Dhaka – Wolfsburg caused the biggest upset of this season’s Champions League with a 2-0 victory over record 10-time winner Real Madrid in the first leg of their quarterfinal on Wednesday.Making only its second appearance in the competition and playing…
Dhaka – As part of its anti-pollution drive, the Department of Environment has fined four factories a total of Tk 1.40 crore for harming the environment in Dhaka and Narayanganj.
Dhaka – The Amnesty International has said Bangladesh authorities must ensure that those activists and writers now under threat are effectively protected in accordance with their wishes. The vicious killing of another secular activist in Bangladesh is a grave reminder…
Dhaka- Under suspicion in the fallout from the global offshore accounts investigation, Uruguayan lawyer Juan Pedro Damiani resigned as a FIFA ethics judge on Wednesday.Damiani was already under investigation by FIFA ethics prosecutors after being identified on Sunday in a…
Dhaka – Ethiopian forward Fikru Teferra’s triple strike enabled his side Sheikh Russel KC to defeat Team BJMC in a five-goal thriller in their Group B match of the ongoing KFC Independence Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday.With…
Chittagong – BAF Base Bashar team clinched the Bangladesh Air Force Inter-Base Lawn Tennis title beating BAF Base Zahurul Haque team by 2-0 sets in the final at BAF Base Zahurul Haque Tennis ground here on Thursday.Squadron Leader Zaky Anwar…
Dhaka – The Independence Day Runner Open Tennis Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Tennis Federation (BTF), opened at Ramna National Tennis Complex here on Thursday.State Minister for Youth and Sports Dr Biren Sikder inaugurated the five-day meet in the afternoon.
Dhaka – Dhaka Mohammedan SC tasted the first victory in their 2nd match of the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament beating Uttar Baridhara Club by 2-0 goals in a Group A match at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Thursday.Traditional Mohammedan…
Sunamganj – A court here on Thursday sentenced five people, including three siblings, to death for killing a man in Tahirpur upazila here in 2006.The condemned convicts were Md Abdur Rahim, son of Md Kachna Miah, three siblings-Ershad Ali and…
Dhaka – Customs officials seized 20 gold bars weighing two kilograms from a toilet at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning.
Laxmipur – An alleged member of a terrorist gang was killed in a ’gunfight’ between police and his associates at Baropol in Sadar upazila early Thursday.Superintendent of police ASM Mahtab Uddin said a team of Chandraganj Police Station arrested Kawsar,…
Gopalganj – The driver and a passenger of a rented motorcycle were killed as a bus crashed into their vehicle at Pathalia on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.Sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station Shah Alam said the…
Benapole – A four-month expecting woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband over dowry at Bagdah village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district early Thursday.Quoting locals, Sub-inspector of Keshabpur Police Station Tariqul Islam said Raich Uddin Gazi used…
Benapole – Two women were killed as a tree collapsed on them during a storm that ravaged Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night.Officer-in-charge of Abhaynagar Police Station Sheikh Nasiruddin said Laxmirani Mandol,35, daughter of Bhushan Mandol, a resident…
Dhaka – Australia will play two day-night Tests against South Africa and Pakistan next southern summer in a revamp of home international scheduling, a report said on Thursday.Following the success of the inaugural pink-ball Test against New Zealand in Adelaide…
One day, cardiac patients may enjoy a new lease on life with pig hearts beating in their chests, said researchers reporting a major advance Tuesday in cross-species organ transplantation.Given the dire shortage of organ donors, the use of animal hearts,…
Dhaka – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the transport fare will be reduced by 1 paisa per kilometer if the government brings down fuel prices by Tk 1 per litre, unb news agency reported.
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane urged his side to remain calm after their Champions League hopes suffered a setback with a shock 2-0 loss at VfL Wolfsburg in the first leg of their quarter-final tie on Wednesday.The Frenchman, who took…
Dhaka – Two left-leaning student bodies on Thursday threatened to enforce a half-day countrywide hartal on April 25 if the government fails to arrest the killers of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu by April 24, unb news agency…
Dhaka – Urging the South Asian leaders to promise to ensure food and nutritional security across the region, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underscored the need for speedy materialisation of the initiatives taken for setting up Saarc Food Bank…
Police in Mumbai on Tuesday registered a case against actor-producer Rahulraj Singh for allegedly abetting the suicide of popular TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee following a statement from her mother Soma Banerjee, an official said.Police in Bangur Nagar, who are probing…
Dhaka -The High Court on Thursday rejected the petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking cancellation of the Zia Charitable Trust graft case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) against her, unb news agency reported. An HC bench…
After more than 50 years of rock ‘n’ roll, the Rolling Stones are still pushing boundaries with their first exhibition showcasing hundreds of items from their long-running career, from Mick Jagger’s jumpsuits to Keith Richards’ guitars.Billed as the “first ever…
A circular to adjust prices of octane, petrol, diesel and kerosene will be issued within ‘seven to 10 days’, says State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.“We want to offer a reasonable rate,” he said on Monday…
Energizing of First of Its Kind Innovative Generation 3+ Power Unit Scheduled for the summer of the current year. This is the reference project for the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh. Two similar units will be set up at…
China has increased the number of ‘full’ scholarships for Bangladeshi students as promised last year.In a statement, the embassy in Dhaka said in this academic year, 30 more scholarships would be given as pledged by Vice Premier Liu Yangdong last…
EU Ambassador to Bangladesh, Pierre Mayaudon, firmly condemns the killing of Nazimuddin Samad, a student of Jagannath University, brutally murdered in Dhaka on 6 April.
Samsung is regaining smartphone share in India with a revamped line-up packed with special features including a safety mode for motorcyclists, as rival Apple readies a renewed push into the world’s fastest-growing market.Long the leader in price-conscious India, the South…
The plan was to hunt antelope, so he rented a skiff, paddled to a nearby East African island, hopped out, and wandered into the woods, when all of a sudden, there it was—a staggeringly enormous, weirdly shaped plant towering over…
More than 120 countries have said they are ready to sign the UN’s accord to fight global warming, French ecology minister Segolene Royal said Wednesday. Royal said the strength of support meant the climate deal clinched in Paris last year…