China stocks volatile after Beijing acts to avoid crash
After opening with a gain of roughly 7%, the benchmark Shanghai Composite was trading 2.2% higher on Monday. The smaller Shenzhen Composite, which also started the day in positive territory, reversed course and was down 2.6% by mid-day.
NBR bars licence for foreign freight forwarders
The National Board of Revenue has put a bar on providing freight forwarding licence to fully foreign-owned companies to operate in the country.
Govt failing to help flood victims: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday alleged that the government was not providing relief support to flood victims and instead were busy with corruption. ‘The flood victims are passing their days in misery and the government is not providing them with relief’, Khaleda said at an iftar party.
Jt operation begins near Myanmar border Campaign aims to flush out extremists, drug and human traffickers
Border Guard Bangladesh backed by the army has begun a ‘search and destroy’ operation in Thanchi of Bandarban bordering Myanmar to demolish the possible hideouts of militant and organised crime groups in the remote hilly areas, the officials said.
গান গাইলেন মাহবুবা চৌধুরী
বেতার-টেলিভিশনের একজন বিশিষ্ট সংবাদ উপস্থাপক এবং জনপ্রিয় ছড়াকার হিসেবেই বেশি পরিচিত মানবজমিন সম্পাদক মাহবুবা চৌধুরী। সেই সঙ্গে একজন সফল টিভি অনুষ্ঠান উপস্থাপকও। পেশাগতভাবে এ পরিচয়গুলো অনেক আগেই উন্মোচিত হলেও মাহবুবা চৌধুরীর অন্য একটি প্রতিভা এতদিন এক প্রকার আড়ালেই ছিল বলা যায়।
ISIS video shows execution of 25 men in ruins of Syria amphitheater
A just-released video from ISIS shows militants executing 25 captives in the ruins of a Roman amphitheater in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.
Putin congratulates Obama on Independence Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated President Barack Obama on Independence Day and expressed confidence that Russia and the United States can "find solutions" to international issues, the Kremlin said Saturday.
Clinton has strong words on Chinese hacking
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unleashed some of the strongest words to date about China's hacking of U.S. computers.
Tunisian President declares emergency: New terror attack would cause 'collapse'
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday declared a 30-day state of emergency, saying another attack such as last week's terrorist massacre at a beach hotel would "cause the country to collapse."
PM distributes WC money
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday handed over the cheques to the national cricket team players, coaches and other officials for the outstanding successes in the World Cup and home series against Pakistan.
