Chinese stocks were flat in morning trade on Wednesday amid caution ahead of the announcement of key economic figures later in the day, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.08 per cent, or 1.86 points, to 2,219.73. The...
Hong Kong shares opened 0.15 per cent higher on Wednesday as investors shrugged off a weak lead from the US and European markets. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 36.83 points to 24,726.24 in the first few minutes of trade,...
RAB personnel arrested the owner of sunken launch ‘Pinak-6’ in Chittagong city early Wednesday. Being tipped off, a special team of RAB headquarters in association with RAB-7 conducted a drive at Agrabad in the port city early in the morning...
Tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped by militants on a mountain in northern Iraq and need ‘life-saving assistance’, the United Nations warns. Members of the Yazidi sect fled there 11 days ago after fighters from Islamic State (IS) seized...
At least two people were killed and several others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Magura Sadar Upazila on Wednesday morning. One of the dead was identified as Jewel Rana, 35, a resident of...
The results of 2014 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations are out with record 78.33 per cent students passing out. This year, 70,602 examinees got GPA-5. Among them, 38,787 are boys with 77.86pc pass rate and 31,815 girls with...
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Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 31.00 points or 0.68...
A constable of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) was killed in Mymensingh at sometime between Sunday night and early Tuesday and police recovered the body on Tuesday night when it was being carried to Gazipur district from Mymensingh by a car....
The prices of most of the shares in Australia’s stock markets witnessed downward trend on Wednesday. Sydney stocks were down 0.36 per cent when the session closed in the afternoon, according to AFP.
The prices of most of the shares in South Korea's capital markets saw upward trend on Wednesday. Seoul’s benchmark Kospi were up 0.29 per cent at the end of today’s trading, according to AFP.
Customs Intelligence officials seized 2.2 kilograms (kg) of gold and arrested a Biman passenger in this connection at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport on Wednesday morning. The arrestee was identified as MA Rashid, 47, a resident of Comilla district. Sources...
A Dhaka court has granted more time to investigators, probing the murder of journalist couple Sagor and Runi for submitting their report. Investigating officer, RAB’s Assistant Superintendent of Police Wares Ali sought more time from the court of Dhaka’s Chief...
Talks to end a month-long war between Israel and Gaza militants are ‘difficult’, Palestinian delegates said on Tuesday, while Israeli officials said no progress had been made so far and fighting could soon resume. As a 72-hour ceasefire held for...
A convoy of 262 Russian trucks was expected at the Ukrainian border on Wednesday as Kiev vowed to block the aid mission from its territory over fears it was a ploy to bolster pro-Kremlin rebels. The convoy of what Russia...
Asian shares were mixed Wednesday, with the Tokyo market shrugging off data showing a contraction in the Japanese economy as investors awaited the release of key US and Chinese data. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.16 percent by midday...
President Francois Hollande will on Friday lead ceremonies to mark 70 years since the invasion of southern France by Allied troops which, two months after D-Day, pushed the exhausted Nazi army back towards Germany and hastened the end of World...
The dollar fetched 102.28 yen in early Asian trade Wednesday, compared with 102.24 yen in New York. The euro bought $1.3366 and 136.73 yen against $1.3368 and 136.67 yen. And on oil markets, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for September...
Inflation in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, fell in July to its lowest level in over four years, official data showed on Wednesday. Confirming a flash estimate released at the end of last month, the federal statistics office Destatis calculated that...
Inflation in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, fell in July to its lowest level in over four years, official data showed on Wednesday. Confirming a flash estimate released at the end of last month, the federal statistics office Destatis calculated that...
A minor girl drowned in a pond in Tala Upazila in Satkhira on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Kajol Rekha, 3, daughter of Liakat Ali, a resident of Bhaira village. Locals said Rekha slipped into water and drowned while...
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Stocks ended flat in the green on Wednesday amid choppy trading with significant decline in turnover as investors followed cautious stance.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,527.21 points, gaining 0.71 points or 0.01 per...
The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The USGS said the quake struck early Wednesday with its epicenter 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Santiago Pinotepa near the Pacific Coast....
At least two people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Rangpur-Kurigram Highway in Rangpur’s Kawnia Upazila on Wednesday morning. The dead are Sirajul Islam, 36, son of Main...
At least three people have been killed in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine as the government intensifies its shelling campaign. Associated Press reporters saw two bodies lying in a street Wednesday morning in the city's southwestern Petrovsky...
South Korea's unemployment rate edged down in July from a month earlier as new jobs were created across a range of sectors, government data said Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell to 3.4 per cent from the previous month's...
Euromoney, the leading global financial markets magazine, recognised Citi Bangladesh as the “Best Trade Bank in Bangladesh” at its annual Trade Finance Awards for Excellence 2014. Commenting on the awards, Sanjay Tandon, Managing Director and Head of Trade for Asia,...
The number of US job openings hit a 13-year high in June and more workers quit their jobs, pointing to a tightening labor market, Labor Department data showed Tuesday. Nonfarm job openings in the private and public sectors rose to...
China's bank lending plunged in July as the weakening property sector hit demand for loans, statistics showed on Wednesday as other key indicators slowed, raising concerns for growth in the world's second-largest economy. Domestic banks' new yuan loans amounted to...
The body of a 62-year-old American woman has been found stuffed inside a suitcase on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, and police have arrested her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend in relation to the death. Sheila von Wiese Mack's...
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