A Greek military ship searching for the debris from the EgyptAir flight, which went missing over the southern Mediterranean, has found two floating objects close to where the plane disappeared. “There have been finds south-east of Crete, inside the Cairo…
Dhaka – Sheikh Jamal Dhanmodi Club earned the 4th victory in their 7th match of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League beating Gazi Group Cricketer by four-run under D/L method on the reserved at Sher-e- Bangla National Cricket Stadium Mirpur on…
Dhaka – Hosts Daffodil International University (DIU) will play Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in the opening match of the DIU Inter-University T20 Cricket tournament on Friday (May 20) at the university’s permanent campus ground in Ashulia..
Dhaka – Usain Bolt called it “really bad news” for sport after the announcement that 31 athletes were caught doping in retests from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.”It’s rough. It’s rough in the sport,” the Jamaican great said Wednesday. “Something that’s…
Dhaka – Spain did it again, Sevilla did it again and Liverpool could do little to turn the tide as a Europa League title slipped away on Wednesday.Sevilla’s thrilling second-half comeback in a 3-1 win ensured the club’s third straight Europa…
Chittagong – A school teacher was killed as a truck hit his motorcycle in Eidgoan area under Pahartoli thana in the city on Thursday morning.The victim, Towhid Ahmed, 30, hailed from Noakhlai, was a teacher of a private school in…
Rajbari – Three people were killed and 31 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch after hitting a motorcycle at Chandni on Rajbari-Kushtia regional highway in Sadar upazila on Thursday noon.
Jessore – A case has been filed against a youth for raping a class VIII girl at Baliadanga village on the outskirts of Jessore town.The accused was identified as Mamun Hossain, 24, son of Mamun Ali of the village.
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could be beyond saving in five years without “now or never” funding to improve water quality as climate change ravages the World Heritage-listed site, scientists warned Thursday. The world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem is under pressure…
Lifestyle Desk Dinking a pint of water before you get to the kitchen table may help you lose weight, a new research published in Obesity suggests. Recruiting 84 obese adults to take part in a 12-week-long study, the authors, after…
Entertainment Desk Acclaimed Philippine filmmaker Brillante Mendoza is back at Cannes this year with another gritty take on his homeland, this time exploring drugs, poverty and corruption through shopkeepers trying to make ends meet. Mendoza, 55, is taking part in…
China and India are home to more than a third of people with mental illness, but only a tiny fraction of them receive medical help, according to studies released Wednesday. There are more people in the world’s two most populous…
Gigi Hadid‘s grocery list isn’t quite what you’d expect from a supermodel. “In the fridge, I always have Evian, soda, orange juice, and lemonade,” she told a US magazine. “Then, I have my favourite snacks like chips, hummus, carrots, and…
Bonn (Indrajit Bose) — The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA), a new body established by the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UNFCCC, convened its first session in the morning of…
By Maung Zarni Myanmar’s Muslim minority, demonised and persecuted for decades, is facing a fresh wave of violence amid media silence. Aung San Suu Kyi, one of the contemporary world’s most celebrated icons of human rights, non-violence and reconciliation, crossed…
Investigative reporters from Bosnia and Mexico who have exposed financial crimes and misconduct at the highest levels are the winners of the 2016 Knight International Journalism Award, the International Center for Journalists (http://www.icfj.org/) (ICFJ) announced. The award recognizes excellent reporting…
Hagatna, (AP/UNB) — The U.S. Air Force said Thursday a B-52 crashed on Guam shortly after takeoff, with all seven crew members made it out safely. No injuries were reported. The plane aborted on takeoff and caught fire at about…
Dhaka – Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan is likely to be here on a three-day visit from May 28 which is expected to strengthen defense cooperation between the two countries, unb news agency reported.
Dhaka – Bangladesh College-University Teachers’ Association formed a human chain on the Dhaka University campus Wednesday protesting the humiliation of Shyamal Kanti Bhadra, headmaster of a high school in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj, by local member of parliament AKM Nasim…
Dhaka – The Cabinet Purchase Committee on Wednesday approved a Power Division proposal to appoint Bangladesh Army’s commercial wing, Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd (BDP), to develop the land of the second phase of Rampal Power Plant, unb news agency.
Elangapitiya Village (AP/UNB) — Soldiers and police used sticks and bare hands Wednesday to dig through enormous piles of mud covering houses in three villages hit by massive landslides in central Sri Lanka, with hundreds of families reported missing. y…
Dhaka-Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited disbursed the highest Agriculture & Rural Investment (Credit) among all private commercial banks during financial year 2014-15.
Dhaka-The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday issued arrest warrants against two war crimes suspects of Habiganj and Kishoreganj districts for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. he ICT ordered the police station concerned…
Dhaka-BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday appealed with the Supreme Court seeking stay order on the trial proceedings of the Zia Charitable Trust graft case against her.
Dhaka-The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain in two weeks why it should not be directed to take necessary legal action against local lawmaker Salim Osman, MP, and others who publicly humiliated a school teacher…
Dhaka-British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake yesterday met with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at latter’s political office in Gulshan.