Interns at Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital called off their strike Wednesday night. The interns made the announcement around 8:15pm following the intervention of local MP Haji Mohammad Selim and Bangladesh Medical Association secretary general Iqbal Arsalan. —...
Tokyo stocks slipped 0.44 per cent on Thursday morning as the yen's strength hurt exporter shares and after tech-stock selling dragged Wall Street into the red. The Nikkei 225 index lost 63.55 points to 14,482.72 by the break, while the...
Chinese shares fell in morning trade on Thursday due to losses on Wall Street and worries over the domestic economy, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.27 per cent, or 5.62 points, to 2,061.76. The Shenzhen Composite Index,...
Hong Kong stocks opened flat on Thursday following losses on Wall Street, while bargain hunting provided some support. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 1.95 points to 22,511.59 in the first few minutes of trade, according to AFP.
Broad selling in tech stocks pulled US markets lower on Wednesday, cutting short a six-day streak of gains by the S&P 500. Boeing, Dow Chemical and Delta Air Lines registered strong gains on better than expected quarterly reports, but their...
Seoul stocks were 0.10 per cent off by the break on Thursday as Asian share markets mostly fell in the day taking a lead from the Wall Street, according to AFP.
European stock markets closed lower on Wednesday, shrugging off strong eurozone data as concerns about the Chinese economy prompted traders to take profits after a three-day winning streak. London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.11 percent compared to Tuesday’s closing level to...
Load shedding in Dhaka city and elsewhere in the country has been rising following the closure of operation, due to a fire incident, of Meghnaghat 450 megawatt (MW) power plant. All the three units of the combined cycle power plant...
The body of a local businessman who was kidnapped by unknown miscreants on Monday was recovered from a jungle in Fatikchhari upazila in Chittagong district on Wednesday. The dead is Md Yusuf, 35, son of late Abdus Salam of Uttar...
At least two people were killed and three others injured as a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Paltan intersection in the city on Thursday. Among the deceased, one was identified as Alim, driver of the auto-rickshaw and son...
Firefighters with the help of the local people doused the fire that broke out at a studio of a private television station in Tejgaon Industrial area in the city on Wednesday night. However, no casualty was reported in the fire....
One year has gone after Rana Plaza collapse but the promises made to the injured and the families of the deceased have remained unfulfilled. The concerned authorities, including the buyers, are yet to implement their pledges they made to the...
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The prices of most of the scripts on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
In the wake of criticism by the media, the Election Commission (EC) has finally started disclosing the return of polls expenses submitted by candidates who took part in the January 5 national polls. The commission has published the return of...
A heat wave currently sweeping across Bangladesh will last for a few more days, the Met Office has said. There is little likelihood of rain before Monday next week. “The temperature will rise on Thursday,” said Met Office’s forecast officer...
Asian markets mostly fell on Thursday, taking a lead from Wall Street, while Japanese traders are sitting back ahead of the corporate earnings season. Investors are keeping an eye on US President Barack Obama’s visit to Japan, hoping he will...
After Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) industry faced unprecedented pressure from buyers abroad to improve working conditions in factories. Following the disaster Western buyers faced flak back home for sourcing their products from 'unsafe working environments'. Buyers from...
The government has taken punitive actions against 208 Hajj agencies, out of 628, who sent the pilgrims to Saudi Arabia last year, for deceiving Hajj pilgrims through different irregularities. The actions were taken following decision of a committee led by...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for proper utilisation of resources in the Saarc region for the overall development of its member countries. She came up with the view when newly-appointed Saarc Secretary General Arjun Bahadur Thapa met...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel rescued 35 Bangladeshi nationals while being trafficked to India through Putkhali frontier at Benapole under Sarsa Upazila in Jessore on Wednesday night. They also arrested five Indian nationals on the same border. The rescued Bangladeshis...
An alleged woman drug trader was arrested in possession of four live bombs and 20 bottles of Phensidyl in Shangkarpur area of Jessore town on Wednesday afternoon. The arrested was identified as Manira Begum, wife of Abdur Rahim, a resident...
Relatives of victims and labour activists were joined by thousands of people on Thursday at the place where the ill-fated high-rise Rana Plaza once stood. A year ago this day the eight-storey building collapsed, leaving 1,135 people dead, mostly garment...
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel picked up a Bangladeshi national from Mandumala border in Thakurgaon district on Wednesday night. The victim is Khaliluddin, 28, son of Ulfu Miah, a resident of Ratnai-Kashibari village under Baliadangi upazila in the district. Major...
Two people were killed in an attack by a wild elephant in Durgapur border area of Netrakona district on Thursday. The dead is Taher Uddin, 65, a resident of Chaklengura village under Durgapur upazila, and Shiplu, 31, a resident of...
Indian Kashmiris trickled into polling stations Thursday in the shadow of militant violence, in the latest stage of the country's five-week election that saw much higher turnout elsewhere in the country. Millions cast ballots in the teeming financial capital Mumbai,...
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Stocks edged higher for the sixth running session on Thursday with the key index of the premier bourse crossing 4,700 points mark once again as investors went for buying spree. The market started with a sharp rise and DSEX up...
A Doa Mahfil (special prayers) was held at BGMEA Bhaban in the city on Thursday seeking eternal peace for those who died in the multi-storey ‘Rana Plaza’ collapse at Savar one year ago. Munajat was also offered to Almighty Allah...
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a local police official, killing four people and wounding 15 others in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Thursday, police said. The explosion took place near a tailor's shop in the old vegetable...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel arrested two people along with firearms and bullets in Raujan upazila in Chittagong district on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Abbas, 40, and Belal, 20. Tipped-off, a team of Rab-7 conducted a drive at...
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