Stocks dip
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse plunged during the first two-and-half hour of trading on Wednesday. DSEX, the benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),...
View ArticleMozena worried over HRW contempt filing
US Ambassador Dan W Mozena on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the issue of seeking contempt proceedings against Human Rights Watch. The US envoy made the comment a day after prosecutors of...
View ArticleFakhrul, 15 others secure bail
A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 15 others in a bomb blast case. Shahbagh police filed the case against the 29 people on charge of...
View ArticleStay alert against resurgence of militants
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday cautioned people about resurgence of militants urging them to remain alert so that the incident like August 21 grenade attack does not recur in the country....
View ArticleShibir man held over Egypt embassy blow-up threat
An activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, was arrested on charge of threatening to blow up Egyptian embassy in the capital. The arrest was made on a tip-off, Deputy...
View Article‘Gas attack near Damascus kills over 200′
Syrian activists accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of launching a nerve gas attack on rebel-held districts near Damascus on Wednesday that they said killed more than 200 people. Activists said...
View ArticleSramik League leader murdered in city
Unidentified miscreants stabbed dead a ward-level Sramik League leader in the capital’s Malibagh area Wednesday morning. Victim Muktar Hossain, 40, was joint secretary general of ward No. 23 of Dhaka...
View ArticleAnti-cheating hats draw flak
A photo showing students of a renowned Bangkok university wearing strange headgear complete with side flaps to thwart cheating during a midterm exam caused quite a stir after it was uploaded to...
View ArticleMubarak may be freed today
Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will leave jail as early as today after a court ruling that jolted a divided nation already in turmoil seven weeks after the army toppled Islamist President...
View ArticleDecision on indictment Aug 29
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday fixed August 29 to decide about indicting Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali on crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971. The...
View ArticleTribunal allows 3 witnesses
International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday allowed three out of a list of 3,328 defence witnesses to defend former BNP lawmaker Abdul Alim to prove his alibi. The three-member tribunal led by Justice...
View ArticleBASIC Bank gets 3 days
Bangladesh Bank yesterday issued a final ultimatum to the BASIC Bank to submit a report to it within three working days explaining the bank’s gross irregularities in loan approval, recruitment and...
View Article2 witnesses identify attacker
Two prosecution witnesses in a Dhaka court yesterday identified Rafiqul Islam Shakil as the one who had attacked Biswajit Das with a machete during a road blockade programme enforced by BNP-led...
View Article‘Efforts on to ratify deal’
India yesterday said efforts were on for building a consensus on a bill to ratify the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh, which could not be placed at the Indian parliament on Monday. Replying to...
View ArticleChina calls for AL-BNP dialogue
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jun has urged the two major political parties to sit for dialogue to build confidence between them and resolve the current political standoff ahead of the next...
View ArticleMozena bats for HRW
US Ambassador Dan W Mozena yesterday expressed deep concern that Bangladeshi prosecutors have charged Human Rights Watch with contempt of court. “We believe organisations such as Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleOishee, house help undergo medical tests
Oishee Rahman, the prime suspect in the killing of her parents Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman, underwent age determination tests at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday. With permission...
View ArticleVegetables on water
Growing vegetables on floating beds made of water hyacinth has turned out to be a boon for farmers at Nazirpur upazila in Pirojpur. Under the model, local residents have brought the unused marshland...
View ArticleMueen, Ashraf were involved
A relative of martyred doctor Mohammad Martuza yesterday testified that alleged Al-Badr leaders Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan were “directly involved” in the killing of intellectuals and...
View ArticleManning jailed for 35yrs
Bradley Manning, the US soldier convicted of the biggest breach of classified data in the nation’s history by providing files to WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 35 years in prison yesterday. Judge Colonel...
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