their homes and virtually shut down the country’s main...
A man who spent time in prison a decade ago for the shooting death of his young son killed six of his grandchildren, including an infant, his adult daughter and himself in a rampage at a home where authorities in...
A man was killed and 30 other people were injured in a road accident on Ramgati-Sonapur Highway in Tower area in Mannannagar under Noakhali Sadar Upazila on Friday. The dead is Jashimuddin, 45, of Anderchar village of the upazila. The...
Customs Intelligence officials at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Dhaka seized gold worth Tk 2.5 million on Friday. They also arrested a man in this connection. The arrestee is Md Faisal Ahmed, 38, a passenger of Malaysian Airlines who...
At least two people have been killed in a road crash at Amirabad Bridge under Raipura Upazila at Narsingdi. The deceased could not be identified. Police and witnesses said a Leguna (human hauler) collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw around 5:15pm...
Police detained a women affairs leader of Jamaat-e-Islami and six activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir from Sonadanga Thana Road area in Khulna on Friday morning. Police identified the arrestees as – Mohammad Nagar Mahila Kamil Madrasa’s principal and also Jamaat’s...
A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his younger brother at Deul village at Beanibazar Upazila in Sylhet district on Wednesday evening. The dead is Harunur Rashid, 28, son of late Abdur Razzaque of the village. Locals said Harun...
The admission tests of ‘D’, ‘E’ and ‘G’ units of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for 2014-2015 academic sessions have been rescheduled due for unavoidable reason, a university release has said. According to the new schedule, the ‘D’ unit entry test will...
Police arrested a dozen Jamaat-Shibir men in Gazipur for arson attack on railways and blasting bombs during the 1st phase of nationwide 2-day shutdown on Thursday. Police and witnesses said, the activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra...
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The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw sharp rise in early hours of trading on Thursday, the week’s last session. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...
A police constable was killed in a road accident in the city’s Uttara area early on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 21, son of Mohammad Daud Molla (police ID No- 2616) of Didikhola area in Narail district....
Suspected Jamaat-Shibir activists, equipped with brick chips and sticks, swooped on passing vehicles on Comilla-Sylhet highway in Debidar Upazila in Comilla district a couple of hours before the 1st phase of 2-day nationwide hartal started on Thursday. They damaged a...
All examinations of Dhaka University, including the admission test of ‘Kha’ Unit for 1st year (honours) under the academic session 2014-2015 will be held on Friday (September 19) as per schedule, announced by the university authorities earlier. The authorities reconfirmed...
Asian markets were mixed Thursday while the dollar rallied after the Federal Reserve stuck to its timetable on hiking interest rates but indicated they could rise more sharply than initially envisaged. Tokyo surged 1.01 per cent by the break thanks...
European stocks inched higher in early trade on Thursday, tracking gains on Wall Street after the US Federal Reserve renewed its pledge to keep ultra-low interest rates for a ‘considerable time’. At 0703 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top...
China shares extended gains on Thursday morning bolstered by a leap in bank and brokerage stocks, while the Hong Kong market dipped back into the red as economic worries prevailed. At midday, the CSI300 of the leading Shanghai and Shenzhen...
The Australian share market has opened higher after indications the US Federal Reserve could raise interest rates there next year. At 1010 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 8.7 points, or 0.16 per cent, higher at 5,416.0, while...
Polls have opened across Scotland in a referendum that will decide whether the country leaves its 307-year-old union with England and becomes an independent state. More than 2,600 polling places opened Thursday at 7 a.m. (0600GMT, 2 a.m. EDT) and...
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Stocks ended higher for the 3rd second straight sessions on Thursday with key index of the major bourse crossing 4,800 points mark, powered by investors’ strong buying spree. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up...
Some miscreants killed a man and dumped his body in Gorai River in Kushtia town at sometimes between Sunday night and Wednesday. The deceased could not be identified. Police claimed that local people spotted the body, aged around 27, and...
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