Two Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria six months ago by rebel fighters have been released. Spanish newspaper El Mundo said its Middle East correspondent, Javier Espinosa, had phoned the newsroom to say that he had been freed along with photographer...
A China expatriate was gunned allegedly by an extortionist at Companiganj upazila in Noakhali district on Sunday. The dead is Zahidul Islam Maruf, 42. He came home from China two months ago. Sajedur Rahman Sajid, officer-in-charge of Companiganj Police Station...
Bangladesh have fulfilled their primary objective by qualifying to the Super 10 of World Twenty20 cricket tournament. But they are under fire for their back-to-back humiliating defeats against West Indies and India. The hosta are now desperate for at least...
Five workers died Sunday and two more are missing after a bridge collapsed during construction work on a remote rocky atoll, the Japanese coastguard said. The Okinotori atoll, also known as Douglas Reef, lies 1,700 kilometres south of Tokyo and...
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Share prices on both bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed downward trend in early hours of trading on Sunday amid volatility, the opening trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of...
A fire that broke out in a gallery of Bangladesh National Museum at Shahbagh in the city on Sunday morning, was controlled soon after. Officials said it broke out in the Gallery Number 44 on the third floor of the...
Tokyo on Sunday criticised Chinese President Xi Jinping for making remarks during a trip to Germany about Japan's wartime atrocities, adding that the government had lodged a protest. At a think tank forum Friday in Berlin, Xi criticised Japan's wartime...
An official Nepali publication, listing those who climbed Mount Everest, has left out Musa Ibrahim, who claims to be the first from Bangladesh to have conquered the world’s highest peak. The publication, ‘Nepal Parbat’ is brought out by the country’s...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday said government troops killed a finance officer with the FARC and vowed to press ahead with offensives against the guerrilla group despite peace talks. John Hernandez, alias "Fabian," who was head of finance...
A mild heat wave which is sweeping the country is likely to continue for another few days, Met office forecasts. The Dhaka Met office in a forecast said that due to the mild heat wave blowing across the country, the...
North Korea said Sunday it "will not rule out" a new nuclear test as it defended its recent mid-range missile launch which triggered widespread international condemnation. "(We) will not rule out a new form of a nuclear test aimed at...
A housewife was burned to death as a fire broke out in her house at Sujanagar upazila in Pabna on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Aleya Khatun, 25, wife of Halim Sheikh of Mandiarkandi village. Witnesses said the...
Visiting China's Yunnan province Governor Li Jiheng on Sunday met State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam and discussed various issues related to bilateral interests. During the meeting, held at the Foreign Ministry in Dhaka, they discussed possible areas...
The Election Commission (EC) has cleared Sheikh Afil Uddin and Monirul Islam, elected as Awami League MPs from Jessore district, of charges of violating the EC law. The EC on Sunday disposed of the issue after the two tendered unconditional...
Protest by students has forced authorities of a school in Natore district to shelve their plan of selling Mahogany trees that dotted the school’s landscape for over two decades. Students of Bagatiparha Pilot High School have literally held on to...
The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday suspended the Upazila (UZ) Parishad election to Thakurgaon Sadar upazila scheduled to be held on Monday. The 5th phase of the 4th UZ elections will be held a across the country tomorrow. “We have...
Visiting Yunnan Province Governor of China Li Jiheng on Sunday said Bangladesh would become a hot destination for global investment in the coming days where Yunnan Province wants to play a vital role. Li made the observation when he met...
A labour organisation has prepared a draft list of workers who went missing after the collapse of Rana Plaza in April last year. The list compiled by ‘Bangladesh Garments Sromik Shonghoti’ has provided the full identities of 146 out of...
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Stocks returned to the red Sunday after two session gains with sluggish trading activities as ongoing volatile market sentiment made investors remained shaky. The market opened with a choppy trading. At the end of the session, the prime index of...
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in their Super 10 match of the World Twenty20 cricket tournament on Sunday. Hosts Bangladesh replaced right-arm spinner Shohag Gazi with veteran left arm spinner Abdur Razzak but left the...
Pakistan lost two quick wickets to move to 82 for 3 after 11 overs against Bangladesh in their Super 10 tie of the World Twenty20 on Sunday. Umar Akmal went for a duck to a thick edge off Mahmudullah to...
Russian Ambassador in Dhaka Alexander A Nikolaev said the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is safe for Bangladesh saying those are opposing its construction have a wrong perception. “I must tell you the reactor which is designed for Rooppur Nuclear...
Three Bangladeshi nationals suffered bullet wounds in firing by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Thakurgaon and Satkhira Sunday and Saturday evening. In Thakurgaon, two Bangladeshi nationals were shot by the BSF members along Beurjhari border in Baliadangi...
Pakistan defeated hosts Bangladesh by 50 runs to stay on course for the semi-finals in the World Twenty20 in Dhaka Sunday. Pakistan, powered by Ahmed Shehzad's unbeaten 111 off 62 balls, piled up 190-5 and then restricted Bangladesh to 140-7...
In line with the action plan to get back the US generalised system of preferences, the Labour and Employment Ministry on Sunday launched a website containing a database of the country’s garment sector. State Minister for Labour and Employment M...
A day after assistant returning officer declared the results of Tangail-8 by-elections, the returning officer on Sunday postponed the results, citing irregularities. Withholding the election results, returning officer Khurshid Anwar, also the Mymensingh regional election officer, wrote to the Election...
The Board of Directors of Jamuna Bank Limited Sunday recommended 15 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2013. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on May 8, 2014 at 10:00...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume its operation on Dhaka-Frankfurt route from Monday, after a suspension of over seven years. Biman will operate twice-a-week flights to this newest, 19th overseas destination, on every Friday and Monday respectively. Flight BG...
President Abdul Hamid underscored the need for upholding the authentic history of the country’s Liberation War among the new generation. “The glorious history of our great Independence has been distorted in many ways. Vested quarters have used it in its...
Communication Minister Obaidul Quader informed the House that the rate of road accidents has declined by 53 per cent in five years since 2008. Quader quoted a Police Headquarters Report replying to a written question from Awami League MP AFM...
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