After ending their 16-year long Pakistan jinx, Bangladesh now have the opportunity to clinch a series win for the first time against their sub-continent rivals.
Month: April 2015
South Africa anti-immigrant violence: Hundreds held
More than 300 people have been arrested in South Africa in connection with a wave of violence against immigrants from other parts of Africa, the minister of home affairs says.
Man beat Hammers
Manchester City firmed up their grip on a top-four place as they beat West Ham to secure their first win in three Premier League games.
Afghanistan suicide bomb in Jalalabad leaves many dead
At least 33 people have been killed and 100 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.
Saudi Arabia pledges $274m to meet UN call for Yemen aid
Saudi Arabia, which is leading an air campaign against rebels in Yemen, has pledged to provide exactly the amount of emergency aid to the country as called for in a UN appeal on Friday. The official Saudi news agency said…
Govt sets up dashboard for online monitoring of learning at multimedia classrooms
The government has set up a ‘dashboard’ to monitor online teaching and learning at multimedia class rooms in 20,500 educational institutions across the country, officials said.
Alleged robber leader killed in Magura ‘gunfight’
The ringleader of an inter-district robber gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police on the Magura-Jessore road in Mugirdal area of Sadar upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam alias Moazzem, 37, son…
7 hit by bullets in Kazi Zafarullah’s Faridpur meet
At least seven people, including a policeman, were injured by stray bullets at Awami League (AL) presidium member Kazi Zafarullah’s street rally at Kawlibera village in Bhanga upazila on Saturday morning.
IBBL board of directors meeting held
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower on Saturday . Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman (Acting) of the Bank presided over the meeting. Local and foreign…
7 passengers killed as 2 buses smash car in Dhamrai
Seven people, including three children, were killed as a private car got crushed between two buses on Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Barbaria bus stand area of Dhamrai upazila on Saturday. All the seven people, killed in the crash, were the private…
‘Expand sugar beet cultivation as substitute to sugarcane’
Experts at a day-long farmers’ field day stressed expanded cultivation of tropical sugar beet as an effective substitute to sugarcane in increasing production of sugar and molasses. The weather condition of Bangladesh is suitable for sugar beet farming, its sweetness…
Ask Khaleda to account for burning people: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the people to reject BNP for its violent agitations. “BNP is synonymous with destruction, trouble and oppression of the nation,” she has said. She was speaking while inaugurating railway projects through video conferencing on…
Equal rights of men, women to ensure women empowerment: JS speaker says
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad and CPA executive committee chairperson Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury today said equal rights of men and women can ensure empowerment of women.
Khaleda bolsters Bnp-backed candidates in Mayoral race
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday joined the electioneering for her party-backed candidates of the April 28 city polls by campaigning in Gulshan-2 area for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral contestant Tabith Awal.
337 Bangladeshis to return home from Kerala today
A total of 337 Bangladeshis, who were evacuated from war-torn Yemen last week, is scheduled to return home from the Indian state of Kerala at the early hours of tomorrow.
Annisul Huq takes broomstick to keep capital clean
Now it’s the turn of Awami League-supported mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation polls Annisul Huq to take broomstick to keep capital city clean and presenting it as a good habitable city. Taking a broomstick in his hand, Annisul…
City poll campaigns getting momentum
Electioneering for Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Chittagong city corporation polls are getting momentum as the voting date of April 28 is approaching nearer.
Bar council polls on May 20
The election of Bangladesh Bar Council with 48,465 voters will be held on May 20.
Need for children-friendly budget stressed
Speakers at a discussion today stressed the need for a children-friendly budget considering the children as the future of the country.
Eight killed in road accident in Manikganj
Eight persons including four children of a single family were killed on the spot when Buses of Shuhag Paribahan and village Line smashed a car at Barbaria area of Dhamrai upazila of the district this afternoon.
More Russian scholarships for higher study in Nuke Energy
Twenty more Bangladeshi students will be awarded scholarships this year to study nuclear energy at under graduate and post-graduate levels in different academic facilities in Russia, which are members of Rosatom’s consortium of core higher educational institutions. Scholarship will be…
Govt urged to press for holistic management of Teesta river
Water experts and activists at a roundtable in Dhaka city on Saturday underlined the need for greater awareness among the people to compel the government to undertake initiatives for durable and holistic settlement of Teesta water management. Dwelling on ‘Teesta…
G20 more upbeat on growth, but officials fret over Greece
The Group of 20 leading economies struck a hopeful tone on the outlook for global growth on Friday, even as officials fretted that Athens’ inability to strike a deal with its lenders could upset Europe’s tentative recovery.
‘Mr X’ will make you run to the nearest trauma centre
Film: Mr X, Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Amyra Dastur, Arunodoy Singh, Director: Vikram Bhatt, Rating: * 1/2 (one and a half stars) So… how bad is it?
At least 19 dead after minibus plunges into river in Tanzania
At least 19 people were killed on Friday after a minibus they were travelling in plunged into a river in southern Tanzania, police said.
Apple cooperation with antitrust monitor down ‘sharply’ – report
Apple Inc’s cooperation with a court-appointed monitor has “sharply declined” as he reviews the iPad maker’s antitrust compliance policies, the monitor wrote in a report to a judge.
Moon is 4.47 bn years old: Scientists
Analysis of meteorites that reached the Earth long after the cosmic collision which created the Moon indicate the satellite is 4.47 billion years old, according to an article published in the journal Science.
Bangladesh break 16-year Pakistan hoodoo with emphatic win
Bangladesh have finally broken their 16-year old Pakistan jinx in all forms of cricket in some style, crushing them by 79 runs with a superlative all-round show in the first ODI in Mirpur.
Goebbels’ estate sues Random House for diary royalties
The estate of Adolf Hitler’s propaganda chief, Joseph Goebbels, is suing a publisher for royalties for the use of extracts from his diaries. A biography of Goebbels published by Random House quotes extensively from Goebbels’ diaries, which are copyrighted until…
Bnp-backed candidates harassed, AL-backed ones aquitted: Moudud
Meanwhile, addressing a view exchange meeting with BNP-backed mayoral and councillor candidates of Dhaka North City Corporation, party standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed yesterday said that the forthcoming city poll is an “acid test” for both the government and…