Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 2 lakh pieces of cow fattening tablets and 11,000 sex stimulant tablets worth about Tk 56 lakh from Molan-Rashidpur area in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat early Monday,UNB News Agency Reported.
Day: August 29, 2016
N’ganj house owner remanded for concealing tenant info
Dhaka – A court here on Monday put Paikpara house owner Nuruddin Dewan, in Narayanganj arrested over concealing information about three tenants, including Gulshan café attack mastermind Tamim Chowdhury, on a three-day remand.Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the…
Risha killing: Countrywide human chain Wednesday
Dhaka – Students of Willes Little Flower School and College in the capital on Monday called for forming a one-hour human chain in all educational institutions across the country on Wednesday demanding the arrest of their fellow Suraiya Akhter Risha’s…
Verdict on Mir Quasem’s review plea Tuesday
Dhaka – The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on Tuesday on the petition filed by condemned war criminal Mir Quasem Ali seeking review of its earlier judgment that upheld his death penalty for crimes against humanity during…
Rampal project to harm BD-India ties: Nat’l Committee
Dhaka – Renewing the committee’s vow to continue its movement against Rampal power plant, leaders of National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Mineral Resources and Power Port on Monday said the power plant project will impede Bangladesh’s relations with neighbouring India once…
Flood situation in Kushtia improves
Dhaka – Flood situation in Kushtia district has improved as the water level of the Padma River has started receding.According to Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), the water level has receded 8cm in last two days.Earlier, 30 villages of Daulatpur…
City beats West Ham 3-1 to keep pace with United, Chelsea
Dhaka -Manchester City kept pace with likely title rivals Manchester United and Chelsea by beating West Ham 3-1 on Sunday for a third straight victory in the early stages of the English Premier League season.However, what started as a lesson…
AFC U-16 Women’s: Iran strongly came back crushing Kyrgyzstan 9-0
Dhaka – Defending champions Islamic Republic of Iran, riding on a hat-trick by forward Fatemeh Ghasemi, strongly came back in the title race in their 2nd Group C match of the six-nation AFC U-16 Women’s Championship-2017 Qualifiers crushing Kyrgyzstan by…
BD football team to leave for Maldives Tuesday
Dhaka -Bangladesh national football team will leave for Maldives on Tuesday to play a FIFA Friendly match against the country on September 1.Bangladesh is going to play the FIFA Friendly as part of their preparation before the two matches of…
Stipend coverage to see expansion, says Nahid
Dhaka: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Monday said the government is considering expanding the stipend coverage to keep the poor students attached to educational institutions and empower women. “Considering the role of stipend, the government is planning to expand…
Siddikur likely to play in OEM in Sept
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s golfer Siddikur Rahman is likely to take part in the US$3,000,000 Omega European Masters (OEM) scheduled to be held at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans Montana in Switzerland from September 1 – 04.The two times Asian Tour winner,…
BCB announces itinerary for Afghanistan’s tour of Bangladesh
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday announced the itinerary of Afghanistan’s tour of Bangladesh beginning on September 21.During the 12-day tour, the ICC associate member will play three ODIs against the Bengal Tigers at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium…
ADB to help develop BD’s ICT sector
Dhaka: Asian Development Bank (ADB) will initiate a project in Bangladesh for the development of ICT sector in order to produce skilled manpower and build its digital capacity. The ADB will assist the proposed project involving US$ 250 million. The…
Kerry-Khaleda meet focuses on peaceful opposition space: US
Dhaka: US Secretary of State John Kerry during his meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia focused on a multi-party system with space for peaceful political opposition and united efforts of all segments of Bangladesh people to face its current threats,…
BD has extraordinary dev story, says Kerry ending brief tour
Dhaka: US Secretary of State John Kerry left here for New Delhi on Monday evening wrapping up his hectic nine-hour visit that covered a series of meetings with Bangladesh leadership and opposition leaders. Before leaving Dhaka, he had meetings with…
Recruitment of 10,000 nurses to end by Sept: Minister
Dhaka: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday said the recruitment 10,000 nurses will be completed by September. The minister came up with the disclosure at a meeting with Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu at the Industries Ministry on improvement of…
After Khaleda meets Kerry, BNP hopes to ‘restore democracy with US help’
Khaleda Zia has discussed the next general elections with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry.The chief of the BNP that boycotted the 10th parliamentary elections held in 2014 met Kerry at the US chancery complex in Dhaka on Monday.After…
BD, US to fight against terrorism together: Kerry
Offering US help in Bangladesh’s fight against terrorism, US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday expressed his country’s eagerness to closely work with the intelligence agencies of Bangladesh.He came up with his country’s desire during a meeting with Prime…
Trump surges in latest polling as Clinton’s lead shrinks
Donald Trump has started to turn things around in the polls over the past week, narrowing his rival Hillary Clinton’s lead both nationally and in a few battleground states.According to the Real Clear Politics average, Trump has gained 2.3 points…
Some 9,000 refugee children reported to have disappeared in Germany
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) has confirmed that by July 1, 8,991 unaccompanied refugee children and young people had been reported missing.The figures, which were requested by the German daily “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung,” showed the number of migrants no…
RUET admission test on October 26
RUET Correspondent Admission test for first year graduate courses in Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) will be held on October 26 (Wednesday), a RUET press release said here today. All sorts of necessary preparatory works are progressing fast…
Batman cosplay worthy of a Guinness record
Entertainment Desk The line between cosplay and actual superheroes is blurring thanks to uber-Batman fan Julian Checkley, who managed to fit a world-record 23 working items into a custom batsuit. Checkley’s feat will be recognized in the 2017 Guinness World…
Music can help you turn in super performance in office
Health Desk Music can have an important effect on cooperation at the workplace, a new study suggests. Researchers Kevin Kniffin, Jubo Yan, Brian Wansink and William Schulze describe two studies they conducted to test the effect of different types of…
Mars isolation experiment in Hawaii ends
The six people who went into isolation for a year in Hawaii to help NASA plan for a mission to Mars emerged Sunday, happy to breathe fresh air and meet new people. The team was based on a barren, northern…
Mexican music legend Juan Gabriel dead at 66
Entertainment Desk Legendary Mexican singer and producer Juan Gabriel died on Sunday after a heart attack in Santa Monica, California, the Televisa network reported in his home country. He was 66. Alberto Aguilera Valadez, who used the stage name Juan…
Court dismisses challenge to Adani’s Australia mine
An India-backed company planning to build a massive coal mine in Australia welcomed a court’s decision Monday to dismiss a legal challenge raising environmental concerns over the project’s impact on the Great Barrier Reef. The Federal Court dismissed the Australian…
Wheels up for China’s new aero-engine group
China officially launched a new multi-billion dollar jet engine conglomerate with almost 100,000 employees at the weekend, as Beijing seeks to become an aerospace power and compete with the likes of Rolls Royce and General Electric. The Aero Engine Corporation…
‘Sausage Party’ maestro bids for elusive Emmy
With eight Oscars, 11 Grammys and a Tony vying for space on his mantelpiece, Alan Menken’s bill for dry-cleaning tuxedos might well match the box office of most Off-Broadway openings. The legendary US composer has picked up more than 100…
Seven cops injured in Sylhet ‘gunfight’ with ‘Indian terrorists’
Dhaka – Seven policemen including an officer-in-charge, were injured in a ‘gunfight’ with Indian terrorists along Songrampunji border area of Goainghat upazila of Sylhet early Monday, UNB news agency reported.
SAU starts afresh with new leadership!
M Zahidul Haque Sher-E-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) is situated in the heart of the capital city-Dhaka. It was established as the Bengal Agricultural Institute in 1938 by the then Chief Minister of Bengal, Sher-e-Bangla A K Fazlul Haq. Since its…