By Reuters News Agency The Iran nuclear deal and movement on climate change prompted the scientists who maintain the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic countdown to global catastrophe, to keep it unchanged on Tuesday at three minutes to midnight. The Doomsday…
RU Correspondent A teacher of Rajshahi University has been threatened to be kidnapped unless fulfilling the demanded taka.
The lack of diversity at the 2016 Academy Awards certainly hasn’t gone unnoticed, with many stars speaking out or choosing to avoid Hollywood’s biggest night.
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited by the Futbol Club Barcelona to visit the FCB Stadium and Museum during his stay in Barcelona on 26-27 January.
Ali Sports Club and Sun Shine Sporting Club moved to the final of 2nd Division Kabaddi League eliminating their respective rivals in the semifinals held on Wednesday at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city.The final will be held tomorrow (Thursday)…
Massive tons by Jack Burnham and Dan Lawrence as England Under-19 team inflicted a huge 299 runs defeat on Fiji under-19 team during their second match of ICC U-19 World Cup held on Wednesday at the MA Aziz Stadium.Batting first…
Bangladesh under-19 team got off to a winning start in the inaugural match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup when they beat defending champions South Africa Under-19 team by 43 runs in the group A match held on Wednesday at…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested two alleged drug traders with 5-kilo hemp from Bagdanga Sundarpur village under Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday.The arrested persons were identified as Md. Wasim Ali, 22, and Md. Jasim Ali, 20, sons of…
Police recovered the hanging body of a college student from Bejpara Graveyard road area of the district yesterday morning.The deceased Kamoles Roy, 20, was a first year honours student of Jessore Government MM College, and son of Gubinda Roy, of…
A helper of a bus was killed and six people were injured in a head-on collision between the bus and a truck at Chapriganj on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Rokan Miah.
Court Correspondent Another accused in the case filed in connection with collapse of Rana Plaza building was on Wednesday sent to the jail after he surrendered to the court in the case.
Three people, including two teenage boys, were shot by miscreants at Padipara Bazar in Sonaimuri upazila on Tuesday night.The injured were identified as Belal Hossain,22, Hasan,12, and Ryad Hossain,15.
A three-day Mahila Biswa ijtema, concluded here on Tuesday with ‘Akheri Munajat’, seeking peace, prosperity and development of the Muslim Ummah.The ‘Akheri Munajat,’ conducted by renowned Islamic scholar Dr Hafiza Nasir, was held at the Moukhara Islamia Mahila Degree College…
STAFF REPORTER A top BNP leader yesterday urged the government to publish the list of 30 lakh martyrs of war of liberation in 1971.
A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Bank Colony in Savar municipality area early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Sultana, wife of Amir Hossain, a resident of the area.
Standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Gayeshwar Chandra Roy asked to write down the names of three million liberation war martyrs.“History needs to be written correctly. It does not matter who puts whatever figure. Publish the names of…
A case was filed against a schoolteacher on charge of violating a young girl at a residential hotel in Rail Road area of Jessore town on Tuesday night.The accused was identified as Maniruzzaman Moinul, a teacher of Akij Collegiate School…
A battalion commander-level flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was held at Tukergram in India on Tuesday.The meeting was held at Tukergram opposite Amolshid BOP on Jakiganj frontier in Sylhet.
Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Sobhanighat area of the city on Tuesday in connection with several cases and on subversion charges.The arrestee was identified as Yasin Khan, 35, a leader of the Sylhet city unit Jamaat…
At least 13 shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at a market in Konabari area of the city early Wednesday.Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit inside a shop at New Market…
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged Yaba peddler from his rented house in Yatimkhana Road area of the town on Tuesday night.The arrestee was identified as Saiful Islam,37, son of Afshar Biswas, a resident of…
A mobile court here on Tuesday fined five businessmen for selling banned polythene bags at Salanga Bazar of the district on Tuesday. Locals said acting on secrete information that some traders were selling illegal polythene bags at Salanga Bazar, a…
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with Yaba tablets and cash from Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj district on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as M Saijuddin, 45, son of late Darbesh Ali, and M Jahangir…
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday once again fixed March 6 for hearing on framing charge against 26 BNP leaders and activists including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing…
A man allegedly stabbed his mother to death over family feud at Doriakandi village in Bajitpur upazila on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Somonto Banu, 70, wife of late Dhonu Mia, a resident of the village.
A third of the world’s freshwater fish are at risk due to dams on three large rivers, researchers warn, calling for more rigorous construction planning to prevent biodiversity and socioeconomic losses.“The world’s most biodiverse river basins — the Amazon, Congo…
A public health emergency is causing 3.3 million premature deaths a year — more than malaria and HIV combined. But the culprit isn’t a disease pandemic: it’s the toxic air polluting the world’s major cities. In India’s capital Delhi, the…
An imposing equestrian statue of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius dominated the room where Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met on Monday.But Rouhani could not admire some of the other masterpieces at Rome’s world-famous Capitoline Museums,…
An FBI operation to arrest leaders of a militia has ended with one man dead and another wounded on a highway in the US state of Oregon. Seven people from the armed group are now in custody.Ammon Bundy, 40, the…
A power struggle between a political maverick and a conservative insider. A show of force by China and a dead mystic turtle.It’s not usually an occasion for drama but Vietnam’s leadership transition is serving up an unprecedented amount of political…