Chinese shares were up 0.33 per cent in morning trade on Wednesday on buying of blue-chip stocks, helped by rises in US markets overnight. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 7.02 points to 2,105.30. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks...
A man died from electrocution in Kamarkhand upazila in Sirajganj on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Abdul Malek, 35, son of late Atahar Ali of Chawk Shahbazpur village of the upazila. Locals said that Abdul Malek came in...
A man was chopped to death allegedly by his neighbours over land at Puthia upazila in Rajshahi district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Sadhan Kumar, 35, son of Bhobesh of Bhatapara Krishnapur village at the upazila. The...
Asia’s share markets mostly rose on Wednesday following a slight rebound on Wall Street but Tokyo took another hit as the yen rallied after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) said it would not extend its stimulus in the near future....
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Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed positive trend while Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw negative trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading session of the week. DSEX, the benchmark index of the DSE,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed profound shock at the death of Shawkat Hossain Hiron, an Awami League lawmaker and former mayor of Barisal City Corporation. Hiron, also the President of Barisal City Awami League, died at Apollo Hospitals in...
The High Court has directed for conducting investigation by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police into the sexual harassment of a girl by a policeman in Pirojpur district. An HC bench comprising justices Mirza Hussain Haider and Muhammad Khurshid Alam...
The list of banned organisations is getting longer. The government is close to adding at least nine more extremist outfits to a list that already has five, said State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Kamal. The junior minister, however, declined to...
At least three people, including a police officer, were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Sabujbagh and Banani areas in the city on Wednesday. One of the deceased was identified as Bikash Kumar Ghosh, 40, sub-inspector...
Customs officials seized 16 gold bars, weighing 1.866 kilograms, at Hazrat Shah Amanat (RA) International Airport in Chittagong on Wednesday morning. The arrestee was identified as Azizul Monir Mahfuz, 35, a resident of Samitir Hat village in Fatikchhari upazila of...
Bangladesh will achieve a 5.4 percent GDP growth rate in the 2013-14 fiscal, a World Bank (WB) projection has indicated. Chief Economist Zahid Hossain of the international money lender’s Dhaka office revealed this at a press conference on Wednesday. This...
Three students of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) were expelled on Wednesday in connection with the murder of Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Saad Ibn Momtaj. The university authorities also suspended three other students for various terms, registrar of the university Abdul...
Senior journalist ABM Musa has died at a hospital in Dhaka. He died at the Labaid Hospital around 1.15pm on Wednesday, said the hospital’s media officer Zahid Hasan. Musa was admitted there two weeks ago with age related complications. He...
International cricket is set for a future of "colonial-style divide and rule," and will be "holding its breath" over the extent of Indian influence, according to the 2014 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack published Wednesday. In February, changes to the...
Facebook has hit more than 100 million users in India, making it only the second country after the United States to achieve the milestone, the social network company has said. The mobile phone market was driving growth in India along...
Two fresh signals have been picked up in the search for missing Malaysian flight MH370, raising hopes Wednesday that wreckage will be found within days even as black box batteries start to expire. Australian ship Ocean Shield detected the signals...
Kim Jong-Un was Wednesday "re-elected" as North Korea's leader, state media said, as parliament met in a session closely watched for power shifts in the secretive regime following the shock execution of his once-powerful uncle. The new parliament is expected...
Toyota on Wednesday recalled 6.39 million vehicles worldwide for five different problems, dealing another blow to the world's largest automaker whose reputation for quality and safety has been dented in recent years. Despite record sales and bumper profits, Toyota has...
A deadly bomb blast has struck a busy market on the outskirts of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people, police and medics say. The high intensity blast at the fruit and vegetable market left as many...
Indians are voting in four north-eastern states in the second phase of the general election on Wesnesday, which pits the governing Congress party against the Hindu nationalist BJP. Polling is taking place in six constituencies in Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh...
Britain's exports of goods sank in February to the lowest level for more than three years, hit by weaker sales to EU countries, official data showed on Wednesday. The data came against a background of an overall improving British economy,...
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Stocks edged marginally higher Wednesday amid volatile trading throughout the session with turnover declined slightly as investors traded cautiously. The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) --- DSEX-- ended at 4,594.33 points, gaining 7.42 points or 0.16 per...
Maoist rebels killed three soldiers guarding polling officials in central India on Wednesday, highlighting security concerns in the world's biggest elections as the second phase of voting got under way. The rebels staged the attack in the country's insurgency-wracked centre...
Tarek Elba, Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd has been elected as the President of the France-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCIFB) for the year 2014-15 & 2015-16. The CCIFB elected its new President and the Executive...
Indonesians voted for a new parliament on Wednesday in a poll expected to be dominated by the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P), boosting the chances of its popular candidate in a presidential election three months from now. Already, the star...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated the newly-constructed country’s biggest 500-bed Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital in the city’s Uttara area, ushering in a new horizon for the treatment of cancer patients in the country. Hasina inaugurated the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed deep shock at the death of noted journalist ABM Musa. In a condolence message, Sheikh Hasina said late ABM Musa that in his long journalism career had been a witness to many historical...
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