Bangladesh Chhatra League, ruling Awami League’s student associate on Saturday evening expelled its Rajshahi University president for violating BCL discipline and his feuds that led to several factional clashes. BCL central president Saifur Rahman Sohag confirmed the news over phone…
Dhaka – Five members of a family, including two kids, were hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Baburial in the city on Saturday night. The Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Abdul Malek said the family members were the residents…
Bangladesh Olympic team (Bangladesh U-23) finished the fourth Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament campaign conceding a solitary goal defeat against visiting Cambodia in their Group-B last match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) here on Friday.Cambodia also finished their…
Bangladeshi Fide Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Sheikh Russel Memorial SC finished 128th in the 14th Delhi Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament securing 4.5 points after the 10th and last round matches held in Delhi India on Saturday.In the last…
Rafael Nadal admitted Saturday he faces a “very, very dangerous” Australian Open first-round clash against Fernando Verdasco with memories still fresh of their epic 2009 semi-final duel.At five hours and 14 minutes, that battle seven years ago was then the…
Despite starkly contrasting playing philosophies, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and his Manchester United counterpart Louis van Gaal are grappling with similar problems ahead of their meeting at Anfield on Sunday.While Klopp espouses hard-running, high-pressing, “heavy metal” football, Van Gaal is…
A jhut (garment rags) godown was gutted by a fire that broke out at Khailkoir in the city on Saturday.Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in the godown around 7 am and spread soon.On…
Police during an overnight drive on Friday arrested 31 people, including four activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts of the district.The drive continued from Friday night to Saturday morning.
The “Akheri Munajat” of the second phase of 51st Biswa Ijtema on the banks of river Turag at Tongi will be offered tomorrow, ending the three-day annual Muslim congregation.Thousands of Muslims from home and abroad are participating in the second…
Within a span of seven hours, two schoolgirls — one fifth-grader another ninth-grader — were killed on Saturday as rashly driven two buses hit them in the city’s two adjacent areas — Matshya Bhaban and Shahbagh Crossing.The victims are Khadija…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 550 bottles of Phensidyl from the Padma River at Rautha in Charghat upazila on Friday.Tipped off, a team of BGB led by Mirganj camp Nayeb Subedar Abul Taleb conducted a drive in the…
A former governor of Bangladesh Bank has said banking sector reforms will not be beneficial unless banks are freed of political influence and pressure.Former central bank governor Salehuddin Ahmed made the comment at a roundtable on ‘banking sector reforms and…
Police arrested two people in possession of 27 fake currency notes amounting to Tk14,000 from Launch Ghat area in the city on Friday.The arrestees were identified as Sarwar Hossain,20, son of Afzal Hawlader, a resident of Baraia village in Rajapur…
A day-long traditional fish fair was held at Poli village of the Sadar upazila of the district on Friday. Hundreds of fish sellers and buyers and curious people from Habiganj ,Moulvibazar, Sylhet, Sunamgang, Kishoreganj and Brahmanbaria districts joined the 100-year…
A day-long traditional fish fair was held at Poli village of the Sadar upazila of the district on Friday.Hundreds of fish sellers and buyers and curious people from Habiganj ,Moulvibazar, Sylhet, Sunamgang, Kishoreganj and Brahmanbaria districts joined the 100-year old…
RU Correspondent With a view to promoting their academic standard the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Rajshahi University (RU) opened a new three-storied building, constructed with its own funding for the teachers and students on campus on Saturday.
About 1,000 blankets were distributed among the primary students of Tetulia upazila in the district yesterday.Darjipara Shishu Sargo organization distributed the blankets among the students. The organization also distributed education stipend among 14 meritorious students.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday alleged that she had been threatened that funding to Padma Bridge project would be stopped if a particular person was not there as the managing director of a particular bank.”Some high officials from the…
A two-day Business Development Conference 2016 of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was inaugurated on January 15, 2016 at a local hotel. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank, Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman and Engr Md. Eskander…
World number one Serena Williams confirmed Saturday she plans to play doubles at the Olympics in Rio this year and is even mulling the mixed event if she can find a partner.Williams and sister Venus have an enviable record for…
BNP on Saturday accused the government of turning Bangladesh into a state of security agencies using law enforcers to perpetuate its power.“Police have assaulted and beat a city corporation official and sought toll money from him. Not only that, the…
The criticism about the lack of diversity in nominations continued for a second year after the Academy Award nods were announced Thursday in Hollywood.The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was revived from one year ago when critics and social media commentators noticed that…
In 2012, a small initiative, which began in Khirki Extension, transformed cluttered facades and dusty streets into a game. A game of shapes and colours, depicting both avant-garde and the dystopic, personal as well as the political, where tentacles bore…
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in India, with approximately 1.32 lakh new cases of cervical cancer being diagnosed and about 74,000 deaths occurring annually, accounting for nearly one-third of cervical cancer deaths across the…
Andrew A Seaman Older people who have trouble sleeping through the night are at an increased risk of unhealthy changes in the brain, a new study found. The brain changes are tied to increased risks of strokes and other problems…
Jeremy Herron Dani Burger Stocks tumbled around the world, with U.S. equities sinking to their lowest levels since August, and bonds and gold jumped as oil’s plunge below $30 sent markets reeling. Treasuries extended gains as economic data and earnings…
Burkina Faso (AP) — Al-Qaida militants struck an upscale hotel and nearby cafe late Friday that were popular with Westerners in Burkina Faso’s capital, taking an unknown number of hostages and forcing others to hide for their lives as gunfire…
Who, if anyone, is coordinating the military, diplomatic plans the regime is carrying out? Andrei Lankov The January 6 North Korean nuclear test is much in the news these days, even though so far the situation seems very much like…
Staff Reporter The initiatives for reinvestigation of the noted journalist and freedom fighter Manik Shaha’s murder case will be taken for identifying the killers and their patrons, assured the Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu. He also announced publishing a white…
BAU Correspondent A fifteen-member executive body for Bangladesh Agricultural University Journalist’ Association (BAUJA) for the year 2016 was formed with Md Hatem Ali of Daily New Age as president and Ahad Alam of Samakal as general secretary.