Dhaka-A rising Brahmaputra flowing over its danger level the along with smaller rivers have threatened more areas in Kurigram whose flood condition may deteriorate further in next 48 hours, the flood forecasting and warning centre(FFWC) said yesterday.
BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Tuesday said the Prime Minister’s remark on their proposed national unity will divide the nation instead of making them united to tackle a serious national problem like militancy. “The Prime Minister is making…
The Khutba Formulation Committee on Tuesday said Baitul Mukarram National Mosque’s khutba that identically delivered in many mosques across the country before the last jum’a prayers was not imposed on anyone or made specific for anybody. The committee in a…
India’s top court on Tuesday ordered a scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi family to express regret or face defamation charges for blaming the country’s top Hindu nationalist organization for the 1948 assassination of independence leader Mohandas Gandhi. The Supreme Court did…
A tour bus carrying visitors from China burst into flames on a highway near Taiwan’s capital on Tuesday, burning to death all 26 people on board, officials said, in the deadliest incident involving Chinese tourism to the island.The accident took…
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday released the video footage of four suspects of the Gulshan café attack.Uploading the video footage on the Rab facebook page, the elite force urged people to inform to the nearest Rab Battalion or…
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday convicted five people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a young man in 2005.The convicts are-Tapash Kumar, 30, son of Narayan Chandra of Shalgaria in Pabna in the district town,…
Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Tuesday called upon freedom fighters to remain alert to make sure that the incident of 1975 is not repeated.“We’ve achieved independence through the Liberation War. We failed to save the leader under whose…
Dhaka – Two people were killed in separate road crashes in Sadar and Shailakupa upazilas on Tuesday.Fazlur Rahman, sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station, said an unidentified woman, aged about 50, was killed when a truck ran over her while she…
Dhaka – Police in drive arrested 20 men, including two leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, from Khilgaon area of the city early Tuesday, as part of the ongoing countrywide anti-militant drive,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Eight people were injured, including seven with bullets, in a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy at Burikhali village in Kalia upazila in Narail on Tuesday.Quoting locals, police said Jamal Hossain Dhala, a union parishad…
Dhaka – Police in a drive detained a teacher and eight students along with jihadi books from the dormitory of Medical Assistant Training School (MATS) in the district town in Kushtia on Tuesday afternoon.Additional assistant superintendent of Kushtia Police Joynul Abedin…
Dhaka -Coast guards arrested two men and seized 10 lakh pieces of Yaba tablet conducting two separate drives in Anwara upazila in Chittagong on Tuesday.The arrestees were identified as Doyal Krishno, 40, son of Gopal Krishno, hailing from Sitakundo, and…
Dhaka – The 2nd Walton Mirza Farid Smriti Hockey Umpires Tournament 2016, will begins on Wednesday at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium here.Abdul Malek Cunnu Hockey team will meet Mir Saber Ali Hockey team in a five-side 30-minute match at…
Dhaka – A scathing report outlining a state-sanctioned doping system in Russia prompted immediate calls for the nation’s entire team to be sidelined from the Summer Games, raising the possibility that the Olympics could go on without a sports superpower…
Cultural Desk The 4th death anniversary of celebrated fiction writer, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed is being observed today (Tuesday). Humayun Ahmed’s two younger brothers Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and Ahsan Habib along with their other family members and relatives…
US oil refining group Tesoro Corp. reached a $425 million settlement Monday with the Justice Department and the US Environmental Protection Agency to resolve air quality violations. Under the agreement, Texas-based Tesoro and Par Hawaii Refining will spend about $403…
An international team of researchers announced Monday the discovery of 104 new planets outside our solar system, including four that could have Earth-like, rocky surfaces. Scientists discovered the exoplanets using the Kepler space telescope as well as ground observations by…
American network USA on Monday postponed sniper drama “Shooter” in the wake of the police killings in Louisiana, the latest in a string of releases hit by real-life violence. Based on the 2007 film starring Mark Wahlberg, the show was…
Health Desk It is never late in life to begin exercising. If you have been planning on a new fitness plan, then there a number of things you must keep in mind, chiefly food. You ought to know the best…
Oil prices extended their decline in Asia Tuesday as the global glut returned to focus, while worries about the effects of Turkey’s coup on shipments also eased. Turkey is a strategic conduit for shipments from Russia and Iraq to the…
Dhaka – England duo James Anderson and Ben Stokes have been included in a 14-man squad for the second test against Pakistan after recovering from injuries.Anderson, England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, was sidelined with a stress fracture in his right shoulder,AP/UNB…
Dhaka -A woman died allegedly for wrong treatment by a doctor at a private clinic on Thana Road in Muktir More area on Monday night in Savar .The deceased was identified as Mitu Akhter, 25, wife of Abdul Asad, a…
Dhaka – A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Ghiba village in Benapole here on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Shefali Khatun Shefa,20, wife of Shariful Islam Kalu and daughter of Badol Hossain of…
Dhaka – A suspected criminal was killed in a gunfight between two groups of robbers and drug peddlers at Barandipara in Jessore town early Tuesday.Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – A suspected criminal was killed in a gunfight with police at Aruakandi in Sadar upazila in Jhenaidah early Tuesday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Harendranath Sarker said tipped off that…
Dhaka – Miscreants on Monday issued a threat to blow out the UNO office, police station, two Awami League leaders’ houses and all the mosques in Nakla upazila of Shewrpur district by hurling grenades, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Dock trials began at the world’s first floating nuclear power station (FNPS), Akademik Lomonosov, being built in Russia. The purpose of the trials is to test the functionality of the stations’ equipment and systems, as well as their…
Dhaka – Militant outfit Islamic State (IS) has reportedly threatened to kill 20 members of exclusive Narayanganj Club located at the Narayanganj district town adjacent to capital Dhaka, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – A suspected criminal was killed in a gunfight with police at Aruakandi in Sadar upazila of Jhenidah district early Tuesday, UNB news agency reported. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.