Dhaka – A female student of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) was killed and four others were injured as a bus carrying students collided with a truck on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Salimpur area in Sitakundu upazila on Thursday afternoon. The…
Dhaka – President of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Mujahidul Islam Selim on Thursday threatened to announce hartal and other agitation programmes if the government does not shelve its plan to hike gas tariffs.“When the gas prices should be cut,…
Dhaka – Holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club took solo lead in the JB Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football outplaying Soccer Club Feni by 3-1 goals in their 5th match at Bir Muktijoddha Rafiquddin Bhuiyan Stadium here in Mymensingh on Wednesday.With…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he has instructed all military units near Russian-occupied Crimea and in the easterly Donbas region to be at the highest level of combat readiness, following Russian allegations of a Ukrainian incursion into Crimea.
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s global cricketing superstar Shakib Al Hasan is set to return home on Friday, after completing his 4th Caribbean Premier League (CPL) stint, this time as a champion, with the Jamaica Tallawahs.Shakib has always maintained the Caribbean is…
Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington said on Thursday she would leave the company to focus on running her new venture, health and wellness startup Thrive Global.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday phoned country’s pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman prior to his surgery on his left shoulder in London.During her conversation with the pacer around 5:00 pm (BST), Sheikh Hasina enquired about his treatment and surgery-related issues…
The stray wild elephant, swept away with floodwater into Bangladesh from India about one and a half months ago, is now tied in ropes with trees after its rescue following tranquilisation from a local pond at Kayra village in Sharishabari…
Egyptian women are number one in beating their husbands, says UN crime statistics.While the East is not known for ‘abusive’ women, surprising statistics revealed by the UN indicate that Egyptian women are ‘world number one’ in abusing and beating their…
Noted sculptor Ferdousi Priyabhashini, who was persecuted by Pakistani occupation army and its local collaborators during the Liberation War, has obtained the freedom fighter status.The Liberation War Affairs Ministry published a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday. source:UNB
Cultural Desk Sushmita Patra, the noted Tagore artiste of India has released her first album in Bangladesh on the occasion of the 75th death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. The album titled “Hrithimajhare” has been released by Impress Audio Vision. The…
Contaminants present in the environment and chemicals found in food could be harming the fertility of dogs, according to a new study that may help solve the puzzle of decline in human semen quality. Researchers found that sperm quality in…
Entertainment Desk Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor has been announced as the ambassador for the Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival and Star India’s Word to Screen Market. The film festival will take place from October 20-27 here. Commenting on the…
South Korea’s information and communications technology (ICT) product exports reduced 6.6 percent in July from a year earlier due to weak demand from the country’s top two trading partners, China and the United States, a government report showed on Thursday.…
Urban rooftops are buzzing across France, but the fad for beekeeping from Montpellier to Lille to Paris—including atop AFP’s headquarters—will do little do reverse declining bee populations, experts say. The northern city of Lille was a pioneer in efforts to…
South Korea’s information and communications technology (ICT) product exports reduced 6.6 percent in July from a year earlier due to weak demand from the country’s top two trading partners, China and the United States, a government report showed on Thursday.…
The Sydney Opera House is set to undergo a multi-million-dollar overhaul, with an emphasis on improving its acoustics, once described as worse than an aircraft hangar, officials said Thursday. The Aus$247 million (US$190 million) revamp is the biggest since Australia’s…
Rajshahi Correspondent State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, said there is no alternative to more tree plantation to biodiversity conservation, resisting of adverse impact of climate change and protection of ecological balance in the region including its vast…
Global gold demand grew by 15 per cent to 1,050 tonnes in the second quarter of 2016, mainly driven by considerable investment demand, World Gold Council (WGC) said in its latest report. The overall gold demand stood at 910 tonnes…
Dhaka -The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for taking steps based on the notices issued by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against two top Destiny officials seeking their wealth statements. A five-member Appellate Division bench, led…
Dhaka – The Ministry of Labor and Social Development of Saudi Arabia has lifted the ban on the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers as of Wednesday, UNB news agency reported. The ban was in force for the past six years except…
Dhaka – Police in a special drive arrested 42 people, including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, from different areas in Satkhira from Wednesday evening to Thursday morning on various charges.Satkhira Special Branch (SB) police…
Dhaka – Katie Ledecky was the fastest swimmer in the pool, and she brought her American teammates along for the ride.The 19-year-old turned in another overpowering performance to carry the United States to victory in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, capturing…
Dhaka – Michael Phelps didn’t have much time to savor his double gold-medal night.He was back at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on Wednesday, getting started on his bid to win the 200-meter individual medley for the fourth straight time.After five…
By Dan Glazebrook Over the past three weeks, it has emerged that British special forces are now in direct combat roles in Libya and Syria. Ostensibly there to fight ISIS, the real goal is to prevent the Syrian and Libyan armies…
Dhaka – A schoolteacher was hacked to death by his rival over a land-related dispute at Police Line Paschim Para in Sadar upazila in Magura early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Ruhul Amin,70.Quoting locals, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Azmaul…
Dhaka -Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Jail Gate area in Jessore district town on Wednesday night.
Dhaka-Four Bangladeshi workers died in a fire that broke out at a furniture factory at Manfuha in Riyadh city of Saudi Arabia in Natore on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Samiul Islam alias Saddam,30, son of Syed Ali of Khajura…
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Wednesday found a private tutor, Tofazzal Hossain Hira, guilty of the 2010 rape of a school girl, and sentenced him to life in prison.Hira, now 29, is son of Abdul Latif of Falda Dokkhinpara…
Dhaka – The remnants of the final two targets scattered in the dreary Brazilian sky, landing in dozens of places across the rain-soaked Olympic shooting range.Fehaid Al-Deehani raised his shotgun overhead with a shout and turned toward the crowd, pounding…