Dhaka – Bangladesh’s pace bowling sensation Mustafizur Rahman returned home from London, UK on Monday after a successful shoulder surgery.He arrived at the Shahjalal International Airport at around 11: 45 am.The cutter-master had a surgery on his left shoulder on…
Dhaka – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s brief but show-stopping gig at the Olympic closing ceremony as the Nintendo game character Super Mario offered a tantalizing glimpse at Tokyo’ plans for the 2020 games.The organizers for the Tokyo games crammed…
Dhaka – Claressa Shields had Olympic gold around her neck and a secret keepsake in her warmup jacket pocket.She reached in her pocket, pulled out her first gold from London and slipped the medal over her head.Two Olympics, two gold…
Dhaka – Gareth Bale scored twice to help Real Madrid start the Spanish league with a 3-0 victory at Real Sociedad,while Atletico Madrid was held 1-1 after conceding a last-gasp goal to Alaves on Sunday.Both title hopefuls from the capital…
Dhaka: The online admission process for the first year honours admission tests of Dhaka University’s (DU’s) 2016-17 academic sessions started on Monday. Vice chancellor of the university AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the process in a program arranged by the central…
Dhaka – Si Woo Kim had a productive week at the Wyndham Championship. He claimed one tournament record, a share of another – and, most importantly, his first PGA Tour trophy.The 21-year-old South Korean player closed with a 3-under 67…
Keraniganj: Jagannath University students on Monday announced to observe a two-day strike from Tuesday to press home their demand for constructing residential halls for them on the empty space of recently abandoned Dhaka Central Jail. Raisul Islam Nayan, a student…
Dhaka-Jilani Sarker, a Jubo League activist on Monday filed a Tk 500 crore defamation case against Comilla Awami League MP Shubid Ali Bhuiyan for calling Ziaur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh.
Dhaka-A Dhaka court on Monday put four female members of banned militant Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a four-day fresh remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Besides, the court placed a JMB man on a five-day remand…
Dhaka: The High Court on Monday denied bail to two accused in the Jubo League leader Riazul Haque Khan Milky murder case. An HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice JBM Hassan rejected the bail petition of Rafiqul…
Dhaka – Three people have died and 10 others suffered injuries from electrocution after a storm severed an electric line at Khamatgara village in Kishoreganj upazila.The deceased were identified as Sajedul Islam Babu, 25, son of Jabed Ali; Tariqul, 35,…
Dhaka – City’s Mouchak Market caught fire on Monday afternoon.Sources at the Fire Service central control room said the fire originated at a shop on the ground floor of the market at Malibagh around 5:55 pm from electrical short circuit,UNB News…
Dhaka: The High Court on Monday stayed until September 16 the government’s process to stop the operation of Citycell, the country’s oldest mobile phone operator, for its failure to pay BTRC a outstanding payment of Tk 477.51 crore. Justice Syed…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today assured members of the Hindu community that steps would be taken to enact a succession law for them so genuine heirs get their property.She suggested that leaders of Hindu community reach a consensus for such…
Dhaka – A Tk 500 crore defamation case was filed here against Comilla Awami League MP Subid Ali Bhuiyan on Monday for calling Ziaur Rahman Bangladesh’s first president.Jilani Sarker, an activist of Jubo League, hailing from Daudkandi in Comilla district…
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday sent Abul Hasnat Rezaul Karim, a former teacher of North South University on completion of his 8-day remand in the case filed over Gulshan terror attack on July 1.
Dhaka – A seven-month-old girl was stabbed to death and her elder sister injured as miscreants attacked their house at Jaruliya village in Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj early Monday.The deceased was identified as Nipa, daughter of Liton, a resident of…
A provision for punishment for violating privacy by taking one’s photo with ill intent or publishing or distorting it without consent has been included in a proposed law.The Cabinet cleared the draft of the ‘Digital Security Law – 2016’ on…
Dhaka: Tannery owners in the capital’s Hazaribagh have deposited Tk 55.9 lakh with the national exchequer as compensation for polluting the environment. Owners of 98 out of 154 tanneries deposited the money as per a direction of the Supreme Court,…
Dhaka – At least 10 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Railgate Market in the district town on Monday morning.Azizur Rahman, station officer of Gaibandha Fire Station, said the fire broke out at the market around 7.30am,UNB…
Protesting what it said the Chief Justice’s unguarded comments about Bangladesh Bar Council vice-chairman Abdul Baset Majumder, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has urged him to withdraw the remarks.The demand was made at a meeting of the council held at…
Dhaka – Police arrested 28 people, including 2 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir, in a special drive from different parts of the district in Jhenidah on Monday,UNB News Agency Reported.
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of ‘The Digital Security Bill, 2016’ with a provision for maximum life term jail and Tk 1 crore fine for carrying out propaganda against the Liberation War and Bangabandhu or patronising…
Dhaka – Two minor cousins drowned in a pond in Chatmohar upazila in Pabna on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Bina Khatun, daughter of Abul Kalam, 6, of Katakhali village in the upazila, and her cousin Hafsa Khatun, 6, daughter…
The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal of the Ministry of Environment and Forests to continue the ban on cutting trees in the country’s reserved and natural forests until 2022.The approval came from the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet…
Cultural Desk After a long time, model and actress Monalisa came back to Bangladesh for a visit. Local groups have become curious to know whether she would stay or not. The promising model was once on the top of the…
Entertainment Desk TV star Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya reached out to her former boyfriend Sharad Malhotra after being targeted by his fans on social media following her wedding to actor Vivek Dahiya. Sharad, with whom Divyanka has shared screen space in…
Belgian legend ‘Toots’ Thielemans has died after a 70-year career as the world’s top harmonica player during which he made music with some of the biggest names in jazz. Jean-Baptiste Frederic Isidore Thielemans, known affectionately as ‘Toots’, died in his…
German interior minister wants to introduce facial identification technology to the surveillance cameras in public transit, local newspaper Bild reported on Sunday. The interior minister Thomas de Maiziere told the Sunday edition of Bild that the bio-metric software implanted in…
BRAC Bank Limited and SME Foundation signed an agreement to provide SME loan to the farmers and traders of Agar, a non-traditional export-oriented item for making scent. Under the agreement, BRAC Bank and the SME Foundation will partner to offer…