Chinese shares were down slightly in morning trading on Thursday due to overnight losses in US stocks and worries over the domestic economy, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.19 percent, or 3.94 points, to 2,059.73. The Shenzhen...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the region of Comilla in next 24 hours till 6pm today (Thursday). Weather may remain...
A daylong hartal, called for Thursday in Chapainawabganj district by the local unit of BNP-led 19-party alliance, is progressing peacefully since morning. No picketing by the opposition activists was seen anywhere in Chapainawabganj town or elsewhere as of filing this...
Ukraine's interim government says it will raise gas prices for domestic consumers by 50% in an effort to secure an International Monetary Fund (IMF) aid package. An official at Ukraine’s Naftogaz state energy company said the price rise would take...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 32 tortoises of rare species at Benapole town under Sarsa in Jessore on Wednesday. Commander Subedar Farid Uddin of Putkhali camp of BGB-23 said they had secret information that some tortoises smuggled from...
A man was tortured to death and the body was dumped near Jamuna River in Chauhali upazila in Sirajganj at some time between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali Jinnah, 35, son of Hossain...
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Share prices on both bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
The search for wreckage from Flight MH370 was called off on Thursday for the second time this week as the weather worsened in the Indian Ocean with planes and ships ordered out of the area. “Today’s search operations have been...
The newly-drilled 22nd well of Titas Gas Field in Brahmanbaria district started supplying 12 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) to the national grid on Wednesday. Ahmad Hossain, director of the well, said the drilling work at the...
Police recovered explosives and bomb-making materials in Paltan area in the city on Wednesday. Police said a police patrol, which was passing by the area, became suspicious after seeing a car parked in front of the office in the afternoon...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan believes that specialist cricketers are required for success in Twenty20 cricket before suggesting that Bangladesh are yet to get the hang of the format. “We lag behind in Tests but in one-day we...
BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been denied bail in two cases filed with the Ramna and Shahbagh police. Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim, however, on Thursday granted him bail in another case filed with the Ramna police....
FICA, the international players' federation, has advised cricketers against taking part in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), throwing the future of Bangladesh’s top Twenty20 competition in jeopardy. It pointed out that it had no choice but to suggest players to...
Customs officials have seized 54 gold bars at Hazrat Shah Amanat (RA) International Airport. The bars, weighing 6.30 kg, were found inside the shoes of three passengers arriving in Chittagong city on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dubai on...
The International Monetary Fund announced on Thursday a $14-$18 billion bailout for Ukraine aimed at keeping the crisis-hit country from going insolvent amid its escalating standoff with Russia. The Fund's Ukrainian mission chief Nikolai Georgiyev told reporters that the rescue...
Thailand has spotted 300 floating objects in the southern Indian Ocean during a satellite search for the missing Malaysian airliner, its space agency said Thursday. The objects, ranging from two to 15 metres (6.5 to 50 feet) in size, were...
Shrugging off the allegation that members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) are being used politically, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Thursday said Bangladesh is now largely free from communalism because of the exemplary role of the elite force. “Bangladesh...
India's Supreme Court recommended Thursday that batting legend Sunil Gavaskar takes over as interim president of the country's cricket board in place of the embattled incumbent N. Srinivasan. A panel of judges also said the Chennai Super Kings and the...
Investigators of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday formally submitted its report to the prosecution, recommending the banning of Jamaa-e-Islami for its role during Bangladesh’s independence struggle 43 years ago. Investigating Officer Matiur Rahman handed the report to Chief...
A Chittagong court on Thursday issued a warrant of arrest against Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury in a case filed over a bomb blast at a madrasa in the port city about 6 months ago which killed three people. The Metropolitan...
Internet giant Yahoo Japan said Thursday it would buy almost all of domestic telecom company eAccess from its parent Softbank Corp. in a deal valued at around $3.2 billion. Yahoo Japan, a unit of the Japanese mobile phone and Internet...
A businessman was killed and his wife injured in an attack by miscreants at Boro Dewra at Tongi in the outskirts of the city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Liton Mia, 50, a businessman and hailed from Nurpur...
Russia risks growth of 0.6 percent this year with capital flight reaching $100 billion, the economy minister warned on Thursday, amid growing alarm over the cost of President Vladimir Putin's intervention in Crimea. Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev confirmed that capital...
Prof. Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, Chairman, Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was re- elected as Chairman of Islamic Banks Consultative Forum (IBCF) while Md. Nazrul Islam Mazumder, Chairman of EXIM Bank and Badiur Rahman, Chairman of...
Miscreants shot to death a man at Keshabpur upazila in Jessore district on Wednesday night. The dead is Subroto Kumar Kundu, 35, son of Kartik Kumar Kundu, a resident of Bhallukghar village. Quoting locals, police said a gang of miscreants...
The biggest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines on Thursday signed an historic pact with the government to end one of Asia's longest and deadliest conflicts. "The comprehensive agreement on Bangsamoro is the crowning glory of our struggle," Moro Islamic...
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Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has called upon the Dutch investors to invest directly or relocate their sophisticated hi-tech industries in Bangladesh.The Industries Minister at a seminar Tuesday welcomed the FDI from the Dutch investors in different local prospective industrial...
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Stocks edged marginally up Thursday for the second running session as investors find the overall price level of most of the stocks attractive as the market suffered continuous setback in the last few sessions.The market opened with uptrend and the...
Bangladesh is one of the 11 South Asian countries declared polio-free by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The WHO regional office in New Delhi stamped the region as polio-free on Thursday. It was a ‘public health milestone’ for the region,...
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