A cargo vessel that sank Friday morning at Mongla port's Pashur Channel has been located eight hours after a collision with another ship. After MV Hajera-1 was found, ship movement on the channel resumed from 6pm, Mongla Port Authority Chairman...
India's leading Bangla daily 'Ananda Bazar Patrika' has blown the lid off the links between Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh and West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress. In a front-page expose, the daily claimed Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Hassan Imran as the...
National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is likely to resume its flights on domestic routes by December next, eying the local aviation market which is dominated by private local airliners. "We’re expecting to resume the domestic routes by December," Civil...
Members of the Hindu community at a human chain here Friday demanded a three-day government holiday during their biggest festival Durga Puja and at least 60 reserved seats in parliament for them. Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mahajote organised the programme in...
Bangladesh Railway in a drive Friday demolished around 150 illegal establishments on and along the rail tracks at Karwan Bazar in the city. The sudden drive was conducted apparently in the wake of Thursday’s fatal train accident that killed four...
President Barack Obama told Americans on Wednesday he had authorised US air strikes for the first time in Syria and more attacks in Iraq in a broad escalation of a campaign against the militants of Islamic State (IS). Obama’s decision...
Police arrested an alleged drug trader at Shobhria village under Nawabganj Upazila in Dhaka district on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Shantona, 30, wife of late Sijon Ali of the village. Police said they recovered 1 kilogram (kg)...
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The prices of shares on the country’s twin bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – rose in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last session of the week. DSEX, the benchmark index of the...
The Appellate Division on Thursday concluded hearing on 2 leave-to-appeal petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia against a High Court order rejecting the 2 petitions challenging the legality of the appointment of a special judge who framed charges against...
At least four people, including a woman, were killed and 17 others injured as a crowd caught up between two moving trains in Karwanbazar in the city on Thursday morning. Witnesses said about 100 people caught up between the inter-city...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Benazir Ahmed has appeared before the High Court apologised for failing to providing security to restore Azimpur graveyard’s western boundary wall. Benazir along with two colleagues appeared before the bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and...
India's Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has highly praised Bangladesh’s achievements in health and medicine. ‘Bangladesh’s experiences, especially in rural health with community clinics are tremendous. These can be utilised for development in Indian health sector,’ the visiting India’s Union...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have arrested a young man along with 345 pieces of Yaba tablet from Fatapara in Chapainawabganj Sadar Upazila. The arrestee was identified as Dulal Hossain, 29, son of Makbul Hossain of Fatapara village. Major Kamruzzaman,...
Two people sustained bullet injuries during a ‘gunfight’ between a gang of ‘miscreants’ and the members of Detective Branch (DB) of police at Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila on Thursday. One of the injured was identified as Md Yunus. Police claimed that...
Police arrested two ‘listed criminals’ in possession of two light guns and 7 rounds of bullet from Dattapata area in Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila on Thursday. The arrested are Khorshed Alam, son of Tofael Ahmed, a resident of Dattapata village, and...
Asian share market sentiment was cautious on Thursday after US President Barack Obama vowed to fight Islamic State militants, while the dollar pushed to fresh six-year highs against the yen. Chinese inflation data pointing to an economy losing momentum stirred...
European shares rose early on Thursday, with Scottish-based banks Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland rallying after a poll showed a majority of Scots intend to vote against independence in next week's referendum. At 0702 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index...
Enthusiasm about Apple's latest product launches have propelled US stocks higher, with the tech-rich Nasdaq posting the largest gains of the three major indices. At the closing bell on Wednesday, the Nasdaq Composite Index stood at 4,586.52, up 34.24 points...
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Stocks ended higher for the third running session on Thursday with turnover improved further as investors' buying spree continued. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,675.91 points, gaining 12.78 points or 0.33 per cent...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) Thursday distributed scholarship among 500 students of different colleges, medical colleges and universities on the basis of their brilliant performance in SSC and HSC exams. Each student received Tk twenty thousand for SSC level and...
A housewife was strangled allegedly by her husband over a family feud in Anandanagar area in Naogaon town on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rehana Parvin, 36, wife of Al-Amin, a resident of the area. Police, quoting locals, said...
Speakers at a programme have urged the physicians to ensure healthcare services to the rural people particularly the poor and disadvantaged ones to build a healthy nation. ‘In this context, the physicians can play vital role to attain the cherished...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday urged the country’s banking sector to spend more from their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds on the education sector. ‘The best investment of a country is in the education sector as it plays the...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith finds it below him to respond to former Janata Bank chairman Abul Barakat who reportedly questioned his honesty and accused him of nepotism. When approached on Wednesday, an apparently irritated Muhith said, ‘I was busy the...
The admission test under ‘Ka’ unit (Science Faculty) for the 1st year honours courses in Dhaka University (DU) for academic session 2014-2015 will be held on Friday. The one-and-half-hour-long examination will begin at 10.00am. Detailed seat plan for the test...
A fish trader was chopped to death at Ramnagar village under Rupsha Upazila in Khulna district on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Zalil Fakir, 42, owner of Sabuz Fish Depot and son of late Rahim Fakir, resident of...
Syrian government airstrikes, including one on a crowded sheep market, killed at least 11 people on Thursday in a northern town controlled by the Islamic State group, activists said. After largely ignoring the rise of the al-Qaida splinter group over...
Some miscreants slaughtered a youth in the city at sometime between Wednesday and early Thursday. Locals found the throat-slit body of Masudur Rahman Rubel, 19, in an abandoned house in Dakkhingaon Katherpool area under Sabujbagh Police Station around 5:00am on...
The rights activist was found guilty Thursday of disturbing public order — the 11th sentence he has faced from that days-long march through Yangon in late April and early May. Township court by township court, his sentence has grown. He...
The Philippine central bank raised key interest rates by a quarter percentage point Thursday for the second time in six weeks to stifle inflation. The bank's Monetary Board raised the rate it charges commercial banks for overnight borrowing to 6.0...
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