Dhaka – Sri Lanka allrounder Tillakaratne Dilshan will retire from one-day international cricket on Sunday, after the third match of the current series against Australia.Sri Lanka Cricket announced the decision Thursday.Cricket website espncricinfo.com says the 39-year-old Dilshan will retire from…
Dhaka: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will exchange greetings with members of the Hindu community on Saturday, marking the Janmashtami. The programme will be held at her Gulshan political office around 830pm, her media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan told UNB…
Two days into the death of his father from snake bite, a teenage boy also died as a venomous snake bit him on Wednesday night at Srikala village in Kaliganj upazila.
Dhaka – The Beximco 28th National Shooting Championship, organized by Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation, was inaugurated on Thursday at the National Shooting Range in Gulshan.Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed formally inaugurated the eight-day meet in the morning State Minister for Youth…
Three policemen of Bishwanath police station were closed to Sylhet district police lines on Wednesday for negligence of duty.
River vessel workers decided to continue their strike as a meeting between owners’ associations and the government to resolve the crisis over their some demands ended inconclusively on Thursday.
Dhaka: AFM Mohitul Islam, the plaintiff of Bangabandhu murder case, died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) here on Thursday. He was 63. Mohitul, a receptionist-cum-resident personal assistant of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, breathed his last at the intensive…
An unidentified man was crushed to death under the wheels of a train at Shibbari Joinapur in South Surma upazila on Wednesday night.
Dhaka – Spin bowler Amila Aponso and seamer Thisara Perera shared seven wickets to help Sri Lanka to a crushing 82-run win over Australia in their second one-day international on Wednesday.The five-match series is now level at 1-1, with three…
US Secretary of State John Kerry will highlight the longstanding and broad US-Bangladesh relationship during his Dhaka visit on August 29.
Dhaka – A gang of pirates kidnapped four fishermen for not paying toll from the Meghna river adjacent to Char Abdullahpur in Ramgati upazila on Thursday noon.Two of the kidnapped fishermen were identified as Mahiuddin and Bablu.Quoting local fishermen second…
Dhaka – Jason Roy overcame a bout of dizziness to inspire England to a 44-run win over Pakistan using the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-affected one-day international on Wednesday, putting the hosts 1-0 ahead in the five-match series.Chasing 261 to…
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Jahngirnagar University (JU) unit suspended its 4 activist as University Journalists declared boycott BCL over assaulting their colleagues on Wednesday, says a press release signed by President of JU BCL Mahmudur Rahman and Secretary Razib…
Dhaka- Manchester City and Borussia Moenchengladbach built on commanding first-leg advantages to cruise through the Champions League playoffs on Wednesday, while Russian side Rostov thrashed Ajax 4-1 to reach the group stage for the first time.City will play a sixth…
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized one lakh pieces of Yaba tablet from Naitongpara area in Teknaf upazila early Thursday,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka -Police arrested two students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) from separate places in Sylhet on Wednesday for their suspected link to militancy.The arrestees were identified as Roknuzzaman Rana, a student of the Petroleum and Mining Engineering Department,…
Dhaka – An unidentified man was crushed to death under the wheels of a train at Shibbari Joinapur in South Surma upazila on Wednesday night,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – A trader was found dead near Tikkarchar Bridge in Comilla on Thursday morning.Salauddin, sub-inspector of Kotwali Model Police Station, said being informed by locals, police recovered the body of Harun Mia, 35, a scrap trader and son of Sultan…
Dhaka-Police arrested two alleged arms traders along with three foreign-made pistols, six magazines and four rounds of bullet from two buses at Keshtopur on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Shalikha upazila in Magura on Wednesday.The arrestees were identified as Kuddus Molla,…
Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia have emphasised further bolstering military cooperation between them.Visiting Saudi Deputy Minister of Defence Mohammad Bin Abdullah Al-Aish and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shared such a view when he called on her at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on…
Dhaka – Police arrested an alleged female drug peddler along with 50 pieces of Yaba tablet and 12 packs of heroin from Belgachhi area in the district town on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Marjina Begum,50, wife of Afsar Ali,…
Colombia’s government and the country’s biggest rebel group reached a historic deal Wednesday evening for ending a half-century of hostilities in one of the world’s longest-running and bloodiest armed conflicts.President Juan Manuel Santos hailed the agreement with the Revolutionary Armed…
Dhaka – Customs officials arrested a young man along with 23 kg gold, worth 11 crore, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday night.The arrestee was identified as Md Ataul Majid, 32, a passenger of Singapore Airlines.The flight of Singapore Airlines…
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said their party will decide whether it will announce any action programme against Rampal power plant after assessing the government’s attitude and responding to their demand for scrapping it.He also said…
Germany must find alternatives to the Incirlik Air Base and pull its soldiers and weapons from Turkey, German MP Rainer Arnold told Der Spiegel magazine. Ankara has been blocking official visits from Berlin to the base. The Bundeswehr was considering…
Dhaka: Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Thursday stressed the need for mass awareness programmes to combat militancy in the country. “We should be alert against militancy. Mass awareness must be created to combat militancy in the country,” he said this…
She is only 24 and already running her father’s farm with 110 milking cows. Cornelia Flatten sees herself as a farmer for the rest of her life.“It’s my passion,” says the young German. “It is not just about the money…
In July 2015, the Mexican government granted a U.S. corporation permission for the use of genetic material obtained in Mexican territory for commercial and non-commercial purposes, in one of the cases that has fuelled concern in Latin America about the…
Nepal-born ecologist Susma Giri studies how temperature affects declining pollinator populations in the age of climate change. Susma Giri collects insect samples from bee cups around String Lake in the Grand Tetons. The cups contain soapy water, and the scent…
Culture Desk Priyanka Gope will perform tonight at 11pm on Maasranga Television. The popular singer will be seen in the weekly musical show “Tomay Gaan Shonabo.” In the programme lasting two hours she will present songs on audiences’ preferences and…