Outgoing Belgium Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Vaesen said Tuesday his country would take pragmatic initiatives to resolve visa-related problems facing by Bangladeshi citizens. The envoy, based in New Delhi, made the assurance when Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali raised the...
Shariatpur, May 6 : At least 50 people fell sick in Tumchar village under Sadar upazila Tuesday after taking bread made from flour 'sermonised' by a fakir of Gopalganj district. The ailing people were taken to two hospitals in Shariatpur...
CHITTAGONG, May 6: Bakalia Thana police Tuesday arrested a Myanmar citizen with six gold bars at Shah Amanat bridge area. Officer in Charge of Bakalia Thana Mohammad Mohosin said the gold bars weighing around one kilogramme was recovered after searching...
The High Court has summoned the OC of Ullaparha Police Station in Sirajganj district and the officer investigating a case involving a child’s death in the hands of organ traffickers. A 6-year-old child, Harun, was killed, his kidneys were removed...
Tokyo stocks tumbled 2.30 per cent on Wednesday morning as the yen rose against the dollar and following losses on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 index slipped 332.39 points to 14,125.12 by the break while the Topix index of all...
Wall Street stocks moved lower in early trade on Tuesday following a decline in the US trade deficit as investors kept an eye on rising violence in Ukraine. About 35 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 76.70...
Europe's main stock markets fell on Tuesday, with London hit by downbeat earnings in the financial sector, while the ongoing Ukraine crisis clouded sentiment, dealers said. London’s FTSE 100 slid 0.35 per cent to close at 6,798.56 points, while Germany’s...
A local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed in a 'shootout' between police and suspected Jamaat men at Kaliganj upazila in Satkhira district on Wednesday. The dead is Ashraful Islam, general secretary of Kushulia union unit of Jamaat and son of...
Forensic doctors believe the killers behind the Narayanganj seven murders were professionals. They said the victims were killed immediately after their abduction. The bodies of Narayanganj Councillor Nazrul Islam, lawyer Advocate Chandan Kumar Sarker and five others were found in...
Chinese stocks closed flat on Tuesday with investors concerned that the renewal of initial public offerings (IPOs) on the mainland will cause a glut and soak up much cash. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged up 0.69 points to 2,028.04...
Police have detained a businessman, who reportedly had been missing since Monday morning, for staging his ‘abduction’. Businessman Md Amanullah was found and nabbed on Tuesday night in Langolbandh area in Narayanganj district, police said. He was taken to the...
Hong Kong shares fell 1.08 per cent in the morning session on Wednesday, in line with regional losses, following a sell-off on Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index tumbled 237.67 points to 21,738.66 by the break on turnover of...
At least three people were killed as a truck crashed into another truck on Bangabandhu (Jamuna) Bridge Link Road in Kalihati upazila in Tangail early Wednesday. Two of the deceased were helpers of the two trucks involved in the accident,...
The prices of most of the shares on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, maintaining the previous session’s upward trend. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
Thailand's share markets touched their lowest in nearly 4 weeks on Wednesday as large caps were hit ahead of a court ruling on the Prime Minister, while shares in Malaysia trimmed losses after March exports growth came in line with...
Asian markets fell on Wednesday with a stronger yen sending Tokyo tumbling after a long weekend, while a sell-off on Wall Street and tensions in Ukraine added to downward pressure. Investors are awaiting the congressional testimony of US Federal Reserve...
Film producer Shish Monwar has been sent to jail over the reported abduction of an employee of his firm. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Maruf Hossain has ordered him to jail after rejecting the bail prayer. Monwar had been produced before the...
A loco master (driver) of a Chittagong University (CU) shuttle train, who was abducted allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on Wednesday morning, was freed by his captors in Muradpur area in the port city, three hours after his...
US Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert F Ichord started his four-day Bangladesh trip on Wednesday to discuss issues related to energy sector. During his visit here, Ichord, who serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources, will hold...
Three officials of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), who are accused of taking money to carry out the multiple murders in Narayanganj, have been discharged. The Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) confirmed to bdnews24.com that Lt Col Tarek Sayeed Mohammad,...
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has said inflation rate in the country is gradually declining and attributed this to political stability. The point-to-point inflation dropped to 7.46 per cent in April from 7.84 per cent in March, BBS Director General...
A Thai court has ruled that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra must step down over abuse of power charges. The Constitutional Court ruled that Ms Yingluck acted illegally when she transferred her national security head. The binding decision also orders nine...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has handed over cheques of financial assistance to one gallantry award recipient freedom fighter (FF) and family members of other eight such FFs. PM's Special Assistant Mahbubul Hoque Shakil said the Prime Minister distributed the cheques...
The government on Wednesday appealed seeking punishment of 69 acquitted accused in BDR mutiny and carnage cases. A trial court on November 5 last year sentenced 152 people to death, handing down life term imprisonment to 161 others, sentencing 261...
The High Court (HC) has stayed the initial public offering (IPO) of Khulna Printing and Packaging Limited (KPPL). An HC bench issued an order on Wednesday and a rule as to why the IPO will not be cancelled. Earlier, media...
Amethi, a stronghold of India's governing Congress party, is among 64 seats voting in the eighth phase of the mammoth general election. The seat, held by party leader Rahul Gandhi, has been at the centre of a row after the...
Coroners have submitted the autopsy reports of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC)'s panel mayor Nazrul Islam, senior lawyer Advocate Chandan Kumar Sarkar and five other local Awami League/Jubo League leaders and activists. Narayanganj District Hospital’s resident physician Md Asaduzzaman Miah, who...
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Stocks edged marginally higher on Wednesday for the second running sessions with declined slightly as investors remained in cautious mood. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,575.50 points, gaining 12.53 points or 0.27 per...
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has vetoed a plan to ban WhatsApp, following a row over censorship of the popular messaging application, media reports said Wednesday. Access to social networks, including Twitter and Facebook, are routinely blocked by Iranian authorities, as...
The crisis in Ukraine is beginning to hurt the German economy, with industrial orders, a key measure of demand for German-made goods, taking an unexpected hit in March, data showed on Wednesday. After rising consistently for the preceding four months,...
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