NARAYANGANJ, Aug 25: A court here Monday sentenced six people to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing a trader in Siddhirganj upazila in 2009. The condemned convicts were identified as Swapan, Nazmul, Masum, Aminul Islam, Sajjad Alam...
India's Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that all coal mining licences awarded between 1993 and 2010 are illegal. Successive governments gave rights to mine coal to state and private companies in a manner which was "not fair and transparent" and...
Nineteen rights organisations have urged the government and NGOs to consider short and long term relief and rehabilitation measures for around 10 million coastal poor people affected by recent unusual tidal flood. They also called for scrapping the monopoly of...
In the last 12 months ending in June 2014, UNHCR estimated that some 53,000 people departed irregularly through sea from Bangladesh-Myanmar border in the Bay of Bengal, a 61 per cent rise from the previous 12 months. As in previous...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has hinted at revoking the broadcast policy and Parliament's powers to sack Supreme Court judges once her party goes back to power. ‘All Acts by this illegitimate government are illegal and won't last long,’ she told...
Denesh Ramdin hit a memorable 169-run off 121 balls and Darren Bravo struck 124 as the West Indies (WI) powered to a 3-0 series sweep of Bangladesh with a 91-run win in the 3rd and final one-day international in Basseterre...
Tokyo stocks slipped 0.40 per cent on Tuesday morning on profit-taking as investors weighed a solid yen against a record close on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 62.37 points to 15,550.88 by the...
Hong Kong stocks were marginally lower in the first few minutes of trade on Tuesday despite another record close for the S&P 500 on Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dipped 19.16 points to 25,147.75 at the opening bell,...
Chinese shares were lower in morning trade on Tuesday despite gains in US markets, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slid 0.32 per cent, or 7.03 points, to 2,222.24. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second...
An incumbent Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mejbah Uddin has been appointed as the director of the National Security Intelligence (NSI), according to BSS. An order to this effect was issued by the public administration ministry on Monday. Talking...
Secretary to the chief justice, Kabir Ahmed (High Court Division) and two assistant registrars, Md Aminur Rashid and Md Abu Sayeed have been promoted to the rank of deputy registrars of the High Court (HC). Their appointments would be effective...
A total of 26 commitments were fulfilled out of 54 committed by the Ministers and State Ministers of different ministries in the 9th Jatiya Sangsad (parliament). It was revealed at the 7th meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on government’s...
The S&P 500 topped the 2,000 mark for the first time during trade on Monday but slipped back to finish just below the benchmark. The Wall Street stocks were broadly higher in confident buying during the session, bolstered by the...
French bonds and stocks stood firm on Monday in the face of a government collapse, and German markets were also in good form while London markets were closed for a holiday. Markets were supported by an assurance from the ECB...
The flood situation marked a little deterioration in the basin of the Brahmaputra River following rise in water levels of the major rivers in northern and north-western region during the past 24 hours till 6am today, official sources said. The...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have arrested seven people with illegal arms and ammunition in the city. Major Kamran Kobir Uddin of RAB-3 confirmed the news saying Zohirul Islam, Humayun Kabir Sarker, Mohammad Hossain, Ferdous Mia, Omar Faruk, Raju and...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in a drive arrested an alleged smuggler along with a pistol and bullets at Sarialjot border point in Tentulia Upazila in Panchagarh district on Tuesday. The arrestee was identified as Nekbar Khan, son of Lebu...
Some miscreants killed a young man and dumped the body in a ditch at C&B Bazar on the Khulna-Bagerhat Highway in Bagerhat district at sometime between Saturday night and early Monday. The deceased could not be identified. Informed by locals,...
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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 Tuesday, the third trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
A member of the cabinet, who hogged headlines in the past several months for smoking in public and allegedly threatening journalists, has now been spotted dozing off during a meeting in the city. Social welfare minister Syed Mohsin Ali slept...
A Dhaka court has fixed September 2 for framing of charges against BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Dhaka city unit BNP convener Mirza Abbas and 39 other leaders and activists of the party in a vandalism case filed...
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel detained a Bangladeshi young man from Ghagra border point in Panchagarh Sadar Upazila on Monday. The victim was identified as Raihan, 21, son of Abdur Rahim, a resident of Nardebpara village of the Upazila....
Amid recoveries of Yaba consignments, police in Dhaka have recovered a device for manufacturing the contraband tablets. Police said the device was recovered on Sunday evening from a Pajero SUV in the city. Earlier police arrested four people from Khilgaon....
A young man was killed by a lightning strike at Adampur village under Bholahat Upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Jhatu, 38, son of Jamsed Ali, a resident of the village. Witnesses said a...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has quizzed former foreign minister and BNP leader M Morshed Khan and his son Faysal Morshed Khan. ACC deputy director Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said they were questioned by the investigators on Tuesday. The ACC filed...
Rapid Action Battalions (RAB) personnel in an overnight raid arrested three persons including ‘Shooter Naim’ in connection with the killing of Jahangir Alam, 45, leader of Dhaka City Ward No 41, who was gunned down in front of his West...
The Australian government said Tuesday it will spend 64 million Australian dollars ($60 million) on measures to counter violent extremism and radicalization as Islamic State continues to recruit foreign fighters to its ranks in Iraq and Syria. The measures include...
The US has begun surveillance flights over Syria after President Barack Obama gave the OK, US officials said, a move that could pave the way for airstrikes against Islamic State militant targets there. While the White House says Obama has...
A parked car bomb exploded on Tuesday in a busy Shiite area in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 11 people, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks to shake the Iraqi capital as the Shiite-led government struggles to...
Asian markets were mixed Tuesday with a record close on Wall Street offset by profit-taking, while Japan's Nikkei succumbed to a stronger yen. Tokyo fell 0.59 percent, or 92.03 points, to 15,521.22 and Hong Kong shed 0.37 percent, or 92.41...
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