Egypt has called on Israel and the Palestinians to halt fire and resume peace talks, but violence continued unabated with Hamas firing rockets at Israel which retaliating by carrying out air strikes in Gaza Strip. A senior Egyptian diplomat has...
The UN has called for action to prevent what it says may be a possible massacre in Amerli, a town in northern Iraq. Special representative Nickolay Mladenov says he is ‘seriously alarmed’ by reports regarding the conditions in which the...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has discussed with business leaders the country’s economic condition. At a meeting held on Saturday night at the BNP chief's political office at Gulshan in the city, they also took stock of the country’s latest political...
Law Minister Anisul Huq has said that there is no scope to revive Bangabandhu murder case as its trial is over. ‘The trial of the Bangabandhu killing has been completed. So, there’s no chance to revive the Bangabandhu murder case,’...
A village community has beaten and forcefully cut the hair of a poor woman who was falsely accused of theft by two men after she turned down their indecent proposals. The incident happened on Thursday at Natima Kuripol village at...
Speakers at a roundtable have stressed on ensuring financial assistance for the new IT entrepreneurs so that they could implement their innovative ideas towards making the country an information technology hub in the region. They also urged the government along...
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The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hours of trading on Sunday, the opening day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Teachers’ Training College (KATTC) is going to organise its first reunion on November 21 at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST). All trainees of this organisation who received degree from 1992 to 2013 can fill up...
US stocks enjoyed a week of solid gains following a batch of good economic data and mostly strong corporate earnings as concerns about geopolitical hotspots ebbed somewhat. At the weekend, the Dow Jones Industrial Average leaped 338.31 points (2.03 per...
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate drives arrested 11 members of a uranium trading syndicate and recovered uranium worth Tk 500 million (Tk 50 crore) in the city. DMP deputy commissioner (media and public relations)...
Speakers at a Child Forum Gathering have stressed flourishing child leadership to turn children into ideal citizens through creating democratic values and tolerance in them to opinions of others in building a better society. They were addressing the daylong Child...
A Dhaka-bound train derailed at Mymensingh town on Thursday snapping rail links with the district and in vast parts of northern region of the country. A coach of inter-city express train ‘Jamuna’ went off the tracks at a level-crossing near...
A farmer working in a crop field in Bhanga Upazilla of Faridpur district died as he was struck by lightning on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Johor Ali Sheikh, 28, son of Sohrab Ali Sheikh of Pollibera village under...
The bus and coach owners’ association of southern Bangladesh has decided to postpone their indefinite transport strike until August 28. The strike was supposed to begin from this (Sunday) morning. The call for postponement on Saturday followed an assurance from...
Coast Guard personnel have seized a large consignment of Yaba tablets from a trawler in Karnaphuli River in Chittagong district in the wee hours of Sunday. Coast Guard’s Lt Commander Durul Huda said that the trawler was detained from the...
A Dhaka court has granted bail to former state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan in a case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). The Awami League leader turned himself in at the court on Sunday...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the industries ministry to mark down industrial areas in every district and conduct a survey to identify the area appropriate for industrial development. It would encourage the investors to set up businesses using local...
Agrani Bank Limited and Financial Excellence Limited jointly organised a Focus Group Discussion on “Managing Non-Performing loans” in a citry hotel Saturday. Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Dr. Mashiur Rahman graced the occasion as the Chief Guest....
A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted central Chile on Saturday, officials said, though there were no immediate reports of fatalities or serious damage. The quake struck at 6:32 pm (2232 GMT) about 108 kilometers (67 miles) northwest of the capital Santiago,...
The rotors of attack helicopters and artillery fire echo across the Kunduz plain in northern Afghanistan. On the outskirts of the provincial capital Kunduz, government forces attempt to repel Taliban assaults and the city's trauma centre is always full. Trapped...
Six Mexican states were on high alert Saturday for a strengthening Hurricane Marie, warning that torrential rain could trigger mudslides and cause rivers to break their banks. Marie, the eighth hurricane of the eastern Pacific season, was packing maximum sustained...
The 29th SEANZA Central Banking Course began in a city hotel Sunday. The 5-day long course will put focus on deeper thoughts in the area of monetary policy and financial stability as well as other concerned areas of central banking...
The death toll from devastating midweek landslides in Hiroshima rose to 50 on Sunday, as fresh rain stoked fears of more disasters and hampered the round-the-clock search for survivors. The regional police headquarters in the western Japan city said 38...
President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into whether it is ‘appropriate’ for the US military to sell battle-grade hardware to local police, a senior US official said. The order follows widespread criticism of local authorities' use of military gear...
One person was swept away and 4,000 were displaced Saturday when heavy rains from a newly forming tropical depression slammed into the Dominican Republic, authorities said, warning the Bahamas was next. Alfonso Astacio was trying to cross a river in...
A Malaysia Airlines plane was forced to turn back due to pressure problems inside the aircraft after being in the air for almost an hour, a top aviation watchdog official said Sunday. Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director-general of the Department of...
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Stocks edged marginally lower for the third sessions straight on Sunday with turnover improved slightly as late profit booking sale cut early gains. The market started with a positive note, but could not sustain as the session progressed. DSEX, the...
A patient who recently returned from West Africa suspected of being infected with Ebola was isolated in a Canadian hospital but tested negative for the disease, the hospital said Saturday. The man was quarantined after experiencing a high fever, a...
Israel pounded Gaza with 60 air strikes on Saturday, killing 10 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and bringing down a 12-storey apartment block as Egypt called for new truce talks. Since a previous round of frantic Egyptian diplomacy collapsed last...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday called on all parties to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict to protect children in Gaza, where nearly 500 kids have died over the last month. ‘The deaths of children on all sides constitute...
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