Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Sylhet and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Dhaka divisions today (Saturday). Moderately...
Wall Street stocks finished at new records after a jam-packed week of economic news that culminated with a solid US jobs report on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 207.11 (1.24 percent) to 16,924.28, while the broad-based S&P 500...
Europe's main stock markets advanced on Friday, as traders welcomed data that showed the US economy has recovered to a pre-crisis jobs level. London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies climbed 0.66 per cent to close at 6,858.21 points, while...
Petro Poroshenko, who will be sworn in as president of Ukraine on Saturday, is a billionaire chocolate baron whose revolutionary zeal turned him into a political comet. The pro-Western tycoon won an outright victory in a presidential election late last...
Commodities diverged this week as investors digested a radical shake-up of eurozone interest rates, while cocoa hit a three-year high on speculative buying. Some markets took a hit from the strong greenback, which struck a four-month euro high as the...
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will undertake her first visit to a neighbouring country by the end of this month and Bangladesh might be her destination. Syed Akbaruddin, Spokesman of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), at a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh would very much like to have China as a valuable partner in sharing its progress and prosperity. Sheikh Hasina invited the Chinese business, trade and industry leaders to visit Bangladesh and appraise...
Seeking duty-free excess of more Bangladeshi products to Chinese market alongside increased investment by Chinese entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said allocating a separate Economic and Industrial Zone in Chittagong for Chinese investors is under her government’s...
The historic six-point day today (Saturday). The day is being observed in the country in a befitting manner. Different political parties, including Awami League, and socio-cultural organisations have taken various programmes to mark the day, commemorating the placing of the...
The European Union High Representative has picked up the deputy head of its Pakistan delegation to replace the head of its Bangladesh mission. Pierre Mayaudon, who has an extensive diplomatic and defence background in the French administration, will replace William...
Finance Minister on AMA Muhith has said the government should have increased import duties on gold long ago. He said gold was no more a good savings instrument. ‘Banking sector is now better than gold,’ he observed. In the budget...
At least three people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Pona at Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj on Saturday. The dead are Fouzdar Shikder, 60, son of Lal Mia...
A man was electrocuted at Islampur village in Jessore Sadar upazila on Friday. The dead is Abdul Kader, 42, son of Adam Ali of the village. Witnesses said Abdul Kader was seriously injured when he came in contact with a...
At least 62 people bound for Middle East and Europe drowned as the boat carrying them, capsized in rough waters in an area between Gulf of Aden and Red Sea, the United Nations has said. UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said...
Police in a drive arrested a robber from Banglabazar at Chhatak Upazila in Sunamganj on Friday night. The arrestee is Jahangir, 28, son of Khalek of Shariatpur. He is reportedly the leader of a gang of inter-district robbers. Acting on...
A young housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband and the members of his family for dowry money in Alamdanga Upazila in Chuadanga district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shahida Khatun, 26, wife of Ratan of...
A woman was tortured to death allegedly by her husband and mother-in-law over a dowry-related conflict at Rasulpur village at Satkhira town on Friday night. The victim was identified as Rabeya Khatun, 17, wife of Rabiul Islam, a resident of...
At least 65 workers of a readymade garment (RMG) factory in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) were hospitalised on Saturday as they fell ill after drinking water supplied by the factory authorities. Abul Mansur, officer-in-charge (OC) of EPZ Police Station,...
Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Head of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), has visited the Aga Khan School in Dhaka. Princess Zahra, the eldest child of Aga Khan, also addressed the students of the...
Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday said criticism of the proposed budget doesn’t suit BNP. ‘Criticism does not suit those who placed budget by wearing uniform. Moreover, they have no right,’ he said indicating...
Police have arrested 26 people for their suspected involvement with an attack on a private university campus in Dhaka. The Registrar of Northern University (NU) Eqtedar Ahmed Siddiqui filed a case with the Tejgaon Police Station against a construction firm...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have arrested another suspected killer of Phulgazi Upazila chairman Ekramul Haque. The arrestee is Abul Hossain Jahangir, 40, son of Korban Ali of Gazaria village of Feni Sadar upazila. A total of 23 people have...
Miscreants tortured to death a man following abduction in Dhaka on Friday night. The victim is Mohammad Shahin, 40, son of late Ibrahim Maulana of Khalapara of Kishoreganj district and a resident of Tajmohal Road at Mohammadpur in the city....
India's new PM Narendra Modi will make Bhutan his foreign destination to visit after taking charge last month. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave New Delhi for the Himalayan kingdom on a 2-day visit on June 14, said Indian ministry...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) Saturday welcomed the announcement of increasing tax holiday facility for the under-developed areas from 7 years to 10 years. The DCCI in its reaction on the proposed budget also hailed the proposal which...
Denim Expert Limited plans to organize an international Denim Trade Show in Bangladesh in November to popularise the brand in international denim industry. Organizers of the expo revealed the decision at a press briefing held at a hotel in the...
Gunmen took staff and students hostage on Saturday at a university campus in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, where security forces have battled anti-government fighters for months, police said. The attack is the third major operation by militants in three...
The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 351,318,525.54 on the basis of cost price and Tk 386,101,448.23 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on June 5, according to a declaration of...
CNG refueling station owners have postponed their nonstop countrywide strike till August 24 in response to a government request. The strike was scheduled to begin at 6am on Sunday. President of Bangladesh CNG Filling Station and Conversion Workshop Owners’ Association...
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