Culture Desk Jakir Hossain Raju’s latest directorial venture Onek Dame Kena finally sets to hit cinemas today. Partially based on Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 silent romantic comedy City Lights, the film will be released in 90 theatres across the country, the…
In 2015, around 1,000 Bangladeshis went to study in China under Beijing’s different sponsorship schemes. 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…
New Delhi – Machete-wielding attackers in the capital of Bangladesh killed a 26-year-old writer Nazimuddin Samad — the sixth secularist writer or publisher to have been killed in Dhaka in the last 14 months.
Dhaka – The EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract for the proposed 1320MW coal-fired power plant in Rampal near the Sundarbans will be signed this month, unb news agency reported.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday directed a High Court bench to dispose of petition by May 31, which was filed over the legality of collecting information from the tenants by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
Speakers at a view exchange meeting Thursday called upon the government to immediately take effective measures to implement the article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to prevent the tobacco companies to influence the anti-tobacco activities.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka on Thursday, once again re-fixed the date for submitting probe report in the Sagor-Runi murder case.
A Dhaka court has ordered BNP chief Khaleda Zia to appear before it on April 17 and defend herself in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka’s Third Special Court issued the order on Thursday when…
Danielle Nierenberg According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), just twelve crops provide 75 percent of the world’s food. Three of these crops, rice, maize, and wheat contribute to nearly 60 percent of the protein and calories obtained…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday formed a three-member probe committee to find out as to whether there was any name of Bangladeshi national in leaked Panama Papers on swindling money by influential quarters. Pranab Bhattacharya, public relations officer of the…
St.Petersburg – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any links to offshore accounts and described the Panama Papers document leaks scandal as part of a U.S.-led plot to weaken Russia. Putin also defended a cellist friend named as the…
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…