Dhaka – A 5-day Director General-level conference between the Bangladesh and India border security agencies kicks off Thursday in Dhaka.A 21-member Indian delegation, led by the Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) of India Shri KK Sharma,…
Dhaka – Gazi Group Cricketers beat Kalabagan Krira Chakra by six wickets in Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League featuring 155 runs in the opening stand between Anamul Haque and Shamsur Rahman at Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.Kalabagan…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday withdrew the suspension slapped on pacer Kazi Shahadat Hossain Rajib from playing domestic cricket on humanitarian grounds following an appeal filed by the national coloured cricketer Shahadat will be eligible to play domestic…
Narsingd – A schoolboy was beaten to death allegedly by two of his classmates at Khalpar in the district town on Tuesday afternoon over previous enmity.The deceased was identified as Parvez Miah, 13, son of Sattar Miah of Bilasdi in…
DHAKA -Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) face Bangladesh Ansar in final of the 9th national women’s kabaddi competition scheduled to be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at the kabadddi stadium here.
DHAKA- Brilliant centuries by skipper Mahmudullah and all rounder Marshall Ayub powers of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club to record an over whelming 90-run victory over Cricket Coaching School (CCS) in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League held on Tuesday at…
Rangamati Correspondent Rangamati district administration has imposed a ban on fishing for three months in the Kaptai Lake from May 12 midnight to ensure boosting fish population in the lake. The ban is enforced to protect mother fishes from the…
As the sea ice on which it depends breaks apart, the Baltic ringed seal of northern Europe is declining fast, experts say. A Baltic ringed seal rests on a rock in Estonia’s Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Protection Area. “One, two, three.…
Entertainment Desk Hollywood stars Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling have welcomed a second daughter, after once again keeping the pregnancy under wraps, TMZ reported. Mendes, 42, who began dating the Canadian actor in 2011, gave birth to Amada on April…
Britain’s Royal Botanic Gardens warned Tuesday about the threats facing the world’s plant kingdom in the first global report of its kind aimed at drawing attention to often-overlooked species. The “State of the World’s Plants” report was drawn up by…
Culture Desk Indira Gandhi Culture Centre (IGCC) organised an evening of Rabindra Sangeet by Himadri Shekhor Talukder and Shimu Dey on May 7 at the IGCC, Gulshan in the city. The artistes were accompanied by Binod Roy Das on keyboard,…
The rate has tripled in the last five years, according to the Changing Diabetes in Children Programme of the BIRDEM hospital. “This is alarming. We are getting type 2 diabetes in children as young as eight years old,” Dr Bedowra…
The United States tried Monday to move past localized, short-term cease-fires in Syria by announcing that an enduring, nationwide truce would be restored. Yet that new approach was immediately called into doubt as Syria’s military extended only a local cease-fire,…
The Pentagon says a top Islamic State leader in Iraq’s Anbar province has been killed by a coalition airstrike. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook says Abu Wahib and three others were killed when their vehicle was struck on May 6…
Alberta premier’s declared Canada’s oil sands city saved and said a plan will be put together within two weeks so 88,000 residents forced to evacuate can return to their homes. At least two neighborhoods in Fort McMurray were scenes of…
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the decision to drop the names of 22 freedom fighters of Gaibandha from the list of 479 listed freedom fighters should not be declared illegal.…
N. S. Venkataraman There are many cities in the world that are as big, and have a reputation and great history, as London. The mayors of these cities are elected or appointed at regular intervals and these are rarely reported…
By Reuters and VICE News North Korea detained and expelled a team of BBC journalists on Monday over its reporting, the broadcaster and a North Korean official said, as a large group of foreign reporters visited the isolated country to…
A statue of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has been sold for a record 15.1 million euros at a New York auction. The wax and resin piece had been expected to fetch a fraction of that.…
Dhaka – Security in and around the Dhaka Central Jail has been beefed up after the full verdict of the Supreme Court rejecting the review petition of Motiur Rahman Nizami reached the jail on Monday evening, unb news agency reported.…
Dhaka – Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday underscored the need for bringing changes in the electoral system of local government elections, in a bid to hold its elections in a free, fair and credible manner. “The ongoing Union…
Dhaka – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Monday said jail authorities can execute war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami anytime as per the government’s order if he does not seek presidential clemency, unb news agency reported. “Nizami can be executed anytime…
Dhaka – A High Court judge on Monday felt embarrassed to hear a rule issued earlier in connection with case filed against Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain for concealing information in the wealth statement, unb news agency…
STAFF REPORTER Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday underscored the need for bringing changes in the electoral system of local government elections, in a bid to hold its elections in a free, fair and credible manner. “The ongoing Union…
STAFF REPORTER The online admission process for the Class-XI for the session 2016-17 would begin on May 26 like the previous year and the classes would begin on July 10, education ministry said yesterday.
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday granted bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a violence filed with Paltan Police Station for crude bomb explosion in front of BNP’s Naya Paltan…
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday sent Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman to jail in a case filed in connection with a plot to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.