International investigators have arrived at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, after rebels in eastern Ukraine allowed them access. Some 30 monitors went to the village of Grabovo where the plane, carrying 298 people, came down on Thursday....
GAZIPUR, July 18: Workers of a readymade garment (RMG) factory went on a rampage demanding wages and festival allowances at Pagar of Tongi in Gazipur of the city on Friday. Police said the workers of Zaber and Zobair Fabrics of...
SATKHIRA, July 18: A local leader of BNP was killed in police firing at Islamkati-Sujanshah in Tala upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as SM Biplab Kabir, general secretary of Jalalpur union unit BNP and son of late Seher...
FE Report | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
Authorities of the factories in the country's eight export processing zones (EPZs) have been directed to pay wages and allowances to their workers before the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. The Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) recently instructed the factory authorities to pay...
Shares in Malaysia Airlines closed down 11 per cent in Malaysia following the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine on route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, reports BBC. Some Asian stock markets also ended the day lower on fears the...
Md Shah Jahan | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
The fate of last two DC-10 passenger aircraft has become uncertain as the Biman Bangladesh Airlines is yet to get any suitable buyer for them even after floating of international tender on three occasions. The Biman board of directors would...
FE Report US Ambassador-designate to Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat testified before a parliamentary panel that labour rights and workplace safety in Bangladesh remained a top priority of the United States, apart from unsettled political matters. "Labour rights and workplace...
Police rescued five others from the house where the victims claimed they had been kept 'locked for years', reports bdnews24.com. Self-ordained saint Sheikh Nur Mohammad, 70, set up his 'Khanqah Sharif' in a madrasa-cum-orphanage at Shatgambuz Union's Mehognitala. 'Khanqah' is...
FE Report | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
Most of the important malls and shopping centres witnessed large crowd Friday, as the city dwellers thronged those on the weekend while many of them will start leaving for their village homes by next week. Prominent markets and shopping zones,...
Boy killed in city wall collapse A teenage boy was killed when a wall fell upon him at Uttar Badda in the city. The deceased was identified as Pichon Chandra Das (14), son of Kartik Chandra Das, a furniture workshop...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions today (Saturday). Moderately...
A Malaysian disaster response team including two air accident investigators was due in Kiev on Saturday, after the country’s leader appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to help them gain access to the MH17 crash site. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib...
A youth, who was allegedly involved with the abduction of a collage girl in Uttra, has been killed in a ‘gun battle’ with the law enforcers in the city’s Hatirjheel area on Friday. The deceased, Apon, 28, received bullet injuries...
A wave of corporate deals and generally positive quarterly earnings competed for attention this week with gloomy news developments in Ukraine and Gaza, ultimately leading US stocks higher. For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 156.37 points (0.92...
The dollar steadied against the euro on Friday in cautious trade a day after a Malaysian passenger jet was shot down over Ukraine and Israel launched a Gaza ground assault. Currencies stabilised and Wall Street stocks rebounded from Thursday’s drubbing...
Israel further intensified its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats early Saturday and warned it could ‘significantly widen’ an operation Palestinian officials said was killing ever greater numbers of civilians. Palestinian health officials said 35 Palestinians, including...
Global commodity markets were gripped this week by the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 crash, which has dramatically raised tensions between Russia – a key producer of many raw materials – and the West. The doomed Malaysia jet, which crashed killing...
Miscreants hacked to death a man and dumped his Korotoa River in Bogra district at some time between Wednesday and Thursday. However, the identity of the deceased could not be known. Police sources said locals spotted the chopped body of...
The world of AIDS research was in shock on Friday after dozens of leading HIV experts were feared killed when a Malaysian plane was shot down over Ukraine, fuelling concerns that research on curing the disease could suffer. Among them...
Police arrested a young man in possession of a pistol, two magazines and four rounds of bullet at Alimganj in Poba upazila of Rajshahi district on Friday. The arrested was identified as Raju, 15, son of Raisuddin, a resident of...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel arrested 27 people while they were attempting to enter India without valid documents through Benapole border at Sarsa Upazila in Jessore on Friday night. Being tipped off, a BGB patrol team conducted a drive at...
An alleged criminal sustained bullet injuries in a ‘gunfight’ between his associates and police in Kalatali beach area of Cox’s Bazar town early Saturday. The injured was identified as Dilu, 27, a ringleader of miscreants’ gang ‘Dilu Bahini’ in in...
A man was arrested along with 18 gold bars at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in Kurmitola in the city on Saturday. The arrested was identified by police as Aslam Sheikh, an Imam of the Civil Aviation department’s mosque. Airport...
Thousands of people, marooned due to the tidal surge in four upazilas of Bhola district for the last one week, are now passing days amid food and shelter crises. Many areas of the coastal district got flooded due to the...
A man was killed and four other people were injured when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Belkuchi upazila in Sirajganj district on Friday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Abdul Hye, officer-in-charge of Belkuchi Police...
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her house in Shantahar area under Adamdighi Police Station in Rajshahi city on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shampa, 20, wife of Nantu Miah, a resident...
A man died after drinking rectified spirit at Gaherpur in Jessore Sadar upazila on Saturday morning. The dead is Motaleb Hossain, 35, son of Tabibar Rahman, a resident of Gaherpur village. Police said Motaleb fell sick after drinking rectified spirit...
A young man was crushed under the wheels of a running train at Kulaura upazila in Moulavibazar district. Identity of the deceased could not be known. Witnesses said a passenger train ran over the man when he was walking on...
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