Thirty-three maternal deaths per hour is too many, say experts. Maternal deaths have fallen worldwide, dropping by 45% since 1990, according to new figures. The statistics, released by the World Health Organisation (WHO), also provide new evidence on the causes...
Bangladesh can slash shipping times to Europe, the USA and Canada East Coast, the Middle and Africa by transshipping from Colombo, Sri Lanka’s ports agency chief has said. A delegation made up of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Chairman Priyath...
The Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) has refused the BNP permission to hold a rally. The city has been under the media spotlight after the abduction and killing of NCC panel mayor Nazrul Islam, senior lawyer Advocate Chandan Kumar Sarker and...
BNP has lambasted the government for denying permission to the party to organise a rally in Narayanganj city with Khaleda Zia addressing it. “The BNP chairperson wanted to convey sympathy to the families of the victims in Naryanganj,” acting Secretary...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized two 9mm pistols and three rounds of bullet in Benapole Customs House area under Sarsa Upazila in Jessore on Wednesday. Being tipped-off, a BGB team conducted a raid there and chased a group of...
Armed robbers looted valuables worth several hundred thousand taka from the passengers of a bus on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Daudkandi Upazila in Comilla on Wednesday night. Police and passengers said a gang of robbers swooped on the passengers of a...
Asian stocks climbed in early trade on Thursday, buoyed by the Fed chief’s comments that the US is on track for solid growth in the second quarter, and Russian concessions on the Ukraine crisis. Tokyo stocks were up 1.09 per...
A minor was killed after she got hit with a spade at Mosipur village in Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mithila, 3, daughter of Bahadur Pramanik, a resident of the village. Quoting the...
Three more persons, suspected of involvement in the Narayanganj multiple murders, have been arrested from Narshingdi. Narayanganj’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Khandaker Muhid Uddin told reporters that there was a woman among those arrested, all picked up early on Thursday....
All transports have stopped plying in Dinajpur town due to a strike by Motor Workers’ Union. The union called the strike on Wednesday night to protest attacks by students of Haji Mohammad Danesh University of Science and Technology (HMDUST). “We...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said there will be no provision of whitening black money in the upcoming budget for fiscal 2014-15. “There’ll be no scope in the next budget to whiten black money,” he told a pre-budget discussion...
Pro-Russian rebels fighting in eastern Ukraine were on Thursday weighing whether to postpone a vote on independence, as urged by President Vladimir Putin to dial down a crisis that threatened to plunge the country into civil war. Self-proclaimed rebel leaders...
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Stocks returned to the red on Thursday after three sessions' positive trend with sluggish trading activities as investors remained in cautious mood.The market started with a positive note, but could not sustain as session progressed. Eventually, DSEX, the prime index...
Prominent journalist Gao Yu has been "criminally detained", China has announced, as the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests nears. State news agency Xinhua said the 70-year-old had leaked a confidential document to a foreign website. Ms Gao had...
India's main opposition BJP is holding a protest in Varanasi city after its leader Narendra Modi was denied permission to hold a rally there. Party workers, sporting orange caps with "Modi for PM" slogans inscribed on them, have gathered outside...
The Appellate Division has stayed Wednesday's High Court order that stopped the IPO of Khulna Printing and Packaging Ltd (KPPL) from going ahead. Chamber judge justice Hasan Foez Siddique of the Appellate Division stayed the HC order for two weeks...
A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced an Indian construction worker to 30 months in jail and three strokes of the cane for his role in a rare riot in the city-state. Ramalingam Sakthivel, 33, had pleaded guilty to taking part...
Nestlé Bangladesh Limited Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam Khan, Professor, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science (INFS), University of Dhaka for conducting ‘Nestlé Healthy Kids Programme’ as a part of ‘Nestlé Healthy Kids’ Global...
Vodafone has sought international arbitration to resolve its tax dispute with the Indian government. It relates to Vodafone's 2007 takeover of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa's Indian mobile unit for $11bn. Indian authorities have said the firm owes nearly $2.2bn in...
As many as 34 top Western managers have cancelled plans to attend a major economic forum in Russia this month as a result of the Ukraine crisis, a report said on Thursday. The Saint Petersburg Economic Forum is touted as...
Thailand's deposed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will face impeachment in the upper house over a costly rice subsidy scheme, the nation's anti-graft body said Thursday, in a ruling which could see her banned from politics for five years. "The commission...
Pro-Russian activists in eastern Ukraine have said they will not postpone a referendum on independence planned for Sunday. The decision comes one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin urged delaying the vote to create the conditions necessary for dialogue. But...
Federal police in Brazil have gone on strike over pay, and threatened to continue their protest during the football World Cup next month. A spokesman for the striking officers, Renato Deslandes, said that "at least 40%" of the force took...
Voicing her government’s firm resolve to turn Bangladesh into a secure abode for people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the country’s soil would not be allowed to be used for any arms or drug smuggling or any kind...
Customs officials seized five gold bars weighing around 1 kg and detained a passenger at Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday. The detainee was identified as Sunny, 28. He hails from Munshiganj and resident of East Rampura area of the capital....
National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Golam Hossain seemed taken aback confronted by 200 proposals from the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) for reducing tax in the upcoming budget for fiscal 2014-15. “You (FBCCI) have given...
The head of India's Financial Technologies, which owns a commodities exchange, was expected to appear in court on Thursday over a multi-million-dollar fraud allegedly committed at the bourse, an officer said. Financial Technologies chairman Jignesh Shah was arrested late Wednesday...
Chittagong, the country’s commercial hub, has now become an increasingly attractive destination for investment -- both for domestic and foreign direct investment -- due to its advantageous location, says State Minister for Land Saifuzzaman Chowdhury. Realising the importance of Chittagong,...
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