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...
The euro was stuck around $1.32 in Asia Tuesday after falling to an 11-month low against the dollar on a weak batch of German data and hints the European Central Bank could unveil easing measures to fight off deflation. The...
The Guatemalan government has declared a state of emergency in 16 of the country's 22 provinces because of a drought that has caused major agricultural losses in Central America. Agriculture Minister Elmer Lopez said Monday that as of last week...
The Election Commission in planning to introduce several new services from September, including online voter registration. The services will allow users to access information regarding their voting centres and update personal information. Those who want a new national ID or...
Ukraine on Tuesday said its forces have captured 10 Russian soldiers in an eastern region where the Ukrainian troops are fighting pro-Russia separatists. The Facebook page for the anti-rebel operation — which includes the military, the national guard and Interior...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam will attend the inauguration of Turkish President-elect Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday. The junior minister will represent Bangladesh in the swearing-in ceremony of the new Turkish President. Erdogan won the country’s...
A ship carrying 1,300 tonnes of cement clinker sank in the Meghna River after being hit by an oil-tanker. No casualties have been reported in the accident that occurred at Harisabha of Chandpur’s Puranbazar area around 7:30am on Tuesday. Marine...
Egypt's state news agency says 19 people were killed when two microbuses collided and plunged into a canal in the ancient city of Luxor in the country's south. MENA says the victims were travelling to a wedding party when the...
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Stocks ended higher for the second straight session on Tuesday with significant improvement in turnover due to strong buying and selling pressure. Initial rise on stock prices subdued as the session progressed with profit booking mainly on large cap stocks....
Rabbis from across Asia on Tuesday celebrated the reopening of a Jewish center targeted by rampaging Pakistani gunmen who stormed through Mumbai on a 60-hour killing spree in 2008. The attacks on the Chabad center and other iconic locations in...
Powerful Hurricane Marie kicked high swells along Mexico's northern Pacific coast on Monday, even as it weakened to a Category 3 storm. The US National Hurricane Center said it would likely raise dangerous waves along the Southern California coast this...
Cristobal moved away from the Bahamas after strengthening into a hurricane, leaving a swath of soaked Caribbean islands and at least five fatalities in its wake. The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said that by early Tuesday the hurricane...
Enrique Zileri, who as longtime director of Peru's leading newsmagazine defied despotism and battled corruption with stubborn independence, died Monday at age 83. Under Zileri, Caretas magazine was highly critical of the dictatorships that have afflicted modern Peru, Nobel literature...
Seven people, including six high official of the Oriental Bank (now the ICB Islamic Bank), have been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a loan fraud. The court of Dhaka's Fourth Special Judge Aminul Islam gave the verdict on Tuesday in...
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