Coal import from India through Sylhet's Tamabil and Sheola land stations will resume on Tuesday after its suspension for two weeks. Sylhet Coal Importers’ Group general secretary Chandan Saha said the coal import will resume from Tuesday as the crisis...
Three people died when a tractor hit an auto-rickshaw at Noakhali’s Companyganj upazila. Two persons were also injured in the accident around 1am on Sunday at Rastar Matha under Charkakra union, said Companyganj Police Station OC Sajedur Rahman. All those...
Unidentified miscreants shot a young man to death and dumped the body at Silinda Bottola in Rajshahi city at some time between Saturday night and early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Likhon, alias Riyad, 22, son of Kajem Ali,...
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard have seized 60,000 yaba tablets in Naf River at Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Sunday. Acting on secret information, a team of Coast Guard conducted a drive in Naf River near Keruntali at...
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Share trading on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) halted at 10:35am today (Sunday) after five minutes of trading following a digital glitch, a DSE official said. “Due to the technical problem, today’s (April 13, 2014) market has been halted. Starting time...
This was no April Fool prank for tiny Shanto Molla. On Saturday, the minor first-grade schoolboy succumbed to his injuries sustained on April 1 when he was tortured for plucking flowers in Chandpur district. Chandpur General Hospital physician Md Anwar...
A woman and her grand daughter were burned to death as a fire broke out in their house in Dewanganj upazila in Jamalpur district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Jarina Begum, 60, and her grand daughter Sabina Yasmin,...
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday ruled out the possibility of any militant attack at Ramna Batamul in the city during the celebration of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year. “There is no chance...
Royal watchers were scrutinising the Duchess of Cambridge on her New Zealand tour on Sunday, after husband Prince William appeared to hint a second baby is on the way. Kate, however, looked to dampen the speculation by drinking wine and...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has moved the High Court for scrapping the indictment order in two cases of corruption. An HC bench of Justices Borhanuddin and KM Kamrul Kader is expected to hear her petition on Wednesday. The ‘review’ petition...
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Trading at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) resumed at 1:15pm today (Sunday) after being halted at 10:35am following a technical glitch and it will continue till 3:15pm, said a DSE official. Meanwhile, DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went down...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered a touchstone statue and arrested a man in this connection from the city's Sultanganj under Hazaribagh Police Station on Saturday evening. Besides, the elite force also arrested three alleged extortionists while taking toll...
Narendra Modi, tipped to be India's next premier, has sought to reassure the nation's big Muslim minority he would respect their traditions, as 14 people died in the worst violence since the start of a marathon election. Modi’s statements in...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerji, known for her strident opposition to transfer of enclaves between India and Bangladesh, seems to be trying a somersault on the issue. During rallies organised by her Trinamul Congress party at Dinhata and Coochbehar...
The foreign ministry has brought 10 journalists from six countries to Dhaka as part of its “public diplomacy” to highlight Bangladesh’s success stories to the world. The journalists are from the USA, UK, Turkey, Qatar, Egypt and Myanmar. Styled “Visit...
AB Bank Limited, the first private commercial bank of the country celebrated its 32nd founding anniversary Saturday. All the 89 branches of the Bank observed the day in a befitting manner. To celebrate this occasion, AB Bank organised a friendly...
Dhaka’s rail links with Bangladesh’s northern districts resumed after nine hours of disruption caused by a head-on collision between two trains at Ullapara in Sirajganj. Sub-Inspector (SI) Abdul Jalil of Ullaparha police station said the collision happened around 3am on...
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Stocks ended lower Sunday with turnover dropped significantly as the investors remained shaky following trading disruption at opening session on the prime bourse.Trading was halted on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) at 10.35am Sunday after five minutes of trading following technical...
A UN report on climate change is expected to call for a trebling of the planet’s use of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power. The report is also expected to argue that the trend of increased carbon...
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Sunday said Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad has changed his party secretary general just to appease the Prime Minister. “Ershad has made Ziauddin Bablu secretary general removing Ruhul Amin Howlader to appease...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Sunday said the government of Bangladesh has made a huge progress in revamping the readymade garment (RMG) industry during the last one year after the Rana Plaza collapse. He mentioned that the success...
The board of directors of the Ibn Sina on Sunday recommended 25 per cent cash dividend and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2013. The annual general meeting of the company will be held...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) President Mohammad Shahjahan Khan on Sunday urged the Turkish entrepreneurs to invest in pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, windmill, infrastructures and agriculture sectors of Bangladesh. The request was made when President of Turkey-Bangladesh Chamber of...
The government will not bow to BNP’s demand to hold an early general election, Awami League leader Dr Hasan Mahmud said on Sunday. “There’ll be no election because of Khaleda Zia’s threat. The next general election will be held as...
Bangladesh will receive a grant of $15,16,275 from two international agencies for environmentally safe recycling of ships. The aid will come from Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention (BRS) for implementation...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said BNP took part in the recently-held upazila (UZ) parishad polls as part of its movement strategy to unseat the government. The BNP leader said this while addressing an election...
Popular online social networking site facebook has restricted access in Bangladesh to three pieces of content as ‘requested by the government due to violations of local law’. “We restricted access in Bangladesh to a number of pieces of content reported...
Popular online social networking site facebook has restricted access in Bangladesh to three pieces of content as ‘requested by the government due to violations of local law’. “We restricted access in Bangladesh to a number of pieces of content reported...
SLAVYANSK, Ukraine, Apr 13 (AFP): Kiev said Sunday that several had been left "dead and wounded" in fighting to oust pro-Russian gunmen holed up in a police station in the restive east, as Washington warned Moscow to de-escalate the crisis...
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