Costa Rica advanced to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time with a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Greece in Recife, Brazil, on Monday. The Central American minnows defeated Greece 5-3 on penalties at the Pernambuco Arena to reach...
Saudi King Abdullah on Sunday sharply criticised religious extremists, vowing not to let ‘a handful of terrorists... terrify Muslims’, in a speech marking the start of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Islam is ‘religion of unity, fraternity and...
A special tribunal has finished investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Kishoreganj resident Syed Md Hasan, alias Hasen Ali during Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War. The International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued an arrest warrant for Ali on Apr 3 on charges...
Eight Bangladeshi youths left the country for the United States about four years ago but they reached their ‘dreamland’ just a few days back after encountering immense difficulties on their way. They travelled through six other countries to reach the...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Dhaka University (DU) and Gifu University (GU) of Japan has been signed at a simple ceremony held at the DU Vice Chancellor’s office. Prof. Dr. Fumiaki Suzuki, Executive Director, vice-president of the Gifu University,...
Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Sreenagar Upazila of Munshiganj district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as M Wasim, 30, son of Shajahan Matbar of Shariatpur district, and Momin Mollah, 25, son of Mozammel Mollah of...
North Korea said on Monday two detained US tourists would face trial for charges including ‘perpetrating hostile acts’. The state-run KCNA news agency said suspicions about ‘hostile acts’ by the two Americans – Matthew Todd Miller and Jeffrey Edward Fowle...
More expansion of investment to Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector is needed for bolstering economic condition of both urban and rural areas together with freeing the society from the vicious circle of poverty. Bankers and business leaders have said...
Nearly 0.3 million (3 lakh) people are infected with tuberculosis and around 66,000 of them die every year in the country, speakers at an orientation have said. They said the community people and social workers have a vital role to...
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The prices of most of the shares at the country's both bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – rose in early hours of trading on Monday, the second trading day of the week. The DSE...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has said that the country witnessed a massive success in the education sector as the government had taken steps to implement the ‘Education Policy’ after assuming power in 2008. Improving standard of education, reaching the...
Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 1,800 bottles of Phensidyl syrup at Bholahat upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Sunday night. The arrestee was identified as Sagira, 35, wife of Atabur, a resident of Poladanga village. Police said, being...
A Dhaka court on Monday asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit the probe report on August 13 on the collapse of Savar’s Rana Plaza, a multi-storey commercial complex. Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Wasim Sheikh passed the order as...
Unidentified miscreants chopped to death a local Awami League (AL) leader in Mirpur upazila in Kushtia district on Monday. The dead is Syed Mamoon Gazi, 35, a leader of Chithlia union unit of the ruling party and son of late...
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Formalin Control Act-2014, keeping provision of maximum life term punishment for the offenders. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, gave final nod to the draft Formalin Control...
A boy was crushed to death by a train in Bahrampur area in Rajshahi city on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Amith Hasan, 14, son of Ibrahim of Bahrampur. Witnesses said the Rajshahi-bound commuter rain from Chainawabganj hit...
A man was killed in a road accident at the western side of Banani Flyover in Dhaka city on Monday, police and hospital sources said. The dead is Mohammad Shahadat, 32, an employee of a buying house, according to Sub-...
Young Pakistani education advocate Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt in Mingora, Swat (Pakistan), some two years ago, has won the 2014 Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the largest city in the US State of...
A farmer was killed in a lightning strike in Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj district on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abu Taher Mridha, 35, son of Badsha Mridha, a resident of Uttar Pona village. Manir Hossain, officer-in-charge of...
Groups E and F square off in the Round of 16 France vs. Nigeria • noon pm ET, Monday, June 30 What’s at stake • The winner here will play the winner of Germany-Algeria on Friday July 4, in Rio...
A local leader of Awami League was stabbed to death by unknown miscreants at Haturia village in Bera upazila in Pabna on Sunday night. The dead is Mokaddes Hossain Mukul, 45, general secretary of Haturia-Nakalia union unit of Awami League...
As part of corporate social responsibility activities, the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Ltd. donated Tk.4.3 million to rheumatology department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for purchasing a Musculoskeletel Ultrasonogram machine. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, Chairman, Board of Directors...
After coasting through Group E by outscoring opponents 8-2, France next takes on a Nigeria squad hoping to make it past the Round of 16 for the first time in history. Monday’s matchup kicks-off at the Nacional in Brasilia and...
A group of employees and CBA leaders of Biman Bangladesh Airlines kept the Biman acting managing director confined to his office room at Balaka on Monday to press home their 14-point-demand. The demands include continuation of uniform allowance of Biman...
A fire at a home in Panchharhi Upazila in Khagrachharhi district has killed two women. The fire broke out at the home of Mendela Tripura in Moratila area on Sunday night, Panchharhi Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdus Samad said. The victims...
In the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time in the country’s history, there might be a chance that Algeria will already taking a step back and taking satisfaction in their achievements, particularly with one of the...
A chicken trader was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Paba upazila in Rajshahi district on Sunday night. The dead is Amir Ali, 25, son of Rahat Ullah, a resident of Kadipur village in the upazila. He was a...
France Monday became the first Western power to hold talks in India with the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrived to push defence deals and trade. The reform-minded Modi has been widely courted by...
French bank BNP Paribas has agreed to pay US authorities a $8.9 billion fine to avoid being tried in court for dealing with US-blacklisted countries, sources close to the matter said. The deal ends months of haggling which saw French...
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Stocks closed flat with marginal loss on Monday amid choppy trading as investors booked quick profit after previous session’s sharp gain. Profit-taking weighed on some selected stocks on the last trading session of the fiscal year 2013-2014. DSEX, the prime...
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