Dhaka – Cyclone ‘Roanu’ on Saturday caused huge damages to crops and livestock in three upazilas — Anwara, Banshkhali and Sandwip — in the Southeastern distric of Chittagong, unb news agency reported. According to a preliminary estimate of the district…
Dhaka – Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Sunday said local outfits, including Jamaat-e-Islami and Jammat-ul-Mujahidin (JMB) were involved in the recent killings in Bangladesh and regretted that BNP was unfortunately giving shelter and support to them, unb news agency…
Dhaka – Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended his Paris Saint-Germain career in style by reaching 50 goals in an outstanding farewell season as bitter rival Marseille was beaten 4-2 in the French Cup final on Saturday.Ibrahimovic scored a penalty at the start of…
Dhaka – The 10-men Manchester United clinched the FA Cup title for the 12th time riding on the Jesse Lingard’s extra-time thunderbolt for a 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace in the final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.Coming from behind, Manchester…
Gazipur – A court here on Sunday placed suspended Gazipur City Corporation mayor MA Mannan on a one-day remand in a case filed for acts of sabotage.Judge of the Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-2 Mohammad Shahidul Islam passed the order when…
Gazipur – A drama activist was hacked to death allegedly by his two co-activists over sharing the money they had earned through performing in a street drama at Singhosri in Kapasia upazila on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain,…
Chandpur- A court here on Sunday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing a restaurant staff in 2007.Chandpur Additional District and Sessions Judge Mamunur Rashid sentenced Omar Khan, 30, son of Siraj Khan, to life…
Savar – A man was killed and 30 others injured in a clash between the supporters of two member candidates of Kaundia union parishad (UP) in the upazila on the outskirts of the capital on Friday night.The deceased was identified as…
By Max Blumenthal / AlterNet Chris Mullins’ 1982 political thriller, A Very British Coup, introduced British readers to a Marxist former steelworker named Harry Perkins who sends his country’s political elite into a frenzy by winning a dramatic election for…
Danielle Nierenberg The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has estimated that there are more than 570 million farms in the world. Behind each farm – at least 90 percent of which are considered family farms – is a farmer,…
Ajay Mathur and Adair Turner New Delhi – At the United Nations in New York on April 22, world leaders ratified the global climate agreement reached in Paris last December. One hundred ninety-five countries, ranging from richest to poorest, have…
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has probably been killed in a US air strike, US officials say. He and another male combatant were targeted as they rode in a vehicle in a remote area of Pakistan close to the…
Dhaka – Two mayors of the bifurcated Dhaka City Corporation think lack of coordination among various service-providing agencies and political clouts have made their job to improve living in the capital, report unb staff writers M Jahangir Alam & Maksud-Ul-Islam…
Leaked flight data showing trouble in the cockpit and smoke in a plane lavatory are bringing into focus the chaotic final moments of EgyptAir Flight 804, including a three-minute period before contact was lost as alarms on the Airbus 320…
The cyclone storm ‘Roanu’ moved northeastwards further and crossed Barisal-Chittagong coast near Chittagong at about 5pm on Saturday and weakened into a land depression by giving precipitation, according to a Met Office bulletin. Dhaka, UNB News Agency Reported.
Stating that people of no religion are now safe under the current government, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday night alleged that the real perpetrators of the recent secret killings remained untouched as they belong to the ruling party. “No…
Sunday’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Dakhil examinations have been shifted to May 27 and May 24 respectively following cyclone Roanu that hit the country’s coastal districts on Saturday. Dhaka, UNB News Agency Reported.
The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed across the country on Sunday with due religious fervour. According to Muslim belief, Shab-e-Barat is the night when Allah arranges the affairs of the following year. On Shab-e-Barat,…
ISIS claimed responsibility for the hacking death of a Bangladeshi doctor killed by machete-wielding attackers. Homeopathy doctor Sanwar Rahman, 55, was in Kushtia district on his way to a medical center where he volunteered his services to the poor, according…
A city in India’s Rajasthan state has broken the country’s temperature records after registering 51C, the highest since records began, the weather office says. The new record in Phalodi in the desert state comes amid a heatwave across India.
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said inactive members of different militant groups are trying to be reorganised to carry out subversive acts, aiming to thwart the trial of war criminals, unb news agency reported. “They (militants)…
Dhaka – DNA tests have confirmed that three man-eating Nile crocodiles have been found living in Florida’s swamps. Unlike local alligators, the species preys on humans and is thought to be responsible for up to 200 deaths a year at…
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…