Narayanganj – A female student was reportedly raped by a teacher of Tajek Pradhan High School in the Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.Victim’s father has already filed a case against the teacher with Narayanganj Sadar Police Station in connection with…
Chittagong– Chittagong District team earned the double crown in the Inter-District Divisional Women’s Badminton tournament by clinching the singles and doubles titles of the meet that concluded on Saturday at CJKS gymnasium here.Hosts Chittagong District team also finished runners-up in…
Dhaka— About 450,000 condoms will be distributed during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, three times more than for the London Games four years ago, the International Olympic Committee says.Part of the reason was because 100,000 female condoms will be available…
CHAPAINAWABGANJ – Chapainawabganj Sadar Thana police recovered 350 bottles of phensidyl, 600 grams of hemp, 28 litres of local wine and 23 yaba tablets in separate raids on Friday night and today (Saturday).Receiving secret information, a contingent of police from…
CHAPAINAWABGANJ -Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 conducted raid at Tetultala square of Kaliganj village under Sadar upazila of the district on Friday night and arrested a drug peddler with 440 pieces of Yaba tablet.The arrested was identified as Md.…
Dhaka – Chris Gayle, the big-hitting batsman who sparked a sexism scandal after flirting with a female broadcaster on live television, fanned the flames again Saturday in an interview touching on sex,women and equality.Gayle, one of the biggest stars in…
RANGPUR – The fifth three-day “MK Traders Baishakhi Cup Golf Tournament-2016” ended through a colourful ceremony at Rangpur Golf Club (RGC) in Rangpur Cantonment here last night.Over 100 contestants, including 30 international categories, of different Golf Clubs from all over…
Dhaka – The BNP on Friday asked the party leaders and workers, and physicians to extend their hands to the coastal area people affected by cyclone Roanu that left many people killed and caused huge losses to them. “Wherever the…
Dhaka – At least 25 people, including 12 in Chittagong, were killed and over a 100 others injured as cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ battered the country’s coastal districts before it weakened into a land depression on Saturday. Of the dead, three…
Dhaka- Jimmy Anderson put on a swing-bowling clinic after Jonny Bairstow struck his second test century to leave England in complete control of the first test against Sri Lanka at Headingley on Friday.Playing on his home ground, wicketkeeper Bairstow hit…
Narsingdi – Three people, including a Pakistani citizen, were burnt to death and 10 others injured as a fire broke out at a dyeing factory of Pakiza Group at Shekher Char in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.Station officer of Sadar…
Dhaka – Five people were killed and 50 others injured as landslides and storms, triggered by the cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’, hit Chittagong, Bhola and Patuakhali districts on Saturday.In Bhola, Akram, a class VI student and son of Mafiz, was killed…
Chittagong – A woman and her son were killed in a landslide triggered by incessant rains at Jungle Salimpur in Sitakunda upazila early Saturday.Salimpur Upazila chairman Salahuddin Aziz said the incident took place when a chunk of mud collapsed on…
Patuakhali – A woman was killed during a storm at Uttar Charlaxmi village in Dasmina upazila early Saturday as cyclone Roanu moved towards Bangladesh’s coastal areas, UNB News Agency Reported.
Rajshahi – An elderly man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Asgram Rahir Dhal in Paba upazila on Friday.Witnesses said a Rajshahi-bound train from Rahanpur hit Abdus Sattar Gujon, 75, a resident of Shah Makhdum area of…
Rajshahi – Police in a drive arrested eight leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from Shimultala Ghat in Bagha upazila on Friday evening.Tipped off, a team of police raided the area and arrested the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said a spate of recent ‘murders’ had been planned to foil the trials of war crimes committed Bangladesh’s Liberation War institute 1971. She said this while talking to expatriate Bangladeshis in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia,…
Dhaka – Police have intensified the investigation into the murder of a homeopath in Kushtia. Unidentified assailants hacked a homeopathy practitioner to death and injured his friend, a teacher of Islamic University in Kushtia. Police said they are not sure…
Dhaka – Light to moderate and heavy downpour accompanied with gusty winds have forced people across Bangladesh to indoors as pheripheral winds of cyclone Roanu hit the coastal areas Bangladesh on Saturday morning. The Dhaka Met Office forecast the cyclone…
Search crews found floating human remains, luggage and seats from the doomed EgyptAir jetliner Friday but face a potentially more complex task in locating bigger pieces of wreckage and the black boxes vital to determining why the plane plunged into…
Wrapping up her three-day official visit to Bulgaria, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Saturday morning. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6:10am.…
Dhaka-The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) yesterday placed a 7-point demand including 60 reserved parliamentary seats for the minority community to ensure participation and representation in the parliament. They put the demands forming a human chain in front…