The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives has suspended chairman of Muktagachha upazila Zakaria Harun. The suspension order signed by Lutfun Nahar, senior assistant secretary of the ministry, reached the upazila parishad on Sunday, said Upazila Nirbahi Officer…
Bangladesh bounced back smartly and leveled the three-match National Polymer ODI Cricket Series 1-1 beating South Africa by 7 wickets in the second match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur on Sunday. This was the second win of Bangladesh against…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka again rejected a bail petition of Rakibul Islam Mukul, sacked news editor of private television channel GTV yesterday, in a case filed for torturing his wife. Magistrate Meher Nigar Shuchona of the…
Members of Detective Branch (DB) arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 120 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Banuria village in Kaliganj upazila on Sunday morning.
A young man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land related dispute at Basudebpur village in Godagari upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain, 35, son of Asuuddin a resident of the…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh in a drive seized 139 bottles of Phenosidyl from Boroitoli Road area in Jakiganj upazila on Saturday afternoon.
A housewife succumbed to her burn injuries after she was set afire allegedly by her husband for dowry at Pashchim Laxmipur village in Sadar upazila on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Salma Begum, wife of Khalil, a resident of…
A motorcyclist was crushed under a truck on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Konabari area on Joydebpur upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Moktar Hossain, 50, a trainer of Tongi Kishore Unnayan Kendra (KUK).
A couple was strangulated to death by unidentified miscreants in Shaol village in Singra upazila early Sunday.
Police recovered the body of a man, who was reportedly shot to death by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members on Kushkhali border early Saturday, from a field at Badhilki village in Sadar upazila early Sunday.The deceased was identified as…
Police arrested a man in possession of 2.3 kg gold from a bus on Magura-Jessore highway in Shalikha upazila early Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Manindranath, 44, a resident of Petua village in Tala upazila of Satkhira district.
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Talshar village in Kotchandpur upazila on Saturday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 51kg silver worth Tk 25 lakh from Kakdanga border area of Koloroa upazila early Sunday.
A group of miscreants slaughtered a youth to death in Dhap area of the city in the small hours of today, police sources said.The deceased is transport worker Limon Mian, 22, son of Sultan Mian of Khalifapara area in the…
Euro zone leaders will fight to the finish to keep near-bankrupt Greece in the euro zone on Sunday after the European Union’s chairman canceled a planned summit of all 28 EU leaders that would have been needed in case of…
With those few words in French a tearful Iker Casillas brought to an end his farewell statement on Sunday to the Real Madrid fans he has served as first-team goalkeeper and captain for 16 seasons.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is poised to become the first probe to visit distant Pluto, capping a reconnaissance of the solar system that began more than 50 years ago.
Fans hoping to get a glimpse of what HBO’s “Game of Thrones” has in store for its anticipated next season were left in dark at San Diego’s Comic-Con on Friday, as the cast kept tight-lipped on the fate of their…
Footpath vendors at the capital’s Motijheel, Gulistan and Baitul Mukarram areas are dejected over lack of sales barely a week ahead of Eid.For the drop in their fortune, they blame mushrooming of clothing outlets in different neighbourhoods.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won backing from lawmakers on Saturday for painful reforms but it remained unclear it would be enough to secure a bailout from German and other euro zone ministers meeting in Brussels.
sportsBangladesh played eight batsmen in the first ODI to allow those out of form some freedom, skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza has said following their crushing defeat to South Africa.The Proteas took a 1-0 lead in the three match series with…
Men may feel threatened by female bosses and act more assertively towards them than male supervisors, new research says.The study published in the journal Society for Personality and Social Psychology said that such behaviour by male employees working with female…
Sea levels could rise by at least 20 feet (6 metres) in the long term, swamping coasts from Florida to Bangladesh, even if governments achieve their goals for curbing global warming, according to a study published on Thursday.
Bill Cosby’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will not be removed, organisers said on Thursday, but other honours given to the beleaguered comedian came under assault in the face of mounting sexual abuse allegations against him.
The hot green chilli is not only scalding the buyers’ tongue but also burning a hole in their budget as prices have almost doubled in a week.One kilogram of green chilli was being sold at Tk 120 to 150 at…
By Guy Delauney For people in Srebrenica, it is tempting to feel that the town only exists for a few days a year – at least as far as the rest of the world is concerned. The first indication that…
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Sunday summoned Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury again to appear before it by July 22 to explain why the charges of contempt of court should not be brought against him. A 3-member bench…
Japanese expert with the local engineers have conducted systematic retrofitting construction work in a garment factory of Ashulia for the first time in the country to turn the RMG unit into earthquake resistant.
Ganatantrik Bam Morcha here on Saturday announced a road march from October 16-18 with their 12-point demands, including saving the Sundarbans. Prior to the road-march programme, the alliance of the left-leaning parties will arrange a national convention in the capital.
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Gulshan Branch organised a discussion on ‘Role of Mahe Ramadan in purifying wealth and soul’ at the branch premises on Saturday. Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee of the Bank addressed the program as…