Earnings season shifts into high gear this week, and with nearly one-third of S&P 500 names set to post results, investors hope the news provides a catalyst to buy stocks and leave the market's recent weakness in the dust. Several...
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Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw positive trend while the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed negative trend in early hours of trading on Sunday, the first trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
At least six business establishments were gutted by a fire in Lakshmipur town on Sunday. Fire Services officials said the fire originated from electric shot circuit at a shop in Post Office area at dead of night and soon engulfed...
BIRDEM General Hospital management has filed a case of assault on doctors of the hospital and police official ABM Masud Hossain has been mentioned as an accused. BIRDEM senior security official Md Manik Molla filed the case with the Metropolitan...
A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband over family feud at Sadar upazila in Sunamganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Papia, 25, wife of Kamal Hossain of Bhoishobher village. Quoting locals, police said Kamal and his...
At least six members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were injured in a road accident in Kushtia town on Sunday morning. BGB sources said a pick-up van carrying the BGB personnel crashed into a roadside tree at Kanabil intersection in...
Mystery shrouded the death of a foreign student at Islamic University of Technology (IUT) under Tongi Police Station in Gazipur district. Police recovered the body of Nigerian student Tahir Monir Adim from the lake of IUT campus on Saturday night....
The High Court has cleared Goyeshwar Chandra Roy of charges of contempt of court after the senior BNP leader apologised for his remark on judiciary. The bench of Justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and ABM Altaf Hossain issued the order on...
Pakistan's police say a passenger bus has rammed into a disabled flatbed trailer parked on the side of a highway in the south, killing at least 36 people, including 17 women and children. Police officer Zia Soomro says the bus...
At least six members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were injured following a blast at a programme at BGB-17 headquarters in Cox's Bazar on Sunday afternoon. However, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan, who was the chief guest of the...
A Dhaka court has sent senior BNP leaders Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and Amanullah Aman to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case of violence. However, the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s court granted bail to BNP Standing Committee member...
The 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) was held Saturday at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in the city. The Meeting was presided over by Mr. Tanjil Chowdhury, President of the Association. Secretary General Mr....
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Stocks edged marginally higher Sunday for the second running session with turnover dipped below Tk 4.0 billion-mark once again as investors moved cautiously. The market started with upward trend and the positive trend continued till the market closure amid modest...
The High Court has ordered the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to ensure that male doctors are not allowed to perform medical examination on female victims of rape. The bench of justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and ABM Altaf Hossain...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday sought all-out cooperation of scientists, researchers and technologists of the country in building the nation as a dignified one in the world by utilizing their innovative power. Assuring all sorts of assistance and cooperation...
Six business establishments were gutted by a fire in Post Office area of the district town early Sunday. Fire Service officials said the fire originated from electric shot circuit at a shop in the area at the dead of night...
Bangladesh and the United States (US) will hold ‘Security Dialogue’ in Dhaka on Tuesday that reflects the growing defence relationship between the two countries and shared commitment to peace and prosperity in the region. This will be the third dialogue...
The government of Bangladesh and the World Bank (WB) on Sunday formally launched a project to improve municipal governance and basic urban services in the city corporations and municipalities that will benefit some 3.4 million people in nearly 100 urban...
Claiming their scheduled long march towards the Teesta Barrage in Nilphamari on April 22 a programme for saving the national interest, BNP on Sunday warned that those who will try to intercept it will be considered as the mass enemies...
Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Sunday said that if any form of anarchy is perpetrated in the name of long march, the consequences will be very serious. “We have no objection if you (BNP) organise long march towards Teesta. But...
Workers Party (WP) of Bangladesh will hold its 9th party congress from April 24 in Rajshahi. It was revealed by the party’s president and also Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon at a press conference at Asad Auditorium...
Readymade garment (RMG) workers in Dhaka on Sunday demanded that the victims of Rana Plaza building collapse and their families be compensated by April 24, the first anniversary of the tragedy. They came up with the demand at a human...
BNP will hold six rallies during its long march to the Teesta Barrage in Nilphamari on April 22-23 to press for Bangladesh’s fair share of waters of River Teesta. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes at...
NARAYANGANJ: A court here Sunday framed charges against six people, including Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, in two cases filed in connection with the bomb attack on the Awami League office at Chashara on June 16, 2001 that...
A heatwave that has been blazing across Bangladesh, making life miserable, will continue at least for two more days, the Met office says. On Sunday, the mercury shot to 40 degrees Celsius in Rangamati, the highest temperature of the season...
BOGRA: Students of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College (SZRMC) boycotted classes for the second consecutive day Sunday to press home their seven-point demand, including ensuring their security. The students went on a movement Saturday in protest against a robbery at...
KABUL: Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah is leading Ashraf Ghani in Afghanistan’s presidential election by 11 percentage points after half of the ballots were counted, officials said Sunday, with a run-off vote likely next month. The Independent Election Commission (IEC)...
Export earnings from the USA, the largest export destination for Bangladesh goods, witnessed a 7.26-per cent growth during the first eight months (July-February) of the current fiscal (2013-14), mostly due to good performance of the RMG sector. Bangladesh exports to...
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