Dhaka – World number one Novak Djokovic booked his third round spot in the Indian Wells hardcourt tennis tournament Sunday, fending off Bjorn Fratangelo in three sets, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.The defending two-time champ Djokovic has now won 12 consecutive matches…
DHAKA – The jubilant Bangladesh national cricket team left Dharamsala this afternoon for Kolkata enroute New Delhi to participate in the super ten stage of World Twenty20 which begins tomorrow (Tuesday).The Tigers will begin their World Twenty20 final round campaign…
DHAKA – Good news continues to pour for Bangladesh cricketing fans after Tigers marched into ICC T20 World Cup final round by thrashing hapless Oman on Sunday, today wonder kid of Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman was declared winner of the “Debutant…
Dhaka – Twenty20 cricket’s showpiece tournament begins in earnest Tuesday as India, once so sniffy about the glitzy World T20, get the group stages under way for the first time on home soil.The build-up has been marred by rows over…
Dhaka- FIFA’s ethics watchdog on Monday banned a former South African football chief, Leslie Sedibe, for five years after an inquiry into match-fixing surrounding the national team.Sedibe, who was South African Football Association chief executive for one year including through…
Dhaka — The FA Cup served up another shock for the established powers of English football when Arsenal lost 2-1 at home to Watford on Sunday, ending its bid to win the trophy for a third straight year.A day after…
MOULVIBAZAR – A daring dacoity was committed in the residence of former commissioner of Moulvibazar Pourashava and businessman Md. Yusuf Ali in the early hours of today.Dacoits broke into the house in Banabithi area of the town and committed the…
JHENAIDAH – Two people including a woman were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Hatgopalpur-Chagolbandha crossing in Sadar upazila today.The deceased were Robiul Islam Latu, 50, son of Siraj Uddin of Fursandhi village and Saira Khatun,…
PANCHAGARH – Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials and farmers of the district are expecting a good production of bitter gourd here this season.Farmers of the district cultivated bitter-gourd on 340 hectares of land and harvesting of the crop has…
Sherpur – A mobile court here on Sunday night sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for eve-teasing a schoolgirl in Jhenaigati upazila.Police sources said Monir Hossain, son of Abdul Haque, a resident of Gandhigaon Purbapara village, used to…
RAJSHAHI – Four food shops were fined Taka 10,000 on charge of selling unhygienic and substandard foods to the customers in the city yesterday afternoon, officials concerned here said today. A team of Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP)…
The bright coloration of the poison dart frog is a warning to predators that the animal is toxic. Only about one inch long, the strawberry poison dart frog is a small frog with a plump body and thin limbs. In…
Dhaka – A court here on Monday convicted four people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a young man in 2004 in Savar. The lifers-Selam Uddin, Abdur Rauf, Waz Uddin and Kujrat Ali of Ghashirdia village in…
“In theory, solar PV roadways sound great. The issue is cost.” says Mark Jacobson, an engineering professor at Stanford University who has promoted a plan for powering the U.S. solely with renewable energy. (Read about his blueprint for a carbon-free…
JAMALPUR – Cheques from Religious affairs Ministry were handed over to the managements of five mosques and a temple in Islampur upazila of the district today.Mahjabeen Khaled, MP, in a ceremony, handed over the chaques to the authorities of mosques…
In the April issue of Harper’s Bazaar, Jennifer Aniston revealed what it’s like to be on top of the game. According to the article by Laura Brown, the 47-year-old actress lives in a gorgeous home on a Los Angeles hilltop,…
The 2016 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards rolled out the orange carpet at The Forum in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday night, and from the first orange blimp awarded to the final sliming, the fun didn’t stop!Highlights from the show included…
Another Women’s Day came and went but women’s risk of troubling, and potentially fatal, diseases will remain the same unless they proactively put themselves and their health at par with their family and friends. Heart disease Heart disease kills more…
Indira Gandhi Culture Centre (IGCC) organised an event titled ‘Remembering Tagore’. The event featured songs by Iman Chakraborty from India and recitation by Samiul Islam Poluck of Bangladesh. The programme was held on March 12 at IGCC, Gulshan in the…
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They course through many of the world’s biggest cities: miles of underground pipes built decades ago, ferrying steam or hot water to a network of buildings. Misty manhole covers on urban streets signal the presence of what’s known as district…
A solo painting exhibition titled Bhongurotay Pathchala-2 (Journey with Wreckage 2) by artist Bipul Shah has begun at Alliance Fran?aise de Dhaka (AFD), Dhanmondi in the city. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition took place on March 11. There are…
On the occasion of the International Street Children day on April 12 an album titled “Chotorao Boro Kichu Ho” will be released. Fahmida Nobi is one of the celebrated vocal artistes of the album. Another artiste Papi Mona, the famed…
Architecture is a precious thing; delicate and worth preserving. Whether by the slow slip into decrepitude or wanton destruction at the hands of terror, our heritage is at risk.That’s the driving force behind “Look Up Mumbai,” an installation overseen by…
Two decades ago, a section of the Amazon rainforest was flooded for a dam that currently produces little electricity. Engineers now see that artificial lake as an ideal surface for floating solar panels.Critics have blasted the Balbina dam, located near…
Climate change activist and former US Vice President Al Gore made a surprise visit Saturday to an impoverished Philippine city ravaged by one of the strongest storms on record.The Nobel Peace Prize winner lit candles at a mass grave in…
Dhaka – Bangladesh reached the Super-10 stage of the ICC World Twenty20 as unbeaten Group-A champion beating Oman by a huge margin of 54 runs via D/L method in the rain-marred last qualifying round match at Dharamsala, India on Sunday.…
The outgoing chairman of Anti-Corruption Comission (ACC), M Badiuzzaman, on Sunday said the organisation filed the Padma Bridge corruption case in 2012 without any recorded facts and documents in face of World Bank pressure.The ACC chairman said, “The statement we…