The highways still puts the moon to shame with gigantic craters despite the government hastily cobbling together a patchwork ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of the Muslims. Huge potholes, stripped face of the road, digging and pile of...
Zimbabwe will halve its stake in the local bourse as part of a plan to float the company and attract more foreign capital into the country, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa said on Monday. The government will cut its stake in...
A parliamentary watchdog has suggested the government to realise Tk 1.9 million (Tk 1914,207) from nine officials of six Bangladesh missions abroad as they had taken the undue money as education allowance. The recommendation was made at the 5th meeting...
The firefighters doused a fire that erupted at the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) at Mohakhali in the city on Monday night. Howeve, no casualties were reported in the fire that broke out around 10:30pm,...
Cinnamon can not only tickle your taste buds, the ancient cooking spice is also an effective anti-bacterial agent and can help prevent some of the most serious food-borne illnesses caused by pathogenic bacteria, says a study. Cinnamomum cassia oil can...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) have completed the distributed of fake-note detection machines to the big shopping centres in the city. The machines were handed over to the representatives of the...
Those seeking admission to Bangladesh’s public universities may have to wait a while since a common entry test is not being held this year. The government had announced the holding of such tests from this year but the Education Ministry...
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The country’s two bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed an upward trend in early hours of Tuesday’s session, the third trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went...
War crimes suspect Sheikh Sirajul Haque aka Siraj Master, infamously known as ‘Koshai Siraj’, was arrested in Bagerhat Sadar upazila on Monday night, police say. Bagerhat Model Police Station OC Md Ali Azam Khan said Kosai Siraj, 72, son of...
A train carrying the remains of 280 people killed in the Malaysian plane disaster was finally allowed to leave a rebel-held region in eastern Ukraine as the separatists declared a truce on Tuesday around the crash site. Five days after...
An oil-carrying train has derailed in South Surma, snapping Sylhet’s rail connections with Dhaka and Chittagong cities. One of its wagons jumped the tracks at Moglabazar in Sylhet’s South Surma area around 9:30am on Tuesday, said Sylhet Railway Station’s Manager...
A businessman, who suffered injuries when muggers snatched away Tk 50,000 opening fire at him in the city’s Kamalapur Railway Station on July 20, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as M Mostsfa...
At least 16 people were injured, many of the critically, in a bus gas cylinder burst in Bashkhali Upazila in Chittagong district on Tuesday. Bashkhali Police Station OC Kamrul Hasan said the incident took place around 9:00am at Naporha village...
Asian markets picked up Tuesday with traders welcoming news that pro-Russian rebels had handed over the black boxes from downed flight MH17, helping to ease geopolitical concerns. Hong Kong rallied 1.69 per cent, or 394.97 points, to close at 23,782.11...
Dhaka Bank Limited Tuesday unveiled the Tournament Logo of the upcoming Bangladesh Vs West Indies cricket series. Dhaka Bank is theTitle Sponsor of the cricket series scheduled from August 20, 2014 to September 17, 2014. The series comprises of three...
Europe's main stock markets advanced in opening deals on Tuesday, rebounding slightly from recent losses, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index up 0.31 per cent at 6,749.09 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 added 0.73 per cent to 9,682.21 points...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced three officials of a pharmaceutical company to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) each in a case filed in connection with the deaths of 76 children by taking adulterated drugs 22 years ago. The court...
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Stocks ended higher for the second running session on Tuesday with improved turnover as investors went for buying spree on large cap stocks amid optimism. The market opened with a positive note which continued till the closure. DSEX, the benchmark...
US stocks finished lower Monday as geopolitical worries weighed on sentiment during the first trading session of a busy week of corporate earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 48.45 points (0.28 per cent) to 17,051.73. The broad-based S&P...
Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested 55 senior police officers in a criminal probe over alleged corruption and abuse of office, the latest apparent crackdown on opponents of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of presidential polls. Forty serving and former...
A young man, suspected to be a thief, was killed in mob attack at Badda in the city on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Robiul, 30, son of Anwar, a resident of the city’s Rampura area. Sources at...
Turkey's state-run news agency says a tanker truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, has overturned and exploded on a highway in southeast Turkey, injuring at least 66 people. The Anadolu Agency said the accident early Tuesday caused a large...
Three people, including a woman and a minor, were killed in a road accident on the Sylhet-Dhaka Highway in South Surma upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Abdus Salam, 25, passenger Rokhsana Begum, 35...
A train carrying the remains of many of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine arrived in Ukrainian government territory on Tuesday as a separatist leader handed over the plane's black boxes to Malaysian experts....
The latest food scandal in China is spreading fast, dragging in US coffee chain Starbucks, Burger King Worldwide Inc and others, as well as McDonald's products as far away as Japan. McDonald’s Corp and KFC's parent Yum Brands Inc apologized...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on a three-day official visit to the United Kingdom, on Tuesday held bilateral talks with her British counterpart David Cameron. At the meeting, the two leaders discussed issues relating to bilateral and multilateral interests. Sheikh Hasina,...
Using its own version of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ power, the Islamic State is crushing resistance across northern Iraq so successfully that its promise to march on Baghdad may no longer be unrealistic bravado. While conventional states try to win hearts...
Mercantile Bank Limited as part of Corporate Social Responsibility donated an ambulance to Shaheda Gafur Ibrahim General Hospital, Kalaiya, Patuakhali. Morshed Alam, M.P. Chairman, Mercantile Bank Limited handed over the ambulance to Dr. M. A. Samad CEO of National Healthcare...
Apple, once a can't-miss stock, is finding it tough to persuade portfolio managers to come back into the fold. The company's shares are up 17 per cent for the year, nearly three times the performance of the benchmark Standard &...
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will put a spotlight on job-training programs on Tuesday as part of a White House push to boost economic opportunities for middle-class Americans, an important voting group in November elections. Obama will...
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