Dhaka – Bangladesh conceded a 0-1 goal defeat to Tajikistan in their home match of the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers play-off at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday.With the day’s feat, Tajikistan advanced to the next year’s 3rd round qualifiers…
Day: June 7, 2016
Premier Cricket: Kalabagan KC stay in super-six race
Dhaka – Kalabagan Krira Chakra stayed in the super-six race of the Walton Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League beating their neighbour Kalabagan Cricket Academy by 29 runs via the D/L method in a rain-marred match decided on reserved day (Tuesday)…
Messi on bench for Argentina in Copa opener against Chile
Dhaka – Lionel Messi will be on the bench for top-ranked Argentina’s Copa America opener and rematch of last year’s final against No. 5 Chile.The news about the 28-year-old Barcelona star before Monday night’s match at Levi’s Stadium was hardly…
Young girl’s body found in Launch cabin
Chandpur – Police recovered the body of an unidentified girl from a launch cabin at Chandpur launch ghat on Tuesday.Riad Hossain, an employee of the Dhaka-bound launch ‘MV Abe Jam Jam’, said a young boy and a girl, identifying themselves…
2 sentenced to death in Comilla, Faridpur
Dhaka – A tribunal of Faridpur and a court of Comilla on Tuesday convicted a man and a woman and sentenced them to death in different charges.In Faridpur, a tribunal sentenced a man to death for killing a woman after…
3 killed in lightning strikes in Lalmonirhat
Lalmonirhat – Three people were killed and at least five others were injured after being struck by lightning in separate incidents in Kaliganj and Patgram upazilas on Tuesday morning.In Kaliganj upazila, farmer Mintu Miah and Asadul, son of Harun-or-Rashid, were…
2 JMB men killed in ‘gunfight’ in city
Dhaka – Two leaders of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were killed in a gunfight during a joint drive by detectives and the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit near the Kalshi bridge area in Pallabi…
Truck pile-up kills 1 in Sirajganj
Sirajganj -A man was killed and six others were injured in a three-truck pile-up near Mulibari level crossing in Jamuna Bridge connecting road area in sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased, Abdur Rahim, 46, hailed from Sherpur upazila of Bogra…
Man killed ‘by son’ in C’nawabganj
Chapainawabganj -A man was killed allegedly as his son hit him with a stick over a family feud at Andorail village in Nachole upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Jalal Uddin, 48, a resident of the village.Fasir Uddin,…
AI finds BD’s ‘failure to act decisively’ against violent groups
Amnesty International (AI) has said the ‘failure’ of Bangladesh authorities to take decisive action against violent groups responsible for at least 10 killings over the past two months creating a ‘climate of impunity’. “The brazen announcement by violent groups that…
Country gradually going under militants’ control: BNP
Accusing the government of not playing its due role in tackling militancy, BNP on Tuesday said it seems that the extremists and militants are gradually taking over the country’s control.In a statement, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also…
SC stays HC’s Mouchak Market shutdown order
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed for six weeks the High Court order that asked the authorities concerned to shut the shops of Mouchak Market in the city, terming the building risky.Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme…
HC grants bail to Mahfuz Anam in 10 cases
The High Court on Tuesday granted an eight-week bail to The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam in 10 defamation cases. A two-member HC bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan granted the bail after bearing petitions…
Death warrant read out to Mir Quasem, Ld
The jail authorities read out the death warrant to condemned war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali at Kashimpur Central Jail on Tuesday morning. Prasanta Kumar Banik, jail super of the central jail part-2, entered the condemned cell-50 of…
HC denies bail to Shafik Rehman
The High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail pleas of senior journalist Shafik Rehman, now in jail, in a case filed over an alleged plot to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the USA.…
Electric Eels can leap out of water to attack
In recent experiments, a scientist found that the South American fish go after large, moving, and partially submerged objects, pressing their chins against the target to discharge shocks. (Also see “The Electric Eel’s Superpower Just Got Even Cooler.”) The finding…
Inside the daring mission that thwarted a Nazi atomic bomb
When the Nazis captured a heavy water facility in Norway, the chemist who helped design the plant took action. On February 27, 1942, nine saboteurs scaled a cliff in the middle of the night to blow up a Nazi-controlled heavy…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Blockbuster Cinemas
Entertainment Desk Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the 2016 American 3D science fiction action comedy film, is now on screen at the Blockbuster Cinemas in the capital’s Jamuna Future Park. Alongside different foreign films, the premier of…
To be wise, you need people around yourself
Lifestyle Desk How wise we are varies dramatically according to the situations and is affected by factors like loneliness and togetherness, a new study has found. The study defines wise reasoning as a combination of such abilities as intellectual humility,…
Overweight infants consume larger meals but don’t eat more often
Health Desk According to a new study in the UK, overweight infants consume larger meals but they do not eat more often than healthy toddlers. Hayley Syrad from University of London in the UK and colleagues used parent-reported intake for…
Minnesota goes purple for Prince birthday
The state of Minnesota on Tuesday celebrated “Prince Day,” with residents encouraged to wear the music legend’s signature color purple on what would have been his 58th birthday. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, in a proclamation making June 7 this year…
Wildfires continue to rage in Russia’s Far East
Wildfires have destroyed 437 hectares of firs and pine trees in five areas in Russia’s Far East over the past 24 hours, local forestry department reported Tuesday. Magadan area suffered the most, with 423 hectares of taiga caught in raging…
Jalaler Golpo’ wins awards in SAARC film festival
Entertainment Desk Abu Shahed Emon’s critically acclaimed feature film “Jalaler Golpo” (Jalal’s Story) keeps on bringing the prize, once again bagging two more international awards at the SAARC International Film Festival held in Sri Lanka. Barkat Hossain Palash won the…
Two crime suspects killed in reported gunfight with detectives
Dhaka – Two suspected criminals were killed in a reported gunfight with plainclothes police in Kalshi Lohar Bridge area under Pallabi thana in Dhaka city early Tuesday, Unb news agency reported.
Historic Six-point Day Tuesday
Dhaka – The historic Six-Point Day is being observed on Tuesday commemorating the placing of the demand for autonomy for the erstwhile East Pakistan, Unb news agency reported.
SP’s wife killers won’t be spared: PM
Madinah – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that the culprits behind the killing of the wife of a police officer in Chittagong will not be spared as her government will never tolerate terrorism, Unb news agency reported. “This is…
Hindu priest killed in Jhenidah
In another instance of the escalating trend of target killings, A Hindu priest was hacked to death by miscreants in Koratipara village of Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.
Istanbul blast ‘targets police bus’ in Vezneciler
An explosion in central Istanbul has left several people injured, Turkish media report.The blast, caused by a bomb, targeted a police bus in the district of Vezneciler, the reports say.Several ambulances have been sent to the area.Violence has escalated in…
CS against Khaleda Zia in 4 cases
Dhaka-Police on Monday submitted separate charge sheets against 105 people, including BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, in four cases filed last year with Darussalam Police Station under the Special Powers Act.