The Sylhet International Cricket Stadium is ready to host the ICC for its U19 Cricket World Cup matches.Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will hand over the responsibility of the venue to International Cricket Council on Thursday, BCB grounds committee chairman Hanif…
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) recently sent an invitation letter to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to play of a number of bilateral ODIs in Bangladesh after the World Twenty20, 2016.In that invitation letter BCB also invited Sri Lankan Cricket for one…
A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced one youth to three months imprisonment for taking drugs in Lohagara upazila.The convict was identified as Yusuf Musli, 30, son of Abdur Rouf of Mangalhata village of the upazila.
A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday night fined two sweet factories at city’s Panchliah and Bitazid area Taka 30 lakh for different reasons.RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwar led the mobile court at Shershah Colony area under Biyazid…
A man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after killing his physically challenged daughter at Ali Ahsan Road in the city early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Mostafa Kamal, 55, a resident of Ali Ahsan Road area in the city,…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested nine people and recovered 10 lakh pieces of Yaba tablet in the Bay of Bengal early Wednesday.Identities of the arrestee could not be known immediately.
A youth was beaten to death allegedly by his cousin and nephew over a family feud at Rashidpur village in Balaganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Suruj Mia, 30, son of Tahid Ullah hailing from…
A schoolteacher was shot to death and his brother injured by miscreants at Mohammad Sharif Para in Ramu upazila early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Nurussofa, 29, a teacher of Barobil Government Primary School and a resident of the…
An alleged criminal was killed in a reported gunfight between his associates and police in Rajendrapur area of the city on Tuesday night.Identified as Manir Khan,35, a resident of Shalna Kathura area of the city, the deceased was said to…
A mobile court in a drive fined 17 people for smoking in public on the premises of the Deputy Commissioner’s office and Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in the district town on Tuesday noon.During the drive, the mobile court fined each…
A tribunal here on Tuesday convicted two men and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for abducting and raping a girl in the city in 2010.The convicts were identified as Mamunur Rashid, 27, son of late Abdullah of Ilsha village…
Pakistan’s cricket chief said Wednesday Australia should be fined after they pulled out of the junior World Cup over security fears in host country Bangladesh, blasting officials for creating a potentially “anarchic” situation in world cricket.On Tuesday Australia withdrew from…
North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday morning, marking a significant advance in the isolated state’s strike capabilities and raising alarm bells in Japan and South Korea.The test, the fourth…
Somajtantrik Chhatra Front of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit organioed a protest Procession demanding for withdrawal of increased fees fixed for honours 1st year admission of the 2015-16 academic session in the name of development fees here the campus.
One more department at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has started functioning to meet the demands of present competitive world. In preliminary stage, the newly launched Chemical and Food Process Engineering (CFPE) department has accommodated 30 brilliant students…
he new year is supposed to bring change, rebirth, radically different directions. At least until Monday drudgery and that person you swore you’d cut out of your life come calling again. The New Year’s weekend just ended followed a rather…
By VICE News and Reuters Kuwait became the latest country to recall its ambassador from Iran on Tuesday, as protesters in Iran and Iraq marched for a third day in protest at Saudi Arabia’s execution of a dissident Shia cleric.…
By Olivia Becker President Barack Obama, officially fed up with trying to get any gun control measures through the Republican-controlled Congress, is taking matters into his own hands to enact gun control measures during his last year in office. Obama…
By Rachel Browne Before Adam Ahmed could even walk or talk, he was flagged as a security risk in Canada. His parents, Sulemaan Ahmed and Khadija Cajee, suspected there was something wrong shortly after he was born when they were…
Besieged ‘children eating leaves off the trees’ in Madaya, SyriaBy Avi Asher-Schapiro Correction: a previous version of this story contained photos purporting to show malnourished children in Madadya. VICE News has since learned that the pictures may not have been…
Shahlaa Ahmed Bahrain: More than 10,000 ‘illegal’ (undocumented) foreign workers have left Bahrain within the last six months as part of a nationwide amnesty. The government-initiated amnesty, which ended on Thursday, allowed illegal expatriates a chance to return home or…
NK News Latest – 10:02 EST: North Korea has declared it will issue a special statement at 12:00 noon Pyongyang time. Seismic event in country’s northeast measures 5.1 on Richter scale An artificial earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale…
FC Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has been named the World’s Best Club Coach in 2015 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) while Argentine star Lionel Messi was chosen the World Playmaker of the Year.Enrique, who won…
The Supreme Court has cleared the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami who was earlier awarded the sentence for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Liberation.A four-member top appeals court bench led by Chief Justice…
Dhaka – The feature film “Rana Plaza” directed by Shamima Akhter has not been granted permission for public exhibition under the Film Censorship Law, 1963.
Dhaka – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said on Tuesday the state would file a plea seeking review of the Appellate Division judgement that commuted death sentence of Delwar Hossain Sayedee to life imprisonment. The chief state counsel said this while…
A court of Habiganj on Tuesday afternoon accepted the charge sheet against 32 accused, including former State Minister Lutfozzaman Babar, in the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act in connection with the grenade attack that killed former Finance Minister…
Dhaka – Pakistan on Tuesday urged Bangladesh authorities to withdraw its diplomat Maushumi Rahman within 48 hours without citing any reason. Pakistan Foreign Ministry summoned the Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan Suhrab Hossain in the afternoon and conveyed the message…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday called upon the government to take immediate measures for holding fresh parliamentary polls through holding dialogues and reaching an understanding. “We want an end to the current political impasse through talks. We want to…
Ruling Awami League general secretary and public administration minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Tuesday called upon the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to practice ‘peaceful politics’ in a bid to take the country forward. “Come we take the country forward through…