Public hearing on Narayanganj multiple murders have resumed for the 2nd successive day with the testimony of murdered Ward Councillor Nazrul Islam’s father-in-law. The investigation committee formed by an order of the High Court started the public hearing at Narayanganj...
Asian stocks were mixed on Thursday, with a stronger yen and a slump in Sony shares pushing Tokyo’s Nikkei lower despite data showing the Japanese economy accelerated in the first quarter. Tokyo slipped 0.75 per cent, or 107.55 points, to...
India authorities banned victory processions and imposed a curfew in a southern city on Thursday in stepped up security on the eve of national election results expected to vault Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi to power. Hundreds of police and paramilitary...
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Stocks witnessed another sharp fall on Thursday with turnover remained sluggish as investors went for selling spree fearing further fall. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went down by 40.53 points or 0.90 per cent to...
Appellate Division has stayed the High Court order that declared as illegal the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s (BSEC) rule which makes it mandatory for listed company directors to acquire two percent stake in their companies. Chamber Judge Hasan Foez...
Twin suicide bombings in the centre of Baghdad killed at least six people on Thursday, the latest in a spate of explosions in the Iraqi capital since elections last month. The blasts went off minutes apart during morning rush hour...
Life expectancy in the globe's poorest countries has risen by an average of nine years over the past two decades, thanks to major improvements in infant health, the United Nations said Thursday. In its annual statistics, the UN's World Health...
Trade unions in Turkey have announced a one-day strike in protest at the country's worst ever mine disaster, which has claimed at least 282 lives. Union officials said the recent privatisation of the mining sector had made working conditions more...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all to be environment friendly saying, no development would be sustainable without coherence with environment. “We have to undertake a sustainable development plan to provide food and shelter for increasing population and face...
The Brazilian Congress has approved a plan to compensate workers sent to rubber plantations in the Amazon during World War Two. Some 55,000 mostly poor Brazilians left for the rainforest to supply the United States with rubber used in making...
The captain and three other crew members of the ferry that sank off South Korea last month were indicted Thursday on charges of manslaughter through gross negligence, a prosecutor said. Under South Korean criminal law, Captain Lee Joon-Seok, two navigators...
A man was beaten to death in a clash between two groups of villagers at Koiardhari village in Chauddagram in Comilla on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Abdul Halim, 45, of the village. Police said the clash ensued...
India's inflation slowed in April, thanks to an easing in food and fuel prices, government data showed Thursday, but analysts warned of fresh price pressures that underline challenges facing the next government. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI), the closest watched...
Robi Axiata Limited officially inaugurated its flagship customer experience center – Robi Lounge – at the Jamuna Future Park Thursday. Robi’s flagship customer experience lounge has been designed to increase customer satisfaction by integrating sales and after-sales services in an...
Afghanistan's presidential election will go to a second-round vote on June 14 between former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani, final results showed Thursday. The head-to-head election will choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai in...
Demand for oil this year will be slightly higher than expected, the IEA forecast on Thursday, even though a weaker outlook for global economic growth will weigh on consumption. Oil prices are expected to remain high, and the IEA said...
Former President Hussein Muhammad Ershad on Thursday pleaded not guilty in Radar purchase case, filed over two decades ago. The Jatiya Party (JP) chief also demanded justice when the court read out charges brought against him by 12 witnesses. The...
A Chinese official was found to have kept more than 100 million yuan ($16 million) in cash at his home, in the country's latest apparent corruption scandal, a report said Thursday. Police deployed 16 money-counting machines to count the stash...
Airport armed police personnel arrested three people and recovered five gold bars weighing 600 grams worth about Tk 2.4 million from them at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport in the city on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. “We arrested two...
Eight bodies were recovered from the Meghna River in Gozaria upazila here on Thursday afternoon after a launch capsized amid bad weather. Coast Guard members pulled out the eight bodies from the river soon after the accident. Three of the...
The election tribunal, headed by a High Court judge, on Thursday rejected the petition challenging the validity of Law Minister Anisul Huq’s participation in the 10th parliamentary election contesting from Brahmanbaria-4 constituency. Justice Soumendra Sarkar delivered the verdict after hearing...
Some 500 digital telephone lines of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) in Benapole remain out of order for the last two years due to digging of drains and construction of footpaths along a two-kilometre area of the municipality. As a...
Continuing his verbal tirade against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu on Thursday said Khaleda Zia’s demand for disbanding Rab has proved again that she is still engaged in conspiracies to protect militants and terrorists. “Khaleda’s demand...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for a new interpretation of the constitution, which could pave the way for the military to fight overseas. His call came hours after a panel of advisers - picked by Mr Abe -...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Thursday alleged that BNP wants to create a constitutional vacuum in the country. “BNP wants to create a constitutional vacuum in the country…their conspiracy is neither against Sheikh Hasina nor Awami League, it’s rather...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday said some 46 lakh new voters are expected to be enlisted in the new voter rolls. Inaugurating the voter-list updating programme on the Shibalaya upazila parishad premises, the CEC noted those...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said BNP wants a good relation with India based on equality and mutual respect to resolve the disputes with the neighbouring country. “The person who is now the Prime Minister...
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena on Thursday observed that ensuring the workers-friendly environment is what really matters for the readymade garment (RMG) sector of the country. Responding to the reporters’ queries at a press conference at the Kushtia...
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