The U.S. election is dominating the news cycle these days, but there is another race that may not be on your radar, but should be: the next United Nations Secretary-General.
Day: April 12, 2016
I-Cup Football: Muktijoddha beat Mohammedan 2-1
Dhaka – Muktijoddha Sangsad KC earned the 2nd victory in their 3rd Group A match of the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament beating Dhaka Mohammedan SC by 2-1 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday.After the day’s match,…
Mustafiz makes IPL debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad
Dhaka – Cutter master Mustafizur Rahman made his debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl first in…
AFC Cup Football: Sheikh Jamal concede 1-2 defeat against Selangor FA
Dhaka – Bangladesh Premier League Champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club suffered 4th consecutive defeat in four-team Group E of the AFC Cup’ 2016 losing to hosts Selangor FA in the away match at Selayan Municipal Council Stadium in Malaysia on…
I-Cup Football: Team BJMC play goalless with Arambagh KS
Dhaka – Team BJMC shared points with Arambagh KS as the Group B match of the KFC Independence Cup Football between them ended in a goalless draw at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday.After the match, Team BJMC have secured…
59 fishermen held in Chandpur
Dhaka – Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard detained 59 fishermen along with 2 lakh metres of current net early Tuesday while they were fishing in different areas of Chandpur district.Sources at the Coast Guard headquarters said a team from Coast…
Garment worker found dead in city
Dhaka – Police recovered the decomposed body of a garment worker from an apartment in South Badda in the city on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Shaheeda Begum, 25, wife of Anis Miah. Shaheeda used to live in…
McEvoy’s golden Rio aura after stunning swim
Dhaka- Cameron McEvoy has zoomed into gold medal calculations for the 100-metres freestyle at the Rio Olympics with the third fastest time in history at the Australian Championships in Adelaide.The 21-year-old physics student overpowered a strong field to win the…
Two ganja addicts get one year jail term in Nilphamari
RANGPUR – A mobile court sentenced two ganja addicts to one year jail term each this afternoon on charges of smoking ganja openly in Melardanga area of Nilphamari district town, police sources said.The convicted persons are Babul Hossain, 40, son…
One jailed for eve-teasing in Dinajpur
DINAJPUR – A mobile court here on Monday sentenced a man to six month’s jail for eve teasing.The convict is Nirjhar Rahman, 35, son of Mansur Rahman of the town.
No hilsa on PM’s Baishakhi menu
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has decided not to include hilsa in her menu for celebrating Pahela Baishakh this time, aiming to save the national fish during its breeding season.According to a press release signed by PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim,…
Govt’s GDP growth projection fabricated: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday termed ‘baseless’ and ‘unrealistic’ the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ (BBS’) projection that the country is going to achieve 7.05 per cent GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate for the first time, reports UNB…
UP member aspirant found dead in Bandarban
Bandarban – A member candidate in Paindu Union Parishad election in Ruma upazila was found dead in a hotel of the district town on Tuesday. Police recovered the body of Mang Nu Marma, a member aspirant from ward 4 of…
Man to die for killing wife in Bagerhat
Bagerhat – A court here on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in Rampal upazila on Bagerhat in 2014.The convict was Habi Sarder, son of Jahir Sarder, a resident of Gona Balay village…
Man gets life for rape in Netrakona
Netrakona – A tribunal here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for violating a minor girl at Durgasram village in Sadar upazila in 2009.The lifer, Rubel Miah,32, son of Abdul Miah of the village,…
Schoolgirl found hanged in Laxmipur
Laxmipur – Police recovered hanging body of a schoolgirl from her house at Hotatia village in Ramganj upazila on Monday night.Officer-in-charge of Ramganj Police Station Tota Miah said family members found the body of Fatema Akter Jannat, a class VII…
Heat on Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic to turn tables on Wolfsburg and City
Dhaka – Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain will look to their superstar strikers Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in desperate bids to clinch Champions League semi-final berths against Wolfsburg and Manchester City on Tuesday.The Parisians were held 2-2 at the…
Three killed in Comilla road accident
COMILLA – Three people including two women were killed and two others injured as a bus hit a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Hatimara on the Comilla-Noakhali road under Monoharganj upazila of the district this morning.The deceased were Nurjahan, 55, Aleya…
Bangladeshi maids abused in Middle East
Dozens of Bangladeshi maids lured with the promise of a good job in the Middle East are being tortured and raped by their employers.Around six months ago, a woman from Kurigram who went to Saudi Arabia as a housemaid, was…
Hate stopping for gas? there’s an app for that
A handful of startups will deliver fuel straight to your car in the latest wave of on-demand services. If this is one of your least favorite tasks, you might soon be able to avoid it by pulling up a smartphone…
Birds on Islands are losing the ability to fly
Before the arrival of humans—and the rats, cats, and other predators that we brought—New Zealand was an idyllic haven for birds. Without ground-dwelling mammalian hunters to bother them, many of the local species lost the ability to fly. There’s the…
Children’s competition held at Shilpakal
Culture Desk Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is currently holding a cultural competition in almost all the government and non-government primary schools of the country as part of its recent missions to proliferate cultural practices. As part of the competition a contest…
Duchess Kate has Marilyn Monroe moment in India
On the second day of Prince William and Princess Kate’s official royal trip to India and Bhutan, Kate had a Marilyn Monroe moment at a solemn event honoring the war dead. The Duchess of Cambridge, 34, was unable to control…
Beat belly fat with this 45-minute running workout
Health Desk Trying to get rid of extra weight in your stomach? Interval training is proven to blast belly fat. Here’s a 45-minute interval workout you can do on the treadmill (set the incline to one to prevent shin splints)…
Artist Christo in divine stunt on Italy lake
World-renowned artist Christo may be 80, but he boasts the energy of a teenager: after creating umbrella forests, wrapping the Reichstag and decking Central Park in saffron, his new project will see audiences walk on water in Italy. In more…
Brazil impeachment: Vote deals new blow to Rousseff
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has suffered a blow to her hopes of staving off impeachment proceedings, after a committee voted they should go ahead.The 65-member congressional committee voted 38 to 27 to recommend impeachment over claims she manipulated government accounts…
Beat the heat: Tips to avoid heatstroke
Health Desk The risk of heat-related illness dramatically increased as the environmental temperature in Dhaka and elsewhere of the country climbed to 40 to 41°C or higher. It`s important – especially during heatwaves – to pay attention to the maximum…
Jute mill workers’ strike continues
The indefinite strike enforced by the employees of seven state-owned jute mills in the district to press home their five-point demand entered the ninth day on Tuesday.“The decision whether to continue the strike or not will be taken after a…
UK MP suspended out of Commons sitting for Cameron jibe
A Labour MP has been suspended from the Commons chamber for the rest of the sitting day after his “dodgy Dave” jibe over the prime minister’s tax affairs.
Asian-Pacific Women’s presentation on population & dev for UN
ARROW, Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is a regional, partnership based, non-governmental organisation that has been working since 1993 to advance women and young people’s health and rights, particularly in the area of…