The daily trade value at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed Taka 600-crore mark on Wednesday on bullish trading when most issues closed higher.The turnover value surged to Taka 614.12 crore at the end of Wednesday’s session, which was the highest…
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Police’s success in tackling militancy lauded worldwide: DMP boss
DMP commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Miah today said the success of Bangladesh police in tackling militancy has been lauded worldwide.”The kind of success we have achieved in tackling militancy in such a short period of time is remarkable. Many developed nations…
Dhaka seeks global support for marine protection plan
Dhaka has sought support from the global community to help develop an integrated plan for protecting marine resources, according to a document of the Ministry of Environment and Forests.Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju made the request at the…
Barisal launch capsize death toll climbs to 14; 13 missing
The death toll from the launch capsize in the Sandhya River in Banaripara upazila of the district on Wednesday rose to 14 with the recovery of 12 more bodies.Mustafizur Rahman, deputy director of River Security and Traffic Department of Bangladesh…
UN suspends all convoys in Syria after attack on aid trucks
The U.N. humanitarian aid agency suspended all convoys in Syria on Tuesday following deadly airstrikes on aid trucks the previous night that activists said killed at least 12 people, mostly truck drivers and Red Crescent workers.The attack plunged Syria’s U.S.-Russia-brokered…
Charges framed against Fakhrul, 73 others in cop attack case
A court here on Tuesday framed charges against BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 73 leaders and activists of the 20-party alliance in a case filed for obstructing police from discharging their duties and attempt to murder.Dhaka Additional…
UN suspends all convoys in Syria after attack on aid trucks
The U.N. humanitarian aid agency suspended all convoys in Syria on Tuesday following deadly airstrikes on aid trucks the previous night that activists said killed at least 12 people, mostly truck drivers and Red Crescent workers.The attack plunged Syria’s U.S.-Russia-brokered…
Joy receives ‘ICT for Dev Award’ in NY
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, information and communication technology adviser to the Prime Minister, has been conferred upon “ICT for Development Award, 2016” in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the people of Bangladesh through implementation of “Digital Bangladesh” initiative.Joy was given…
India accuses Pakistan of cease-fire violation in Kashmir
Pakistani soldiers fired bullets at an Indian military position from across the heavily fortified frontier in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Tuesday, two days after suspected rebels killed 18 Indian soldiers in an audacious attack on a military…
Naval ships leave for India, Sri Lanka on training tour
Five hundred eleven (511) members of Bangladesh Navy (BN) with two Naval ships left Chittagong for Sri Lanka and India on a 22-day training tour.’BNS Sumudro Joy’ and ‘BNS Samudro Ovizan’ left the Chittagong Naval Jetty at around 12PM today,…
‘Syrian warplane downed during operation against IS’
The Syrian military on Sunday said one of its war planes had been downed in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor during an operation against Islamic state, where the militant group has been under intense air strikes in the…
BB heist probe report to be made public on Sept 22
The probe body report on the cyber heist of Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) account with New York’s Federal Reserve Bank will be made public on September 22, finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said here today.”The report will be made available…
Bangladeshi-origin girl wins global video award
A Bangladeshi-origin girl won a global video competition beating nearly 400 participants from over 60 countries.Tanzina Nowshin won the Grand Prize of the Education Youth Video Challenge, organised by the US-based International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity known as…
Two Saudi police shot dead in mainly Shiite city
Unidentified gunmen killed two Saudi policemen in the mainly Shiite eastern city of Dammam late on Saturday, the interior ministry said, describing it as a “terrorist attack”.The two officers were patrolling in a police car when they came under fire…
Bangladesh among lowest meat-consuming nations
In a shocking revelation by a 2009 report by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, Bangladesh ranks among the topmost vegetarian country across the globe, where less than four kilos of meat are consumed by an individual…
Road crashes claim 11 lives in Tangail
Eleven people were killed and around 40 people injured in separate road accidents in the district on Saturday.Five people, including a woman and her son, were killed and 12 more people injured in a head-on collision between a bus and…
Bullet-hit youth dies in city hospital
A young man, who sustained bullet injuries in a gun attack on a club in Motijheel AGB Colony on Friday night, died at Apollo Hospitals in the city on early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Rizvi Hasan Babu, 34, son…
The moment hijabs dazzled New York Fashion Week catwalk
A collection presented at New York Fashion Week is the first time every model walked the event’s runway wearing a hijab.Muslim designer Anniesa Hasibuan’s show was also one of the first by an Indonesian at the prestigious annual event.At a…
August equals July as hottest month in modern times
August equalled July as the hottest month in modern times, the UN’s weather agency said Friday, warning that extraordinary temperatures were “set to become the new norm”.The United Nations Meteorological Organisation (WMO) also forecast that 2016 will prove to be…
Is nuclear crucial to climate change targets?
As Britain greenlights its first new nuclear power plant in more than 20 years, experts diverged Thursday on the role of nuclear energy in the quest to cap global warming at less than two degrees Celsius.The broad challenge in meeting…
FBI stops short of banning agents from posing as journalists
The FBI has imposed new restrictions on its agents’ ability to masquerade as reporters following an uproar over the impersonation of an Associated Press journalist, but the agency has stopped short of ruling out the practice as news organizations had…
Brazil’s Domingos Montagner drowns on set of soap opera
One of Brazil’s best-loved television actors, Domingos Montagner, has drowned in a river where the crew had been recording scenes for the country’s most popular soap opera.Montagner played the leading role in Velho Chico, a soap opera named after the…
Why President Obama should pardon Edward Snowden now
Today, Human Rights Watch joins the American Civil Liberties Union, and Amnesty International in launching a public campaign urging President Obama to pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden.It’s been more than three years since Snowden, then a 29-year-old former National Security Agency…
Cricketer Shakib ‘alright but upset at helicopter crash news’
National cricketer Shakib-Al-Hasan, who luckily escaped a possible helicopter accident in Cox’s Bazar on Friday, said the accident news made him quite upset.“I am fine, but quite upset at the news of the helicopter crash,” he said while talking to…
China, India now world’s largest Internet markets
India has overtaken the United States to become the world’s second largest Internet market, with 333 million users, trailing China’s 721 million. But a new report released today by the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development also confirms that just…
Mayors claim ‘successful’ animal wastes disposal this time
Mayors of the two Dhaka city corporations on Thursday claimed that they ‘successfully’ removed much before the 48-hour deadline cent percent wastes of the sacrificial animals generated during Eid-ul-Azha.They said around 4.38 lakh sacrificial animals were slaughtered in the two…
UN summit won’t resolve refugee resettlement impasse
Next week’s landmark UN summit on refugees and migrants was supposed to help resettle one in ten refugees, instead UN member states have settled for vague gestures, including a campaign to end xenophobia.Human rights organisations and humanitarian actors alike have…
Brazil ratifies Paris climate change agreement
Brazil’s President Michel Temer on Monday ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change, which commits Brazil to reducing its carbon emissions by 37 percent by 2025 from 2005 levels.In a ceremony in Brasilia, Temer highlighted that Brazil has made a…
Sri Lanka to revise decision of on-arrival visa suspension
Sri Lankan government has given necessary directives to revise a decision taken by its immigration department suspending on-arrival visa issuance for the citizens of Bangladesh.Talking to BBC Bangla, Harsha de Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, said…
Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover Part-II opened to traffic
Another part of the much-awaited Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover was opened to traffic on Thursday as part of efforts to ease traffic congestions on Eskaton-Mouchak road further.Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain inaugurated it around 11 am.Vehicles on…