The nation today recalls the horrors of the genocide carried out by the occupation forces against the country's people more than four decades ago. Thousands of occupation troops with tanks, cannons, grenades, mortars, field guns, machine guns and sub machine...
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Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed downward trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday amid modest volatility. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 3.20 points or...
The death toll from a devastating weekend mudslide in Washington state climbed to 14 people on Monday as six more bodies were found, while the number reported missing continued to swell two days after the tragedy, authorities said. As many...
Miscreants tortured to death a young man near Gopalpur Bridge in Titas upazila of Comilla district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Ramjan Hossain, 24, son of late Renu Miah of Gopalpur village. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Titas Police Station...
The investigation agency of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday submitted its report on Jamaat-e-Islami's role as a political party during Bangladesh's independence struggle over four decades ago. Investigation Officer (IO) Matiur Rahman handed over the probe report to the...
A man who fled to his native Bangladesh more than two decades ago after being charged in connection with the death of a romantic rival in Angola, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. A Steuben County Judge sentenced...
At least 20 people were injured as nor’wester lashed four upazilas of Pabna district on Monday evening. Witnesses said the violent storm swept through Sujanagar, Santhia, Bera and Sadar upazilas. Three cement godowns (depot) and a fertilizer godwon collapsed in...
Customs officials at Shah Amanat (RA) International Airport in Chittagong arrested seven people from an aero plane that landed at the airport on Tuesday morning. They also recovered a good number of gold bars from the arrested persons. The identities...
Five policemen were injured as a truck collided head-on with a pickup van carrying them at Beltoli at Sadar Dakshin upazila in Comilla on Tuesday. The injured were identified as Sergeant Anwar Hossain, constables Shamsuddin, Ruhul Amin, Abdul Hamid and...
All 239 passengers and crew on board the MH370 Flight are feared dead after it was determined that the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 went down in the Indian Ocean. While Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced live over...
Irrigation on 60,500 hectares of Boro land under the Teesta Barrage project area in Rangpur is facing setback in the current season due to abnormal fall of water in Teesta River. Sources at the Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) said...
An Awami League activist, injured in a clash over polls to Gozaria upazila in Munshiganj, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Joton Miah, 22. Additional police super Jakir Hossain Majumder said...
US Senator Robert Menendez has said he cannot support the renewal or expansion of Bangladesh’s GSP benefits as long as union organisers and members are subject to harassment, intimidation and violence from factory owners and managers. “As Chairman of the...
Police recovered the body of a housewife at Chapadah village in Sadar upazila in Gaibandha district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Hosne Ara, wife of Babu Miah, a resident of the village. Gopal Chandra, officer-in-charge of Sadar...
A bus crash in northern Thailand has killed at least 30 people and injured 22 others, Thai authorities say. The fatal accident took place in Tak province on Monday night. Thai police said the bus was trying to overtake cars...
The leader of India's anti-corruption party is expected to announce he will stand against the main opposition BJP's candidate for prime minister, Narendra Modi, in the holy city of Varanasi. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal is set to...
Bangladesh launch their assault for a possible semifinal spot against defending champions West Indies in Tuesday’s only Super 10 match of the World Twenty20 cricket tournament. After West Indies’ pitiful display against India, the hosts will probably fancy their chances...
Royal Mail is planning to cut 1,600 roles as part of a drive to cut costs, mainly among its head office managerial staff. The postal delivery service says the net effect will be 1,300 job losses, as it plans to...
India's Supreme Court Tuesday urged the powerful head of the country's cricket board to stand down while an investigation is conducted into illegal betting, saying his refusal to quit so far was "nauseating". A two-judge panel warned it could order...
A local Jubo Dal leader has been killed by unidentified assailants at Feni Sadar upazila. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 27, Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal general secretary of Ward No. 7 unit under Lemua union. Local people found his...
Two persons have died in two separate road accidents at Motijheel and Mirpur in Dhaka city. The dead have been identified as Islam Shikdar, 45, an auto-rickshaw driver, and Md Shahjahan, 34, a rickshaw-puller. Shikdar died in a collision between...
Indonesia has banned Hollywood biblical epic "Noah" starring Russell Crowe, censors said Tuesday, the latest Muslim country to stop the film being screened due to concerns it contradicts Islamic values. Censors in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country said they...
Showkat Hossain FCA has been nominated by the government as Independent Director of Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) recently. Showkat Hossain is also President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and a Partner of Hoda Vasi Chowdhury &...
Arab leaders struggling with an array of foreign policy disputes opened an annual summit on Tuesday to try to forge a common stand on regional crises such as Syria's war, and on what many of them see as the menace...
In the biggest gold haul in recent times, customs officials seized 905 gold bars, weighing 105-kilogram (kg), from a Biman aero plane at Shah Amanat (RA) International Airport in Chittagong on Tuesday. Seven passengers of the Dhaka-bound flight from Dubai...
The eurozone composite PMI from Markit Economics came in at 53.2 in March, from 53.3 in February, although traders took heart from a pick-up in output and new orders from France, which had previously been holding back the index. The...
Nine individuals have been awarded Independence Awards this year in recognition of their contributions to various sectors and to Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave out the awards at the Osmani auditorium on Tuesday. Former Pakistan...
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Stocks rebounded Tuesday, a day after sharp decline with turnover remained sluggish as investors were cautious, and followed 'wait-and-watch approach. The market opened with a negative note, but later it went up gradually as session progressed. At the end of...
The probe body of International Crimes Tribunals (ICTs), in its investigation, found seven counts of crimes perpetrated by Jamaat-e-Islami, its associate bodies and mouthpiece during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. “The investigation agency has completed the probe against Jamaat-e-Islami...
Russia said on Tuesday its suspension from the G8 was counterproductive as Ukraine pulled more troops out of Crimea, effectively acknowledging defeat following Moscow's annexation of the Black Sea peninsula. "When it comes to contacts with the G8 countries, we...
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