Bangladesh national cricket team will take on Netherlands in their first group A match of the qualifying round of ICC World Cup T20 scheduled to be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala, India.The match…
International Women’s Day was observed here today in a befitting manner.In observance of the day a discussion meeting was held at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner. Narsingdi District Administration and Department of Women Affairs office jointly organised the discussion.Deputy…
Members of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested three members of an organised gang of auto-rickshaw lifters from city’s Baizid area on Monday night.The arrested were identified as Rubel alias Farhan, 26, Kamrul Hasan, 25 and Iqbal, 20.A team of Baizid…
Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) and Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) rescued 12 sailors of a lighter ship ‘Khan Sons-1’ that sank in the bay at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port on Monday night.Of the rescued, four were rescued around 11pm…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for the equal development of the country’s womenfolk as there is no scope to leave them behind in the name of religion.”There’s no scope to push one behind or keep ignorant…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday summoned Food Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque to appear before it on March 15 for their reactions to remarks of Chief Justice…
South Korean and US troops began large-scale military exercises on Monday in an annual test of their defences against North Korea, which called the drills “nuclear war moves” and threatened to respond with an all-out offensive.South Korea said the exercises…
Dhaka – Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal for Wednesday (March 9) protesting the Supreme Court judgment that upheld the death penalty of Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali convicted for war crimes. The verdict in the appeal case of…
Dhaka and New Delhi will sign the final agreement on a $2 billion (about Tk 160 billion) credit from India on Wednesday.The signing of the Line of Credit (LOC) deal will take place at the NEC Auditorium in Dhaka at…
Hulk Hogan is asking a Florida jury to slam the website Gawker for publishing a secretly recorded sex tape of the former professional wrestler as an unusual trial weighing a celebrity’s privacy rights gets underway on Monday.Hogan, who is also…
North Korea has threatened “indiscriminate” nuclear strikes on the US and South Korea as the two begin their largest ever military drills.
Bangladesh Bank released a statement on Monday to the media on Monday, saying its Financial Intelligence Unit is working with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) of the Philippines to recover the rest of the funds. But the central bank did…
By John Everard On Monday the US and South Korea kicked off their annual joint military exercises. And North Korea is not happy about it. The exercises, which have taken place for two decades, have always been characterized by the…
Dhaka -The government has decided to decorate 14 distinguished personalities and Bangladesh Navy with this year’s Independence Award-2016 in recognition to their glorious and credible contributions in the national level. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the awards to…
Dhaka – The cabinet on Monday approved in principle a draft law to regulate the planned “bus rapid transit”, to reduce traffic jam in the capital and its outskirts. “The proposed law will regulate the BRT system designed to reduce…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the election of two accused in cases of murder and arson as the chairperson and senior vice chairperson of BNP, terming the election as a drama in the name of democracy. “One…
The BNP on Monday alleged that the government is obstructing party senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman to return home by implicating “false cases” one after another. “Tarique Rahman is now in exile. A number of false cases were filed against…
Khalid Mahmood Mithu, an artist and filmmaker, died as a tree fell on him while passing through a road in the city’s Dhanmondi area on Monday.
The qualifying round of ICC T20 World Cup 2016 will kick off in India tomorrow (Tuesday).The cricketing extravaganza is being hosted by India, and a total of 36 matches will be contested by 16 teams.However, the qualifying round featuring eight…
Bangladesh national cricket team , lead by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, left here for India this morning to take part in qualifying round match against the Netherlands scheduled to be held on Wednesday (March 9) at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association…
The five past winners of the World Twenty20, which starts with the preliminary phase on Tuesday:2014 – SRI LANKA Sri Lanka defeated India by six wickets to lift the 2014 title in Mirpur, Bangladesh, to atone for their defeat in…
A businessman, who received bullet injuries while trying to resist a group of robbers from looting jewelry shops at Miar Haat area in Kalkini upazila early Monday, died at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital on Monday noon.The deceased was identified…
Train communication in the Dhaka-Mymensingh route remained suspended for six hours after a train collided with a truck at Kewatkhali rail crossing on Monday morning.Officer-in charge of GRP Police Station Ahad Ali said Dhaka-bound passenger train ‘Bhawal-56’ hit a truck…
A policeman was killed as a bus ran over him in Hawakhana area on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Gobindaganj upazila early Monday.Mojammel Haque, officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj Police Station, said the Dhaka-bound bus from Rangpur ran over assistant sub-inspector of Rangpur Reserve…
Police on Monday arrested two youths in connection with the rape of a physically challenged girl at Mobarakkathi village in Sadar upazila earlier on March 3.Officer-in charge of Sadar Police Station Ilias Hossain said following a news in this connection…
Police recovered the throat-slit body of a tractor driver from Santinagar area of Tentulia upazila on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Abbas Ali, 25, son of Tabibur Rahman, a resident of the area of Bhojonpur union.Sares Chandra, officer-in-charge of…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 150 tortoises of a rare species from Mandartala area in Sadar upazila of Jessore district early Monday.Rab-6 sources said tipped off that some rare species tortoises were being smuggled into the country from…
Workers of a factory in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) staged demonstration in front main gate of the EPZ on Monday morning demanding wage increment.The workers of ‘Yang International’, a Korean factory, blocked the main gate of CEPZ around 8.30am…
Robbers looted 30-35 tolas of gold ornaments from three shops in Miarhat area of Kalkini upazila early Monday.Kripa Sindu Bala, officer-in-charge of Kalkini Police Station, said a gang of robbers, numbering 5-6, stormed into three jewelry shops – Joy Jewelers,…
A police constable was killed and four others including an assistant sub-inspector injured as a police van collided against a roadside tree in Chilapara area of Setabganj municipality in Bochaganj upazila.The deceased was identified as Abdul Latif, a constable of…