Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized 400kgs of jatka (hilsa fry) from a launch at Tetulbaria Ghat under Pathorghata upazila of the district last night.Acting on a tip-off, a team of coast guard from Pathorghata camp halted…
Day: February 9, 2016
ICC U-19 World Cup: India storm into final
India stormed into the final of ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup beating Sri Lanka by 97 runs in the first semi-final on Tuesday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.Chasing a target of 268 runs set by India, Sri…
Football: Fairytale title bid is piece of cake for relaxed Ranieri
As Claudio Ranieri returned to Leicester’s Belvoir Drive training base on Monday to start plotting the latest chapter in his club’s fairytale challenge for the Premier League title, it was hard to believe that just seven months ago the Italian’s…
Forest Deptt plans eco-restoration scheme in Northern Bangladesh
Dhaka – The Department of Social Forestry has planned a project with the prime objective of establishing plantation for biodiversity enhancement coupled with improving socio-economic condition in the country’s northwest zone. The scheme also intends to check desertification process through…
Oil prices fall further
Tokyo – Crude prices edged down in Asia on Monday as worries about the ongoing supply glut offset news that the oil ministers of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela had held talks on stabilising the beleaguered market. A pick-up in the…
Indian leopard injures six in Bangalore school
A male leopard which entered a school in the Indian city of Bangalore injured six people trying to capture it. A scientist and a forestry employee were among those mauled during the near 10-hour long effort to corner the dangerous…
Indian soldier alive after 6 days under glacier
One of the ten army soldiers buried alive under an avalanche in Siachen glacier area of Ladakh region has been rescued alive, the rest are confirmed dead.“The ongoing rescue operation at Siachen, Lance Naik Hanamanthappa was found alive, all the…
Four mobile operators positive about Robi-Airtel merger:BTRC
Four mobile-phone operators have shown “positive attitude” towards merger of Robi and Airtel, BTRC Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood has said.“All the operators are of the view that a merger will benefit consumers. All of them spoke in favour of the merger.…
Rihanna’s ‘Anti’ tops Billboard 200
Rihanna’s new album, “Anti,” officially took the top spot on the Billboard 200 album charts on Monday, a week after 1 million giveaway copies made it ineligible for Billboard consideration.”Anti” sold 166,000 units, comprising album and song sales and streaming…
Ex-Nepal prime minister Sushil Koirala no more
Former Nepal prime minister and president of the Nepali Congress (NC), Sushil Koirala has passed away.He was 77 years old.Koirala died at his residence in the capital Kathmandu. Doctors told the media that he died due to failure of his…
Shamsuddin accuses Justice Sinha of doing BNP agenda
Dhaka – Former Supreme Court Judge AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury on Monday alleged that Chief Justice SK Sinha is trying to implement BNP’s agenda being a ‘spokesman of BNP chairperson Khaledia Zia’. “Long time ago, Khaledia Zia had said retired judges…
‘Govt agents’ attack Bnp office, alleges Rizvi
Dhaka – BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday alleged that ‘government agents’ torched and vandalised their central office in the name of ‘position-deprived’ Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists. “JCD men can’t damage the mural of their own…