Rescuers have given up on hopes of finding two students of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) seven days after they went missing in Bay of Bengal off Saint Martin’s Island. Coast Guard Teknaf Station Commander Lt Quazi Harun-ur...
Several thousand people came out in Canada’s biggest cities on Saturday to call for the legalisation of marijuana – a yearly protest that happens internationally on April 20. The demonstrations – dubbed the “420” rallies after the date, 4/20 in...
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Share prices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Monday, maintaining the previous day’s uptrend. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 49.29 points or...
Australia will decide in a few days whether to alter or scale back the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, but will consult all countries involved on any changes, Australia’s ambassador to the United States has said. Kim Beazley...
The Principal of Shaheed M Mansur Ali College was injured in an attack by miscreants in Pabna town on Sunday. Police said a gang of 10-12 unknown miscreants intercepted an auto-rickshaw carrying Principal Abdul Mannan and chopped him indiscriminately at...
Asian markets were mixed in Easter holiday-hit trade on Monday, with Japan’s Nikkei rallying on the back of a weaker yen as data showed the country's trade deficit quadrupled in March. Tokyo rose 0.83 per cent and Singapore added 0.24...
At least 10 journalists were injured when doctors of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) attacked them with iron rods and wooden sticks late on Sunday. Sub-Inspector Mizanur Rahman, in-charge of the hospital’s Police booth, said the journalists were attacked around...
At least five people were injured in a clash between two factions of local unit of Jubo League at Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on Sunday. Witnesses said Jubo League Charshahi union unit convenor Morshed Alam and its leader Mamun had long...
At least 20 people, including five cops, were injured in a clash between Jamaat-Shibir activists and police at Natore town on Monday. Police arrested three Jamaat-Shibir men in connection with the clash. Witnesses said a group of activists of Bangladesh...
An Indian naval ship has arrived at the Chinese port of Qingdao to take part in rare naval exercises with vessels from China, Pakistan and Bangladesh. INS Shivalik, an indigenously built stealth frigate, is visiting a second time . It...
A 16-year-old boy has survived an extraordinary journey hidden in the wheel well of a five-hour flight from California to Hawaii. A spokesman for Hawaiian Airlines said airline staff noticed the boy after the plane landed on Sunday morning. He...
Police have detained four activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir from Dhaka’s Mohakhali Wireless Gate area. They were detained around 9am on Monday while trying to take out a procession, said Banani Police Station Officer-in-Charge Bhuiyan Mahbub Hossain. Legal action is...
A man was arrested with four gold bars weighing around 500 grams at Hazrat Shah Amanat (RA) International Airport in Chittagong city on Monday. The detained passenger was identified as Mohammad Khurshid, a resident of Nazirhat area in Fatikchhari upazila...
Workers of a ready-made garment (RMG) factory demonstrated in Tejgaon area in the city demanding their due wages on Monday, disrupting traffic movement on Mohakhali-Tejgaon road for an hour. Md Salahuddin, officer in-charge of Tejgaon Industrial Zone Police Station said...
A Dhaka court has taken cognisance of two cases filed by the BIRDEM General Hospital and relatives of a patient who died there during treatment. Metropolitan Magistrate Mizanur Rahman has ordered judicial investigations into the cases. BIRDEM authorities filed a...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Bangladesh has launched the 5th instalment of ‘HSBC Export Excellence Awards’. The programme recognises and honours exporters from Bangladesh for their contribution to the sustainable growth of Bangladesh through export. Exporters can...
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Stocks ended higher on Monday for the third running session with improving turnover value as investors took position on mid-cap and small-cap stocks amid optimism.The market started with a positive trend it continued till the market closure amid modest see-saw,...
North Korea warned Monday that an upcoming Asian tour by US President Barack Obama could escalate military tensions, as South Korean media cited intelligence reports of increased activity at the North's main nuclear test site. Obama's April 23-29 tour includes...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the Kiev authorities of breaking last week's Geneva accord on resolving the Ukraine crisis. He said the Kiev government - not recognised by Moscow - had not moved to disarm illegal groups, especially...
A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle rigged with explosives at a police checkpoint in central Iraq on Monday, killing 10 people, an officer and a medical source said. The blast, which hit the Suweirah area, south of Baghdad, also wounded...
The cabinet on Monday directed the authorities concerned to constitute a committee headed by the cabinet secretary to develop a mechanism to expedite the process of recruitment to government organisations and create new posts for infusing dynamism in the public...
Sixteen cases filed over violence before and after the January 5 general elections in Chittagong will be handed over to Speedy Trials tribunals. The decision came at a meeting at the Chittagong police headquarters, attended by officers-in-charge (OC) of 16...
China's car market is just gearing up as the world's largest, yet automakers are already eyeing the next big thing -- the market for reselling them. Their eagerness to attract buyers in the world's largest car market is on full...
Japan's Hitachi said Monday it will provide the world's fastest elevators, which can clock speeds of up to 72 kilometres per hour, to a high-rise building in China. The lifts will be delivered to the 111-storey, 530-metre tall Guangzhou CTF...
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has recommended setting up a ‘Garment Sector Governance Authority’ to coordinate governance initiatives of multiplicity of actors and to ensure transparency and accountability in the garment sector. The recommendation came from a TIB study report...
A court in Bagerhat on Monday convicted three people, including a mother, and sentenced them to death for killing her son in a planned way in 2005. The convicts are-Latifa Begum, wife of Iku Biswas, Manir Mollah, son of Ayen...
Country’s exports to key destinations like Germany, UK and France posted modest growth in the first eight months (July-February) of the current fiscal as compared to the same period of the last fiscal (2012-13). In July-February of 2013-14 fiscal, exports...
President Vladimir Putin on Monday submitted a bill to parliament that would turn Crimea into a legal gambling zone as Russia seeks ways to lift the Black Sea peninsula out of poverty. Russia has only four official government zones where...
The Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Ltd (FILICL) on Monday informed that the board of directors of the company has decided to form a subsidiary company, named Fareast Islami Properties Ltd. The authorised capital of the new company would be...
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday warned that stern actions will be taken against those who will try to create anarchy in the country in the name of any long march. Talking to UNB, the State Minister...
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