The Rapid Action Battalion will no longer set up checkpoints on the streets to carry out stop and search, the elite police unit said. A spokesperson for RAB told the news agency that they would not perform 'additional tasks' from...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.87 per cent on Tuesday morning as the yen dipped against the dollar, boosting exporters. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 126.81 points at 14,729.33 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section shares...
Chinese stocks were down slightly in light trade on Tuesday morning due to profit-taking, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.17 per cent, or 3.45 points, to 2,038.03. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second...
Hong Kong shares opened flat on Tuesday as investors take a breather after a recent run-up, with trade quiet after a US holiday kept Wall Street closed at the start of the week. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dipped 10.06...
Indian shares surged past the psychologically key 25,000-point level on Monday as right-wing leader Narendra Modi was sworn-in as prime minister, with investors betting he would unleash economic reforms. The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index, known as the Sensex, rose...
Italian stocks jumped 3.61 per cent on Monday after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi scored a surprise landslide against eurosceptic parties in European Parliament elections. The FTSE Mib index in Milan closed at 21,493.87 points, with banks leading the rally. Shares...
The prices of shares at South Korea's capital markets witnessed a downward trend on Tuesday. Seoul stocks fell 0.16 per cent at the close of trading, according to AFP.
European stock markets on Monday reacted positively to European Parliament elections which put conservatives in a leading position, but also gave anti-EU forces a huge boost in France and Britain. The euro and sterling steadied after an initial wobble on...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has said it will not perform additional duties beyond its ‘seven’ specific tasks. Media wing director Habibur Rahman said the RAB Director General (DG) informed each of the elite force battalion that they won’t have...
A man was killed and his associate injured in a ‘shootout’ with police at Tala upazila in Satkhira on Tuesday. The dead is Gaffar Par, 40, son of Abu Par of Danganlata village of the upazila, while the injured was...
Bangladesh will push for creation of a regional electricity grid and an early breakthrough on the Teesta water sharing deal when Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury meets India’s new PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday afternoon. She will also discuss the issue...
At least four people have been killed and six others injured when a lorry and a pickup truck collided head-on at Syedpur Upazila in Nilphamari district, police say. The accident took place on Monday midnight on the Syedpur-Rangpur highway at...
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The prices of most of the shares on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the third trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday hoped that the educated generation will create a safe and secure world for the posterity, sweeping away all the barriers and prejudices. ‘The day is not too far when educated generations will sweep away...
At least 30 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Gopaya village in Habiganj Sadar Upazila on Monday afternoon. Police and locals said two groups, led by Athar Ali and Ramiz Ali, locked into a fierce...
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel pushed back 18 Bangladeshi people, including six women and three children, into the Bangladesh territory through Bhomra border at Satkhira Sadar upazila on Monday. Enamul Haque, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the BSF...
Tokyo stocks rose 0.23 per cent on Tuesday to their highest close in nearly two months, as the yen boosted exporters in thin trading. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 34.00 points to finish at 14,636.52, while the Topix index...
The 72-hour CNG-run auto-rickshaw strike, enforced by Dhaka Metropolitan CNG-run Auto-rickshaw Malik Samity Oikya Parishad, demanding extension of economic lifespan of the vehicle by 4 years more, was underway in Dhaka city on Tuesday. The parishad announced to observe the...
Dhaka Divisional (North) Transport Owners-Workers Oikya Parishad went on an indefinite strike in 8 districts of Dhaka division (north) on Tuesday to press home their 7-point-demand, including withdrawal of Netrakona deputy commissioner Dr Abul Kalam Azad. The strike began at...
The local administration on Tuesday imposed Section 144 prohibiting mass gathering at the central bus terminal of Satkhira town following a clash between two groups of the ruling Awami League. The restriction will remain in force for an indefinite period...
Litchi growers of Manikpur-Godabari village, famous for production of the delicious juicy fruit, in Chhatak Upazila of Sunamganj are much frustrated due to poor output of the item this year. The growers are to incur heavy losses this season since...
Miscreants kidnapped two supporters of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) at Langadu upazila in Rangamati district on Monday night. The victims were identified as Priomoy Chakma and his brother Susomoy Chakma of Ultachhari under Atarakchhara union in the upazila....
Police in a drive arrested a young man along with five crude bombs from in front of Livestock Hospital in Raypara upazila of Jessore. The arrestee was identified as Mahmudul Hasan alias Tera Babu, son of Abul Hossain, a resident...
Beximco Group, a leading Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate Tuesday announced a joint venture with Russian investment and industry holding giant GS Group to launch Bangladesh’s first DTH (Direct to Home) company for TV viewers in the country. The newly formed joint...
The president's office has written to the Cabinet Division for a list of former Bangladesh presidents and their tenures to 'update the Bangabhaban website', officials say. The move comes two months after BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said global buyers of readymade garments (RMG) have started rethinking of Bangladesh with a positive attitude after the progress made in the garment industry over the last one year. ‘All are thinking of Bangladesh...
Thailand's army detained a fugitive former cabinet minister wanted by the ruling junta Tuesday in a dramatic swoop by soldiers at a packed Bangkok press briefing. Chaturon Chaisang, who was education minister in a government ousted by the military last...
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Stocks ended higher Tuesday after two sessions' flat movement with turnover remained sluggish as investors went for buying spree on lucrative scrips. The market started with a positive note and the upward trend continued till the market closure. DSEX, the...
Forty people were killed in fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels for control of Donetsk airport in the east of the country, the local mayor said Tuesday. "Two civilians and 38 participants of the fighting were killed in...
Malaysia on Tuesday released raw satellite data used to determine that missing Flight MH370 went down in the southern Indian Ocean, information demanded by passengers' relatives who are frustrated over the failure to find any wreckage. The Department of Civil...
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