Britain's crisis-hit Co-operative Bank posted a vast annual loss and axed bonuses for former executives who had left prior to its near-collapse. Operating losses ballooned to £1.28 billion ($2.15 billion, 1.54 billion euros) in 2013, from £674.9 million in 2012,...
Shares in Hong Kong's stock exchange rose more than 11 per cent on Friday a day after China unveiled a plan allowing cross-trading between the city and Shanghai's stock markets. China hopes cross-market trading will further open up its capital...
Disappointment over the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) decision not to expand its stimulus drive was likely to hang over the Japanese market next week, dealers said, as the benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbled to its lowest level in six months...
The fire that broke out at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) in the city’s Mirpur area on Friday evening was extinguished after an hour. Assistant Director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence (Dhaka) Rafiqul Islam...
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detained eight foreign nationals and their two Bangladeshi watchmen from the Karnaphuli Bridge ghat in Chittagong on Thursday night for illegally fishing in the Bangladeshi territory. The coastguards also seized a trawler, ‘FV Namnavee’, worth...
BNP standing committee member barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Friday said people do not expect any personal attack and character assassination in parliament. “Various national problems could be discussed in parliament. But no conscious people expect badmouthing, personal attack and...
Police in a drive recovered some 15 crude bombs from Surja Sen Hall of Dhaka University (DU) on Friday afternoon. The drive was launched following a clash between two fractions of the university unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on...
Several newspapers in Myanmar have printed black front pages to protest against recent arrests and jail terms handed out to journalists. The protest comes after a court on last Monday jailed a journalist for a year over charges that included...
US banking giant JPMorgan Chase as reported a sharp fall in profits at the start of 2014, which it blamed on declines in its mortgage business. The bank said net income in the three months to the end of March...
The alliance of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) will launch a three-day Long March towards Teesta Barrage on April 17 demanding equitable share of waters of 54 common rivers, including the Teesta, flowing from India....
Hefajat-e-Islam secretary general Allama Junayed Babunagari on Friday urged the government to get a bill passed in parliament with a provision of capital punishment for ‘atheists’. Addressing a conference of the Islamist organisation at Laldighi Maidan in the port city,...
Elected representatives of Grameen Bank (GB) governing body on Friday deplored the government decision to change its governing body election system. A statement issued by Grameen Bank director Tahasina Khatoon on Friday alleged that the government has decided to introduce...
Founder President of Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) Selima Ahmad has won the coveted ‘Oslo Business for Peace’ Award this year. The Oslo Business for Peace Award is the highest form of recognition given to individual business...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted all concerned for placing Bangladesh’s national anthem — Amar Sonar Bangla — in lakho konthe in the Guinness Book of World Record. PM’s Special Assistant Mahbubul Hoque Shakil on Friday said the Prime Minister...
Aggrieved locals staged demonstrations in Fatulla of Sadar upazila on Friday protesting frequent power outages in the area over the last three days. They blocked road in Kutubail area for two hours from 9am to 11am by placing logs and...
A fire broke out at a plastic factory in Old Dhaka’s Lalbagh area on Friday night. Fire Service control room duty officer Enayet Hossain told bdnews24.com the fire had started around 8:30pm at the factory beside the Rahmatganj playground. No...
Police arrested local top terror Ismail Hossain alias Tempo following a gunfight in the city’s Shamserpara area early Friday. Police said they had secret information that Ismail along with his associates was holding a clandestine meeting in the area under...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put emphasis on building the country’s youth community as a skilled workforce to remove unemployment problem and meet the global labour demand. “Our youth force is capable of fulfilling the huge labour demand of the...
Indonesian stocks slipped more than three per cent Thursday after the main opposition failed to perform as well as expected in legislative elections, sparking fears of future policy deadlock in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. The Jakarta market ended down 3.16...
A fire erupted at a shop in a multi-storey building at Tejturi Bazar in Tejgaon in the city on Thursday. At least two people were injured in the fire which originated in the afternoon at the garment accessories shop on...
Eight school children died in a bus crash on China's southern island province of Hainan on Thursday on their way to a school outing, state media reported, in the latest in a string of traffic accidents to fuel public anger....
Married at 17 to a bride about his age, BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi has admitted for the first time under oath that he has a wife. In his nomination form for the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat, which he filed...
Czech energy giant CEZ announced on Thursday it was scrapping the planned construction of two new reactors at its Temelin nuclear plant, citing "turbulent" conditions in the European energy sector. "CEZ has cancelled the bidding process for the construction of...
Intensive talks between Japan and the United States aimed at breaking the deadlock over a huge pan-Pacific trade deal ended Thursday without agreement, as hopes faded of progress before Barack Obama arrives in Tokyo this month. US Trade Representative Michael...
BNP will hold a long-march programme towards Teesta Barrage this month demanding Bangladesh’s fair sharing of Teesta water from India. The decision was taken at a BNP standing committee meeting held at party chairperson’s Gulshan office on Wednesday night with...
The American Embassy including its consular section will remain closed on Monday on the occasion of Bengali New Year’s Day, a Bangladeshi national holiday. The American Center with the Archer K Blood American Center Library and the Education USA Student...
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves have reached yet another milestone by crossing US$20 billion-mark, due mainly to buoyant remittance flow and declining import, the central bank officials say. Bangladesh Bank’s Forex Reserve and Treasury Management Department General Manager Kazi Sayedur Rahman...
Japanese consumers are keeping their wallets firmly closed after the first sales tax rise in 17 years, with luxury items and appliances suffering as one major department store reported a 25 percent drop in sales. The precipitous plunge comes after...
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