Dhaka – Powerful half-centuries from Hayley Matthews and skipper Stafanie Taylor fired the West Indies to their maiden women’s World Twenty20 crown in a thrilling last-over win against Australia in Sunday’s final in Kolkata.Chasing a competitive 149 for a win…
Dhaka – Cristiano Ronaldo struck the winner as 10-man Real Madrid came from behind to end Barcelona’s 39-game unbeaten run 2-1 in El Clasico at the Camp Nou on Saturday.Gerard Pique’s towering header put the hosts in front on the…
MUNSHIGANJ – Upazila Nirbahi officer (UNO) of Nababganj upazila under Dhaka district Shakil Ahmed and his driver Mahbub Hossain were injured in a road accident at Karaniganj early this morning.UNO Shakil Ahmed was going to his working station Nababganj from…
MANIKGANJ – A fake RAB member was arrested from Uthuli under Manikganj district today.Police sources said the arrested person introduced himself as Md. Tanvir Ahmed, a Lieutenant Colonel of RAB and cheating people for long.On the basis of allegation of…
RANGPUR – A mobile court of Rangpur City Corporation evicted more 50 illegal roadside shops from footpaths in the city and seized various goods in the day-long drives today.Executive Magistrate of the City Corporation S M Golam Kibria led the…
BOGRA- A couple was killed and six others were injured when a truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Jamunapara on Dhaka-Bogra highway under Sherpur upazila of the district this noon.The deceased were Thandu Miah, 42, son of…
CHITTAGONG – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today submitted charge-sheet against 33 people, including BNP leader Syed Wahidul Alam’s daughter Barrister Shakila Farjana, in a case of funding militancy.Assistant Director of RAB-7, Chittagong, Ruhul Amin, also investigation officer of the case,…
Dhaka – West Indies notched their maiden title of the Women’s World Twenty20 with an emphatic 8-wicket victory dethroning straight three times champion Australia in the 5th edition final at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday. The new powerhouse of Women’s…
Brussels — A Brussels Airlines plane heading to the Portuguese city of Faro took off from Brussels Airport on Sunday, the first passenger flight to leave the airport since suicide bombings on March 22 ripped through its check-in counters. Security…
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday will surrender before a trial court here and seek bail as the court has issued a warrant for her arrest in a case filed over an arson attack on a bus at…
Dhaka –The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday deferred the hearing for a week on the review petition of condemned war criminal Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami against its verdict upholding the International Crimes Tribunal’s judgment that had sentenced him to…
Dhaka –A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its directive on the government to arrest the killers of Sohagi Jahan Tonu within 24 hours. Eunus Ali Akond, a Supreme Court lawyer, moved the HC with…
From caterpillars that masquerade as queen ants to fish that sneak in sperm, nature abounds with clever creatures. A reed warbler feeds a young European cuckoo. The cuckoo’s parent left its egg in the warbler’s nest to raise as its…
Health Desk A bad hairstyle isn’t always so easy to identify—and, chances are, if you don’t have a total hacksaw job, you probably think you are doing everything right with your current look (hello, high school yearbook photo). But, according…
Just one day after news broke that the two were splitting, Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman have released a statement to People: “Sadly our family is separating legally, although we do not feel this takes away from us being a…
Entertainment Desk Tollywood’s heartthrob Dev has been cast as one of the leads in the upcoming joint production between India and Bangladesh. Jazz Multimedia from Bangladesh and SK Movies f rom India will jointly bring in the production. Details of…
Thailand has long served as one of the globe’s main rice bowls, but chronic water shortages are pushing the country to move away from a grain that dominates its fields and has defined a way of life for generations. Laddawan…
Police in separate drives arrested seven alleged members of a robber gang from Kulaura upazila and deferent places of the district on Saturday.
Though the government has stopped rawhide supply to Dhaka’s Hazaribagh tanneries to force the entrepreneurs to shift their units to the designated industrial park in Savar, the industry insiders observed that it will take at least 5-6 more months to…
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country on Sunday.
Terming the existing laws of the country obsolete, Chief Justice SK Sinha on Saturday said it is not possible to arrange the trial of Tonu killing within a short time with the traditional and 18th century’s laws.
Dhaka – Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will observe the National Film Day on Sunday, UNB news agency reported. They have chalked out elaborate programmes for the day.
Dhaka – Three workers were killed and four others injured as a boiler of an ice factory went off in Kanchpur area of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj, about 15 kolomeres east of the capital on Saturday night, UNB news agency…
Dhaka – Though the government has stopped rawhide supply to Dhaka’s Hazaribagh tanneries to force the entrepreneurs to shift their units to the designated industrial park in Savar, the industry insiders observed that it will take at least 5-6 more…
RU Correspondent The Bangladesh Jatiatabadi Chatra Dal (BJCD) Rajshahi University (RU) unit protested the arrest warrant issued against Begum Khaleda Zia, a former Prime-minister of Bangladesh and Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and staged demonstration demanding the cancellation of…
DHAKA- Bangladesh chess team sharing 3rd position along with Iran, Mongolia and Iraq after 4th round games with 6 points in the points table of the Asian Nation Cup Chess-2016 now being held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate.Chain is…
Dhaka- Germany star Julian Draxler says Wolfsburg can turn things around for Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final, first-leg, at home to Real Madrid despite their 3-0 drubbing at Bayer Leverkusen.”We played terribly. We were second best in a lot of situations,”…
Dhaka – World number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic will face Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the ATP and WTA Miami Open final after straight-set triumphs Friday in which both were tested.Djokovic, an 11-time Grand Slam champion whose three titles…
Dhaka – A new-look England and a resurgent West Indies will battle to become the first two-time winners of cricket’s World Twenty20 in a big-hitting showdown Sunday that promises to rain sixes.A year after exiting the 50-over World Cup with…
PANCHAGARH-The World Autism Awareness day 2016 was observed in Panchagarh today through different programmes.District Administration and District Social Welfare Department jointly organised the programme.The programme includes rally and discussion meeting. On the occasion a rally was brought out from government…