BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Monday slammed the party leadership for not taking any programme to mark the fourth anniversary of its leader M Ilias Ali’s disappearance. “Why is BNP afraid of remembering Ilias Ali? He was…
Month: April 2016
3 kidnapped cattle traders found dead in Bandarban
Bandarban – Three cattle traders, who were kidnapped by miscreants here on Friday, were found dead in Deem Hill area of Thanchi upazila on Monday.Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Thanchi Police Station, said miscreants called the three cattle traders — Abu…
Drug addict son kills father in Keraniganj
Keraniganj – A case was filed against a drug addict with Keraniganj Model Police Station on Sunday night for killing his father.Alifa Begum, wife of deceased Md Mamtaz Uddin, filed the case with the police station against her son Md…
Girl ‘commits suicide’ in Jessore
Benapole – A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Kirttipur village of Jhikargaccha upazila in Jessore District on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Santa Khatun, 16, daughter of Malaysia expatriate Abdar Hossain and a class X student…
2 ‘robbers’ killed in Ctg ‘gunfight’
Chittagong – Two alleged robbers were killed in a gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Mohurir Char project area of Mirsarai upazila early Monday.The deceased were identified as Yakub Ali and Kamrul Islam who were allegedly…
Nat’l Cricket: Bandarban beat Cox’s Bazar by 3 wkts
Chittagong – Bandarban District tasted the first victory in their 2nd match of the Chittagong Divisional phase of the 36th National Cricket Championship beating Cox’s Bazar by three wickets at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Monday.Earlier, Bandarban conceded an…
France beats the Netherlands 3-2 to reach Fed Cup fina
Dhaka – Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic beat Kiki Bertens and Richel Hogenkamp 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a decisive doubles match on Sunday as France rallied from 2-1 down against the Netherlands to win 3-2 and reach its first Fed…
Rafael Nadal glad he won 9th Monte Carlo title the hard way
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal is glad he won a ninth Monte Carlo Masters title the hard way, after defeating Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 in an error-strewn final Sunday.Normally, having to face 47 break points in five matches to…
Juventus beats Palermo 4-0 to move 9 points clear in Serie A
Dhaka – Juventus continued its march toward a fifth successive Serie A title as it beat relegation-threatened Palermo 4-0 to move nine points clear on Sunday.Second-place Napoli lost 2-0 at Inter Milan on Saturday. There are five rounds left.The only…
Olympiakos beats Kalloni 5-0 as Greek league season
Dhaka – Greek league champion Olympiakos routed last-place Kalloni 5-0 to complete a record-setting season on Sunday.Costas Fortounis and David Fuster gave Olympiakos a 2-0 lead, both with free-kicks, and Pajtim Kasami, Omar Elabdellaoui and Brown Ideye added goals after…
Why scientists love this extinct species?
The Carolina parakeet went extinct in 1918. This specimen lies in eternal slumber at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Dozens of species likely go extinct each day, but how many do most of us remember? Besides dinosaurs and…
Pistorius to be sentenced in June for murder
South Africa’s former Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius appeared briefly in a Pretoria court where a judge scheduled five days in June to determine his sentence for the conviction of murdering his girlfriend. The sentencing hearing for Pistorius will be…
Flash floods in north Afghanistan kill 38 people overnight
Afghan officials say flash floods in northern provinces have killed at least 38 people overnight.Remote, northern areas of Afghanistan often see flash floods triggered by heavy rains, which also cause landslides. The officials said Monday that the flash floods struck…
‘All glass’ new iPhone!
Rumour has it Apple will completely redesign the iPhone. Out will go the ranges’ famed aluminum chassis and in its place will be the return of an all-glass enclosure. This will also be complemented by new cutting edge curved OLED…
1 banker, 2 govt officials among 8 arrested by ACC
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday arrested eight people, including a banker and two government officials, from different parts of the country in separate graft cases. An ACC team, led by deputy director Abdus Sattar Sarkar, arrested system analyst…
World stocks, crude slide after oil output accord collapses
World stock benchmarks sank and crude oil prices slumped Monday after an effort by major oil producing nations to agree on production cuts failed over the weekend. European stocks fell in early trading, with France’s CAC 40 dropping 0.8 percent…
Hearing on DB petition over Mahmudur’s case Apr 25
A court here on Monday fixed April 25 for hearing a petition filed by DB over showing Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman arrested in a case filed in connection with a plot to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister Sheikh…
Number 1 policy to lose weight….
Health Desk You’ve tried everything, but this year is going to be different. This is the year that you’re finally getting down to business and losing the weight you’ve gained, whether it was from too many slices of pizza and…
Newly invented “Green Mango” launched to promote green energy
Green watch Desk Newly invented “Green Mango” launched to promote green energy A new solar device green mango invented by a Bangladeshi youth was formally launched at a function today to promote green energy in the country. “Green mango is…
Axl Rose, back with Guns N’ Roses, to front AC/DC
Axl Rose brought a reunited Guns N’ Roses to the Coachella festival on Saturday as he was announced as the new frontman of an even more veteran hard rock group — AC/DC. In one of rock’s most long discussed reunions,…
Award called off for plagiarism
Culture Desk The National Award for Brihonnola has been rejected. Brihonnola, a movie directed by Murad Pavez, won in three categories in the National Film Award 2014: best film, best story and best dialogue. After the announcement, the director of…
‘Nearly 250,000 Japanese told to leave amid fear of tremors’
Nearly 250,000 people have been told to leave their homes amid fears of further quakes in Japan, an aid agency says. Naoki Kokawa, advisor to the Japanese Red Cross Society, told the BBC that more medical teams were being dispatched…
Sundarbans still not safe haven for dolphins as before
Dhaka – Dolphins are still not safe in the marine protected swatch of no-ground areas of the Bay of Bengal and the Sundarbans’ dolphin sanctuaries, according to a wildlife expert, unb news agency reported.
Charge framed in Jony murder case
Court Correspondent The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday afternoon framed charges against five persons including three former policemen of Pallabi Police Station in the murder case filed in connection with the death of a youth in police…
Bus carrying Indian opera troupe crash, 25 killed
New Delhi — Police say a bus carrying members of an opera troupe plunged into a gorge in an India forest, killing at least 25 people and leaving another 11 critically injured.
Brazil lower house okays impeaching Dilma
Brasilia — Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted late Sunday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, delivering a major blow to a long-embattled leader who repeatedly argued that the push against her was a “coup.” Rousseff is accused of using accounting…
Toddler wields steel pipe to defend grandmother
Dhaka – A toddler is being hailed as a miniature hero on Chinese social media after he defended his grandmother from urban management officers who were trying to clamp down on illegal street vendors, reports mashable.com. The video of the…
The world’s strongest earthquakes since 1900
New York – A magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook Ecuador’s central coast on Saturday. The country’s vice president called it the strongest to hit the country in decades. Here is a list of some of the world’s strongest earthquakes since 1900: May…
Ecuador earthquake death toll climbs to 272
Pedernales — The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. President Rafael Correa said at least 272 people had died and rescuers were struggling to reach survivors trapped in the rubble.…
3 cops among 5 indicted over custodial killing in city
Dhaka – A court here on Sunday framed charges against five people, including three policemen and two police informants, in a case filed for torturing jhut trader Ishtiaque Ahmed Jony to death in police custody. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge M…