Trading through Benapole landport in Jessore had been remaining halted since Tuesday morning due to a strike called by Indian Clearing & Forwarding (C&F) agents. The C&F agents stopped trading through Petrapole port as India's customs department slapped restriction on...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader Tuesday said the state-run transport corporation, BRTC, would launch a special service with its 900 buses across the country ahead of holy Eid-ul-Fitr. "The BRTC (Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation) would conduct the special service on the...
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index was flat on Wednesday morning after Wall Street closed mostly lower following the Fed chief's warning over ‘stretched’ valuations in some equity sectors. The Nikkei slipped 0.01 per cent, or 0.79 points, to 15,394.37 points by...
Chinese shares were flat in morning trade on Wednesday as the market awaited the release of the second-quarter economic growth figure, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged down 0.08 per cent, or 1.71 points, to 2,068.65 points. The...
Hong Kong stocks were flat in opening trade on Wednesday as investors await the release of Chinese second-quarter growth data later in the day. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dipped 6.42 points to 23,453.54 points, according to AFP.
Kospi, the main stock exchange of South Korea, was flat after first few minutes of trade on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Sydney eased 0.14 per cent , according to AFP.
US stocks on Tuesday finished mostly lower with the Nasdaq dropping more than 0.5 per cent after the Federal Reserve warned that some technology stocks appear to be overvalued. The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 5.26 points (0.03 per...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Ameerah Haq is stepping down as the UN undersecretary-general in charge of providing logistics and support for the more than 100,000 UN peacekeeping troops deployed around the world. Ban Ki-moon expressed ‘tremendous gratitude’ to Haq on...
The death toll in suicide bombing in a crowded market in Afghanistan rose to 90 as one more critically injured person died in a Kabul hospital on Wednesday. On Tuesday, a suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives...
Israel resumed its air strikes in Gaza Strip on Wednesday a day after holding its fire in deference to an Egyptian-proposed truce deal that failed to get Hamas militants to halt rocket attacks. Attacks in Gaza Strip killed at least...
Leaders of the BRICS emerging market nations launched a $100 billion (58.32 billion pound) development bank and a currency reserve pool on Tuesday in their first concrete step toward reshaping the Western-dominated international financial system. The bank aimed at funding...
New Israeli air strikes in Gaza early on Wednesday killed three people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel’s operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 200. A strike on a house in the southern city of Rafah killed...
Europe's biggest automaker Volkswagen on Tuesday said it would invest US $ 250 million in India over the next six years to capture a larger slice of local sales, in the face of challenging conditions in developed markets. The German...
Power plants in Bangladesh have broken record for generating electricity. Power Development Board (PDB) spokesperson Saiful Alam Chowdhury said 7,371 megawatt (MW) electricity was fed into the National Grid around 8pm on Tuesday, which is the highest ever. They were...
Typhoon Rammasun shut down the Philippines capital on Wednesday as authorities said the first major storm of the country’s brutal rainy season claimed at least four lives and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate. Wind gusts of up to 250...
The members of Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered 34 gold bars from 2 passengers at Kamalapur Station in Dhaka on Wednesday. So far, contraband gold has mostly been seized from passengers travelling by air. However, the bars were found today...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the 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 19.02 points...
A man has been killed in a ‘gun battle’ between two rival groups of an ultra party at Abhoynagar Upazila in Jessore district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Siraj Akand, 40. Police claimed that he was the leader...
American public health schools offer masters in public health even when students study for a graduate degree in medicine, making it possible to earn two degrees at the same time. Professor Richard Oberhelman of one of the US’s oldest public...
A court in Sylhet has sentenced a man to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for killing his cousin in Sadar upazila 2 years ago. The court also fined convict M Ramzan Ali, 30, son of late Gazi Miah, a resident...
In a stark contrast to Assam's opposition for relaxing visa regime for Bangladesh nationals visiting India, Tripura is battling for them. Tripura’s Lok Sabha MP Jitendra Chaudhury has met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and urged her to relax the...
In an overnight drive on Monday, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested four alleged muggers from the city’s Gulshan area and recovered looted Tk 512,000 and 139000 Indian rupees from their possession. The arrested were identified as Mahbubul Alam, 30,...
In 2 separate anti-smuggling drives, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized a large quantity of smuggled goods worth about Tk 20.5 million in Rajshahi region on Tuesday, BGB sources said today. On a tip-off, a BGB team seized 2 trucks...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has directed the Chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) to inspire women to take driving as their profession. He made the directive while inaugurating a car training programme at BRTC training centre in the city’s...
A court in Chandpur on Tuesday sentenced a man to 2 years’ rigorous imprisonment for torturing his wife for dowry at Matlab (North) Upazila in the district in 2009. The court also fined the convict, Al Amin Jamader alias Mizan...
The government on Wednesday appointed Kazi Imtiaz Hossain, currently serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Australia. A career diplomat, Hossain served in Bangladesh missions in New York, Kolkata, Geneva...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in separate drives seized a large quantity of smuggled Indian goods along with arms worth about Tk 20.38 million from different areas of Joypurhat district in on Sunday and Monday. A big consignment of Indian...
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The stock market returned to the green on Wednesday after previous session’s negative trend as optimistic investors took position on lucrative stocks. The market opened with a positive note which continued till the closure. Eventually, the DSEX, the prime index...
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The country's two bourses returned to the green on Wednesday after previous session’s negative trend as optimistic investors took position on lucrative stocks. The capital markets opened with a positive trend that continued till the sessions closed. Eventually, the DSEX,...
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