The war of words between the Tigers and Pakistan is heating up before the latter’s tour of Bangladesh begins. Pakistan’s opening batsman Mohammad Hafeez has reacted to Shakib Al Hasan’s recent statement that the series was Bangladesh’s best chance to…
Scattered outages in the US capital on Tuesday cut power to several government buildings, including the White House, State Department, Capitol and Justice Department.
Pop star Taylor Swift and British soul singer Sam Smith were the leaders among the 2015 Billboard Awards finalists with four nominations each after five top categories were announced on Tuesday.
Mahi B Chowdhury, a mayoral aspirant for Dhaka North City Corporation, yesterday sought blessing of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to support him to contest the polls. “An opportunity has been created following cancellation of Mintoo Bhai’s nomination paper. For that…
Dhaka Central Jail authorities on Wednesday afternoon received the copy of the Supreme Court verdict rejecting the review plea sought by Jamaat leader M Kamaruzzaman against death penalty. The verdict was read out to the Jamaat leader who sought time…
BNP yesterday expressed deep concern over the hauling of Aminul Islam Jakir, general secretary of Tejgaon unit Chhatra Dal what it claimed by members of plainclothes police on Tuesday night. BNP joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu in a statement said…
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson yesterday welcomed BNP’s decision to endorse candidates for the forthcoming City Corporation Elections allowing the electorate a real democratic choice, and hoped that the campaign would be conducted without violence.
At least four people, including a woman and a child, were killed as a tractor collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw (locally known as easy-bike) at Umednagar on the Habiganj-Nabiganj Road in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. Three of the deceased…
An alleged terrorist was killed and two others injured in a gunfight between two gangs of people, termed as criminals, at Ganeshshyampur in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Hanif Moma, son of Selamat Ullah, a…
The US says it is speeding up weapons deliveries to a Saudi-led coalition bombing Houthi rebels who have taken up arms against the government in Yemen. The US is also boosting intelligence sharing with the coalition, Deputy Secretary of State…
By Chandra Muzaffar There is no guarantee that the preliminary agreement reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 2nd April 2015 between Iran, on the one hand, and the United States and five other world powers, namely, Britain, China, France, Germany and…
Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Zillar Rahman, also the Appellate Authority, on Tuesday declared valid the nomination paper of Dhaka North City Corporation polls candidate Tabith Awal turning down an appeal filed by Sonali Bank terming him a loan defaulter. A total…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said BNP leader Khaleda Zia has gone back to her home with the disgrace of failure and defeat after staying in her office for long 92 days aiming to topple the government. “She (Khaleda)…
Danielle Nierenberg Imagine if the price you paid for a hamburger included factors such as heart disease, the number one cause of death worldwide; or the runoff of manure spread on fields from concentrated animal feeding operations; or injuries to…
Shakib Al Hasan will captain Bangladesh in the first ODI in absence of Mashrafe Mortaza, who is serving a one-match ban. Shakib Al Hasan has been appointed stand-in skipper for the first one-day international against Pakistan on April 17 in…
The Investigation Officer (IO) of the Jihad murder case on Tuesday submitted the charge sheet accusing two persons. The case was filed following the death of four-year old Jihad after falling into Wasa’s deep tubewell pipe in Shahjahanpur area. Shahjahanpur…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday rejected bail pleas of Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna’s in two cases filed for sedition and inciting the army. Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Kamrul Hossain Molla rejected the bail plea after hearing. On March…
Hasina Ahmed, wife of disappeared BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday submitted another memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking her intervention to trace her husband. She handed over the memorandum to an office assistant of the Prime Minister’s Office. Hasina…
BNP leaders yesterday accused the government of fielding what it said loyal administration and Election Commission after the ir party decided to contest the city corporation polls denying them a walkover. “The government wants to create crisis and anarchy anew…
What has given credence to the theory of extraterrestrial life over the last decade is a mysteriously recurring radio burst from space that has puzzled astronomers.
Radiation from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has for the first time been detected along a North American shoreline, though at levels too low to pose a significant threat to human or marine life, scientists said on Monday.
Twitter has complied with Turkey’s request to remove photographs of a prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants, an official said on Monday, and a ban on it ended hours after being imposed.
The United States made clear on Monday that sanctions on Iran would have to be phased out gradually under a nuclear pact and President Barack Obama poured cold water on an Israeli demand that a deal be predicated on Tehran…
“Furious 7” raced to the top of the domestic box office, picking up a massive $143.6 million (96 million pounds) in its opening weekend.
Speakers at a post-rally discussion in Rajshahi city today emphasised the need for forging social movement against all sorts of unhygienic and adulterated foods for sound health.
Speakers at a field day function here on Monday underlined the importance of bringing more land under the wheat cultivation instead of tobacco.
Seven dwelling houses of Charmodhua village under Raipura upazila were devoured on Monday by sudden erosion of Meghna River.
A farmer has been shot dead by some miscreants in Bahimali village under Boraigram Upazila of the district last midnight, police and locals said today.
The two-day training course on ‘Water Supply system, Assessment, Planning and Designing’ organised by Rangpur Unit of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) ended here on Monday afternoon.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a foreign pistol, two magazines and five rounds of bullets from Alaipur Ghat in Doulotpur upazila on Tuesday morning.