Stocks flat
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse decreased after witnessing a jittery trade on Wednesday. DGEN, the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dipped 2 points to reach...
View ArticleArmy chopper crash lands in Dhamrai
Two pilots were injured as a training helicopter of Bangladesh Army crash landed in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka Wednesday morning. The chopper broke into three pieces as it came down to the ground fast at...
View ArticleIndonesia searches for victims as quake kills 29
Soldiers, police and volunteers fanned out across an earthquake-damaged region of western Indonesia on Wednesday, scouring the debris of fallen homes and landslides for possible victims of a temblor...
View ArticleMorsi defiant as protest deaths rise
Egypt’s Mohammed Morsi has insisted he remains the country’s legitimate president, as mass protests claimed more lives in the capital, Cairo. In a late-night TV address, Morsi rejected an army...
View ArticleUS drone kills 16 suspected militants in Pakistan
Unmanned US aircraft fired four missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan before dawn Wednesday, killing 16 suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The strike elicited a swift...
View ArticleVital social protection missing in Bangladesh: Study
Social protection systems in Bangladesh is failing to support large numbers of poor and vulnerable people, leaving them exposed to risks and unexpected difficulties like unemployment, ill health, and...
View ArticleStray violence marks hartal
Five policemen were injured as activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir clashed with law enforcers in Comilla during the daylong nationwide hartal (shutdown) enforced by Islami Chhatra Shibir on Wednesday....
View ArticleRemittance sets new high
The wage earners’ remittance inflow to Bangladesh grew by 12.59 percent in the just concluded fiscal year ended on June 30, according to data released by the central bank Wednesday. Remittance had...
View ArticleRizvi fails to defend rejoinder claim
In the wake of strong criticism over BNP chairperson’s write-up in US newspaper Washington Times seeking cancellation of Bangladesh’s GSP facilities, BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Wednesday claimed...
View ArticleDelimitation completed for 49 constituencies
The Election Commission (EC) has finalised delimitation of electoral boundaries for 49 constituencies for the 10th national elections. Of the proposed 89 constituencies, 49 has been redrawn and the...
View ArticleRMG worker found dead in capital
Police found the body of a juvenile RMG worker at his cousin’s Demra residence in the capital on Wednesday. The deceased is Md Rakib Hossain, 15, a garment worker. Law enforcers also rescued Rakib’s...
View ArticleBlessings, not backing: JP
Jatiya Party said Wednesday it would not put its support behind any candidates officially in the Gazipur city polls slated for Saturday. “Reports in the media that Jatiya Party has expressed its...
View ArticleDon’t play foul with Bangladesh Army, says official
The Bangladesh Army has urged all quarters, both local and international, not to play foul with the force, cautioning them that they would get hurt by doing so. The call came following news reports...
View Article$890,000 Chinese stamp
One of China’s rarest stamps sold for HK$6.9 million ($890,000) at auction in Hong Kong, the auctioneers said yesterday. With just 32 recorded copies, the Qing Dynasty “1897 Red Revenue Small One...
View ArticleTwo held in Canada Day terror plot
Police have foiled a plot to bomb the parliament of British Columbia as tens of thousands gathered to celebrate Canada’s independence day, arresting two people allegedly “inspired by al-Qaeda,”...
View ArticleShahjahan reborn
Faizul Hasan Kadari, a retired post-master from India, has put his entire life savings into building a replica of the world famous Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife who died in 2011. The original...
View ArticleMobarak helped Pak army during war
A prosecution witness yesterday gave the International Crimes Tribunal-1 a detailed description of how war crimes accused Mobarak Hossain had allegedly abetted the Pakistani army to kill 33 villagers...
View ArticleToufiq wins by-polls
Ruling Awami League candidate Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq won the Kishoreganj-4 by-election yesterday. Toufiq, eldest son of President Abdul Hamid, bagged 99,933 votes with the symbol “boat” in all 118 polling...
View Article4 killed in road crash
At least four people, including three of a family, were killed and three others injured when a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided head on in Islampur area of Dhamrai yesterday noon. The dead...
View Article53 constituencies get new boundaries
The Election Commission has redrawn the boundaries of 53 parliamentary constituencies in 19 districts, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said yesterday. However, the number of...
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