The overall flood situation has improved further in the country following recession of water in major rivers in the last 24 hours, ending at 6am on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Civil Surgeon office control room said three children drowned in flood...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq has urged the online media outlets to be more careful to disseminate objective news. ‘Online media might create a tough challenge for the print media in future as the internet service has been...
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim has said in the parliament that if any of the newly-appointed 6,089 doctors dodge their duties, they will be fired without giving any chance to defend themselves. ‘If any of the doctors evade their duties during...
A local Awami League (AL) leader was chopped to death by miscreants at Jiudhara village in Morelganj Upazila in Bagerhat district on Wednesday night. The dead is Mozammel Shikdar, 60, AL general secretary of Ward No 9 of Nishanbaria union...
A college student died from electrocution at Taraganj village at Lalmohan Upazila in Bhola district on Wednesday. The dead is Mohammad Manju, 25, a 1st year honours student of Bhola Government College and son of Ruhul Amin Hawladar of the...
A local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami was rearrested at Jessore Central Jail gate on Wednesday afternoon after his release on bail in various cases, including attack on police. The arrested is Maulana Idris Ali, assistant general secretary of Jessore unit of...
Argentina abased Germany at the World Cup champions’ home ground in Duesseldorf on Wednesday. In a friendly football match, the former world champions thumped the defending champions by 4-2 despite the absence of their injured captain Lionel Messi. In an...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized smuggled Indian clothes worth Tk 15 million (Tk 1.5 crore) at Kolaroa Upazila, Satkhira, on Wednesday. Major Najir Ahmed Bakshi, acting commanding officer of BGB-38, said being tipped off, they launched a drive at...
A large portion of Moulvibazar Stadium’s boundary has been demolished for the wedding of Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali’s daughter. More than 20 feet of the north wall between the stadium and Bangladesh Water Development Board’s office in Moulvibazar...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will arrive in Dhaka on a 1-day official visit on Saturday. It will be the 1st Bangladesh tour by any Japanese prime minister in 15 years. Abe will lead a large delegation comprising 40 top...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed positive trend while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend amid see-saw in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri on Wednesday announced the formation of an Indian branch of his militant group he said would spread Islamic rule and ‘raise the flag of jihad’ across the subcontinent. In a 55-minute video posted online,...
Police arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) at Godara village of Morelganj Upazila in Bagerhat on Wednesday in connection with a robbery case. The arrested is Moniruzzaman Shilpi, 34, president of Hoglabunia union unit JCD of the...
A court in Chapainawabganj has convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing a woman after rape in 2010. The convict is Musharaf Hossain Musa, son of Taijudduin, a resident of Gomastapur Upazila. The court also...
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Wednesday fined a dyeing factory at Sripur Upazila in Gazipur district for polluting Nablong Khal (a canal). After a hearing at the DoE headquarters in Dhaka, its director (monitoring and enforcement) Mohammad Alamgir slapped...
Police in separate drives arrested three people and seized four geckos, a reptile locally known as ‘takshak’, in Humayun Rashid Chattar and Hazrat Shahjalal Dargah Gate areas in South Surma in Sylhet city on Wednesday night. The arrested are Monir...
The US embassy in Dhaka has denied any attempt by American agencies to unseat Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Reacting to a story ‘Major US operation to oust Hasina’ carried by bdnews24.com, the Dhaka embassy spokesperson Monica Shie said on Thursday...
Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, has expressed his interest in exploring the possibilities of cooperation with Bangladesh. The foreign ministry on Wednesday said he was particularly interested to increase cooperation in the areas of agriculture and readymade...
Alleged drug trader ahs been arrested along with 139 bottles of Phensidyl in bus stand area in Shibganj Upazila of Chapainawabganj district. The arrested is Majibar Rahman, 32, son of Hasan Ali, a resident of Babupur village of the Upazila....
Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday, as investors took a cautious approach ahead of statements from the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.4% after leaping to its highest close since May...
A Dhaka court has yet again deferred charge hearing against 46 BNP-Jamaat leaders and workers, including BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed for torching vehicles in front of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in...
The government has decided to keep CNG filling stations (gas station) open for 24 hours from October 1 to 11 for Holy Eid-ul-Azha. Communications Minister Obaidul Quader informed this while talking to the reporters in the city on Thursday. ‘All...
Dutch authorities investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine say they will publish a preliminary report next Tuesday into the disaster that killed all 298 people on board. The Dutch Safety Board said in a statement...
Authorities say the worst flooding in 22 years has killed at least 14 people in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. Police officer Imtiyaz Hussain says the victims were swept away by floodwaters or buried by mud from mountain slopes since...
Dalai Lama has again been refused entry into South Africa where he was going to attend the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, his South African representative said. Nangsa Choedon said officials from the Department of International Relations and...
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Dhaka stocks closed higher for the fourth consecutive session on Thursday with turnover improved slightly as investors followed cautious stance. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,642.37 points, gaining 9.91 points or 0.21 per...
European stocks climbed for a second day as investors awaited the European Central Bank’s next steps on interest rates and quantitative easing. US index futures advanced, while Asian shares declined. Standard Life Plc rose to a 15-month high after agreeing...
US stocks finished Wednesday mixed due to uncertainty as to whether the European Central Bank will stimulate its economy on Thursday and whether the US jobs report will come in solid on Friday. At the close of US trading, the...
The Australian share market has closed weaker, with the big miners dragged down as the iron ore price hit a five-year low and investors cautious over foreign crises and geopolitical risks. At the 4.15pm (AEST) official market close, the benchmark...
The dollar traded largely lower against most major currencies on Wednesday as markets monitored talk of a Ukraine-Russian ceasefire, which favored the euro at the greenback's expense. Dollar slips as euro steals limelight amid talk of Ukraine ceasefire. In US...
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