Dhaka- The New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Friday announced their scheduled to play a full-fledged home series against Bangladesh starting with an ODI at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on December 26.The series comprises of three ODIs, three T20Is and two Tests.…
Dhaka- Zinedine Zidane couldn’t have asked for much more after only five months as Real Madrid’s head coach. The former France great has a chance to end the season celebrating the Champions League title, just like he did 14 years ago…
Dhaka – First it was Serena Williams’ turn to overpower an opponent 6-2, 6-1 on Court Suzanne Lenglen.Shortly after that was over Thursday, her older sister Venus entered the very same French Open arena and won by the very same…
– It’s hard to say who will be in better shape Friday when Andy Murray plays Ivo Karlovic in the third round of the French Open.The second-seeded Murray already has been pushed to five sets twice in Paris. Karlovic, seeded…
Chapainawabganj – A schoolgirl was stabbed to death and three others were injured in an attack allegedly by a stalker in Mohipur intersection area in sadar upazila on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Konika, daughter of Laxman Ghosh of…
Sylhet-The authorities suspended production at Fenchuganj Fertilizer Factory on Thursday following a fire incident.The fire originated from a drain at the factory in the evening, said Abdul Khalek, officer-in-charge of Fenchuganj Police Station,UNB News Agency Reported.
Benapole – A minor boy drowned in a fish enclosure and his twin bother fainted noticing the incident at Arua village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on Friday.Local people said six-year-old Abul Hasan and Abul Hossain, twin sons of Rezaul…
Savar – Police recovered hanging bodies of two unidentified young girls, tied with one scarf, from a room at Narasinghapur in Ashulia on Thursday night.On information, police recovered the bodies tied with a scarf in a single knot to the…
Pabna – A man was found dead at Pathailhat in Santhia upazila on Thursday.Local people spotted the body of Jalal Uddin, 50, a resident of Nagdemra village, in the area at noon and informed police, said Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Santhia…
Bhola – A young man was killed in police firing and 20 others, including two with bullets, were injured in a clash between police and villagers following the arrest of an accused at Janata Bazar in Sadar upazila on Thursday…
Dhaka – Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday interrogated three army members who collected some evidence from the spot from where the body of slain Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu was recovered.Sources at the CID Comilla office said the three…
A discussion will be held at the National Press Club on Saturday marking the World No Tobacco Day, 2016. ADHUNIK, an anti-tobacco organization, and World Health Organisation (WHO) have jointly arranged the discussion. Dhaka, UNB News Agency Reported.
The government has sent a team of Bangladesh Armed Forces Division to Sri Lanka with a view to giving humanitarian support to the flood and landslide affected people in that island country. The 19-member support team left Dhaka by a…
Defying the allegations raised by BNP leaders, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the government has not taken any decision to arrest Khaleda Zia. “BNP leaders are saying in their comments that the government is hatching…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday told her British counterpart David Cameron that it would be better for Britain to remain in the European Union considering the greater economic benefit of British people. She, however, said it is ultimately the…
By Mitchell Blatt Presumptive Republican nominee for president Donald Trump gets credit from his supporters–and even some of his detractors–for being “politically incorrect,” but now it looks like he is backing down from his controversial statements in the face of…
Dhaka -Mamata Banerjee was sworn in on Friday as West Bengal’s chief minister for a second term at Kolkata’s historic Red Road.
Rangpur – A local Awami League activist was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at Manirampur village in Pirgachha upazila early Friday.
Dhaka – Two people were killed when a human haluer (Chander Gari) plunged into a roadside ditch while fleeing defying signal of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Dhangchhari check post of Chandragona in Rangamati district on Thursday night. Local people…
Dhaka – Hundreds of disgruntled individuals vented their frustration at event organiser Green Events BD for cancelling the much-anticipated ‘An Evening with Eluveitie’, which was scheduled to be held on Thursday at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB).
Flood map of Barguna, Bangladesh Cyclone Roanu has claimed over 100 lives in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and has left tens of thousands in need of aid. Officials are looking to the sky for information on flooded areas to analyse…
A declaration at the G7 meeting in Japan says a vote by the UK to leave the European Union would pose a “serious threat to global growth”.In its final statement, the group warned that a UK exit from the EU…
Navy divers and other rescuers searched Friday for two foreigners still missing after a speedboat packed with tourists capsized near the popular island resort of Koh Samui that left a British and a German woman dead, officials said.The boat, carrying…
A supporter of a union chairman candidate was killed in an attack by miscreants at Joardar Para in Sadar upazila early Friday.Police said 6/7 miscreants swooped on Shahin Ali, 30, a restaurant owner and a supporter of defeated Awami League-backed…
By Lyndal Rowlands UN, (IPS) – Putting economic interests over public health is leading the world towards three slow-motion health disasters, Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization’s warned the world’s health ministers on Monday. Changes in the world’s…
By Baher Kamal Istanbul, (IPS) – The World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) held in Istanbul on May 23-24, managed to send a strong wake-up call to the world about the unprecedented human suffering now in course, but failed to achieve the…
MP Salim Osman has said he will ‘never apologise’ to the school teacher he had harassed in his Narayanganj constituency. Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, who was beaten and made to do sit-ups holding his ears on flimsy accusations that he had…
Dhaka-Narayanganj high school headmaster Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, who was publicly punished for his alleged offensive comments about religion, was forced to render his resignation, according to a government probe body report.
Dhaka-Two witnesses testified before a court here on Thursday in a case against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling Awami League MP Pinu Khan, over shooting two people to death in the city’s Eskaton area in April last year.
Dhaka-BNP on Thursday warned that the consequences will be dire if the government arrests its chairperson Khaleda Zia as per its ‘plot’ to weaken BNP.