Minnows the United Arab Emirates (UAE) looking forward to restore some lost pride as they face mighty India in the Micromax Asia Cup T20 scheduled to be held tomorrow (Thursday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.The match kicks…
Petr Cech admits Arsenal must record back to back victories against Swansea and Tottenham this week to relaunch their spluttering Premier League title challenge.The Gunners’ showdown with Swansea at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday marks the first of those games,…
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first against Bangladesh in the Micromax Asia Cup T20 on Wednesday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.Squads:Bangladesh Team: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim+, Shakib Al…
One of the six arrestees identified as Sayed Mia today confessed his involvement in the murder of four-schoolboy at Sundrateki village under Bahubal Upazila here, court officials and lawyers said.Sayed Mia, one of the six who were arrested in connection…
A tractor driver was killed as his vehicle turned turtle at Birajot village in Sadar upazila today.The deceased was identified as Asadul, 15, son of Afij Uddin of the same village.
A cattle trader was gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Johorpur frontier under Shibganj upazila of the district last night.The deceased was identified as M Benjir Ahmed, 22, son of Budhu Miah of Gaipara village of the…
Police in a drive arrested two women drug peddlers and recovered 15-kgs of ganja from Dhaka road area in the district town here this morning.The arrested were Safia, 52, and Monowara, 55. Both of them are residents of Purba Jikabari…
Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov landed late Monday night in the Kazakhstan desert, NASA and Russian mission control said. Kelly could be seen pumping his fist and giving a thumbs up after being hoisted from the…
Scientists Tuesday warned coral bleaching was occurring on the Great Barrier Reef as sea temperatures warm, and it could rapidly accelerate unless cooler conditions blow in over the next few weeks.Authorities cautioned last year that the world faced a mass…
Do Peru’s potatoes have the right stuff?That’s the question scientists will be asking in Lima next month, when a selection of tubers will begin undergoing tests to determine whether they’re fit to grow on Mars.NASA, the US space agency, is…
How you perceive and react to stressful events in life is more important to your health than how frequently you encounter stress, says a study.According to the researchers, the more negatively an individual reacts to a situation the more he/she…
Bangladeshi film director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s next film will feature internationally acclaimed Indian superstar Irrfan Khan.Irrfan Khan, who acted in Hollywood productions Jurassic World and Life of Pi besides countless Indian blockbusters, will play the lead role in Doob, it…
A man allegedly killed his wife and her uncle-in-law at Yakubnagar under Kotwali Police Station in the port city on Tuesday night over an extramarital affair.The victims were identified as Asma Begum, 25, wife of Hridoy, and her uncle Maksudur…
A Bangladeshi has been killed in the firing by the India’s Border Security Force (BSF) near Chapainawabganj border.The deceased is Benazir Ali, 22, a resident of Gaipara village under Durlovpur union of Shibganj upazila in the district.
Bangladesh ICT Expo 2016 is going to start on Thursday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak briefed the media on Tuesday about the exhibition of information and communication technology products.The expo will remain open for all…
Zinedine Zidane vouched on Tuesday for the harmony in his Real Madrid dressing room after comments by Cristiano Ronaldo that hinted at divisions.Real visit Levante on Wednesday with their hopes for La Liga written off after last weekend’s 1-0 home…
A legal notice was served yesterday asking the authorities concerned of the government to refrain from collecting information of landlords and tenants of the Dhaka city dwellers.
Mentioning that some politicians had assisted the actors of one-eleven political changeover, the road transports and bridges minister, Obaidul Quader, on Tuesday said if the country’s politics is on the right track and political leaders maintain honesty, the conspiracies of…
Refuting Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad’s comment that he was one of the actors behind the one-eleven fiasco, the water resources minister and party’s presidium member Anisul Islam Mahmud said that Ershad would have been arrested if Mahmud did not…
High-flying India made it three wins from as many games in the Asia Cup on Tuesday as they beat Sri Lanka by five wickets to seal a place in the final. Being put in to bat first at the Sher-e-Bangla…
BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Tuesday said the incumbent regime is worse than that of the emergency regime installed through a quasi-military coup on 11 January 2007. “She herself [Sheikh Hasina] raised the issue of one-eleven. She had joined their…
Until now, the link between rising water temperatures and higher mortality rates in aquatic animals was a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation.
STAFF REPORTER The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday passed no order on an appeal against a High Court verdict that declared illegal the BSEC decision to dissolve the AIMS First Guaranteed and Grameen One closed-end mutual funds.