Dutch goalkeeper Tim Krul was the hero as the Netherlands beat Costa Rica to seal a showdown with Argentina in a heavyweight World Cup semi-final lineup on Saturday. Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal stunned onlookers at Salvador's Fonte Nova Arena...
Two commentators sat in a broadcast booth at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium, put on their mics and looked down at the pitch before narrating a World Cup game for an exclusive audience. As the teams arrived, they began giving...
The Netherlands-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is likely to deliver its judgment on the maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India on Tuesday. A Bangladeshi diplomatic source confirmed the date. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is...
Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) earned a profit of Tk 1,950 million (Tk 195 crore) in the immediate past fiscal 2013-2014. The amount is Tk 57.8 million more than the previous year’s profit of Tk 1,889.9 million. Managing Director...
As the world’s reserve currency, the dollar gives Washington a powerful influence over global financial markets – a point underlined again this week when a record fine was levelled against France’s leading bank. French banking giant BNP Paribas has agreed...
Commodity markets diverged last week as metals benefitted from better-than-expected US jobs data while oil futures were hit by easing supply strains. OIL: Crude futures slid on easing concerns over supply disruptions in Iraq and Libya, but losses were capped...
The jihadist Islamic State (IS) now fully controls all of Syria’s main oil and gas fields in Deir Ezzor province bordering Iraq, a monitoring group has said. The IS has declared an ‘Islamic caliphate’ in areas it controls in Syria...
Eleven people were killed and one was injured when a small plane carrying parachutists crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff in southern Poland, firefighters said Saturday. Experts said it was the worst passenger plane crash in Poland in...
The Cabinet Purchase Committee, the highest body to approve any public procurement, is likely to consider a French company’s tender proposal for new online value added tax (VAT) system. Official sources said the National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently sent...
A mobile court in Sunamganj on Saturday seized illegal fishing nets worth Tk 65,000 from haor area in Sunamganj Sadar Upazila. The mobile court, led by executive magistrate and Sadar UNO Tahsina Begum, seized the fishing nets during a 1-hour-long...
The International CHT Commission has said the Samadhikar Andolon, a platform of six Bangalee organisations, attacked them in Rangamati as it does not want to sit for talks. Commission co-chair Sultana Kamal told a media briefing in Chittagong on Saturday...
India's new government, led by right-winger Narendra Modi, on Thursday unveils its maiden budget -- its first big policy statement on how it intends to overhaul an economy saddled with slow growth and weak public finances. Although Modi’s government will...
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The prices of most of the shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Sunday amid modest see-saw, the first trading day of the week. DSEX,...
Customs officials arrested a man along with six gold bars, weighing about 6 kilograms (kg), from Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in the city’s Kurmiola on Sunday. The arrested was identified as Shahinur Alam, 40. Shampriti Pramanik, assistant commissioner of...
The Detective Branch (DB) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested a fake detective along with two foreign country-made firearms from Chowdhury Colony in Green Valley residential area in Chittagong city on Saturday afternoon. The arrested was identified as Ismail Hossain,...
Jute goods export from state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jessore industrial belt has registered a sharp fall in the just concluded fiscal year compared to its preceding fiscal. Industry insiders said export from Khulna and Jessore’s state owned jute mills fell...
Jamila Begum, 35, wife of a day-labourer, Mominul Islam, is now at the threshold of eradicating her long-lasting poverty through household-based chicken rearing through modern method. Jamila, mother of three daughters and a son and a resident of Bargachhi village...
Joypurhat police claim to have rescued a schoolgirl who was abducted after miscreants killed her elder brother on Friday night. ‘Shipon’ who is said to have masterminded the abduction has already been arrested. Miscreants kidnapped the young girl from her...
Police have recovered the body of a poultry trader from Dhaka’s Mirpur. ‘Sohel’, 18, was found dead on Sunday at the foot of a multi-storey Mirpur-10 City Corporation Market, Pallabi police station’s Sub-Inspector Munira Akter said. He had a poultry...
If you are a shift worker, donating blood could be an easy way to reduce the risk of heart disease, says a study. The high incidence of heart disease seen in shift workers could be due to the tiredness resulting...
The Bangladesh government has proposed a law that would impose draconian restrictions on already beleaguered nongovernmental organisations, Human Rights Watch in a statement said on Saturday. Bangladesh’s donors should publicly express concerns about restrictions that are aimed at silencing government...
Advanced train tickets ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr will be available from July 20, the Railway Minister has said. Md Mozibul Hoque said tickets can be booked until July 24. He made the announcement on Sunday at the Rail Bhaban in...
The national cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has denied making any threat to quit playing Tests and ODIs for Bangladesh. He made the comment on arrival at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport from London on Sunday morning. Earlier, the ace all-rounder,...
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Stocks ended lower for the four consecutive days on Sunday with turnover dipping below six- week low as investors continued to remain in selling mood amid cautious stance. The market started with a positive note, but could not sustain as...
Three members of a family were injured in an acid attack by miscreants at Gopalpur village adjacent to Islamic University in Kushtia town on Saturday night. Witnesses said a gang of miscreants threw acid on Saleha, 60, her daughter Sonia,...
New bank notes of different denominations, worth Tk 160 billion, will be released on Monday. The central bank took the decision last week to release the new notes before Eid-ul-Fitr to meet the growing demand for currencies ahead of the...
Akkasuddin Mollah and Alhaj Md. Sanaullah Shahid were elected chairman and vice chairman respectively of Executive Committee (EC) of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited in the 198th Meeting of the Board of Directors held recently. Mr Akkas Uddin Mollah is the...
Private hospital physicians in Khulna city have gone on a 48-hour strike, protesting vandalism and abduction of a fellow hospital doctor. Several doctors’ associations – Bangladesh Medical Association, Bangladesh Private Medical Practitioners Association and Bangladesh Private Clinic and Diagnostic Owners’...
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif, MP, has asked the field level officials to take proper decision on the vested properly related matters and discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to this end. He said the issues of morality...
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