Southpaw opener Tamim Iqbal hit a brilliant unbeaten knock of 83 runs steered Bangladesh to post a competitive total of 153 for 7 from their allotted 20 overs against Netherlands in their group A opening qualifying round match of the…
Day: March 9, 2016
Ex-WADA boss to BBC: Sharapova “reckless beyond description”
Maria Sharapova failing an Australian Open doping test for a substance banned only weeks before was “reckless beyond description,” former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound told the BBC.The 28-year-old Russian, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, revealed Monday…
ICC World Cup Twenty20: winning start for Tigers
Bangladesh put up a brilliant performance as they started their ICC World T20 campaign with a winning note when they beat Netherlands by a narrow margin of eight runs in their first group A qualifying round match held on Wednesday…
President Zia of Bangladesh book published
The publication ceremony of a book ‘President Zia of Bangladesh: A Political Biography.’ by journalist Mahfuz Ullah was held at the BRAC Centre Inn in the capital. Author of the book, Mahfuz Ullah said he wrote the 670-page title having…
BGB, BSF commanders meet in Benapole
A battalion commander-level flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was held at BGB camp here on Tuesday.Lt Col Jahangir Hossain, commander of BGB 26 Battalion, Lt Col Rezaul Islam, region staff officer, Lt…
2 siblings get life for fratricide in Sylhet
A court here on Tuesday sentenced two siblings to life term imprisonment each for killing their brother in 1998.The court also fined the convicts, Joynal Miah, 58, son of Abdur Rahman, a resident of Barobando village in the city, and…
Truckload of Indian utensils seized in Jessore
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized a truckload of steel utensils smuggled from India at Natun Haat on the Jessore-Benapole highway on Tuesday night.Captain of BGB 26 Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Jahangir Hossain said tipped off, they conducted…
JCD leader hacked dead in Pirojpur
A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at Raghunathpur village in Nazirpur upazila on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque alias Chhoto, 25.Chhoto was organising secretary of Nazirpur upazila…
6 to die for killing Ctg teenage boy
A tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced six people to death for killing a teenage boy in 2011.The condemned convicts were Mahmudul Islam, Sunil Das, Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, Md Hossain alias Prakash, Nazrul Islam alias Lal Miah, Md Selim.According to the…
4 drug traders arrested with opium in Ctg
Narcotic Control Directorate (NCD) of Chittagong metro zone in raid arrested four drug traders with one kilogram of opium from Zaman Hotel and Restaurant at Kapashgola road of Chawkbazar thana in the city on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as…
Statue worth Tk 2 crore recovered in Rajshahi
Police recovered a touchstone statue valued at around Taka two crore from Panchamaria village under Puthiya Upazila of the district today, police said.On a tip-off, a police team conducted raided the area at around 12.30 pm and recovered the statue…
24th CITF-2016 begins on March 11
The 24th Chittagong International Trade Fair-2016 (CITF-2016), a month- long event, kicks off with participation of Thailand as partner country from on March 11 in the city.Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed MP will attend the inaugural function as the chief guest…
One held with Yaba in Jamalpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a drug peddler from Jugirgopa area of the town on Tuesday evening.RAB-14 sources said a team of the elite force raided the area at around 6 pm and arrested Md…
George Martin dies at 90
Legendary British music producer George Martin, who turned the Beatles into the best-selling band in history, has died at the age of 90, the band’s drummer Ringo Starr said on Wednesday.“God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and…
Cargo plane crashes in Bay near Cox’s Bazaar airport: 3 crew killed
Dhaka – A cargo aircraft of private True Air crashed while taking off with cargo from Cox’s Bazaar Airport at about half past 9 on Wednesday morning killing at least three crew member and injuring at least another, according to…
Indonesia witnesses totality as Sun is blocked by the Moon
Millions of people across Indonesia and the Pacific have experienced a total solar eclipse, with parts of the region falling into complete darkness.The eclipse began at 06:19 local time (23:19 GMT Tuesday) as the Moon started to pass directly in…
2 buses set ablaze in Savar
Two buses were set afire by unidentified miscreants at Shyamoli CNG Refueling Station in Baliarpur area of the upazila early Wednesday, hours before the Jamaat-e-Islami enforced hartal got underway.Sub-inspector of Savar Police Station Farhad Hossain said unidentified miscreants torched the…
South Asia analysis: Digital age needs analogue base
Nalaka Gunawardene South Asia has made rapid strides in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in recent years, but far more needs to be done to bridge the digital divide. Many of the region’s 1.7 billion people still struggle to access…
Slovenia, Croatia ban transit of migrants
Slovenia and neighbouring Croatia will from Wednesday refuse the transit of most migrants through their territory in a bid to seal off the Balkan route used by hundreds of thousands of people seeking a new life in Europe, officials said.The…
Aggressive adults experience memory problems later in life
If you want to stay sane and not become forgetful in later life, keep calm and relax. A new study has revealed that young adults who are hostile or cope badly with stress are more likely to experience memory and…
Australia’s ‘ugly’ animals attract less study
Koalas and kangaroos are subject to more scientific study than Australia’s twitching rodents and bats, according to new research which finds ‘ugly’ animals attract less funding and investigation.The bias towards more attractive creatures means that while ‘ugly’ animals make up…
Invisible workers need recognition
Anita Makri One afternoon a couple of years ago, I found myself sat in the site office of one of Delhi’s incineration plants and having tea with the manager. The plant was under construction near a landfill, and I was…
Karishma close to divorce settlement
Bollywood actress Karishma Kapoor and her estranged husband Sanjay Kapur have agreed on all terms of settlement for parting ways and only they have to work out a few modalities before this could be signed, India’s Supreme Court was informed…
Improved irrigation backed to halve food gap
Paula Park If all farmers adopted well-known water management methods, global food production could expand as much as 41 per cent, scientists have shown. Scientists modelled 35 “ambitious yet achievable” water management strategies and found that improved irrigation could halve…
BD to begin their World T20 today
Bangladesh will miss out on the services of young sensation Mustafizur Rahman again as they take on the Netherlands in their first match of the World T20 Qualifiers on Wednesday.But that should bother the Tigers little as they look clear…
Saudi Arab to hire more Bangladeshi
The Saudi foreign minister has told Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina they will hire more Bangladesh nationals during talks on ways of improving bilateral relations.Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir made a whirlwind Dhaka visit on Tuesday, the first ever by a Saudi…
Timely flood warnings for downstream Nepal and India
Giovanni Ortolani Communities in flood-prone areas often do not have access to information about flood forecasting. As a result, they do not have sufficient time to evacuate and put their cattle and belongings in a safe area. The new Community-Based…
Nick Ishmael Perkins Science and technology underpin the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and without a pragmatic approach to fostering research and implementing new technologies, the goals will remain aspirations.
Climate change to force deadly diet shift
Tania Rabesandratana Climate change will severely impact global food production, causing an estimated 529,000 deaths by 2050 from resulting diet shifts compared with a future without higher carbon emissions, a study says. Changes in temperature and precipitation “are expected to…
CPJ recognises nine female journalists jailed for their work
By Courtney C. Radsch/CPJ Advocacy Director Syrians protest the killing and torture of women by President Assad’s regime in 2011. The blogger Tal al-Mallohi remains in jail in Syria despite a court ordering her release. (AP/Mohammad Hannon) Syrians protest the…