Election Commissioner Mohammad Abu Hafij has said every citizen would be given smart cards to prevent counterfeit National Identification (NID) card. He announced this on Wednesday morning while releasing voters’ lists with photos at the District Commissioner’s conference room. Abu...
An alleged drug peddler was arrested along with 55 pieces of Yaba tablet at Sheikhnagar Bazar at Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district on Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Jahangir Hossain, 48, son of Sarbar Ali of Ghanshampur village of...
At least four people were killed and an unspecified number injured, some of the critically, as a bus slewed into a roadside ditch in Meherpur on Thursday. Police and locals said, the bus fell into the ditch after skidding as...
The prices of most of the shares in South Korea's capital markets were lower on Thursday. Seoul was off 0.25 per cent at the close of trading, according to AFP.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel arrested 47 people, including women and children, while they were going to India illegally through Putkhali border of Benapole in Jessore district on Thursday. Tipped off, a patrol team of BGB conducted a drive at...
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Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 9.0 points or 0.20...
Seven Bangladesh nationals, who served as crew on a Malaysian ship, returned home on Thursday, after their release on Saturday by Somali pirates. They have spent 3-and-half-year as hostage of the pirates. The seven sailors arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA)...
The prices of most of the shares in Australia’s capital markets were down on Thursday. Sydney stocks slipped 0.50 per cent at the close of trading session, according to AFP.
Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz has warned that no one will be spared in case of any irregularity in Barisal-5 and Narayanganj-5 by-elections. Vote will be held in Barisal-5 constituency on Sunday (June 15) while Narayanganj-5 by-poll is slated for June...
Five judges of the High Court, recently made permanent, have taken oath. Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain administered the oath to them at the Supreme Court auditorium on Thursday. The judges who took oath are Justice Ashish Ranjan Das, Justice...
The Supreme Court has ordered Sadman Yasir Mahmud, an accused in the murder of online activist Ahmed Rajib Haider, to surrender within 2 weeks after he secured bail from the High Court. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan...
US stocks on Wednesday opened lower after the World Bank (WB) trimmed its 2014 economic forecast and a top Republican leader faces the loss of his congressional seat after a shock vote. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial...
Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker has accused the government of reneging on its commitment to lend support to their 6-point-demand that includes the banning of Jamaat-e-Islami. He said this on Wednesday while distributing leaflets, handbills, and putting up posters...
A painting by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on a serene village beside a river has gone viral on Facebook. The Awami League president created the artwork depicting the distinctive countryside in 1994 when she was the Leader of the Opposition....
President Abdul Hamid left Dhaka on Thursday for Bolivia and the United States for a 10-day official visit. The President left Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport by a regular Emirates Airlines flight at 10.20am. Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Industries Minister...
The judge in a case against former president HM Ershad over suspected corruption in the purchase of radars has pleaded his 'inability' to hear the case. Dhaka Divisional Special Judge Abdur Rashid also ordered the sending back of the case...
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi young man at Haripur frontier in Thakurgaon district on Thursday. The victim was identified as Monir Hossain, 22, son of Khalil Uddin of Molani village of Haripur Upazila. Local...
BNP's Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman has demanded that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should be questioned in remand to crack ;the mystery' of the assassination of his father, late president Ziaur Rahman. Tarique, the elder son of Ziaur Rahman and...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in two separate drives have seized 3,560 bottles of Phensidyl and a large quantity of Indian jewelry worth Tk 3.4 million at Benapole union at Sarsa Upazila in Jessore. Subedar Shafiuddin, in-charge of BGB-23 Putkhali...
A fire broke out at a leather factory in Hazaribagh area in the city on Thursday noon. Fire Services officials said the fire erupted around 12:25pm in a bathroom of 'Chowdhury Leather factory' on the fourth floor of a 5-storey...
The bodies of two people, including a schoolgirl, were recovered from Bagatipara and Gurudaspur upazilas of Natore district on Wednesday. Informed by locals, police recovered stabbed body of a schoolgirl from a jungle at Panka village in Bagatipara in the...
Eastern Bank Limited has launched EBL ZIP (Zero Installment Program) for its credit cardholders. EBL ZIP is a non-interest bearing equal installment plan that allows credit cardholders the flexibility to convert retail purchase transactions at designated outlets into an installment...
Bangladesh should further improve working conditions in garment factories, US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Desai Biswal has said. Biswal made this point while meeting Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed who is now in the US. The meeting took place on...
An alleged mugger was killed and another was injured seriously in a mob beating in Gafargoan Railway Station in Mymensigh on Wednesday night. The dead is Shakil, 20, son of Babul Hossain of Shilashia village of the upazila. Abdus Sattar,...
The 4th meeting of Bangladesh Thai Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BTCCI) was held recently. Sajjatus Jumma, President of the chamber presided over the meeting. M A Momen, former DCCI president and BTCCI Immediate Past President, Zafar Osman, former DCCI...
Markets sank in Asian trade on Thursday as Wall Street’s record-breaking streak came to an end, while Tokyo was hit by a stronger yen as investors looked ahead to a Bank of Japan policy meeting. Tokyo lost 0.64 per cent,...
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Stocks passed another flat session on Thursday with turnover dipping below Tk 4.0 billion-mark as investors' sentiment turned more cautious amid post-budget psychological hit. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,408.80 points, shedding 2.36...
Kurdish forces took control Thursday of the disputed Iraqi oil hub of Kirkuk to protect it against jihadists who have seized large chunks of neighbouring territory, officials said. Iraqi Kurds want to incorporate Kirkuk province into their autonomous region, a...
Robbers have shot and wounded a man while robbing his jewelry store at Old Dhaka. Suman Sutradhar, 36, owner of ‘Dhar and Co’ at Tantibazar, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after the attack which took place at around...
Pakistan's government was Thursday ordered to lift a travel ban on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, his lawyer said, in a court decision that could draw a line under a raft of legal troubles. Musharraf has been battling several court...
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