Finance Minister AMA Muhith has set a Tk 1 billion donation target to partly fund arrangements for the Twenty20 World Cup beginning on March 16. “I have held four meetings (for the donation) this year,” the Finance Minister has said....
A total of thirteen people have so far been detained after Saturday’s heist at a Sonali Bank branch at Bogra’s Adamdighi Upazila. The manager of the Sonali Bank Adamdighi branch was among the 13 people picked by police over the...
A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist, injured in Saturday’s clashes between supporters of two chairman aspirants at Sreepur upazila in Gazipur, has died in a Dhaka hospital, his relatives say. Al Amin, 25, was a member of Sreepur municipal BCL...
At least 35 godowns (storage) of jute and cotton mills were gutted by a devastating fire that broke out in Tongi Mill Gate area in the outskirts of Dhaka city on Monday morning. Aktaruzzaman, deputy director of Gazipur Fire Service...
A worker was killed and four other people injured when a goods-laden truck overturned at Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Monday. Police identified the victim as Abdur Rahman, 42, hailing from Rajshahi’s Putia Upazila. Sub-Inspector Shafiul Azam of Banani police station said...
Germany has criticised Russia over a planned Moscow-backed referendum on whether Crimea should join Russia. Germany’s Angela Merkel on Sunday night delivered a rebuke to President Vladimir Putin, telling him that was illegal and violated Ukraine’s constitution. Merkel also regretted...
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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Monday, the second trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 12.10 points...
A fire gutted at least nine shops at Dublia Bazaar at Sadar upazila in Pabna district on Sunday. Local sources said the fire originated at a shop in the morning and soon engulfed the other adjoining shops. On information, two...
Unidentified miscreants slaughtered a man and dumped his body at Sadhuhati village in in Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila sometimes between Sunday night and early Monday. The body of Abdul Aziz, 38, was found next to a corn field at Sadhuhati early...
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Northern California early on Monday at a relatively shallow depth of 4.3 miles, the US Geological Survey said in the morning. However, there was no report of injury or damage of property. The quake,...
Malaysia on Monday morning announced that there was no trace of wreckage from the passenger jet, over two days after it vanished somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam, with 239 people on board. The Malaysian announcement deepened the anguish of relatives...
A Japan Airlines (JAL)-operated Boeing 787 made an emergency landing at Honolulu Airport in Hawaii, USA, after oil pressure in its right engine dropped, the Japanese carrier has said. The two-engined jetliner en route to San Francisco, USA, from Tokyo,...
Bangladesh national women’s cricket team will take on Indian cricket team in the second T20 international of the three-match T20i series schedule to be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at the newly-build Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox’s Bazar town. The match...
A knitting factory and at least 26 godowns (warehouses) of garments waste were burnt to ashes in a devastating fire in Tongi Bazar area in Gazipur last night. Station officer of Tongi Fire Service Station Jakir Hossain said the fire...
The High Court on Monday rejected the bail plea of three accused in the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case. An HC division bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed passed the order upon hearing the bail petitions filed...
A court in Sylhet has sent 32 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami to jail in two separate cases over violence turning down their bail petition. Senior judicial magistrate Abdul Quader passed the order of sending them to jail as the...
Asian markets tumbled on Monday following a surprisingly poor batch of economic data out of China, while revised Japanese figures showed 2013 growth was slower than expected. The losses came after healthy gains on most bourses last week and despite...
Israeli troops on Monday shot dead a Palestinian who allegedly attacked a soldier at the Allenby Bridge crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, a military spokeswoman said. Israeli officials initially said the Palestinian was wounded but he died shortly...
Irish fruit firm Fyffes and US rival Chiquita are to merge to create the world's largest banana company, worth about $1bn. The new firm, named ChiquitaFyffes, is expected to sell about 160 million boxes of bananas annually, more than any...
At least six people, including five ansar members, were injured as the Korail slum dwellers clashed with the ansar members in city’s Mohakhali area on Monday. Sub inspector Mahmudul Hasan of Banani Police Station said the residents of Korail slum...
Both candidates in El Salvador's presidential election have claimed victory after a preliminary count showed the vote was too close to call. Election officials said the race was very tight and told both to wait for the final results. With...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, March 8: The Usmania Glass Sheet Factory Ltd in its annual general meeting on Friday approved 11 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the financial year 2012-13. The declaration of the company was...
Alliance Capital Asset Management Limited has disclosed the Net Asset Value (NAV) of MTB Unit Fund, according to a press release. The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 348,363,378.08 on the basis of cost price and Tk...
MUMBAI, Mar 8 (Business Standard): Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL) on Friday announced the appointment of JM Financial Institutional Securities Ltd as financial adviser for divestment of stake in Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). On February 27, FTIL had appointed a...
Left-hander Fawad Alam capped a remarkable international return with a maiden hundred to lift Pakistan to 260-5 in the Asia Cup final in the city Saturday, reports AFP. The 28-year-old lifted Thisara Perera for his third six to reach his...
Visiting Pakistan Women team beat Bangladesh Women by 13 runs in the first match of the two-match T20 series at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar Saturday, reports UNB. Chasing 127 runs, Bangladesh Women's team consumed stipulated 20...
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