Hong Kong shares climbed 0.38 per cent in the opening exchanges on Thursday following a rally on Wall Street, as investors await the release of a survey on Chinese manufacturing activity. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 87.05 points to...
Chinese shares were mixed in morning trade on Thursday as the market awaited the release of manufacturing data, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.19 per cent, or 3.92 points, to 2,021.03. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks...
Europe's main stock markets rose on Wednesday as traders digested central bank updates for clues on interest rate movements from across the globe. London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies climbed 0.28 per cent to close at 6,821.04 points, Frankfurt’s...
Wall Street stocks opened higher on Wednesday on mixed earnings reports from retailers ahead of the release of minutes from the April policy meeting of the US Federal Reserve. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 75.84...
French group Vivendi is to sell half of its remaining stake in video game giant Activision Blizzard, the US company confirmed on Wednesday. Close to 41.5 million Vivendi-owned shares in the video game publisher behind titles such as 'Call of...
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the government has no control over the country’s law-enforcing agencies because of their political use. “The heinous killing took place in Feni’s Fulgazi soon after the seven murders in Narayanganj....
The prices of most of the shares on Seoul capital market witnessed upward trend on Thursday following data released on Wednesday by HSBC indicating an improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity and minutes from the Federal Reserve showing officials considering their...
The prices of most of the shares in Australia's Sydney stock exchange rose by 1.10 per cent in the closing session of trade on Thursday, according to AFP.
A student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has died after being run over by a pick-up van near her campus. The wayward vehicle left two others injured at around 5:00pm on Wednesday. Hundreds of JU students blocked Dhaka-Aricha highway in protest,...
Two local leaders of Awami League (AL) have been killed in separate incidents in Lakshmipur district. The deceased were identified as Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, president of Charshahi union unit of Awami League and resident of Rampur village under Sadar Upazila,...
India's next Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning to visit the country’s borders with Pakistan and China – but not the border with Bangladesh or Myanmar. Officials in the Home and Defence ministries have already been informed of Modi’s plans....
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The prices of most of the shares on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
World oil prices soared on Wednesday following news of tumbling crude reserves in top consumer the United States. The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in July, jumped to a one-month high at $ 104.29 per barrel. Brent...
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel picked up a Bangladeshi young man from border area at Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj district on Wednesday evening. The victim was identified as Musa Mia, 22, son of Mubarak Mia of Baherpur village in...
The depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining area moved slightly north-northeastwards over the same area on Thursday. It was centered at 09:00am today (Thursday) about 645 kilometre South Southwest of Chittagong Port, 555-km South Southwest of Cox’s...
A duty traffic police constable has died after being run over by a truck in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir Upazila. Police seized the truck and detained its driver immediately after the accident around 7:15am on Thursday, said Kaliakoir Police Station SI Md...
Police on Thursday stopped a rally organised by BNP’s Dhaka city unit in protest against a spate of abductions and murders across the country. The rally was to start at 4:00pm at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), and party...
The daylong hartal, enforced by Fulgazi upazila unit of Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies protesting the killing of local AL leader Ekramul Haque, was progressing peacefully in Fulgazi upazila on Thursday. A group of followers of slain Ekramul...
Police have raided a dormitory of Rajshahi University (RU) fearing violence. However, nobody was detained in the one-hour raid at the ‘Shahid Shamsuzzoha’ Hall starting around 2:00am on Thursday. “We conducted the raid fearing violence when we were informed that...
An index of Chinese manufacturing activity saw a sharp improvement in May, hitting a five-month high, HSBC said Tuesday, but still showed contraction and the bank urged more government action to kick-start the world’s number two economy. The British banking...
Asian shares mostly rose on Thursday as data indicated an improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity and minutes from the US Federal Reserve showed officials are considering their policy options after the bank’s stimulus programme ends. Tokyo rallied 2.11 per cent,...
Attackers in China's restive Xinjiang region have crashed two cars into shoppers at a market, killing 31 people, Chinese media reports say. They also threw explosives during the attack in the regional capital Urumqi. More than 90 people were injured,...
Eurozone business activity slipped slightly in May but held near a three-year high, suggesting a modest economic recovery remains on track, a closely watched survey showed on Thursday. Markit Economics said its Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for May,...
Attributing the increase in the GDP and the per capita income to sincere efforts of all in their respective fields, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her firm resolve to turn Bangladesh into a prosperous mid-income country by 2021. Despite...
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Stocks returned to the red on Thursday, a day after positive trend as investors followed ‘wait-and-see’ policy ahead of national budget. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went down by 26.56 points or 0.60 per cent...
A Malawian minister has killed himself, police say, as results are still awaited from Tuesday's general elections. Outgoing deputy Local Government Minister Godfrey Kamanya shot himself in his home, according to police. His spokesman denied reports that his suicide was...
The leader of Thailand's pro-government "Red Shirt" movement called Thursday for a national referendum to resolve a political deadlock that prompted the army chief to declare martial law. Jatuporn Prompan said he made the proposal a day earlier during closed-door...
Airtel Bangladesh Limited, one of the fastest growing telecom operators in Bangladesh, held a launching ceremony Thursday to introduce an online portal that will cater to customer needs with services which can be accessed anytime and anywhere. The virtual platform...
Dan W Mozena, the US ambassador in Dhaka, has urged the Bangladesh government to conduct ‘thorough, timely and credible’ investigations into all allegations of human rights violations against the country’s elite police unit Rapid Action Battalion (Rab). Mozena said on...
Police will seek Interpol’s help to arrest Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj 7-murder case. The district police have sent a letter to the Police Headquarters suggesting this, Narayanganj police’s inspector (Special Branch) Mainur Rahman told bdnews24.com on Thursday....
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